My turn!

Last week, Kiyomi may have been showing signs of taking after her dad with all that climbing, but this week, it's all me baby! She's showing us her more studious and contemplative side. She has become fascinated with books over the last few days. On one or two occasions, prefering to leaf through her book rather than chase KT cat. You know if it beats out the cat, then it's held in high esteem. Grad school, here she comes (ok, ok, I'm getting a little ahead of myself). Those weekly trips to the library are paying off though.

We took advantage of the long weekend to take Kiyomi on her first road trip - or a facsimile thereof. We headed up to Mont Tremblant for the September long weekend - an annual pilgrimmage with some friends. Alas, it was a bit of a rainy weekend, but Kiyomi had a great time hanging out in the 'hot tub' - which was really more bathtub temperature - and goofing around with her buddy Ella. In fact, Kiyomi and Ella had the run of the place, and even managed to deliver some pretty command performances from the loft!

There was some general hanging out, and lots of playing and eating. We were a little unsure how Kiyomi would take to a new environment, but she settled in perfectly happily and even slept better than she does at home! Perhaps it was the several hours in the hot tub or the 300 or so trips up (and down) the stairs, but she slept like a rock every night.

Speaking of sleep, Kiyomi's peaceful nights have been a wee bit disturbed of late. It's not too bad, but everynow and again, she starts to cry in her sleep. We don't think she wakes up when she's crying, so we wonder if its nightmares. All in all, she doesn't seem any more tired the next day, so we're not too worried about it. Other than the fact that she looks pretty sad as she snorfles back into more peaceful dreams.

The parting shot for tonight is a classic - every kid has a spaghetti shot, and now so does Kiyomi. Good night from Ottawa.