Hallowe'en 2013

Happy Hallowe'en, everyone! We had many opportunities to dress up this year, starting at the Manitoba Museum last Friday night (along with 1600 other members of the museum...), continuing at Brownies, and then on the 31st for school parties and the big event. Much excitement, fun, mild weather, and LOTS of treats were had by Baby Ninja Hamster, Super Wiener Dog, and Stealth Puppy.

Last Day of Grade One

Here are the two finishers of Grade One. 

Hooray!

Interlake

We saw the forecast for a rainy long weekend and decided to make a run for the Interlake on Thursday afternoon while the sun was still shining. The garter snakes were fantastic and active and we even managed a (very cold) swim at the lake on the way back. A beautiful, slithery, shivery day.

Assiniboine River Skate

We went out early yesterday morning for a river skate - and we were the only ones out there!

We started out by ignoring the "Access Point: CLOSED" signs and sending the lightest among us out onto the iffy shore ice first, down behind the legislative building. Got our skates on in the "Woolhaus" and then skated down to "Hygge House" to blast our eyeballs with fluorescent yellow everything. It was a great, frosty morning, the ice was great and we all loved it. Until Greg's foot broke through the ice on the way home. Soaker!

A Bit of a Headache

Poor Greg was not feeling great the other day. Just a bit of a headache, so he took to bed with the laptop and some emails that needed to be dealt with. And then along came the "Head Warmer Uppers" who had decided that they would boil away Greg's headache with blankets, pillows, and bathrobes. And it worked!

Teeth!

Who knew the difficulties involved in photographing four things that aren't there? Smile, already, you two!

Grade One

We had a couple of extremely excited young ladies on the porch this morning, ready to tackle a full day of school including lunch. Mostly ready. Fiona was a bit nervous, but she perked up considerably when she saw her new teacher wearing high heelers. Henry keeps mentioning how quiet everything seems, and asking if it is time to go and get the girls yet.

Wouldn't it be great if there were an F and an S hiding under Ruby's backpack straps on that shirt?

Happy Birthday, Grandma Susan!

Thinking of you today, Grandma, and hoping your day is a great one!  See you in a couple of weeks, love Henry, Fifi, Ruby and their parental units.

Last Day of Kindergarten

The Green Wormers

Here they are, The Green Wormers, warming and caring for their charges after finding the little cuties floating in a puddle. The worms were then brought inside to dance, play, sing, have a nap, and eat some leaves. And then it was time to release them - we'll find more tomorrow.

Munchstaches

Two droopies and an uppie. Delicious with applesauce, devoured within 2 days. Thank you, thank you, Auntie Megan! Cookies by mail are declared a very good idea.

An Athlete, a Hula Duck

Here is Henry at 2 years old. He LOVES his basketball net. He is using a basketball in the shot above, but has since experimented with slam dunking plastic dinosaurs, stuffed cats, a can of tomatoes (whole, 28oz.), and a can opener. He also loves his hockey stick, his baseball bat, his football....all of these sports without ever having seen anyone play them. He also loves dressing up with his sisters, though, and here he is in his "Hula Tutu". Sadly, when we gave away our old stereo/LP player, we also gave away our Don Ho records, so the children have been reduced to hula-ing to the Irish Rovers. Not quite the same, but you do with what you have.

Boo!

We hope you all had a spooky Hallowe'en. Look at those children, out Trick or Treating in Winnipeg with no snowsuits under their costumes! Amazing! Boo!

Bye, bye, baby.

See that lower tooth on the left? The one that looks a little....loose? And wiggly? Like it might FALL OUT if you kept wiggling it? GONE! We are on tenterhooks to see if the you-know-who will come tonight, and what the going rate is for the first baby tooth lost in this house. Maybe it is enough to buy candy?

Tiger Babies

Well, that was a whole lot of cute bang for our 10 bucks. New tiger babies! Giving high fives! And showing their furry tummies! Oh! My heart! I could have stayed there all day, but the poor children were freezing. Why didn't their mother insist they wear a jacket?