Nemo Has Been Found.... Too Many Times to Count

It all started with Edison seeing a picture of a fish on my computer...

Edison loves fish (almost as much as he loves airplanes)... and he loves going to the Aquarium to look at all the fish. So he saw the picture on my computer and said "fish, fish" and I thought, wouldn't it be fun to show him some youtube videos of aquariums so that he could watch all the fish.

We've watched tons of youtube videos of aquariums all over the world. There are some pretty amazing aquariums out there! This video is one of our favourites because its huge, and we really like the song that goes along with it.

When Edison got the flu about a month ago, he didn't have his usual amounts of energy. I got tired of putting all these youtube videos on because they are short and as soon as one ended, he wanted another one. I though... I need something that has fish, but is more than a few minutes long.... cue the movie Finding Nemo.

We don't have cable so Edison doesn't watch TV... and he'd never really watched a movie before... but as soon as he saw this movie, he loved it. And while he was sick, he'd lay there and watch it while he was eating, puking, falling asleep, and everything else in between.

After a few times through, I started to get a little sick of watching little Nemo and his dad's adventure to find him... as much as I love that movie, I was ready for something different. I got the Pixar movie Cars for him and thought "this is great, he'll love this one!". I put it on for him, he watched it for a few seconds, and then he said "fish?".

He refuses to watch any other movie! He will only watch Finding Nemo.... so I've pretty much seen the movie a billion times by now.

Now that he's not sick, he's not watching it nearly as much... but any time he sees my laptop around he points and says "fish, fish". At night, he has two words he uses to try and get out of going to bed, "food" and "fish". If he had his way, he'd fall asleep to the movie every night.

I wonder when he will grow out of this Finding Nemo phase and want to watch something different. In the meantime... just keep swimming, just keep swimming....

Wordless Wednesday - Say Cheese!

This is what he does when I ask him to smile for the camera...

Out and About in the Sun

Yesterday's weather was divine! After I went snappy happy taking pictures all over the garden centre, we went around back to find my dad. On our way we had to stop by the pond to see the fish of course! Edison loves watching the fish.

My dad was hard at work driving around in an excavator/tractor-y thingy. Edison was fascinated and terrified of it all at the same time. Of course, Jonathan had to have a go in it... being like a giant video game and all. So we sat there and watched Jonathan dig in the dirt for a while.

Fish... looking for some food!

Theres my dad... in his tractor

Watching from the safety of the flat-bed trailer 

Jonathan getting a little lesson in how to work the thing

Edison, watching from behind the safety of my leg... he was a little scared of the tractor

There he goes... digging the dirt

Later on that day, we were hanging around at home... enjoying our nicely power-washed back deck when Edison decided it was time for the sand box! All winter he's been pointing at it and I keep having to tell him its still too cold... but it finally warmed up to sand box worthy temperatures, so in he went.

Airplane radar going off!!

It was a fun day and we definitely enjoyed the sun and warmth! Tomorrow is back to the real world for Jonathan and I... back to work... for a few more months anyways. 

Spring at Trice Farms

With all of this glorious weather we've had in the past couple of days, we decided to pay Trice Farms (Grow & Gather) another visit today and see how things are coming along now that Spring is upon us. Things have definitely filled out and they have a really great selection of gorgeous plants, pots, and all the other garden accessories you'll need.

My dad (Bill) and Renata were featured in an article in the Vancouver Sun recently... click here if you'd like to check it out.

If you haven't made your way in to Trice yet this season, you really need to go check it out! 24565 Dewdney Trunk Road in Maple Ridge is the place to be this Spring and Summer!

 Renata, hard at work

 The Koi have come up from the depths to enjoy the sun

I was also able to sneak into the back greenhouses and take a look at what's in store for later on this season, once the weather warms up. Its so lush and beautiful... and warm back there, I could spend the whole day there!