Happy Father's Day

This morning, we took Daddy to Riverside for brunch. The boys were fine young gentlemen while we ate. They made conversation and used their best manners. Sean even managed to navigate the buffet by himself... a couple of times! However, when it came time to get a picture to remember the day... Ryan reminded me of him taking pictures at Disney (see post from Christmas)... He was not going to participate in a nice father and sons photo... so here is what we got. Again... boys, you gotta love them!

Beware of Flying Light Sabres!!

Star Wars has been the movie of choice this summer... actually since Christmas... and Light Sabres have been the go to toy in the neighbourhood... many hours have been spent reenacting the battles of Luke and Darth Vader etc. On Tuesday, we saw the "dark side" of this game. With 10 minutes to spare before we had to leave for swimming lessons, the boys headed outside. I wasn't sure what they were up to, as I was getting Brandon up and ready to go. Moments after going out, Ryan came flying in the door screaming with his hands covering his mouth and blood pouring out. I wasn't sure at this point what had hit him or if he had front teeth... it was difficult to see through the blood. I got a towel and tried to clean him up (not an easy feat while trying not to pass out from the blood!)... I called Sean in... certain he knew something... first I questioned if they had been golfing?...no... baseball?...no.... "light sabre Mommy" was Sean's sheepish answer. Unsure what too do, but almost positive that his front right tooth didn't look right I called the dentist. We headed over right away. I wasn't sure how Ryan would handle this as he had only been to the dentist once before, but he was great. He sat up in the chair and did everything they asked of him. Turns out we were lucky... VERY lucky. His gums were torn, but didn't require stitches. Due to his young age he had already started to heal. I was told that usually when the gums are torn that badly the bone is broken as is the tooth and sometimes the permanent one behind it. Lucky for Ryan no such damage. His front tooth is a little wiggly, but it should tighten up on its own. In the meantime he is not biting into anything with his front teeth.... except a Gatorade bottle cap the other day... which made it bleed again... BOYS... you gotta love them!!

Unfortunately, these pictures don't do it justice. Above his front teeth was almost black and swollen. His lip is fat on the left side too. The light sabre must have hit him on the lip pushing it back and then got the gums on the right side... OUCH:)

Brandon's Walking!!

Vegas

This past weekend, Tony and I, made our annual trip to Las Vegas. Its hard to pass up the chance to go when it is so convenient. We are lucky enough to have a direct flight from GI to Vegas. We left at 7:50 CDT and arrived at about 8:20 PDT. So nice.

This time we went with our good friends the Shavliks. Tiff and Justin actually made the trip to Barrie for our wedding back in '02 and Tiff and Tony have been friends since high school. Now Tiff is a close friend of mine, Tony and Justin golf together and they are our neighbours! Anyway, we had a great time... as always, but it was nice to have friends there too.

We were upgraded to a room on the top floor... great idea except I hate heights and elevators... the view was spectacular. Overlooking the strip, you can see Paris, Belagio and Caesars Palace.

Looking in the other direction you can see the new City Centre, Aria hotel and the ph sign for our hotel (Planet Hollywood)

Watching the water show at Belagio from our room.

Tony, me, Tiffany and Justin after dinner at the Strip House. The picture was taken by a nice lady from Toronto. Unfortunately I had my flash on and it should have been off... or was it the other way around?? Oh and my belt is crooked... other than that it is a great pic and the only one of the group!

On Saturday night we ate at ESPN Zone in New York New York and managed to get a table at the "Bar at Time Square". It was so nice to enjoy the show from a seat and not the standing sardine can on the other side of the pianos. Always a great show here.