What To Do On A Blustery Day

As soon as the winds pick up, Jonathan's surf radar goes off big time! This past Tuesday was quite a windy day so Jonathan packed Edison up and off they went to White Rock beach to watch some waves.

Jonathan took some pictures while they were there. It looks a bit cold and rainy, but it still looks like they had fun. Edison is quite the trooper and never seems to be bugged by the weather... except for the snow, as we learned last week.

A Weekend with the Trottiers

My sister Sara and her husband Ryan were here for a visit this past weekend. They don't come home very often, and when they do it's only for a couple of days because of their busy work schedules. But hey, we'll take whatever we can get. It does however, make for a very busy couple of days... especially for the little one.

We spent the first day at my Dad's, where Sara and Ryan got to see the farm for the first time. We also had to pay a visit to the CheeseWorks store (a must visit if you're in Maple Ridge). We also went to Costco, and we stopped for milkshakes at the Bobby Sox 50's diner. We had an awesome dinner and had a great evening of visiting and hanging out.

On Sunday we drove out to Chilliwack to visit my grandparents and then went back to my Mom's house to hang out for the evening. Sara and Ryan had some friends over and the crowd was quickly divided: guys in the living room watching football, girls in the kitchen chatting and making dinner... what a surprise!

I hardly took any pictures during their visit... silly me!! Here are a few of the ones I did manage to take:

Momma and sister Sara 

The gals in the kitchen  

Edison and Amber's nephew Joe... passing the airplane back and forth 

Joe showing Edison his Nintendo DS... so cute! 

I know this picture is blurry... and not exactly blog-worthy BUT I didn't realize my flash was off and this was my only shot of Edison riding the hobby horse. I thought it was so cute!

It was a fun visit... it went by way to fast as usual. We're looking forward to the return of the Trottiers in July... just in time for Edison's 2nd birthday!

What's that White Stuff??

It's the middle of January and we finally got our first real snowfall of the year!! Edison got a little taste of snow last winter but we were so much more excited this year because he can now go out and play in it! 

When we got up yesterday and looked out the window, Edison was very fascinated by all the white stuff. He kept pointing and wanting to look out. About 5 minutes after we got up to start the day our power went out. I went downstairs and discovered that the coffee and waffles I planned to make for breakfast wasn't going to happen. I kept trying to turn on the light switches, forgetting that the lights weren't going to turn on. So, out we ventured in the snow for some breakfast.

After breakfast, we quickly ran into Superstore to get a few fun snow toys... a big toboggan for all of us to fit on, and a little one to pull Edison around in. We came home and started the bundling up process, excited to go out and play. 

We decided to go over to my Dad and Ren's, where there are acres of untouched snow for us to mess up. Jonathan was on a mission to fly his (white) plane in the snow... so off we went.

Edison wore his snow pants for the first time. He was very unimpressed. By the time we got his boots on, he was even more unimpressed. The gloves and jacket put him over the edge. He did not love being bundled. He hated being pulled around on the toboggan. He stood on the porch and whined for pretty much the entire time that we were outside.

                                                                        Why am I wearing this?!?

Getting his plane ready for flight

White plane on snow doesn't make for great pictures

White plane in blue sky... much better

Coming in for a landing

It got a boo boo

                                                                       The farm in the snow

"Mom, I have had enough!"

His not-so-subtle hint

So his first play day in the snow wasn't the greatest. Snow is in the forecast for the next few days, so we're hoping he might like tobogganing down a little hill. We'll try that next. Or maybe snow is just not his thing until he gets a bit older. We'll see...

Out for a Stroll

I love downloading pictures off my camera and discovering ones that I didn't even know were on there. Jonathan does a great job and taking pictures of their comings and goings during the day while I'm at work.

They frequently go to our local coffee shop (where Edison is always a big hit with the ladies that work there) and then from there, they walk to a park near by. Edison loves to walk... and he never seems to get tired!

A Jaunt through the Neighborhood

Eleana and I decided to take advantage of the beautiful weather today and go for a walk with the kidlets. What started out as a "walk to the playground and back", ended up being a 4 hour outing. We walked down a trail that follows Kanaka Creek and then ends up at Kanaka Elementary, so that Brea could play on the playground. We then walked back to my house and decided to keep going on down to Bruce's Market for lunch. We had a nice lunch, wandered the market, and then headed back home. It was a fun outing, but definitely a little longer than we originally anticipated. The kids did awesome....they all, at one point or another, had a nap (or two) in the stroller.

Here are a few of the photos I took along our walk:

This was Edison's first visit to a playground. Not much for him to do there yet, but we sat Edison and Rhys beside each other to keep each other entertained while Brea went on the slides.

This one makes me laugh....Rhys is checkin' Edison out

We are definitely looking forward to more nice weather and more fun walks!