fall

It is really beginning to feel like fall here. I don't mind it so much but I'm not looking forward to winter...apart from maybe a little skiing and fun in the snow. Oh, ok, there are a few good things about winter!

After school today we were out playing in our front garden. All the other kids seem to be busy with after school activities for big kids or homework so Cameron and Jamie miss the big kids in our neighbourhood. Still, they had fun on their bikes then chasing each other around the garden with a plastic pumpkin!
For some reason Jamie's foot got caught inside the plastic pumpkin.

This is Cameron's face after he told me that he got candy corn at school today!

green and yellow park

We've found a new park near our house and school. Cameron says we can call it "green and yellow" park so there is no confusion with the original "green park". It has fast slides and yesterday there was a bonus attraction - the icecream truck came to the park! Our lucky day!

more meadowlark

This morning we had a fun Meadowlark walk with Anna, Oliver and Archie. Say "cheeeeeese"!

at the park

This is one of their favourite things to play with at "blue" park. They are really bouncy. We have 3 parks that we go to on a regular basis and it was Cameron who one day said "let's go to green park" and I realised that the park in Great Falls does have all green equipment and the park in the photo near Algonkian is all blue equipment. Sometimes kids are so much more observant than adults!

computer geek

Cameron has turned into a computer games addict. There is a computer in his new classroom and he loves playing games at school. I showed him the Noggin games on my computer and he's hooked. He picked it all up really quickly and in no time was going between games and asking for new ones. Granny is going to get him a Leapster system for his birthday because he needs to get off my computer otherwise I'll never get to blog again! I'm a little torn about letting him get too involved in computer games but hope that if I keep it to educational games for his age it will be ok. And yes, we are in our pyjamas in this photo because Cameron wants to play games the minute he gets up in the morning. Luckily he's willing to stop for breakfast and school.

baby shower

Yesterday we went to the Willard Hotel in DC for afternoon tea. It was Anna's baby shower and she's looking great. Her baby is due in 5 weeks and we were all guessing if it will be a boy or a girl ..bets are on a girl since so many of us just have boys...will let you know!

bagels

Jamie loves bagels and making a mess eating them.

my mum

I don't often get a photo together with my mum. Normally we are taking pictures of the boys and the fun they are having. This weekend, I got Grant to take a photo of us together. My mum is the best. She's fantastic with the boys, helps me around the house and today, after our boring Giant shopping, we had a pedicure together and a good chat. Mum time is great!

swimming, police and golf

I really didn't catch up from last weekend. Grant keeps asking when I'm going to update the blog?! So here I am, before bedtime....just making sure that we don't miss any "moments".

Cameron was at swimming class too on Saturday. He looks so funny wearing goggles.

After swimming we went to Reston Police Station open house. It was a fantastic event. They had all the police vehicles out and fire engines. There were cars, trucks, motorbikes, the bomb squad with a robot, police dogs, the diving squad and to round off a perfect day free popcorn! Here is Jamie dressed up as a fireman - he loved getting into the boots.Sunday morning was another hot and steamy day. Grant went to play football and we decided to try another sport -mini golf! It was about 100 degrees and 80% humidity but the boys didn't mind. Granny Tina and Miranda were the caddies.

mark spitz in training

Jamie took his first PeeWee Paddler I class today. He was moved up to swim with 3 year olds and he was so happy to be in with the big kids. We were a bit nervous about it because it is the first class where he swims without a parent but Grant said Jamie had lots of fun and you can see him in the pictures above, and below, splashing with the other kids and participating in the lesson. Perhaps we have a Mark Spitz or Michael Phelps in training? (Grant hopes not because he doesn't want to drive kids to the pool at 5am for training!)