A visit from Toni and Hamish

Another post back in time - apologies. In May we were so lucky to have a visit from my cousin Toni and her boyfriend Hamish as they made their way across Canada from Vancouver to Montreal. Sadly the timing wasn't great as Emily was really unwell again but it was so lovley to see them and so hard to let them go. Riley really enjoyed having them around - so much so that he even faked sick at school so that he could come home and spend more time with them. When he got home he and Hamish disappeared into his special room in the basement and played lego FOR 5 HOURS! Only stopping when we called them up for dinner.

Baking Riley's very own choc cake recipe. It was a kind of work in progress and Toni was so very patitent and accomodating.

Riley and Hamish's lego birthday cake for Toni

Happy Birthday Toni

Hamish and Emily looking up at the big nickel

and the flip side...

A dinosaur display at Science North. It took me ages to convince Emily that it was not real and that it woud not eat her only to find out (once she was very close to it) that the bloody thing is animated and it roars and moves it's head around - yep she was pretty well scared silly after that!

The finished choc cake with a 'little' bit of decorating......too much you think? I have a container of leftover decorations to say otherwise......LOL!