More Meghan

Just a couple of photos from Meghan's day...

A little bit of music...



A nice banana for a snack...



And finally some time to read...

Thanksgiving in Gravenhurst

Following tradition, we celebrated Thanksgiving with David's family in Gravenhurst. As always, the weekend was just wonderful. We truly have a lot to be thankful for.

Proving once again that Meghan is her father's daughter, she insisted on spending every minute

she could outside, regardless of how cold it was. She just was not happy being inside any longer than she needed to be. Special thanks to Great-Aunt Wendy for the gorgeous sweater that kept Meghan warm during the cold stretches of the weekend.

Below are some pictures from the pre-Thanksgiving dinner walk to Pike's peak.

Pike's peak is a large rocky hill overlooking Lake Muldrew. Although Meghan enjoyed the walk to and from, she was a bit unhappy about not being able to explore once she got there. Perhaps this will be her last climb for a couple of years.

Halloween Costume

I know it's still a bit early but we picked up Meghan's halloween costume today. I'm not sure the pictures even do it justice. This has got to be the cutest ever!

Labour Day in Muskoka

Here are a couple pics from our relaxing weekend "up north" ;-)

Blast from the past...

Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Schwindt we just received a CD-ROM containing the best 110 pictures that they had taken. We believe this has to be around 1% of the pictures they have of Meghan, and here I present six of the best. These are in no particular order...

Hey, that's a pretty cool blog!

This sure is a nice deck, can I help Daddy?

How does Grandpa walk in these, they're way too big!

Four generations

Mmm... Birthday cake...

These are some monster sunflowers, what do you feed these things Grandpa?

Pandora

Just a very quick non-Meghan posting to explain the addition to our sidebar. I've found myself increasingly talking up the Pandora web site of late, and noticed that they provided a means for adding content from them to one's blog. So that's what's up with the "My Favourite Songs" and "My Stations" boxes on the right. For those unfamiliar with Pandora, the gist of it is you enter one or more favourite song(s) and/or performer(s) and they will create a radio station that plays a wide array of music related to your favourites. It can be very interesting...

A different type of baby picture...

For those expecting more Meghan pictures, sorry, but we're going to take a quick break to bring you a picture of a tiny watermelon. As a frame of reference, that's a loonie beside it. This year Marcie and I grew our first garden with no real expectations of success, but so far we've harvested several meals worth of snow peas and green beans, Meghan's been picking tomatoes for a couple of weeks now (the last couple of days she's even picking ripe ones!) and we have a small number of peppers ready for picking (we'd likely have more if I had realized how big the tomatoes were going to get an had planted them farther apart...) Now, back to our regular Meghan pictures with the next posting, I promise...

Swimming Lessons for Meghan

Since the beginning of July, Meghan as spent an hour every Monday afternoon learning how to swim. This week she went with Daddy so Mommy was able to get a couple pictures ...

Our New Deck

After several weeks of blood, sweat, and tears (only when David accidently elbowed me in the eye) , our Deck is finally finished! Thank you Schwindt family for all your help. We couldn't have done it without you.

Vacation in the Soo

Recently we returned home from our yearly "vacation" in the Soo (Sault Ste Marie for those not from there and unfamiliar with the lingo). It seems that after Meghan's 1st birthday, Mommy and Daddy aren't so quick with the camera so we're lacking in photos for this post.

This, like all trips to the Soo, was an eventful one. We started our vacation by attending the O'Toole wedding. Congrats Bryan and Heather! Also special thanks to my Nana and Popa for flying in from Calgary to watch Meghan during the wedding.


The picture above is of the first of 2 trips to my parents' camp (translation: cottage). Meghan loved the boat and loved steering it. She practiced the night before on the fire truck at the mall, but she still kept going too far to the right. Good thing we didn't need a designated driver!

The second trip out to camp was for Christmas in July with my dad's family. It was a lot of fun, unfortunately, the only pictures I have are of Meghan playing in the water with David.

Happy 1st Birthday Meghan - June 21st

This is the best birthday gift ever! Thanks Mommy. Who needs toys, when a nice recycling box will suffice.


I sure do like this balloon!


What a great slide! I can hardly wait 'til Grandma and Grandpa come over so I can play on it with them!


Auntie Ruth bought me this really nice dresser and chair. It was built on my birthday but in 1941! I don't even think Grandma is that old...


...Mmmm.... this sure is good cake! What a great birthday!

Monkeying Around

Meghan's shows off a couple of her favorite stuffed animals.

p.s. I didn't pose her. She did this all on her own.

Mother's Day Brunch

Hello. This is Meghan Schwindt reporting live from the Mother's Day Brunch at the Riverbank Mill Restaurant. It's a beautiful Sunday here in Cambridge and we're spending the early part of this afternoon eating brunch with all the mommies. Come with me and I'll show you around.

Our table overlooks the Grand River. You can see it behind me in the picture on the right.

On the other side of the table is a window that overlooks the buffet. "Hey Dad! I'd like some of that watermelon please!"

While I'm waiting for some food, let's talk to some people.

"What do you think of the brunch here Great Grandma?"












"Would you recommend this brunch to others Grandma?"

Visiting The Children's Museum

Once a week, Meghan and Mommy visit Waterloo Region's Children's Museum. These pictures were taken in May just after Meghan started to walk.