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An update from Josh
Dear Daddy,
I just wanted to let you know how much fun I have been having in Ontario. On Monday, I had an easter egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa’s house – I had to go ALL over the house looking for chocolate! Then, Mommy and I went to Newmarket and saw Grammy, Auntie Tracy, Ethan, Landon, Jared, and later i got to see Uncle Odel as well. We went bowling and played hard! (so hard that my cousin Jared went flying off the swings and hurt himself – but he seemed okay later on)
I also visited with Grandpa John, Grandma Joanne, Uncle Adam and Auntie Lindsay. I’m not too sure about that dog Max though… he kept wanting to lick me and i think he thought Perry the Platypus would make a good chew toy. He was pretty cute though!
on Tuesday, i went to the Toronto Zoo with Grandma, Mommy, and Uncle Jon – Uncle Jon took the whole day off from work to see me! After, we went to Uncle Jon’s house where Grandpa met us, and we went to Swiss Chalet for dinner. I saved my extra french fries to feed the squirrels in the backyard at Grandpa & Grandma’s house. After dinner, we went to a big fish store where we got some hermit crabs for Uncle Jon’s really super-cool fish tank. He has fish that look like Nemo!
on Wednesday, i hung around with Grandma and Grandpa. Mommy went out for Chinese food with her friend Angela – i wanted to go with her, but i thought i would stay home and eat peanut butter sandwiches instead. At night, i met a new cousin named Ava! She turned 2 on Wednesday and we had candles on tiny cupcakes for her. We played together and had fun while Mommy visited with her cousins Melanie and Andrea.
This morning i went on a looooong train ride on the subway – it was fun! I sat in the first seat in the front car and looked out the window a lot. I’ll update you some more later – i’m having lots of fun, but i do miss you a lot.
love,
Josh
Magnificent
one of the more exciting experiences of my life so far was the chance i had to go and see U2 live in concert. they are so incredibly amazing live. i’ve been a fan since i was 12, and i’m excited that they have a new album out. just wanted to say that.
U2 Live
The Hockey Song
a fellow Canadian transplant posted this on her facebook page recently… and i just had to post it here. i love this song – Stompin’ Tom was just a pretty cool guy, and the footage of NHL hockey pre-helmet rules is totally foreign to me!
what can happen in 40 seconds?
i took a quick run over to Wal Mart today to pick up some groceries after picking Josh up at school. he’s a great grocery shopper and loves pushing the cart around for me.
as we got back to the car he said his fingers were freezing, so i unlocked the car and he got in while i stowed the bags in the trunk and took the cart to the cart return which was right behind my car.
how much trouble can a 4 year old get into in that amount of time? you’d be amazed…
as i got back into the car, Josh said “Mommy, i’m sorry – i burned my finger on this button.” i thought he was pointing to a toy on the seat, so i figured he was just making it up and ignored it. on the way home, he started crying. that was when i thought there might be something to his story.
we pulled into the driveway at home, and i turned around and asked him to show me what button he burned his finger on. he pointed, and i pulled his mitten aside to see that he was pointing at the cigarette lighter from my car, sitting on the seat. he’d obviously gotten ahold of it while i was putting away groceries and returning the cart. and now his right index finger was red and had a big blister forming.
i performed all of the burn first aid that i know (cold water first, then holding it on a bag of ice for awhile, followed by antibiotic/painkiller cream and a dose of liquid ibuprofen)… and he’s still complaining that it hurts. i explained that it would probably hurt for awhile.
so… what can happen in 40 seconds? a lot! we don’t smoke, so i don’t know if Josh has ever even seen that lighter in action to know that it was dangerous. it’s a lesson learned for me, and i think the lighter will be residing in the glove compartment from now on.
success!!
well, we rolled in to Albany yesterday afternoon around 4:30 after spending 3 days in Montreal doing our green card stuff at the consulate.
we are the newest permanent residents of the United States of America!! hooray!! we spent all of Wednesday morning at the Consulate where a VERY nice woman pushed our visas through the very same day. we didn’t have to drag Josh back on Thursday morning – i am SO thankful to her, and i don’t even know her name! she’s the single adoptive mom to a little dude whom she adopted from Cambodia – i think she took pity on us being stuck in that waiting room (which is very much like the DMV for any Americans reading this) all morning with Josh.
we enjoyed what we saw of Montreal immensely, and let me just say that The Keg on boul. Rene Levesque was SO awesome – we celebrated my birthday, Valentine’s Day and Green Card Day with dinner there. i have not eaten a Keg meal in ages and my steak did NOT disappoint, dawg! (yes, i’m watching AI again)
the DHS guys at the border were jovial, friendly and quite congratulatory when we were all done there – after about 1 1/2 hours waiting at the border, we were completely done and are now just waiting for our “real” green cards to arrive in the mail. they give you a temporary one in your passport and then send you a separate document to use instead.
WE ARE DONE!!