Spaghetti sauce on the BBQ!

Mommy cooked the spaghetti sauce on the barbie tonight. YUM!

Meine Mami hat heute die Spaghetti Sauce auf dem Grill gekocht....mmmm, so fein!





Recipe / Rezept: Quick Slow Food

Tired!

Today we went to the swimming pool. I jumped and jumped, and then played with a long foam snake. A little 5 year old boy kept trying to take it away from me, and his daddy wasn't watching him, so I got a little bit possessive. But mommy let me jump some more and then we went home. I was very tired! After my milk, I had to take a nap but didn't want to so I screamed for 10 minutes. After the screaming I snuggled with mommy and then fell asleep 5 minutes later.

My little helper!

Benjamin loves to help out in the garden. He likes watering with the hose, pulling weeds (and plants unless I direct him properly!), and digging in dirt. He especially liked harvesting the Rhubarb, and enjoyed washing the dirt off at the kitchen sink!

Benjamin tut schrecklich gerne gärtnern. Er hilf mir beim wässern, ganz besonders gerne mit dem Schlauch, und zieht auch das Unkraut aus der Erde. Manchmal aber zieht er Salat oder Petersilie heraus, und ich muss ihm dann genau zeigen, was man nicht anfassen darf. Als ich den Rhabarber erntete, wollte er auch unbedingt helfen, und durfte ihn dann ins Haus tragen und in der Küche waschen.

Downey's Farm with Ellie

Sheep and goats are nice and all...
d'Schöfli und d'Geissli sind ja scho herzig...

...but the traktor is much more interesting!
...aber de Traktor isch scho viel interessanter!

There was a big playground...
Es hät na en Spielplatz g'ha...

...but at the end we even saw a real Firetruck!
...und am Schluss isch na es richtigs Füürwehrauto cho!

Funky Hair Day!

Today was the last day of Benjamin's first year at Montessori. They held a "funky hair day".

Heute war Benjamins letzter Schultag bei der Montessori. Alle Kinder kamen mit irrem Haarstyl zur Schule.

What a life!

Rusty living life!

Moving up in the world

Andrej's friend Francesca sells yachts down in Port Credit, a little town along Lake Ontario not far from where we live. During their waterfront festival, she invited us to bring Ben by to look at the boats they had on display. The largest yacht we visited ws 49 feet and cost in the range of a cool half million bucks.

Benjamin liked that one.

You will note too that Andrej dressed him appropriately today...

Captain Benjamin

What does this button do? Will it turn lights on like the police cruiser?

Where does this go?

Ah....a downstairs! It's cosy in here!
Thank you Francesca!

No firetruck! Keine Feuerwehr!

Every time I promise him a firetruck, they don't show up! This time, we went to a festival, and the fire department was supposed to display one of their trucks. But for some reason, they never came. Instead, there was a nice police man who offered to let Ben sit in the police cruiser and turn on the lights! That in itself was quite exciting too!

Jedesmal wenn ich Ben verspreche, die Feuerwehr werde eines ihrer Feuerwehrautos den Kindern vorstellen, dann kommen sie nicht! Auch diesmal während eines Strassenfests kamen sie nicht. Dafür aber kam so ein netter alter Polizist herbei und liess ihn im Polizeiauto die Lichter an- und abstellen.

Naptime (ha!) - Mittagsschlaf (HA!)

First, there was the recycling truck...
Zuerst kam dieser Lastwagen...





...then, there was this one...
...dann dieser...




...look at that the concentration!
...und wie er sich konzentriert!

End of school year picnic at Montessori

The school picnic was lots of fun! It was hot and summery but there was a nice breeze to keep things cool. There was pizza and food and a puppet show, and some of the older kids were singing in a choir too!

That's me with Jack and Tyler, some of my friends.

This slide is part of our playground.

Here is my teacher, Mrs. Aridi.

Here is me walking with my daddy.

I want mommy's bed! (Ich will auf Mami's Bett!)

This is what the classic prisoner's pose looks like:




Then, the not so impressed look...




Finally, the begging...

Fun with Ellie

Not too impressed at first...



...things are looking up...



...here we go!!!...



...splash at the pool.