The Kennedys

Touring in our own City

2009-02-22T18:53:00.001-05:00

Something that we all seem to do when we live in a city little to long is forget what wonderful things that city might have to offer. We are fortunate enough to live in a City were we have an never ending list of fantastic things to do for free or very little money... so do we take advantage of this? Of course not. Today we met up with the Mombourquette family to go skating on the Rideau Canal, only the great outdoor rink anywhere. Cynthia and Abigail had a great time catching up and skating. We were all so proud of them, they did a fantastic job skating and certainly didn't complain about sore feet like the adults. If you know anything about Ottawa in the winter, you would know that a day out wouldn't be complete wihout one mandatory food item... THE BEAVER TAIL of course. It was a perfect day and got us thinking about the great things this city has to offer and we hope to get out and do more even when it's winter.

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T17:07:00.003-05:00

As Hallmark would have it we shouldn't be showing and telling our loved ones that we love them, we should bottle it all up until today and splurge - so here it is my dear Friends and Family:

WE LOVE YOU!

All joking aside today has been a pretty decent day. Todd woke up bright and early to register Cynthia and her little best friend MacKenna up for Soccer - can't wait to see them playing this summer, it's going to be too cute. Cynthia and I got up and got ready for Dance class, it was so cute she wanted to bring her teachers Valentine cards and so she did. Her dance teachers gave her a little goodie bag of treats.
Tonight we are all doing something we love - Cynthia will be going to a play centre "Parents Night Out" where she will get to hang out play games, watch a movie and eat pizza with her friends while Todd and I are heading out for dinner... you guessed it we are packing up and heading to the far end of town to eat German at the wonderful Lindehoff restaurant.
Todd and I decided not to do any gifts for each other, I mean as much as I love flowers they don't last and the cat would probably have then for a midnight snack anyway and I don't need a hear shaped necklace because I have one and think that's my quota. Becuase of our plan I didn't get anything for Todd... of course he came home with something for me - something I have wanted for a while and never got around to getting... a romantic heating pad - yes you heard it right a heating pad. Love it.

Well we are off to enjoy a dinner out - hope you all have a great Valentine's Day.

Changes around this place

2009-02-10T21:44:00.004-05:00

For the last few years the entries on this site have been done by miss Cynthia - well she is four now and life is busy and she just doesn't have the time to sit down and blog anymore. We were talking this weekend and she said "Mom can you please take over cynthiakennedy.net for a bit so I can focus on my life?" What could I say to this - of course I would help her out, I mean who am I to hold her back? So the site will still star Cynthia but will also have a new twist to it - focusing on the entire Kennedy family. I hope I can be half the blogger that Cynthia has been, enjoy reading.

This is what 4 looks like

2008-11-22T16:06:00.000-05:00

Wow can you say CrAzY??? I am 4 now. My mommy keeps asking me where the time went - not really sure because I was there every day of those four years. Mommy and Daddy say that I am not a baby at all any more - I am a big girl who is really independent and sassy, I guess those are good things right?

I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to everyone that helped me celebrate my birthday, I am a really lucky girl to have so many friends and family that love me.

Ta ta ta

2008-06-13T15:16:00.002-05:00

Today was my music class presentation to the parents at my school. I have been taking music class all year and this was my chance to show off everything that I have learned. Mommy, Daddy and Uncle John all came, it was a lot of fun.

Pretty Posh, isn't it?

2008-06-06T21:19:00.000-05:00

Dance Recital

2008-06-01T19:12:00.003-05:00

Today I had my first Dance recital. I have been practicing for this event for a long time and was so excited to finally be able to put on a show today. I was a really lucky girl to have my Mommy, Daddy, Uncle John, Nana, Auntie Jane, Parisa and Raina come and watch me dance. It was a lot of fun to watch all the other dancers dance too - I even got to see my teachers dance, they are really good.

Toronto Zoo

2008-05-19T09:41:00.003-05:00

Thank you for the fun day at the Zoo Papa, Nana and Mommy.

I will add more pictures when I get back home to Ottawa.

Going to the Zoo

2008-05-16T08:48:00.004-05:00

Papas takin us to the zoo tomorrow,
Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow
Papas takin us to the zoo tomorrow
And we can stay all day!

Chorus:
Were goin to the zoo, zoo, zoo
How about you, you, you?
You can come too, too, too
Were goin to the zoo, zoo, zoo.

See the elephant with the long trunk swingin
Great big ears and a long trunk swingin
Snuffin up peanuts with a long trunk swingin
And we can stay all day!

(Chorus)

See all the monkeys theyre scritch-scritch scratchin
Jumpin around and scritch-scritch scratchin
Hangin by the long-tail (huff huff huff)
And we can stay all day!

(Chorus)

Theres a big black bear hes a huff-puff-a-puffin
His coats too heavy hes a huff-puff-a-puffin
Dont get too near the huff-puff-a-puffin
Or you wont stay all day!

