Jump rope for heart

Sarah and Alison are practicing for Jump Rope for Heart, which their school will be doing sometime in May.

Sarah came home today very proud of a new skill she learned - she can now do crossovers! She grabbed a rope to show us in the garage, and she is quite good at it.

Here is a rather dark, blurry image of her working at it. Dark because she's in the garage, blurry because she's moving very fast. Her hair, you may notice, is a huge mane, and her smile is just huge.

Sparky goes to the Science Centre

Alison's Sparks group went to the Science Centre for a sleep-over on the weekend. She had a great time learning about all sorts of neat stuff, and even made ice cream with liquid nitrogen. Apparently the Science Guy who was explaing how it worked was speaking at an older level, so Alison turned to her leader and said, "I don't know why my mom put me in Sparks. I'm only 5."

She had a good night and is looking forward to the next sleep-over, which includes mom at the Brownie camp where Sarah went. Big girl stuff, that is.

Snowball catcher

Rustle has become an expert snowball catcher. We finally got some snow last week, and he is perfecting his technique.

Now, I've discovered that throwing a snowball for a dog to catch and trying to take a picture of that same action is rather impossible. Here is my attempt at the procedure:


So, we'll see if the snow will last long enough to try again (we had a chinook and the snow mostly melted except for the thick layer of ice everywhere.)

Rehearsal

I took the camera to skating last night to hopefully get some new skating shots. However, the groups are practising for a skating carnival, doing group routines, so there were no good shots to be had.

So here are a couple of pictures from the Christmas holidays of us skating at the Olympic Oval (we are on the short-track skating ice). As you can see, Alison is already pulling me along...

Ski Racer

It was a snowy day at Lake Louise when Sarah set off on her first ski races. Woo Hoo! She clearly beat her teammates on a video too big to upload or email (sorry, you'll just have to take my word for it) and she had a lot of fun. Not too mention a bag of candy waiting at the end. Who needs gold medals when there's chocolate?

Spacey Teeth

One of the best things about losing your baby teeth (aside from the visits from the tooth fairy) is the big space left in your smile. Here, Alison shows us one great way to use that space - you can stick your tongue through it!

Spider Girl

There is a great playground at our neighbourhood school. One of the neatest things is a big spider-web of ropes to climb.






Alison tackled it a few days ago. And she rocked!

Brownie Academy

Sarah spent her day at Brownie camp, learning all sorts of new skills.

Smiling.

And playing with matches.

Safety first!

What happened to winter?

I may be jinxing myself, but winter has been conspicuously absent in Cowtown this season. The hill is the same colour as the puppy. The new snowshoes from Gramma and Grampa await their use. And Rustle can hardly wait to get back to catching snowballs in his mouth

Pack Mule

Alison wanted to help carry some of our stuff to the lodge. She took the back pack with our lunches, but I think it may be a bit big for her.