Music Man Sam Makes His Debut

Sammy Social has spent another week swirling his way round the social circuit. Sammer (aka Crazy Hair Lady) paid a surprise visit en route from Victoria to Dar Es Salaam. Sam Man was thrilled to be able to show off his latest and greatest tricks, treats and teeth that he has sprouted since her last visit in September. Timbit was a wee disappointed that Sammer (Sr.) failed to tote back an elephant, warthog, zebra or other African pet friend to play with and he is now hoping Santa will fill the bill for a new pet.

Sam Sr. Surprises Sam from Tanzania

Wednesday marked the first day of Sammy ‘singing debut at music class. We’ve signed up for a 4 week special music class for kids up to 10 months. One of Timbit’s yoga baby bud’s Phinn convinced us to partake in the singing sessions. Sam Man was quite sweet to humour and tolerated his tone deaf maman as I hummed and hawed my way through the class with the 10 other kidlets. Music Man Sam is now contemplating going on tour after mastering his repetore of songs. He is scoping out the abilities of the other classmates to suss out whom he might recruit to back him up on vocals.

Do you like American Music? I like American Music!

Sam Man took advantage of the nice temps and sunshine for the remainder and we strolled up the Danforth with Phinn and his mom Erin . We headed to the Big Carrot to scoop up some fresh organic veggies for the Sammy to sample. The man has developed quite the impressive palate having added an impressive listing of eats to his diet: kale, sweet potato, zucchinni, chickpeas, butternut squash, and oatmeal. I am shy to introduce meat as of yet for fear that he will develop into a flesh hungry carnivore like his daddy. We then strolled back east along the Danforth for a java date at this new little funky café Niche up at Greenwood. In the past 8 weeks we have been blessed with the opening up of not one but TWO neat coffee stops along our emerging growth strip of the Danforth. Hords of socially starved new moms now flock to these new venues in search of social interaction and an outlet to field questions/ frustrations and fulfill their java/stamina needs to propel them through the day.

Friday, we set off the Roncesvales for Timbit’s weekly rubdown at with Heather at Healthy Beginnings. He has become quite fond of the weekly ritual in order to relieve the stress and tension of his daily escapades of growing, eating, sleeping, and eating. Ohhh to have to sholder the stresses of a 6 month old. Friday night, Timbit was left to bond with ‘the boys’ watching hockey and swigging back bottles while I whisked out for the evening.

Sammy Stakes Out Busy Bee Midwife Melinda

The weekend was jammed with lots of action. Saturday we stormed up the Danforth again and made our weekly visit to Grassroots to scoop up some chlorine free diapers for Sir Sammy. We stumbled into Ms. Melinda who has been in hiding since the summer. Sammy listened intently to al of her tales of her recent visit to Nunavit and is now pumped to make his first trip up to the North to see his first polar bear.

Sammy and His Fellow Sports Fans

Sunday, we headed up to Orangeville to visit Super Nana, and the Illick Clan. Avid hockey buff Timbit got to watch both Charlie and Katie shine on the ice for their respective hockey matches. Timbit brought showered the teams with his good luck and good karma with both of them chalking up a win. Sammy is now eager to strap on the skates after having been immersed in hockey crazed culture of Orangeville. After fuelling up with some of Super Nana’s infamous date squares and ginger snaps, we sped back to T.O. to meet up with Grandma and Grandpa as Timbit had finally convinced his Grandma to come and hang with him in T.O. for a few days. Tuckered Timbit then retired to his crib after his tiring tour.