The Oh in Kiddo

Are You Kidding Me?

2009-12-25T12:28:00.000-08:00

Are you kidding me? ARE YOU KIDDING ME? OMG! OMG!

Full HD Video Here...

Never Go Shopping for Glasses with a 14 Year Old

2009-07-27T14:33:00.000-07:00

T's idea of what's cool in eye wear... or is that I wear...

these glasses are so thick that when I look on a map I can see people waving

Doctor doctor I think I need glasses' yeah but this is a clothing store.

T got smarter since she started wearing glasses

Best Day of My Life - A Green Day

2009-07-17T22:25:00.000-07:00

Best day of my life... and I lost my shoe... cellphone died... But....

Watch on Youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4KV8784FSw

OPL - Our Lady Peace at Bluesfest 2009

2009-07-17T09:48:00.000-07:00

Post confessions:

Forgive me for it has been almost a year since my last confes.... post.

Bluesfest is back in Ottawa agian and here are a few video samples of Our Lady Peace concert.

OPL performing "Is Anybody Home?"
Watch on Youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTNtzXPZuiw

Raine Maida on the Scaffolds doin' "All You Did Was Save My Life" Awesome!
Watch on Youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TuoWLRX2Vs

The Finale....
Watch on youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IceJ4ynb0DI

YES We Can - ada!

2009-02-19T21:17:00.000-08:00

It may not have been IOWA, but it was Ottawa, with free maple leaf cookies, beavertails, handshakes, cheers, smiles and souvenirs instead of flying shoes. No. It wasn't a new episode of the West Wing. It was the first Obama foreign visit.

Airforce One Leaving

Come back soon when the weather is warmer.

Winterlude 2009 with Colin James

2009-02-07T20:52:00.000-08:00

NEW DUE

2008-12-18T16:59:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday Di

2008-12-18T16:55:00.001-08:00

And now for the real one

It's a Wonderful Day in the Neighborhood

2008-12-09T13:51:00.000-08:00

It's a wonderful day in the neighborhood...a wonderful day in the neighborhood...Would you? Could you? Plough my driveway...

Won’t you please, won’t you please, please won’t you be my neighbor? And move the snow

If you have more miles on your snow blower than your car. Smile and Shovel...

If driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. you're in Ottawa.

Happy Birthday Maddikins...

2008-10-06T21:35:00.000-07:00

It's October 7th, 2008... and it's Maddies birthday.

Happy Birthday Maddie
We love you:
~ Di ~ Akos
~ those people on the island ~ Tamika, ~ Dave, ~ Sarah
~ and... The Boys... Mr C, Mr D, Mr. A and Parental Units

Appropriately Summery Things

2008-09-02T18:40:00.000-07:00

Yes, not much content again. Bah! Well, T was not in the mood to write anything (she started her own blog), we had a lack of photos (except of pop stars) and a lack of video footage that was pieced together to make the Summer Spectac Video.

It was summer, we got out and did appropriately summery things. so below without any vain piffling with the keyboard are a few of the snaps left from the summer of 2008 in the big "O".

A crowded Montreal

Ottawa boats and Cappuccinos

Quebec crowds and Boulangeries

Montreal on the stoop

Montreal Creme Glaze

Montreal Coldplay warm soiree

Summer Spectac 2008

2008-09-01T18:02:00.000-07:00

With a lack of footage, a recap of T's summer spectacular in Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal.

Three cities (Ottawa, Quebec City and Montreal), endless concerts, high gas prices (may have been cheaper to mail the car) with Sean Kingston, Theory of the Deadman, Three Days Grace, Fergie, Paul Mccartney, Coldplay and of course Snoop Dog at McDonalds, the Musique never stopped. ~ Peace LUV

Akos - Rules to live by

2008-05-19T14:16:00.000-07:00

1.
When you are attempting to prove that you can be assertive, by insisting, to the nice girl on the phone that you have ordered noodle soup there many times, before you ask to speak to the manager, make sure you are not calling Pizza Hut.

2.
Do not attempt to change the burned out bulb in the bathroom if there is a woman in there getting ready to go out. Consequences may vary. Caveat: If a woman asks you to change the light bulb when she is getting ready to go out: HURRY regardless of possible consequences to self.

