Father and son in the park.

Ian's grandparents Bert & Judy came back to town to visit last week. We had hoped the basement remodelling would be done, but it was not to be. However, Bert (as usual) helped out with lots of projects, big and small, around the house and got us a lil bit closer to be finished. We all had a nice trip down to the lakefront where we had a little picnic. Later I got a bad cold and ended up spending much of their visit camped out on the porch (since the guest room in the basement isn't finished yet).
My dad, Cor, is now coming the end of the month for his visit. Finally Ian will meet his other grandfather in person. The basement guestroom should be all done by the time he gets here. My uncle Dirk and Chi were supposed to come as well, but they have re-scheduled their visit to the spring. Ian was playing today with the beautiful Tiffany rattle his great uncle got him. He seemed to really love it, until he accidentaly hit himself in the head with it. Silver rattles look cool, but they are a lot harder than the usual plastic ones...