Trampoline camp

August 16-20, 2010

Every morning this week, for an hour, the boys went to trampoline camp!  They had such a great time.  Adam, especially, was so excited.  He spent the entire first class clapping, jumping around, with a big smile on his face.  He's the one who loves to jump off furniture and climb all over things, so we knew he'd love trampoline.  We may have to think about signing him up for another class.  Daniel enjoyed it, too, but when I asked whether he'd like to do it again or do soccer, he immediately chose soccer.  :)  He'll be starting soccer in September.

These aren't the greatest pictures - we had to sit on the edges of the gym and zoom the camera in as far as it would go.  But you get the idea.

Adam:

Daniel:

She's ready to go!

Sarah is "this close" to walking!  She took her first consecutive steps on Adam's birthday (August 11) and now takes 2-3 steps in a row before falling down.  She's ready to go!  Sorry this isn't the greatest picture.  It's actually a really good video of her walking but I can never seem to upload pictures onto the blog, so you'll just have to use your imagination a bit!

Watch out!  Sarah's going to be chasing after her brothers in no time!

Happy Birthday Adam!

Adam is 3!  It's hard to believe that our little guy is now a big boy.  He's so funny and goofy - he's developing quite the sense of humour.  He loves to play and have a good time but he also loves his quiet time, playing with Lego or puzzles.  He's definitely a three year old, though, and can have a pretty good tantrum every now and then.  But, as long as he gets enough sleep, he's a pretty fun-loving little guy.

Adam had a pretty good run of birthday celebrations.  He had his birthday party up in Penticton.  We came home on his actual birthday (which wasn't the most fun way to spend his birthday - in the car for 7 hours!).  On Friday, we went to Gramma and Grampa's for a Mickey Mouse party.

Sarah even enjoyed a bit of chocolate cake.

Adam is starting to be quite the expert at present opening.

Everytime he opened something, Sarah climbed on top of it!

On Saturday, Adam had his party with his friends.  He had decided on a pirate party and had the best time.  The other kids weren't all that interested in pirates but our kids loved dressing up and looking for treasure.

Every year, rather than buying them a present, James and I take the kids on a special outing.  This year, we took Adam (Daniel and Sarah, too) to Science World.  There is a new exhibit all about treasure and we thought that would be perfect for Adam.  He loves anything to do with treasure (and money...and gold...).

Adam really enjoyed searching for treasure with a metal detector.

As always, Sarah the water baby had a great time playing in the water.

Daniel standing in front of a thing that shoots out air.  You put a ball into it and the air rockets it across the room.

Peek-a-boo Sarah!

The boys loved setting up pathways in this water table.  I didn't get the third boy in the picture, though.  James had just as much fun as they did!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Adam!

Fun in the Okanagan

August 6-11, 2010

For the first time, we went up to Penticton during Peach Fest.  We had so much fun!  We arrived on Friday evening and visited a bit with Grandma and Grandpa, played a bit of ping pong, before heading to bed.  In the morning, we met up with Great-Grandma and Grandpa C to watch the Peach Fest parade.  This was a parade unlike any we had ever been to and we weren't prepared!  Candy was handed out left, right and centre.  I found a little baggie in the diaper bag for the boys to put their candy in.  I later saw that other kids had groceries bags - they knew what they were doing!  Everyone had a great time.

After the parade, we headed home to get ready for Adam's birthday party!  Adam had a great time with all his relatives - both sets of great-grandparents, aunts and uncles and he met his little cousin Juliette for the first time.  A lot of fun was had playing in the backyard having sword fights with Uncle Jeff and Uncle Mike.  Lucky Adam got lots of fun gifts and had fun eating his zoo-themed cupcakes.  It was a really fun party.

The next day, the kids went with Grandma and Grandpa and Great-Grandma and Grandpa C to the Peach Fest Kids festival and had a great time on rides and seeing the sights.  Meanwhile, James and I headed down to Osoyoos for a day of wine tours.  It was a nice, relaxing day for us and we even got to stay the night - sleeping in in the morning was a real treat, although we've been trained now to wake up pretty early!  :)

The rest of the trip was spent at the beach, swimming, playing in the sand, flying kites and visiting.  It's always fun to go up to the Okanagan and, in the summer, it feels like our own personal vacation home!  Thank you for the visit and we're looking forward to seeing you all very soon.

There are too many pictures to put here on the blog but you can see them at http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=581855950#!/album.php?aid=197462&id=581855950 .