(Chorus)

Well the seals in the pool all honk-honk-honkin
Catchin the fish and honk-honk-honkin
Little tiny seals all honk-honk-honkin
And we can stay all day!

(Chorus)

Lyrics from Peter, Paul & Mary: Going to The Zoo - (slightly altered)

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T20:40:00.003-05:00

My Mommy, My Friend

A Mommy can fix things from boo-boos to dinner,
She's caring and sweet and a good tucker-inner.
She thinks you are an angel whatever you do,
'Cause she's loving and wise -
And a special friend, too!

I love you Mommy, today and everyday.

Happy Mother's Day to my Mommy and all the other Mommies in my life that I love too.

Rocking Out with Dunca

2008-05-10T20:43:00.000-05:00

Today my good friend (and future husband) Duncan introduced me to Rock Band. We had a lot blast putting on a show for my Mommy and Parisa (Duncan's Mommy). Duncan rocks at the drums and I love playing the guitar - thanks for the fun time.

Beautiful

2008-05-06T21:39:00.000-05:00

Mommy says that this picture speaks for itself.

Love,
Cynthia

MOLLY May 18, 2007 - April 24, 2008

2008-04-24T22:01:00.000-05:00

It is with great sadness that I inform you that we have lost another member of the Kennedy family today. As you all know our sweet gerbil friend Annie passed away two months ago, she was survived by her sister Molly who deciede that today would be a good day to join Annie again.

Molly I hope you are happy now that you are back with your sister - we will miss you both a lot.

Must eat CHIPS

2008-04-12T21:09:00.000-05:00

We don't get to have treats in our house that often so when Mommy and Daddy said I could have some chips, I wasn't going to let being tired stand in my way. I ate them until I fell asleep. They were really yummy.

Google Me

2008-04-06T21:11:00.001-05:00

I'm on the first page!!!

Making Quesadillas for Daddy

2008-04-06T20:52:00.003-05:00

Mommy and I decided to make Quesadillas for Daddy for supper tonight. Mommy put the tortilla shell on the table and it was my job to put on the cheese, chicken and TOMATOES. Mommy said that I did a really good job, but not to put so many tomatoes on the next one; she said I got a little carried away on the first one - what do you think?

Do you like my Home Depot apron that I am wearing? Mommy said that Uncle John got it for me to do wood work not cook.

Blue Woman Group

2008-03-14T21:29:00.000-05:00

Mommy says this is the price we pay to be beautiful. We took these pictures at our daytime slumber party with Cousin Sara when she was up visiting for March break.

Eye can see just fine

2008-03-14T21:17:00.000-05:00

Today I went to my first Eye exam and the eye doctor said I could see just fine - 20/20 vision is what he called it. I had a lot of fun playing with all the fun things at the eye doctor and I wasn't even upset when he put funny drops in my eyes - made them go a bit yellow.

I am really happy that I have good and healthy eyes.

If I am three feet tall, how tall is the snow bank?

2008-03-14T20:06:00.001-05:00

They say that Ottawa has gotten a lot of snow over this winter, but I wanted to show you just how much snow there is. If I am three feet tall, how tall is my snow bank? This picture was taken today in my driveway. Thank goodness that our dear friends and neighbours J.F. and Dan help us out by snow blowing our driveway - we couldn't live without them.

Dinosaur week - show and tell

2008-02-29T20:58:00.000-05:00

It has been dinosaur week at school for the last two weeks and today was the last day and show and tell day - I woke up this morning to see that my Mommy had made me this really neat shirt of a Diplodocus - Mommy can't say Diplodocus so she calls it a long neck dinosaur, silly huh? Do you see that she made me a matching hair clip too? I love Mommy she is the best.

ANNIE May 18, 2007 - February 15, 2008

2008-02-15T18:13:00.005-05:00

It is with great sadness that I tell you that today my gerbil and friend ANNIE has died.

ENCHANTED

2008-01-06T21:37:00.000-05:00

If you were going to go and see a movie about a princess would you dress up? Today Mommy took me to see ENCHANTED, a movie about a cartoon princess that somehow ends up on earth as a real person. I had a lot of fun watching the movie and dressing up as a princess to go see it.

Computer Game

2007-12-25T22:55:00.000-05:00

Papa gave me a Dora computer game for Christmas and I spent all afternoon playing it. I really like playing on the computer.
Cynthia will be really excited when she finds out that her Christmas gift from Grandma and Grandpa (in Minot) is her very own XO computer - it should be arriving soon.

Annie Dress

2007-12-25T22:51:00.000-05:00

My very own Annie dress - I can sing all her songs and now I can look just like her while I do it. This was a special gift just from Mommy.

Dora Vanity Dress Up Table

2007-12-25T22:50:00.000-05:00

I have seen Santa about six times over the last month and every time I saw him I would tell him I really wanted the Dora Vanity Dress Up Table --- look what he left for me today. I was so excited!