Radium Getaway / Carsick & Snowstorm Disaster

After a hairy drive to Radium (2 mins before we arrived in town Chance lost the contents of his stomach in the car, poor guy), we settled into our rented condo and visited the hot springs.

Chance was pretty impressed by the Bighorn Sheep we saw (plenty of them out at 8 in the AM).

"Mom, how about this rock? Mom, what's this rock? Mom...?"

Still perky enough to pose by the Mountain Sheep sign, after nearly 2 1/2 hours of walking. 40 yards later (and just shy of the rock cliffs in the distance), his feet were too sore to go on. So we turned around, put Chance and Karin in the stroller and headed home...

...by the time we got home, Chance was sawing logs. Zzz! Karin had to be quiet because he kept sleeping in the stroller for about 30 mins....she became well versed in the word "shh!" - see the latest video on youtube!

Unfortunately our weekend was cut short as it started to snow and we decided rapidly it was time to head home. This meant packing up in about 1/2 an hour and waking the kids up as they were fast asleep. They stayed asleep in the car and we were home safe and sound, sure glad we left when we did though, as judging what we drove through, there's no way we would have made it through those mountain passes between Radium and the junction of Hwy 93 and Hwy 1 with any amount of snow accumulation!

Poster Painting

At work we have a HUGE printer that prints out posters and maps and cross sections. Lately I've been doing a lot of those, and occasionally I make a mistake. So instead of chucking the paper, I roll it up and bring it home, as long as it doesn't have anything top secret printed on the other side. Chance and I had fun last weekend making a mixed-media poster sized painting of our house. We used crayons, paint, glue and glitter. There is lightning and a tornado, and a Snakit Bear hanging around the baby gate. It left footprints on the wall above the piano. There are ninja stars near the staircase, watch out, they are sharp! This piece of fantastic art is hanging in our front entrance so EVERYONE can see it RIGHT AWAY. And the lighting there is awesome, just like an art gallery, haha.

Learning already...

Chance is learning already, when you worry your mother sick, it is best to buy flowers and say sorry. There was an incident at the daycare last week where Chance was running with his eyes closed and mouth open and then he ran into something hard and knocked his tooth loose (not out, but LOOSE for crying out loud!!). Chance decided it was best to buy flowers and apologize for making me fret. Nice, but I wish he would just stop running around like a maniac at daycare!! His clothes are taking a toll too, he goes through a pair of pants every other day it seems - blown knees. I'm thinking shorts are a definite fashion must as soon as possible this summer. A few skinned knees will slow him down, I hope!

Tupperware Memories

Check these babies out! I found them on ebay for $1, plus shipping of $7. Not bad for a trip down memory lane, they are the same kind of cups I used as a kid! Plus they are truly great cups for kids, we have two that my mom gave us & Chance likes using them. He is slowly getting away from the lidded cups that we have been using up to this point...how is he supposed to dunk his cookies???

Videos...

2 more videos on youtube of the kids. One that likely Chance will shoot me for when he's old enough.

Work zipping along. Both kids healthy! Bought a piano! Updates coming soon.

Camera Challenge Success

I have been meaning to take pictures of the kids for WEEKS. It is virtually unheard of, but for some reason my camera just hasn't been handy and I plain just haven't even thought of taking any photos or videos. Well at least I managed to bring the camera out a couple of times. Karin's 13 month birthday is coming up, I haven't decided whether to continue with the monthly photos or not. New videos on Youtube channel.

On Saturday night we had some impromptu dinner guests. It was a fancy meal (BBQ hot dogs) but I think everyone had fun. The night wrapped up with several games of Jenga which the kids thoroughly enjoyed. We got some really nice weather this weekend and the snow got slushy enough to stick together and we made a snowman in the front yard. We made him facing the house so that we could enjoy him...the cars zipping by at 50 km/hr (or more) wouldn't appreciate him the way we do! Sadly, no photos of Frosty, as he didn't last very long with the extreme sunshine we got today.

Spent the AM tobogganing at nearby hill, had packed the Chariot in the back of the truck and when Karin had had enough of the hill (but Chance hadn't), I packed her up in the Chariot and walked home. We got home just as Cam and Chance drove up, so they didn't last much longer either. Cam started a fire and we roasted hot dogs for lunch. Karin had a 2 hour nap and I sewed Chance's PJ pants (red plaid with yellow diggers). Cam hit Home Depot and got a hanging system for our growing collection of ladders, and he and Chance spent a chunk of Man Time in the garage generally tidying up. It is a big improvement. Had a favorite meal for supper, Chicken Marbella (roasted chicken in wine, olive oil and vinegar, oregano and basil with prunes, olives and capers....OMG). Couscous and veggies with that, Cam was complaining still at 8 PM that he ate too much. :P

Time going by fast!

Now that I am back at work time is just flying by. It has literally been WEEKS since I took any pictures of the kids. That is my goal this weekend, to break out the camera and take some photos and videos. I especially love going back to the videos of when Chance was a 1 year old and comparing to now. Life seemed simpler back then when it was just him and I said to Cam that I feel bad for Karin that we don't have as much time to play with her like we did with Chance. Cam's response was that Karin doesn't need us to play with her, she has an awesome older brother to do that with.

I'd also like to start sewing PJ pants for Chance this weekend. I bought some cute fabric with dump trucks and tools for that project, he was disappointed that I wasn't starting right NOW when I showed him the cloth, haha.

Will have to fill out Valentine cards with Chance this weekend. His play school sent a list of kids to facilitate that project. Otherwise there would be only 3 kids of 10 getting cards, as Chance only talks about Riley, Ayan and Brianna.

Karin is starting to make lots of noises. "Ooooooooo", "da"="dad?", "bah"="bye", "muhmuhmuh"="milk?", "and "kajookajookajoo", which is my personal favorite.