Happy 90th Birthday, Papa Les!

It was a huge event in Cape Breton to celebrate Papa Les' 90th birthday.

There were days of parties and lots of food, beverages and cousins.

Since Sarah had to go to Chile to train for skiing, Alison had to get all the attention and lobsters for herself.  It was almost as though she held up the sky!

 

(Thanks to my fabulous sister for the great pictures!)

Sarah is 14 now

The most exciting thing in the world when you are turning 14 and you are Sarah is a new texting phone. She sent over 100 texts on her first day. She really, really needed that new phone.

Nothing was more exciting when you are Sarah's parents and you saw the look on her face when she opened her new phone. Such joy.

Happiest of birthdays, Sarah!

Happy Eleventh Birthday, Alison

It is a very exciting thing to turn 11. You can no longer show your age on your hands and a sushi chef will sing to you while waving around a very large knife.

And then there are presents and cards which are so very exciting!

Happy Birthday, Sarah!

Sarah is now 13. A teenager. Nearly as tall as me. Yikes.


We celebrated at home, since ski season prevents a lot of opportunities to have parties. We figure that a half birthday party in June will do nicely, since skiing should be over by then.

Some photos of our girl:

Love the Glee wear!

Apparently, a birthday montage is incomplete without the new birthday ski photo.

Happy Birthday, Alison

Alison is now a full decade. She is not letting her old age get in the way of her silliness!

Alison's 10th Birthday Party

Yes, I'm a few weeks behind, but we are a busy household. Sarah was away for two weeks in November, which hopefully she will share about soon... But in the meantime, we had to plan a party to celebrate Alison turning 10.

This year, Alison wanted a dinner party. She's been watching a lot of Food Network and is quite intrigued, especially by the cake shows. So I suggested one of those murder-mystery dinners and we found some on the internet, designed specifically for kids. It was on!

Her friends got right into it. Some came in costume, but every one of them was interested in the scripts and the mystery of The Ghost of Marnie Anderson at Anderson Castle. Sarah was back from Colorado just the day before the party, and she gladly took on the role of the 85 year old aunt who basically ran the show. They all had a great time.

(Turns out, the jealous maid did it)

Birthday Season

Fall is birthday season. Some photos of the silliness:

Bob


Ed


Jeanna



Jack

We were so lucky to have a visit with Ed and Jack to celebrate our birthdays together. Jack got to try out a few Calgary activities in his short visit: Indian food, hotel waterslides, dog walking, bouldering, family room chess and a Stampeders game. Not bad for a weekend!

Happy New Year

I was going to try to catch up on missed posts. But the fact of the matter is, we've interrupted skiing with very few other activities in the past month.

Here's a couple of shots from Sarah's birthday party. She had some friends over for a Wii Fest and pizza, and managed to bite her own tongue. She is 12 now. Maybe she'll learn how to eat now.


Bob got a camera for Christmas. We took a picture of the fantastic blueberry pie Alison made for Christmas Dinner dessert. She's been watching the Food Network lately and she's inspired.



But mostly we've been skiing. Here's a shot in the lodge, where only part of the fun happens, and a shot of Sarah receiving her First Place cookie for her victory (over one competitor) in the Candy Cane Challenge. Woo Hoo!