Rachel in push cart.

One thing about this great kid, she likes playing as much as grampa does. Which reminds me. Right from the start we were all given our choice of what we wanted to be called as grandparents. Now Miche’s mom chose Ma Mere in honour of their French ancestry. Forgive me if I can’t remember for sure, but I think her dad chose Pa Pere or perhaps it was simply Poppa. I’ll have to check on that.

With her French ancestry on her father’s side, Mariette qualified for Ma Mere as well, but chose instead to honour her Dutch ancestry on her mother’s side and chose Oma. I have some French ancestry, as well as Scottish and Ukraine, so I went with the simple Canadian mongrel style of Grampa. It seemed much shorter and easier to pronounce than my other choice, Oh Wise And Omnipotent Elder.

Anyway, here are a few more recent pictures:

NOTE: Had to drop a couple of captions for technical reasons,

then gave up when next caption kept altering its style and layout,

as in the no-sunscreen pic below. (sigh)

Wondering why grampa isn't wearing any sun screen at her birthday party.

Wondering why grampa isn't wearing any sun screen at her birthday party.

Large cake in centre was for guests. Birthday girl got a miniature version all to herself.