Winter Wrap Up

The last ski weekend at the cottage (back in March... Mom has been a little preoccupied with work lately)! Maddy and Dustind decide to pull out the helmets to make sure that they still fit for spring rides on Ziggy with Papa! Bathtub big enough for two! Carl taking a moment to relax (note Diagio issued laptop open on the table in front of him)

Spring Feaver

After a long but fun winter... we are finally ready for some spring time! Maddy is practicing 'tubing' Dusind is workign on his best ice-cream licking technique Maddy is trying on her summer hat (which used to be Mommy's) And Dustind is working on flexing his muscles for when he is at the beach (as you can tell he has already shed his winter pounds...) You can't have spring without a fabulous pair of rubber boots to splash around in! Thanks Maya - I LOVE these and wear them every day!

chicago

I recently had the opportunity to travel to Chicago for the Promotional Marketing Association's annual confernce. 2 days, 14 presenters and 2 working lunches. I had evenings free and used my time to walk around! I arrived at night to this beautiful city - my cell phone images don't do justice to the city scape!

River running through the city

More interesting architecture

Giant spider constructed out of lego

The closest I got to Oprah while in Chicago (leaving O'Hare airport!)

A cup of Optimism Anyone?

Right up my ally... optimism and coffee. On of my latest projects - opening up a cafe for Maxwell House in Montreal for one month - with free coffee to everyone who visits. So far PR loves it and day one we have had line-ups! Check out the website to see the great tv spots www.brewsomegood.ca And this helps to explain why I haven't been blogging about my kids (about 4 other programs just as big going on at the same time!)

March Break

Although not 'off' March Break was still fun for Dustind. We kicked off the week with dinner dates with Ben and then Daniel.

Dustind also had a special day out to Build A Bear as a special reward for making good decisions while at School. Dustind brought his rainbow bear for a visit to his birth place and choose 'Lucky' to bring home to the Milroy home!















Unfortuanately there was a trip to the hardware store that same day that the kids were board silly on...














We took a trip for a long weekend at the cottage - and guess what? There was sun! We stopped at Kawartha Dairy on the way up. Went skiing at Sir Sams and had Friends over.

All in all a good March break!

Proof of the sun... and still a bit of snow at the cottage!

King of the Castle

Need I say more...

A Fun Family Weekend

The weather didn't start out great (pouring rain) but we decided Saturday night to make a run up to the cottage to get in a few more runs - and are we ever glad we did! The drive up was less than stellar - but when we go thtere... Mom had to gun the mini-van out of the cottage lane just to make it over to the ski hill. (this after getting out to try to remove some of the snow bank the plow left early in the morning after coming along Parson's road.

Our morning view on Sunday!














Dustind heading out on a snowy trail at Sir Sams!

Before going up to the cottage - we took a trip to the library on Saturday afternoon where Maddy was working on her computer skills... she is really adapt at punching out on the keyboard and turning it on and off... well we all have to start somewhere!