First day of Fall

So yesterday was the first day of Fall and it was also mummy's birthday. She tried to convince me to sing Happy birthday to her but by the end of the night i managed to sing only the "Happy birthday to you" part. I am much better with making up my own versions of songs and singing them.
With summer being over it also brings the start of new activities to do throughout the year. It started off with school starting again. We are going back to Little Mtn. Strongstart and are hoping to be able to go 2 days a week cause on Mondays we get to go to the Library and Wednesdays are gym time. When I showed up at school the first day there were a few new things but mostly there was a brand new computer there just for kids to use. I haven't taken the time to try it out yet cause of course there are the toys to become reaquainted with (I think they missed me).
I also started my swimming lessons again but this time with a new instructor - a girl! I like her but mummy says the jury is still out on how well she teaches. Mummy says that she is not teaching me anything new and she is afraid that she is making it too easy and that I need to be challenged or at least worn out.
then on Thursday evenings I get to skate again with mummy and all the other little kids that get lessons from her. Last week was the first class and I had fun showing off my talent to all the other boys and girls who seemed to like just sitting on the ice or in chairs. I tried to convince them that skating was fun but I don't think they were that interested.
Of course now that it's Fall it also means that mummy is gone in the evenings teaching skating and I get to spend time again at my grandparents houses. there are even changes happening at their houses. My Nonna got a new puppy named Sascha and she really likes me and my messy face. I have been helping Nonna train her puppy by showing her how to sit in the chair for pictures.
At Grandma and Grandpa's house i got new sand in my sand box and more new toys to play with outside. Now I can entertain myself for hours diggin and burying. We also have 2 girls and their dog visiting my grandparents so I am trying to make friends with them and see if they like to play in the sand too.
So I have my days and nights full of lots of fun things to do and we haven't even started the really fun chores at homes such as house painting, shed building, tree planting, garden digging, burning more blackberry bushes and cleaning up the creek beds. Sounds like the fun is just beginning!

August activities

Wow the summer has just flown by and now it is the first day of Fall. So where did it go and what did I do you ask? This is how the last half of summer went.
Well you already know we went to Prince George to visit my uncle and that was fun but it was a very long drive.
Then because mummy said last year that she wants to camp more we had our 2nd camping trip of the summer. This time we went to Ross Lake just up from Hope and we had lots of people camp with us.. Not only did my aunts, uncle and cousins come, but our friends Kelly, Rebecca and their kids and another friend of my aunts with her 3 kids.
We even had my cousin Meagens birthday up there complete with a cake baked in a box oven. the only real downer to this trip was the fact we couldn't have a campfire and we really could have used one cause boy were there lots of mosquitos. We still had fun though cause we got to go canoeing


play at the park, have smores and run thru the woods making lots of noise


The rest of the summer was spent at home doing stuff at home (planting trees,re-decking the bridge, picking veggies or playing on the playground) or hanging out with friends and family.

Now it's time for all the fun Fall activities to start

visiting Uncle Dave

So mummy has a brother that we don't get to see much cause he lives in Prince George and works on the railway. So we all decided to make a family trip to visit him and share some fun. I must say that it was a very long car trip up but luckily mummy was very prepared as she bought a DVD player and brought along some movies for me to watch and i got to sit in the backseat of my aunts truck with my cousins who are always entertaining.

Now the start of our trip didn't head out too smoothly with the backpack falling out of the back of the truck onto the off ramp of the highway but luckily we noticed it and mummy ran back to get it before it was squished. Then we made quite a few stops to tighten the tarp cause Auntie Leasa was worried we were going to lose more luggage. After a few more stops for food, dog breaks and gas we rolled into Prince George just after midnight and very tired. Of course you couldn't guess that from the way that Meagen and I acted when we got there. Mummy said it was like a sugar high gone bad! Anway we had a nice visit, we had a big slumber party sleeping on our air mattresses went shopping, went to the train museum

went swimming and best of all had a birthday cake.

I like my uncle Dave and I'm sure i impressed him with my endless amounts of energy (okay some of it was negative energy but hey whats a few outbursts between family).

Auntie Leasa says we need to make another trip up there for Thanksgiving, maybe this time daddy can some along.

