This past week the girls and I have been going to Claire's school a bit early to participate in the Grace Martin Gallop. We were actually on the news for a couple of seconds. You can see the video here (go to about 18:05 to view the Good News segment).
Claire has been doing so well at riding. She's happier each class and really connects with her horse, Babe. It's been very fun to watch her.
Maddie and I on a lovely fall day, waiting for the riders to come outside.
Look at those beautiful leaves!
Claire sitting up so tall, enjoying the fall air.
We had a fun Conference weekend. We had lots of visitors. Rob and Kyle came over to "jam" on
Rock Band - one of our favourite activities. Even Claire got into the spirit with her rocker hair.
Kyle brought a very cool drum that everyone wanted to try.
The Thompsons came for a weekend visit and we had lots of fun.
We spent the morning at the museum for the CNIB Sensory Safari.
Every year they put on an exhibit for kids with visual impairments and they're able to touch and explore furs and stuffed birds and skeletons and bugs.
The kids raring to go at the museum.
Claire loved exploring the furs and feathers and textures.
The kids loved the bear. A nice man offered to take a picture with us all.
The kids enjoyed learning about toads, stingrays, lizards and more creatures.
"The bug guy" or "The guy with the hair" teaching the kids about stick bugs. I was even brave enough to touch the huge spider this time.....*shudder*.
We were lucky to be able to explore the rest of the museum as well.
There was a great interactive exhibit about The Wizard of Oz.
Here's our own group of characters.
Scarecrow (Brigham), Dorothy (Madeline), Lion (Ben) and Tin Man (Claire)
Liam was busy being a munchkin. :)
Claire and I, soaking in all the historical gravity of munchkin land.
After the museum we spent the rest of the day outside, kids playing,
guys decking around, ladies talking. It was lovely.
guys decking around, ladies talking. It was lovely.
Under the trampoline was the fun place to hang out, shady and cool.
Tyler was king of the sandbox.
Madeline, Ben and Brigham on the teeter totter.
Kate, Em and I admiring our husbands' handiwork on the deck.
The manly men, Jason, Trevor and Ryan.
The parents got a nice night out for dinner and browsing around a bookstoreand then watched a weird movie. Alice in Wonderland. Odd.
Sunday brought our traditional crepe breakfast and trying to watch Conference. However, our couch is really comfy. And therefore, view the aftermath of watching at home.
Ryan's been very busy with school and YM's. They visited a Buddhist temple for an activity which was very interesting.
Madeline loves inheriting Claire's hand-me-downs. I wonder how long that will last? At any rate, she was trying on a "new" pair of shoes the other day that had loops for the straps to go through. She called me over and said, "Can you help me? I don't know how to do up the seatbelts on these." So cute.
More updates to come on the deck!
4 comments:
Awww, seatbelts on the shoes. That's awesome! I liked your Rockband pic, too. Thank goodness for no-fail mode when the kids want to play.
Jacky-Sorry we couldn't make it on Sunday. I didn't get your message until it was too late. We did manage to get to sleep in until almost 7:30, which was amazing! Hope you had a great day.
How's the deck doin'? Hope you still get some warm sunny days to enjoy it before you have to wait for spring to use it some more.
Ha ha ha! Madeline's comment made me laugh! And your deck looks great from my perspective!
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