MINE

Yup, it's official. Sophie can - and does - now say M-I-N-E, while yanking a toy away from her brother or trying to cling on to something she might break.

We have been super busy - that actually is a constant - with family visitors and work (lots of late nights for M) and our "Toronto-warming" party - -- and all the work fixing up the house, even though we swore it was about warming our social network in the city and not our house. But we have almost all of our art up on the walls and furniture re-arranged.

The party was great fun. We asked people to bring tips on living well in T.O. - places to eat, bike routes, babysitters (that you have to pay), best bookshops, etc - as well as person that we had yet to meet. We invited 4 or 5 of the neighbours and some showed up with more neighbours which was terrific. Despite a no gift request, we ended up with 10 bottles of wine; so there will be more parties!

We've also been kicking up our heels a lot as family visitors mean free babysitting. So we went out solo on Friday night and I got to see a movie on Sunday with my sis and M & I dined with another couple last night and, and, and As you can tell, we're trying to cram it all in while the free babysitting is still in house.

Next challenge is to get the basement rented and prepare for a return trip to our friends' cottage in a week.