3.
To avoid serious injury and a trip to emergency, when landing in the snow after jumping over a fallen child, try not to slam your elbow into your ribs.

4.
For a faster recovery time, if you seriously rip most of the skin off your knee sliding into first base while wearing shorts, do not do it again the following week.

5.
When attempting to catch a grounder at third base, wear a glove to avoid loss of thumb.

6.
When you find yourself in an above ground pool with no water and your friend is hanging from the rafters in the garage yelling help because the ladder you need to get out the pool fell over as he was retrieving some items from the rafters, do not vault over the side of the pool. The ground is closer than you think.

7.
When mountain biking in the driveway apply the rear brake first as you attempt not to hit a child to avoid facial injuries when flying over the handlebars and face planting in the gravel.

Observarions from Di

Syd - just wanna have fun

2008-05-16T22:54:00.000-07:00

It's not fair that one sister get an online video... so...

enjoy...

Just Added - Until I Return...

2008-05-15T00:54:00.000-07:00

One of the all time greats and legends of Guitar Hero III: Miss M with guest star Spass3 (spazz) and featuring the Old Guy... Enjoy

Disco

2007-10-23T21:16:00.000-07:00

GirlsCanCancan

2007-10-23T17:57:00.000-07:00

Chopstix Video version I

2007-07-24T18:39:00.000-07:00

Tour 2007 - Leftover Photos

2007-07-24T18:26:00.000-07:00

Unposted photos of the 2007 OH Tour for T's enjoyment.

Auntie Tara: Wish You Were Here?

2007-07-22T19:49:00.000-07:00

Can You Say LUGE?

2007-07-19T21:21:00.000-07:00

The Hope Volleyball Volunteer

2007-07-17T19:27:00.000-07:00

Run Run Run... 8 hours of running and then...

ChopStix the Video Preveiw Release

2007-07-13T19:35:00.000-07:00

My New Video Preview coming Soon....

New 'Do!

2007-07-12T11:49:00.000-07:00

Check out my new hairdo!

Talk to you all tomorrow!

Seeing the Family in Calgary

2007-07-11T14:53:00.000-07:00

On June 29th, I saw my new baby cousin, Syd for the first time. She was so cute and sweet!

Maddie was also very happy and excited that I was there, and I was too. I got to see my Auntie Tara and Uncle Brent and watch them play the wii. I also played the wii for the first time, and got beat by almost everybody including Maddie! Auntie Tara also hit Uncle Brent in the elbow with the wii remote. We were supposed to go laser bowling , but we changed our minds and bought glow in the dark earings, bracelets and necklaces for a laser picnic and wii party in the basement. We also lit sparklers and waved them around in the backyard.

It was really hard to leave the next day, because we don't see each other as often as we should, but we do talk on the phone some times which is good.

Here's a couple of photos from my Calgary trip: (actually stolen from Auntie Tara's blog, thanks!)

Me and Maddie!

Me and my Auntie Tara!

On Friday I'll have a special surprise for everyone, so check it out and leave me some comments. We'll try to update the blog more often but we have been sort of busy, I guess.

Well, I'll try to write again soon.
T

A's Revenge

2006-08-03T23:07:00.000-07:00

As much as the kiddo HATES having her picture taken, the A miester has posted the last few snaps from the 2006 whirlwind Otawa tour.

The Other Pool on Rainy days

Why can't we swim at the beach?

My Swim Prof...

Just graduated from University

Not waterproof MP3 playes

MP3 Wars (Pink is Rad)

Miss M and the Kiddo

Enjoy the rest of your summer.

~A

Reading the Latest Gossip to my Shoe

2006-07-24T16:09:00.000-07:00

Well, I'd like to write more exciting adventurous stuff for you all to read, but to be honest, it was mostly too hot to do much more than hang out at the pool. We did have one perfect summer day, when we hung out at the outdoor pool ALL DAY. We had a picnic dinner in the cool grass under a big tree (D even gave in to having potato salad). We all actually fell asleep under the tree. After our naps we had strawberry shortcake. Then we played my new word game Smart Mouth. Do you know a word that begins with O and ends with O? If you do leave a comment and the word has to be at least four letters long. Anyways we played the game and drank cool and refreshing drinks till late at night when it was finally cool enough to sleep.

