Events and pictures.

This little heartbreaker right here is the newest member of the extended Bell family. Her name is Maggie Bell and she now belongs to my Uncle Jim and Auntie Reta in Nanaimo, B.C. (yes, birthplace of the delish bar!)
Isn't she gorgeous? I'm so envious.










Next on our list is Ashlea Collis's bridal shower. Ashlea lived across the street from us on Peter Andrew when I was a little girl, and from the time I was old enough to go to school she walked me to and from Westminster P.S. until she moved away. She was a pretty special friend and babysitter, and we were so glad to be invited to her bridal shower. Her fiance Eric is a really nice guy and treats her really well. The shower was at the Finch Garden chinese restaurant and was hosted by her mother and aunts. A good time all in all.


















This last batch of photos is from Friday's foray downtown with Ms. Morris's grade 9 geography classes. For those of you who don't know, Ms. April Morris-Rulens was my absolute favourite teacher in high school. She was also a real inspiration to me, and in the end is who inspired me to go for teacher's college. She remains my mentor, and after I graduated from VSS and had my first year in University she was hired to be the head of Geography at Richmond Green SS in Newmarket. Shortly thereafter she found out that she and her husband were expecting a baby girl, and we've been connected and catching up ever since. Every so often myself and Evgeny Aizenberg (see above with sister Polina), also a big fan of Ms. Morris, go see her and help in her classroom. This time she had planned an Amazing Race-style adventure for her students in the downtown core, and Ev, Polina and I acted as Checkpoint B in Kensington Market. Other checkpoints were located in Chinatown, Union Station, Queen's Park and St. Lawrence Market. It was sweltering hot and some of the kids got lost and had to be rescued by yours truly, but we had a pretty amazing day.

-Laur