The Eddie and Vinci Report

Monday, November 30, 2015

Growing

Eddie had a wonderful fourth birthday. We were at Grandma and Grandpa's house. Eddie got just a few presents, which he really liked, and he played with them all day with his six-year-old cousin who came over. This kind of celebration was just his speed. There was cake with candles to blow out, too!

The morning after, Eddie was up early with just me and Vincent. We discussed his birthday, and Eddie wasn't sure if the age change had stuck. "How old am I?" he asked. I asked him back, but he was unsure and wanted me to say it. "You're 4!" I told him.

Eddie stood up tall. Then he insisted I stand up as well. He looked up at me, then asked when he would be big like me!

The cutie thought he might have grown big like papa. I told him that at the rate he's going, he'll probably be my size when he's 13.

Friday, October 23, 2015

Treasure hunt

Our local toy store, Scooter Girl Toys, ran a Pirate Treasure Hunt last week. There was a map with 14 riddles and 14 spots around Roncesvalles marked. We had to visit all the spots, figure out which riddle matched the spot, and fill in the answers. Everyone who turned in a completed map was in a drawing for a prize!

Well, we traversed the neighborhood, the park, and the lakefront and learned lots of new things. Like: Two giant granite blocks in High Park are there because Irving Burman was commissioned to make a sculpture; he ordered the two blocks, then forgot what he wanted to make out of them! So they are still there. And: Castle Playground was burned down by arson a few years ago! We also found a bike park we didn't know about at all, with lots of ramps and dirt mountains. Eddie liked to sit and watch them do jumps.

We turned in our map, and yesterday we heard that Eddie was one of the winners! He won a little Playmobil police station. It comes with a cop, a robber, and accessories, and folds into a little box which locks to keep it safe from little brothers. He likes it a lot.

Hooray for pirate treasure!