It's official, at the age of 12 - we have a baseball umpire in the house!
MOMENT: Safe! Out!
Tavish took the required first course to be able to umpire baseball. With all of our travels this summer, and a delay in finishing the course, he was only able to umpire one game - but game on - this kid is a natural! SAFE! OUT! TIME! He is already looking forward to the 2022 baseball season to get back out there and call the game as he sees it.
This fall marks the first first-day-of-school not at Morse since September 2014. Also marks the first time our children aren't attending the same school!
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| Keva - Grade 4, Tavish - Grade 7 |
MOMENT: New Grade, New Schools
Tavish is joining the masses, continuing with the french immersion stream, for grade 7 at Duke of Connaught. He and a few of his Morse chums adventured over on their own a few days ahead of school starting to check out the walk time and the school. Covid interfered with the option of tours and also with the ability to have rotary subjects, access to the school pool, sports, and the use of lockers. They made the most of their adventure by responsibly taking in a movie - making sure not to eat or drink inside, donned their masks, and kept their distance from one another. Tavish and his Coady Crew (Charlie and Riley) have plans to meet in the morning to walk / TTC to school. A whole new adventure begins for him on day one with an extended crew for the inaugural voyage...
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| Grade 7 |
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| First day walking brigade (Cooper, Zach, Riley, Charlie, Tav) |
Keva is also off to a new school that's not too far away, but in the complete opposite direction as her brother. This will be her first year at school without Tavish and his buddies. She is starting grade 4 at Montcrest in a class of 13 students! This new school comes with the added responsibility of dressing in uniform too. With all of the covid limitations, Keva was only able to have an outdoor tour in the summer and bravely biked up the hill on her first day to see the inside for the first time!
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| Montcrest - Summer Outdoor Tour |
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| Dressed & Ready: Day 1 |
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| The Commuting Crew |
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| Two-Wheel Travels |
Summer is not simply super-duper big scale adventures ... well, it is a pretty big part of summer, but we managed to squeeze in even more summer fun in the sun closer to home.
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| Rollerblader! |
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| Alpacas! |
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| Ferrying to the Toronto Island |
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| My Favourite Son |
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| Patio! |
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| Adele - Keva's Bestie |
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| Let's Play Ball |
MOMENTS: A Little Bit of Everything
The home-highlights of this summer included, but weren't limited to the following categories:
- Baseball: another season of watching our favourite player and his pals play ball
- Babies: our friendly neighbourhood Casey and some time with Torie's Dawson at the cottage
- Swimming: at Laura & Quinn's with Maggie & the girls, the new pool at Agapi & George's
(Foti, Hali, Maria), Mississauga at cousin Kerry's, Lake Ontario with Riley & Melissa at
the Island, and Kingston with Jen & Julian ... swim! swim! swim!
- Sweets: bountiful fresh fruit and vegetables, ice cream, and some other treats thrown in
- Friends: friends fun for all... Adele, Lucy, Pippa & Cleo; Adina, Jana, Maggie, Alyssa, Laura and more!
- Fun: so much fun everywhere
- Adventures: Kingston, Niagara, Torie's Cottage, Toronto Island, Mississauga & everywhere in between
- Animals: alpacas, dogs, and cats, oh my!