Friday: We went to a lake A insisted that we had to go. The lake was in Gatineau Park in Quebec. A forgot the camera. We stopped for lunch in an old train station in Wakefield. A decided that a burger and soup wasn't enough for lunch so he decided to eat his doiley. He ate about a quarter of it befor he decided he was full.

Saturday: We went to the Lebanese Festival. There were'nt many people there, but we had fun and enjoyed good food. They were raising money for aid to Lebanon and we thought they could use our support.

Getting my face painted at the Lebanese Festival.

Tamika's Revenge

Sunday: We went to the Byward Market. If you're ever in Ottawa in the summer Sunday afternoon at the market is a must do.

Coffee and hot chocolate!

Berries, berries, berries!

Flowers, flowers, flowers!

Don't forget to stop and smell the roses.

Check out my great new tatoo that I got at the market!

Catching up on the gossip with my cool new shoe and my cool new sock.

Thats it for now. You will have to check tomorrow to read more.

~kiddo

Great lakes and other stuff

2006-07-23T19:56:00.000-07:00

So I said I'd tell you about the ride home. First it was hot and humid so we decided to just head home. We were making good time until A decided to see the sand dunes and add another two hours of driving. After we paid 12$ to get into the park, we were all grumpy, hungry and hot. After all that driving and complaining I sort of forgot to notice the sand dunes. The only food at the beach was hamburgers and hotdogs which we had our fill of at Wonderland so we stuck our toes in the water and left for the quaint little town of Picton which D remembered fondly from her childhood many many years ago. Now let ME tell you about Picton. Mcdonalds, KFC, Wendy's( by the way this town is only around three streets big) which we could of got on the highway two hours ago. So after driving up and down EVERY street 4 times, I finally spot a restaurant. The chicken wraps were good but definitely not wourth the drive. If I had to rate the town out of ten it would get a 3.

I did learn that Lake Ontario is one of the Great Lakes and I did get to stick my toe in it. It was really, really, really warm. You can check out the sand dunes yourself at http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/sand.html

Monday I started swimming lessons at the University. I have a private instructor named S. She taught me how to dive off the diving board. She's really cool and nice, and she's only 16. I'm almost as tall as she is and I thought I was short. I'm doing really good. Started at level three and I already Passed level 5. So I'm going for another week.YAY.

Tuesday: We went go karting at karters korner. Theres not much to say. We went around a track. I'm taller than I was last year.

Here's moi in the middle of the road:

It's getting late, so I'll write again tomorrow.

~Kiddo

Been a While...

2006-07-22T16:10:00.000-07:00

It's been a while, but we have been busy. Also, my photographers have been slacking off lately; forgetting the camera, getting dizzy trying to follow me around on rides.

First up, getting up at 6:00 am to drive 5 hours to Wonderland totally sucked. Decided to stick to the gentle rides for the first day (kiddy ride but don't tell anyone).

Ok, you all know that I've outgrown spongebob squarepants. Right? However, I must admit the 3D movie was pretty cool. The chairs moved in sync with the movie. D was wobbling after and could'nt go on the moving chairs in the second movie which wasn't 3D.

Day 2: Torrential downpour, slack photographers. Had to go to plan B. Ontario Science Museum, along with every other kid in Toronto. The Grossology exhibit sure was gross. Played tennis in the rain and got soaked. We sucked, fun anyways. Swimming in the pool and fast food saved the day. LOL.

Day 3: Wild rides, lots of water and the toilet.

Warming up with a few acrobatic stunts. Thrilled the crowd(D & A)!

HOLY CRAP!

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Actually loved this ride.

Really it's pizza cheese. Trust me, it really, really, really, really is pizza cheese, I think.

Ok back to the toilet. We went to the water park. Awesome rides and lucky for us it was nice and hot. It was really refreshing. Too hot for the photographers I guess.

