Stogies and Balloons

After hiking up the mountain with Marley, Daddy needed a little inspiration to get back down. A little bit of Dominican tobacco and some balloons to provide some lift was all that was required.

The Descent

After all that climbing, jumping and hiking it was time to head back down the mountain for our Thanksgiving turkey dinner. Who better to ride the chairlift with than Carmen, the Swiss girl.

Geronimo!

With this colourful backdrop, it was cause for celebration. On top of Mont Vanier at about 550 metres.

Burning a trail

Come on guys, everyone follow me. This is the way to the treasure on the yellow leaf trail.

Junior Climber

Could the alpine spirit have been passed through the generations creating another lover of the mountains?

Camouflaged

With my grey sweater blending into the rocks, it's hard to make me out despite the shiny red leaves.

The Rocker

With the long hair and clinging to edge of this rock, don't I look like a real "rock" star? Strike a pose!

Canadian Nature

We're up at Mont Ste. Marie for Thansgiving where the colours are spectacular and they run the chairlift to allow people up onto the mountain to see they wonderful views of the Gatineau hills.

Festival of Colours

This was our first Canadian fall ever and it had been 6 years for Mommy & Daddy. It was a season that we greatly missed and we sure appreciated all the colours this year.

Where's the snow?

I got a brand new snow suit so who says a Dominican can't handle winter. I can't wait to run out into the snow in my barefeet, just like in the sand. Boots? What are boots?

Dominican Present

Come on Grandma. Hurry up or we're going to open it for you. It came right out of our shipment from the Dominican. We hope you like coffee and rum.

Conor on the Horizon

While Uncle Bill takes centre stage up at the kitchen bar, baby Conor was also on the scene. If you look back and see Uncle Carl you know that Conor was not missing out on this party.

The Poet

Opa's a poet
And we didn't know it

He can bust a rhyme

At the drop of a dime

Here he recounted the life

Of his most special wife

70 is a charm!

Mommy and Daddy hosted a nice birthday party for Grandma with a lot of her friends. We couldn't believe it was her 70th as we're still learning to count that high.

He-man and Friends

Talk about a major score. I'm not sure how Mommy did it but I think every He-man character, both good and evil showed up for my birthday.

Hooked

As a big Peter Pan fan, I received the famous pirate ship of Captain Hook and all of the accessories. It's off to Neverland for me.

Grand wish

Glamma and Poppa sure didn't forget my birthday and came over to celebrate on my special day. It's not every day that one turns 4 years old.

It worked!

We got our cupcake! Wait a second, did we only order one? Well, I guess the birthday boy deserves his.

Cupcake for 4 please

Is this where we place our order?

Neighbourly Wish

My big birthday party was great but it wasn't on my actual birthday. On my big day, we had a nice visit from our neighbours, Adam and Noam. Very nice of them to drop by.

Go Darius Go!

Ben and I are with you. Come on, pass us some cake. We're ready to join the crime fighting team.

Cut, Cut, Cut

...the crowd chants as Darius makes the all-important first cut in the all continuing fight against crime. Let's all take a bite out of crime.

Can we eat it?

It seems too nice of a cake to cut into, but come on Mommy, the crowd is getting anxious.

Le Gateau

Friends, siblings, cousins, lend me your forks. It's cake time so grab a seat and help me fight crime with my Captain America cake!

Special Cousin Wish

Abigail was so happy to celebrate with me for my birthday. She had just had her 4th birthday and now came out to celebrate mine.

Happy 4th Darius!

It was a glorious day that despite being in mid-September, felt like summer. All the kids were in shorts and running around the new backyard and the BBQ was in full swing.

Now about that cake...

Captain America

You know what this means. Time for another birthday. Mommy made another classic, this time a Captain America cake for Darius' 4th birthday. It was the first celebration for either of us in Canada and really nice to have all of our cousins around.

Gord is waiting

This is it Darius. No turning back now. The bus is here and you have to get on. Don't worry, I'll save a seat for you next to me.

It's this way!

Darius, follow me. Our bus stop is just up here at the end of the street. I'm an expert now after 1 day. When we get to school, I'll show you the playground too. Don't worry, you've got a big brother to show you the ropes.

Scholars

Look out Jean-Paul II - the Burger boys are ready for you.
We've got our new school bags and we're ready to take
on the playground by storm. For the first time, we'll be going to the same school.

Jour #1

It's a new beginning for me too. For me this is not only a new school, but also a new language as I'll be now learning French instead of Spanish. To help me transition, I only have 2 days of school in my 1st week of junior kindergarten.

Gord

Off I go with my new bus driver, Gord. He's a pretty nice guy and he says that there will be lots of other kids joining me on the bus. I'm just the 1st stop. I get to pick my seat everyday.

The bus is here!

Mommy, this is a ginormous bus. Is it just for me? There's noone else on it. And why do I have to be picked up one hour before school starts?

Walk to School?

This is cool, Daddy is walking me to school. Wait a second, just to the bus stop? I have to take a bus? Where's Pepe to pick me up like in Santo Domingo or Julio in Havana? I'm not sure about this. But at least Daddy was able to walk me on day .

1st Day of School

Well, the summer holidays are over. This was a very big day as I began my Canadian scholastic career. Yes, I've been to the Lycee Claudel for the last 2 years, but this is a little different. I'm now at Jean-Paul II. Who is Jean-Paul II?

Dads, Slides and Things

Not to be outdone by Daddy, the Things whipped down the slide numerous times to wrap a very adventure-filled day at the mazy farm.

Bears and Things

Well, Thing 1 and 2 anyways. Saunders Farm certainly does not have the most intimidating bear ever. Thing 2 can sit on it and it only goes up to the waist of Thing 1.