Fall Fun!

What a great weekend to be in Ottawa. Birthday wishes, friends in town, fall colours abound and today, sunshine! We kicked things off Friday with birthday cards and some wicked cupcakes, and with a dozen in the box, the treats will continue for a few more days! Later that night, our friends Alli and Sean (the houseswappers from a few weeks ago) arrived with Isabelle's four-legged friend, Kobe. They were in town for a wedding but we were lucky enough to have them stay with us and catch up on how they are doing, plus they got to spend time with Oliver, who had only met them at their wedding back in May.




We spent Saturday doing some book-reading and Rideau Centre shopping, then we headed over to Renee and Shawn's for dessert. This means Isabelle and Logan got to meet outside of school. For some reason, they shriek with delight whenever they go visit each other, even though they see each other about 40 hours a week at school. Isabelle has even said she wants to sleep over at his place, but she hasn't mentioned again, not once she found out that her parents and Oliver wouldn't also be spending the night!


Today was a great day to enjoy the rainbow of fall colours with a "walk" along the canal, an exciting one as Kobe came along for the ride. Isabelle got a hold of the leash and "pulled" Kobe, although it appeared he did most of the pulling!







Isabelle discovered the fall colours on the way back as we encountered a huge hill covered from top to bottom in leaves. It seemed to be sitting there just begging to be played on, and Isabelle wasn't about to leave without having some fun. Needless to say, it didn't take much encouraging to get her to try rolling around for a while!



All in all it was a great birthday weekend for Mommy, spent with her three biggest fans in the world!