Just Me & the Kids

I survived, four days without Chris while he was off gallivanting with college friends in the Rocky Mountains! Exhausting, yes. But it was a great time. The kids were in good cheer, and we are having more and more moments of them entertaining each other. Most of the time was spent ‘camping’ in the closet, forming a marching band, Obie reading to Emmet, and wading in freshly muddy puddles. All in all, a sweet time. Made that much sweeter by Chris’ return!

First Day of Kindergarten!

For our pre-Kindergarten photo shoot, we asked Obie to show us the many faces of Obie. Here we have them, in this order: surprised, mad, meditative, happy and chameleon. Obie had a great (albeit short) first day, and we found out he was one of four kids selected for the Kindergarten/first grade split. Here we go!

Bike ride to Seymour Dam

On the evening before his first day of kindergarten (!), Obie and I took the trail-a-bike way out into the woods, up to the Seymour Dam. It’s accessible only by bike or foot on a 12km paved trail that goes through deep forest and even some old growth areas. Same place that had the cougar warning signs from earlier this summer. It was Obie’s longest ride to date and the offroad parts were his first mountain bike ride! He pedaled hard and helped us power up the hills, we ate lots of snacks, found some cool rocks, learned about salmon, and got to hang out in some cool remote areas by the Seymour river. 


Emmet on Grouse Mountain

We took a family trip to Grouse Mountain with our friend Heidi yesterday. Obie had another run at the lumberjack show, which he quite enjoyed this time around. Emmet learned a new word which he repeated non-stop the entire day:
gon-do-LA! 
gon-do-LA! 
gon-do-LA! 
gon-do-LA! 
gon-do-LA!