The Rivards

Here we are with friends Alyssa and James. My friend Denise was in need of some babysitting one day so we had a test run with her kids for my family daycare. Everything went smoothly, especially since her kids have such a great appetite. The only glitch we had was that Celeste wasn’t keen on sharing her Leapster. She’s only 3, so I guess we have lots of time to work on her sharing skills.

One of our favourite hang outs is the Victorian Teahouse in downtown Kamloops. So of course we had to bring Nonno and Nonna.
We should have left Nonno at home because as you can see from this picture, Nonno was very anxious about having to eat what he calls “English food”! After 37 years in Canda you’d think he’d be used to “English food”!!!

Celeste loves having her milk served from a tea pot.

mmmm……tasty!!!

Nonna, Zio and Celeste are true blue Toronto Maple Leafs fans. Poor daddy (a Canadiens fan) cringes everytime he sees Celeste wear her Leaf jersey.

For Celeste’s birthday party Nonna makes some of her homemade world famous pizza.

Celeste being the little “know it all”, instructs Nonna on how to make her hands into fists so that she can kneed the dough.

Just a little more practice and Celeste will be tossing that pizza in no time.

It’s Celeste 3rd birthday and she’s requested a pool party. Here she is looking down excitedly at the Olympic sized pool. The kids wading pool is way over on the other side.

Daddy Luke and daddy Francis look on as Celeste and Caleb hang out in the hot tub together.

Our friend Cloe with her mommy Carm…

Our friend Alyssa with her mommy Denise…

The kid’s wading pool…

Celeste’s favourite flavour….CHOCOLATE!!!

Hangin’ with our neighbour Caleb….or as Celeste likes to call him…Kayla:)

Opening presents with daddy, and girlfriends Cloe and Alyssa.

When Nonnna, Zio and Nonno visited us this past January, Celeste and I took them up to the Sun Peaks Ski Resort for lunch. During the drive up the mountain Nonno sat in the back seat and wouldn’t stop talking, and Nonna kept telling him to be quiet. Zio and I just rolled our eyes in the front seat, and Celeste just sat in her car seat oblivious to the drama.

Everyone was happy to get in doors for a warm lunch as it was pretty cold out. Apparently the seniors didn’t believe me when i told them to pack their parka’s. Hopefully when everyone comes back out this winter they’ll be better prepared

Celeste took a moment to “ham it up” for the camera again.

Celeste took Zio to one of her favourite hang outs here in Kamloops…the Chapter’s bookstore. Hey, it’s a small town and unless you like to ski there isn’t much to do out here in the winter.

Checking out Zio’s camera.

They ended the afternoon by having a drink in the Starbucks. Celeste had a a chocolate milk, while Zio had a Caramal Machiatto.

I guess after a morning of terrorizing the house Celeste just needed to lay down for some quiet time. Those moments are few and far between these days.