Happy Birthday, Little Star

For her seventh birthday, Alison has sported a little orange star sticker on her nose. See?


At recess, her teacher asked her what happens if she pushes the little star, and this is a dramatization of the resulting answer.





Alison did enjoy the bounty of her birthday. There were lots of fun writing things in that giant box (plus some other presents for somebody else's birthday coming soon), some cozy jammies, and a green ipod. Green! How awesome is that?

The big downside to the day was that her very sad dad got stuck on an airplane trying to make his way home from Montreal via Toronto. Oddly enough, there was a snowstorm in Toronto seven years ago as well....

Anticipation

It's tough when the parcels start arriving before your birthday. Especially when mean old mom makes you wait until your actual birthday.





The arrival of the giant package also inspired this lovely dramatic piece. Enjoy.

Rustle update

As the rest of the family is swamped with activities and the generally harried pace of life around here (and ski season hasn't started yet! Yikes!), it is important to reflect on life as the furriest member of the family.

Rustle is still busy shedding fur all over the dark blue carpet and running at full tilt in the dog park. He still wags his tail with gusto; whap-whap-whapping it against the bed to wake me each morning, or against the washing machine as I return from work each day. His new favourite toy is an old fleece hat which he has taken to carrying all about the house with him.

Happy, friendly, loves-to-be-around-us Rustle is still as cute as ever, too.

Spider-Girl

Sarah on the climbing wall. Woo-Hoo!