Tree Climbing

On our vacation, we have had lots of time to spend playing with the cousins. Here we are at Springwater Provincial Park, climbing one of the most interesting trees we have ever seen.




Rustle did not make the flight to Ontario. He is busy at his favourite doggy camp. He was so excited to go that he jumped out of the car window when we stopped across the street! We miss him, but we know he is enjoying himself.


EDIT: I mentioned how cool the tree was, but you can't see it in these pictures. Here's a shot of the amazing tree:

Badminton

While friends in the neighbourhood have outdoor pools and trampolines, our tiny backyard was sadly lacking in fun stuff for kids to do.

Not any longer!

We are now able to invite friends to play badminton in the backyard! Just as long as they don't hit the birdie too hard...

The Maiden Voyage of the Bob Special

We set out aboard the S.S. Bob Special for our first canoe trip in the mountains. It was a lovely summer day to launch Bob's birthday present from almost a year ago. We chose Gap Lake, near Exshaw, and it was great - little wind and beautiful scenery. Alison even took us for a solo tour of the calmer waters at one end of the lake, and Mom got out to take some pictures of Sarah and her dad paddling a resting Alison over to our picnic spot.

Retrospective

Looking back through some old photos, I found these gems of the beautiful girls...

Baby Sarah and friend (about 15 months)

Baby Alison (about 7 months)


Little Sarah at the beach (age 4)


Little Alison on her bike (age 2 1/2)


So very little and cute!

At the zoo

We took a little trip to the zoo last weekend (too rainy this weekend). The neat thing about having a zoo membership is that you can take time to explore different areas of the zoo.

This trip we explored the dinosaur park. Here are the girls hiding behind some hoodoos.

Soccer Season 2007

It has been a wild soccer season this year. Four nights a week at the soccer pitch, except in the snow or rain, the girls have been having a ton of fun playing soccer. Soccer mom has produced a video to celebrate the fun it has been.



I didn't notice until I was putting this together that Sarah on the Maroon Under 10 team was playing yellow, while Alison, on the Yellow Under 8 team was playing maroon. Funny little coincidence.

Trapped!

For Rustle's fans, and you know who you are, Jack and Sam and Gramma, here's a short video of the puppy trapped in a room. He really wants to get out there and greet the girls' visitor, but she's afraid of big dogs, so he has to stay put. It's all very sad. If you are Rustle, that is.

Bike Rider

Alison has overcome her fear and has begun to ride a two wheeler, despite obstacles such as parked cars, meandering sisters, and furry beasts crossing the road in front of her. Super Dad on the roller blades provided plenty of support at first, but now provides that support only when necessary.

Yay Alison!




ps. Yes, this is the same neighbourhood that was covered in snow two days ago. One can never rely on the weather around here.

May 2 4

As in 2 tuques and 4 mittens, please.

We awoke this morning to a cold and snowy day. What fun is that?

Well, plenty, says Rustle...



and the coyote in the dog park.

Sparks End

Alison and her mom's adventures in Sparks came to an end recently.

The big unit wrap up party was held at a bowling alley. The girls had a lot of fun trying to make a ball reach the end of the lane....





The big district Sparks Camp was held at Camp Jubilee on Mother's Day weekend. Alison is still not a big fan of cleaning up. At least she found something interesting to do with the latex gloves.



The indoor campfire was interesting, but Alison's favourite thing was getting to use the outhouses. At least she says so now...