Photo op

It's been a busy month. It's been a relatively mild and un-snowy February, so we've been getting out a bit more than usual. We've also had some important visitors: Grandma Eileen, and some guy named Barack Obama. The Barackstar didn't stop by for coffee, but his 7-hour visit certainly set this place abuzz. We were all warned for weeks ahead of time that there would be no public events, no chance to see him in person, ginormous security, etc, so the crowds were relatively sparse. But Mom and the kids did get to wave at the presidential motorcade, which passed through our neighbourhood. She reports that it was very exciting.

To give you a sense of the impact his short visit made, here's an anecdote. President O stopped by a bakery in Byward Market on his way out of town and bought some maple leaf shortbread cookies to take home to the fam. Pandemonium! I read in the paper yesterday that this bakery sold about 300 of the cookies per week before they became Canada's most famous souvenir. Now they're selling over 1,000 a day and looking to buy foreclosed properties in Florida with the excess profit (okay, that last part may not be true).

Beyond that, it was nice to have Grandma E around for 10 days, even though Tom and I didn't get to go away for a tropical vacation, which was the original intent of her visit.

On an unrelated topic, we went to a professional photographer last week for a portrait session. I need to choose 3 of these 128(!) images for printing, and I need help! Click here to have a look, and let me know which ones you like (each pic has a reference number). There are definitely more than 3 that I like!