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.

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!