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.

Trip to Kilby

So yesterday was pretty fun, mummy and I met up with some of our friends and went to a little beach at Kilby to splash around. I was a little concerned that there might be some sharks as I had recently seen on a TV show about sharks swimming in rivers and attacking little boys legs. Mummy assured me that there were no sharks just some fish that I might be able to catch with my net. When we got to the beach there were signs with some birds and fish on them and again I mentioned that they looked like sharks! Again mummy told me that there were none in the river cause they would blow up if they swam in this kind of water. So afterwards I decided to try my luck at catching some litle fish.... no luck there as the little things swim really fast.

Oh well I had fun anyway splashing in the waves made by the motor boats,watching 5 trains travel over the bridge,

throwing water on people and stepping on all of mummys attempts at building a sand castle.

When it was time to leave we got to stop for ice cream and then got to sit in a bit of traffic due to an accident on the highway. Luckily we didn't have to wait long and my popsicle didn't melt.

New neighbour

Since living up here we have been lucky to see a mother bear and her cub, baby deer in our burn pile, families of deer eating the grass, lots of birds, squirrels,mice in the cars, frogs and now we have seen the raccoon after seeing tracks of it for the last little while. Mummy has been feeding the birds in the tree outside our kitchen window and every once in awhile the bird feeders are on the ground with the seed all gone. She was thinking that either the squirrel was really strong or that we had a raccoon and since we have seen the prints she was sure it wasn't a squirrel pack ganging up on the feeders. Twice now around 8pm we have seen the raccoon climb the tree and try to knock the feeder to the ground. He's a pretty smart little guy and he can even hang from all 4 paws and shake the tree. He is of course also a little camera shy and not quite willing to show us his secret for getting the feeder down cause after he realized he was being watched he scooted off only to return under the cover of darkness to get his treats.

Mummy is using this visiting as reinforcement to having her fence installed around her garden post haste!

Mothers Day - A new tradition???

Well yesterday finally arrived and I got to tell mummy how much I love her by giving her a card and some flowers and by letting her sleep through the night. We had a great day planned with most of my aunts and uncles, my grandma and nonna all arriving later for a bbq lunch and a fun game of crocquet. Mummy planted lots of flowers earlier that day and daddy got the bbq all fired up and i played pirate with my new pirate accessories on my playhouse.

We were having such a wonderful time until someone yelled at mummy and daddy that our house was leaking water. Boy was it ever! Everyone all pitched in and started mopping up the lake that had formed in our living room, bathrooms and hallway. Then daddy phoned some people and they arrived later to set up big loud fans that would help suck up all the wet stuff.

So now I wonder what can top this excitement for next years Mothers day event?

A tour of the tunnels

Last Monday daddy had the day off cause his friend Kelly was down from Whitehorse so we decided since the weather was great that we should take a trip up to Hope and see the Othello tunnels. Mummy and I had never been and we wanted to check out the great views and pretend to be trains.

These tunnels are a great place to run around, to climb walls and look down through the bridge to the water below. It's also a great place to prentend to be bats and fly around scaring people.

It was fun day and we topped it off by going out for lunch (which wasn't as much fun for mummy and I).

A reason to get dressed up

On Saturday my oldest sister Brittany got married and even though I wasn't involved in the wedding, I got to dress up in my finest and help celebrate. I was even really well behaved through the ceremony and daddy let me lay on the floor when he realized that I was being quiet. Of course all niceness left when it came time for pictures and time for me to get some food into me. But mummy was prepared and bribed me quite nicely with some gummy worms and so we managed to get pictures done without much fuss.

There was some time before the reception so we went to get a bite to eat with my grandparents and aunts and uncles and I had already reached my melt down point so i was a little quarrelsome until I was promised that I could run around at a park later. I still didn't eat much and this worried mummy cause she knows that no food plus pent up energy make a bad combo.

It was time for the reception and dinner and again I ate nothing but instead ate mints and drank punch. Yes the sugar finally hit my system and I had to let it out. So I played knife, spoon and fork air guitar! I must admit I was awesome and I even snagged myself some groupies of older girls. After this though I really hit boiling point and had to be ejected from the reception bodily. I got a few slaps in on the bouncer who was the unfortunate person who got the job of forcibly removing me (yup that'd be mummy) and she got one good spank in after we left the room and then I was given some options for calming down. I choose the book reading and it worked!

