Happy Halloween!

There was no fear this year at halloween....kids completely 'got' the concept and the distance between houses (and candy!) was covered by sprinting! Ro made for a very cute ladybug!

Visit From The Stagers

In October Uncle Chad, Auntie 'Chelle, Kayden and Issy came up for a visit. We opted to head out to a local 'Farm' to check out the Fall celebrations. There were scarecrows (freaked Ro out!), story time, corn mazes and pumpkin cannons! Rowan loves spending this kind of time with her cousins, and has decided that "Isabelle is sooooo cute!"

First Day of School!!

In September Ro started preschool! She is attending one day a week, but it is pretty much a full day from 9-3:30. She is loving it and doing really well. And I am loving the free day a week too!

Road Trip to Cranbrook!

At the end of August, Lena and I packed up the kids and headed home to Cranbrook for a weeks vacation. We had perfect weather the whole time, and were able to enjoy much of the local fun. We checked out waterparks, visited the farmer's market, did some craftwork in the backyard, went to view the Falls in Marysville, and had two wonderfully hot beach days! Kids loved it and it was nice to have the comforts of (Mom and Kasper's!) home to stay in.

The Dog Days of Summer?

Other activities that filled the summer on a day to day basis included hanging at the park...

regular trips to Ft. Edmonton Park,

backyard pool time play

picnics at the legislature grounds for a dip in their pools

and a couple trips out to MaMeO Beach! A great way to spend the sunny days that we had....

Happy Canada Day!

For Canada Day Ro and I took the LRT down to the legislature grounds and toured around for a bit. Then in the afternoon we hit the Millwoods celebrations for some face painting, castle bouncing, live music and hotdogs :)

Time Flies

I know it has been about 3 months since I have posted anything here. Two things: 1) I rely way too much on Cath these days to be taking pictures! and 2) I'm making a point of letting life keep us busy.

Now that spring has arrived we are spending our days taking trips to the zoo, to Ft. Edmonton Park, to the playgrounds, having picnics and generally spending as much time outside as we can. Rowan has been involved in a couple of programs where she can go on her own and she loves socializing with the other kids there. She is in a dayhome a 1/2 day a week, which gives us both a break and again, she loves having the interaction with new (well, now not so new) people. I have taken another years leave from work, so once we settle into new routines in the fall (with preschool and such), we'll see how far I make it in my pre-contemplative thoughts about if/when I return. Nothing in stone at this point....

This summer is going to see us making a couple of trips to Cranbrook, Calgary and hopefully to some nearby beaches around here if/when we get the sunny days. No other big trips planned right now, but I never rule it out. We'll just see where the next few months take us....