Now let me tell you how A & I got flushed down the toilet. There's two lines. First there's the line to get the double tube, then there's the line to actually go on the ride. In case you're wondering the line took a half an hour. Ok so we finally get the tubes then we start climbing the stairs but only to find a half an hour of waiting ahead of us. The worst thing was A made ME carry the tube up ALL 300 steps. So we finally get up to the top and OMG! What were we thinking? We finally start getting in the tube and in 5 seconds were both screaming our heads off like maniacs! You shoot down a drop off slide(I'm sitting in front so I'm way more scared, so I think), spin into a gigantic toilet bowl. You spin around and around the bowl waiting to get flushed, but when you don't expect it you shoot down another tube really, really fast screaming your brains out. Before you can count to one you woosh out the tube into a pool. Then you sit in your tube with shock and excitment and getting ready for more.

I think that will give you alot to think about for now so i'll write again soon. Maybe I'll tell you about the ride home, but you will have to wait.

~kiddo

Movie Review and other stuff

2006-07-10T18:44:00.000-07:00

Loved the movie - Pirates of the Caribbean. We give it **** out of ****, all 8 of us. Yes, there was 8 of us - Thanks to J for getting seats early for all of us. All the kids went kind of wack, acutally the adults were a bit wacked themselves. Had fun. You should go. Be prepared for the sudden, unexpected, dramatic ending, that I thought sucked, but I got over it. Took about a day, but once I learned that there is another...., don't want to give it away.

On a completely different note, check out my new pony. lol. Don't know where we're going to keep it Dad. But I have faith in you, that you'll figure out something. Not sure what the cost of shipping him will be, send extra money for airfare, please. Some hay would be good.

His name is King, by the way.

Off to Canada's Wonderland, bright and early tomorrow am. Will post from there, unless of course I'm too busy having fun on the rides and at the water park, then I'll have to post when we return. ~Kiddo

Busy Bees in the Big O!

2006-07-07T08:00:00.000-07:00

We've been busy here in the big O. First up, Canada Day.

For some strange reason, there was a bit of a Hippie theme. like it's the 60's again... man.

Oh ya, C came to the hill with us. Groovy, man.

Waited 45 minutes in hot, hot, hot line to fly high in a Snowbird cockpit. It was totally worth it, man.

The line for the training Hawk cockpit was considerably shorter, right on, man.

We really liked groovin' to the tunes on parliament hill and the Snowbird fly over was far out. Later, we watched cool fireworks and had a bonfire in the pouring rain. Wet Marshmallows, yum.

Next up, C's Grandma's birthday BBQ. We all got to blow out candles.

Don't I look Fab!

We played football and I scored two huge touchdowns!

Next up, shopping. Kind of got trapped by a huge storm. Had to shop more, until the storm stopped. No pics, but check out my great pink camo hat. Love, love, love it.

Kayaking. Managed to make it most of the way down the canal. Was really windy. It was fun, but would like to try it on a calmer day. You do get wet!

Ahhh, well deserved refreshments.

Yesterday, I rode my bike 10K! Rode to the Experimental farm; saw lots of cow butts, Mooo.

Butts, Butts, and more Butts. Oh and a few tongues.

Did you know, if you scratch a calf under their chin, they will reward you with a great big, wet, sloberry lick? I wouldn't recommend it more than once.

And of course, my favourite big O activity...

Been in the pool, either outdoor or indoor, everyday except one. Despite my pleading, begging and nagging. Guess I wore the adults out.

Tonight we are off to see Pirates of the Cribbean. Check back for our movie review tomorrow.

Keep on truckin' man! ~ Kiddo

Of Course....

2006-06-30T20:23:00.000-07:00

Arrived in Ottawa. Late of course. Thunderstorm, of course. The airport struck by lightning, knocking the power out again, same as last year. But, made it here safely. Felt a little sick, the flight was lonnnnnnnnng and bumpy, of course.
Glad to be here. It's late, so I'll write more tomorrow, sorry but had to check out the pool, of course. ~Kiddo

Am I There Yet?

2006-06-29T21:06:00.000-07:00

Information as of today is still in the air...