Given it was now near my bed time, my parents choose to send me back to my aunt and uncles house to play with my cousins (and also hoping maybe I would crash). So off I went to wreak terror on my people and mummy and daddy stayed to dance. Later when they picked me up I crashed for real on the drive home at 11pm.

I hoping that the next wedding I attend I will be able to stay for the dancing portion as I have some great moves to show off. Instead all I got to show was my tiny 3 yr old terrors.

Cats + grass

When we attended my friend Olivia's birthday she gave us a little planter with grass seed in it and I have been watching it grow into a nice pile of grass. The other day I noticed that it was getting quite long and so mummy decided it was time we fed it to Sassy our cat. She really likes to eat grass, and it's suppossed to be quite good for you so I thought hey if cats can do it why can't little boys? The result as depicted by the pictures below......

Mummy was just thankful that I didn't wake up in the middle of the night barfing up the grass like Sassy did!

A Bicycle built for one

So yesterday was a really good day. I went to swimming lessons and listened really well and then afterwards mummy and I stayed to swim. I showed mummy how well I can jump into the water, how I can float on my tummy with my head in the water and I even showed her how i can swim underwater. Yup it was my first time where I actually swam by kicking my feet and arms and my head was under the water for a really long time. I think I'm getting really good at this swimming stuff.

After swimming we had a few errands to run cause this weekend is Easter so we went to get some flowers and such. I was pretty good in the flower store and mummy only had to threaten to leave me just once (I wanted to be a train on the tracks). Then mummy told me that we were going to look for a treat at another store, I got really excited but she wouldn't tell me what it was. On the way to the other store I fell asleep so when we got to where the treat was I was asleep and mummy had to carry me in. I only woke up when she said "Jacob wake up and try out these bikes to see which one fits you", and when I opened my eyes I was surrounded by lots of bikes. I tried 3 different sizes and the man said the bigger one was just the right size for me. I got to choose between a green bike and a red one and I picked the bright red one and then mummy let me pick a red "Cadana Flag" bell and some spoke balls.

I got to ride my new bike at Nona's house on the patio and impressed her and mummy with how well I can ride. My bike has 4 wheels and I can stop by pushing my pedals back. It's just like mummy and daddys bikes and mummy told me that when we go for rides that I can now pedal my own bike. I can't wait to hit the open trails!

Things that stop my parents dead!

So I have been known to shock and bewilder my parents but I also have the ability to amaze and challenge them. For example the other day while we were all outside, daddy helped me take a leak in the great outdoors. A little bit latter while my parents were busy I had to go to the bathroom again so I dropped my drawers and stood there (cause that's what boys can do). Well my parents look up to see me not peeing but pooping on the grass with the turds falling on the lawn and my pants and all they could do was laugh cause at least I didn't mess my pants.

Then this morning while driving with mummy she mentions (under her breath) about people who don't have enough brains to walk single file on the road and make the cars drive on blind corners to go around them. Of course what I thought she was talking about was the "idiot driver" in front of us. So I told her to catch up to the idiot driver so we could shoot her and she could get a flat. Now mummy was already a bit miffed at my behaviour at the pool this morning so she didn't bother to comment or correct me.

So see there are days that I can make my parents scratch their heads and wonder if I am an alien sent here to earth to drive them to drink!

Spring Break

Last week was Spring break and that meant I had no more school, swimming lessons or skating lessons. I was free to do whatever i wanted (or at least what mummy and daddy let me get away with). Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate too much with a lot of outdoor plans but I did manage to get in a few activities with friends and with mummy & daddy.

Here I am up at Cultus Lake hanging out with my friends and floating my boat. It was not quite swimming weather or even shorts weather but we still had fun.

Then Mummy, daddy and I headed up to a place called Bridal Falls where there was lots of fun places to explore.

Finally we got some nice weather and I got to go outside and play in my playground and help mummy and daddy with some stuff around the house. I even showed off my driving skills on my tractor.