Backyard Shannanigans!

Apparently you get a few friends and some family members over and our backyard quickly shrinks! But these are the days that make up the good memories....

Colin and Kayden testing the waters...

Kate and Rowan tossing the beach ball...

Kayden giving soccer a try...

Rowan showing Brad her latest Juijitsu move that Tato taught her...doesn't look like it's going so well...

Last of the Summer Holidays

The end of August saw us heading to Cranbrook for a bit of a holiday. We all (Chad, Michelle, Kayden included) headed home to celebrate Grampa K's 70th birthday, and while they had to leave after the weekend, we stayed on for another week. Nana and Grampa had kindly installed this swing in the backyard, which proved to be a great entertainer. Rowan could barely be dragged away from it for short periods of time, and would go so far as to bang on the backdoor at 6am or so indicating that she was ready to go. Note: this picture of Kayden in the swing was a rare occassion!

More Cranbrook Moments

Grampa K's 70th birthday party was a great success, and Kayden was a regular social butterfly..

We spent a couple of afternoons up at Jim Smith lake. Rowan was able to dig and play in the dirt, and test out her rock throwing capabilities.

Taking Care of Her Own

Looks like Rowan decided to start reading group. It started out with Bear, and then she decided she needed more of an audience. I thought giving Bear a blanket (last pic) for his story-time was a nice touch.

This was at Nana's house during our visit. Rowan decided that her Teddy was hungry, so took him over to her feeding chair and gave him her container of snacks. When he made no moves, she took it upon herself to try and feed him too...

First Haircut

Rowan had her first haircut last weekend. She was very entertained by her pink jeep, and all the other action going on around her, so it went very smoothly. Not that we made any big changes, just cleaned up her rough edges.

More With BFF Teak

The bond between Rowan and Teak continues to grow...especially around snack time! Now that Ro carries around her own snack (that Teak can't get his big nose into), we often find him sitting patiently at her feet. She will make sure that she gets what she wants, but then the fun ensues as it's the best game in the world to throw bits of snack and watch Teak snatch it up. Even better is if you drop it on your clothes...the giggles that come as Teak pushes her around the floor trying to get the food out from underneath her! But it always ends with pats and kisses for Teak....

New Tricks & Talents

New Trick: taking the mini (plastic) liquor bottles out of the cupboard and playing (solo) "spin the bottle". A little too early for Tato's liking, I'm thinking....who am I kidding...never would be too early, no??

New Talent: this dress up tutu was given to Rowan by a friend and now she loves to wear it and parade around in her flowing skirt...oh, and of course she likes to put it on her head and run around as well. Tato is very hopeful for his budding dancer...

New Talent: now that Ro has some upper chompers (four teeth on top) she REALLY enjoyed our last rib night. She has always liked Mama's lemon grass ribs, but now she is entertained by cleaning the bone off completely. I think this one lasted a good 20 minutes!