Hugh MacLennan on Canada

I recently read MacLennan's Two Solitudes. Here are a couple good lines:

"...people seemed so constructed that they were unable to use ideas as instruments to discover truth, and waved them instead like flags."

"Yes, McQueen thought with satisfaction, we have discovered a great social secret in Canada. We have contrived to solve problems which would ruin other countries merely by ignoring their existence."

Any day now.

I noticed that Simeon is starting to do these little lunges to get where he wants to go. He can usually do quite a few in a row to navigate a straight line - he's a little tired in this video so it's not his best work, but you get the idea.

Note: We don't usually encourage him to play with plastic bags.

Juanita & Tom

We just wanted to say a big congratulations to Juanita and Tom who were married on Saturday. It was a beautiful ceremony and they spent most of it grinning at each other. Ahhh, weddings. :)

Our Weekend: A Miscellany

Tourist Baby: In Your Foreground.


Canoing the flood plain: A paddle through the trees.



And in other news, carrots = misery.

Grand Avenue

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Dat Wascally Wabbit

A few weeks ago Simeon figured out that if he throws his toys on the ground his servants (parents) will pick them up for him. Sean, thinking Simeon was too little for this behavior, didn't believe me at first but then noticed the sly look in Simeon's eye as the toys went overboard. Anyway, we decided to take a video to show you. All was peachy until he decided that he had developed a taste for hare. :)