Halloween 2009

More pics to come!

Jacob's many faces

Performance anxiety

Last week we spent the morning at Lynn Canyon park with some buddies. The plan was to play in the forest for a little while then head into the Ecology Centre for storytime. (I know, I know ... it's a glamorous life we lead!). They boys (and a couple girls) were having so much fun picking up sticks and examining pine cones and picking huckleberries that we decided to skip story time and head across the suspension bridge for an adventure! So off we went ... 6 adults and 6 toddlers ... on a wobbly bridge suspended 166 feet above the river. Smart right? Well, by the time we got to the bridge we were down one toddler. Her mother decided that crossing the bridge was not something that she needed to do. Jacob insisted on being carried across the bridge, until we had crossed and come back. Then he decided that he wanted to walk across ... by himself! I think he suffers from performance anxiety. If there are other kids on the slide ... he can't go down. Other kids in the pool? No thanks. Other people on the bridge? Can't do it! Empty bridge? Let's go!

Berry goodness!

Summer time in BC is berry time and every year I plan to buy berries and make jam and every year I end up missing the boat. Well, not this year! This year we made a day of it and went to Westham Island with some friends. We spent the morning at the George C. Reifel Bird Sanctuary and then had lunch at Emma Lea Farms where we bought strawberries (that taste like strawberries) and tayberries (a tasty cross between a raspberry and a blackberry) and even managed to entertain the boys long enough to pick a small crate of raspberries! It was a wonderful day of sunshine, ducks, berries, tractors, wagons and strawberry milkshakes! And, the best part ... now we have jam! Lots of jam! I can't wait for more raspberries and the blackberries!

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These flats of yumminess made ...


... this jar of yumminess (plus about 30 more!).

Happiness is ...

... a paddling pool in the back yard on a hot sunny day!

Cousins are for ...

... jumping on and reading stories and snuggling and squishing! My nephews, and Jacob's cousins, stayed with us for a few days. It was so nice to see the boys playing together and the older boys taking care of Jacob.

Happy Canada Day!