Playing it up at Playland

Last Saturday, Daddy took mummy, Meagen and myself to a bbq at Playland. We got to tour the PNE Prize home (which wasn't terribly exciting to Meagen and me) and have a free lunch and then we got free admission to ride the rides and play mini golf. I have discovered that there are way more rides out there than the ones you see in the malls and they are sooo much fun. I got to drive a motorcycle, a car, a boat, a helicopter, a horse, and a train. I got to slide and wander through an obstacle course, ride on the ferris wheel and make funny faces on the roller coaster. I played an interesting game of mini golf which involved throwing the ball and hitting mummy on the ankle and I even managed a hole in one (okay I took a few turns to get it).

We had loads of fun and the plus side was it tired me out so i slept all the way home. Now I'm ready to tackle Disneyworld!!

Fun stuff in July

So with July being almost over and the house almost complete with repairs I thought i should update what's been happening.

The beginning of July had my aunt and uncle and cousins visiting from Ontario. We had lots of fun.... we hiked up & back down Teapot hill (3 hrs), we went to the splash park, toured the Othello Tunnels, went to the Canada Day activities in Abbotsford, had a bbq at our house, played on the trampoline at my other aunt and uncle's house, picked berries at Nonna's house, rode the trikes all over the deck, got into a few squabbles and went to the aquarium. We packed quite a bit of fun into the 2 weeks and it was sad to see them head home.

Can't wait to see what August holds for adventures.......

Sandcastles, Alligators and Falls

Sandcastle building is fun especially when it turns into a competition. That's what happened when mummy, Tessa and Meagen started to build a castle. Daddy and Craig thought they could do a better job and so they challenged mummy's team to a little fun. This is the final product, can you guess who won?


Mummy's group was going for the free hand aproach, with moats and lots of defense


Daddy and Craig were going for the perfect, well placed look, hoping it was indestructable.



And Me, I was going for the destruction look! Cause really that's the kind of sandcastle that I like

After all that fun it was time to try out the new alligator that mummy bought for me.


I think I tamed him pretty well!

On the day that we left we went to visit Shannon Falls again this time Auntie Kim and Uncle Pete came along. Once again I had to show my break dancing talents and had everyone sit at the viewing area and watch me break it down. To make it legit I had them all clap at the end of each dance routine! Next year I enter "So you think you can dance"!

tttttt...THOMAS the TRAIN

So really the whole excursion to Squamish was to see Thomas the train and on Saturday we got the chance to visit the cheeky little engine. It was a hot day and there was lots to see and do but I managed to do most of it. When we got there we were a little concerned that my cousin Craig wouldn't be able to get in as his ticket was for wheelchair admission but we had no problems and we soon found our way in to see all the train exhibits set up to see and play with. I really liked playing with all the trains {not too fond of having to share any of them though:( } and i also enjoyed seeing all the minature trains set up. When it was our turn to take a ride on Thomas we loaded the hot car and I entertained the fellow behind me with my Thomas whistle though I'm not sure he was as fond of my musical talent as I was.

I'm also not too sure if my cousin Craig enjoyed his day out with Thomas as much as I did, daddy did though (especially the little donuts)!

We ended our fun day with a trip to see the controllor of the trains of Sodor - Sir Topham Hatt. And to prove that he really isn't that stern, I gave him a goodbye hug!

Camping in Squamish

Last Friday we headed up to Squamish to welcome summer in a traditional way.... camping. We brought along Auntie Leasa and the kids (and the pooches) and after a few detours (daddy got lost and mummy found out that the place she thought we could camp at wasn't the best place), we found our home away from home at Alice Lake Prov. Park. I think we managed to make the most of our little site such as a comfy hammock swing.

Of course you can never go wrong when you bring some toys to play with.

And then there is the favourite night time activity of roasting marshmelllows.

My cousin Meagen and I both seemed to have some difficulty getting the whole marshmellow into our mouths without losing some of it, but they were yummy anyway.

horsing around

So a couple weeks ago my cousin Kristen arranged for me and my friends to go for a little ride on the horses that she rides. It was a pretty hot day but that didn't discourage our enthusiasm for riding. My friends Damien, Olivia and Keira came along and even brought their parents. First I tried out riding Jewels by myself with Kristen leading her and then Kristen hopped on behind me so that mummy could get some pictures. Finally mummy and I took a little trot around the ring. I quite enjoyed the bouncing around but apparentaly the horse thought she should go faster (I think she needed a time-out). Later after we all finished having a couple rides (even Keira's mummy and nanny went- though it didn't look that English when they rode!)we got to feed the horses some apple in the field.

It was fun and mummy has promised Charlene that we will come back to visit her and the horses again.