Festival of Lights

Tonight we went to the Festival of Lights, at Van Duesen gardens. There were a gazillion lights - it was really cool. I think James was most interested in the sticks he found on the ground.

Let it Snow!

This past weekend Jed and I were at a Youth Workers Conference downtown. We stayed in a hotel, ate out, heard some great bands/speakers, and had a sweet weekend! Nanny Linda came down to babysit and stay at our house. We drove home to a winter wonderland - and what was worse is that Nanny decided to drive over the Coquihalla in this! Crazy lady! She made it. But I still can't believe she left...she must have really wanted to get away from James! Poor Nanny. Thanks again for babysitting! At least the driveway was cleared off for her - thanks to Jed and James:

Centennial Beach

We've been getting some great weather (as far as the coast goes) lately - cold and clear! What better place to enjoy it than Centennial in Tsawassen... There's a playground, a pond, the ocean, tons of sand, eagles, and a washroom.

Dadda and James are checking out and chasing the ducks:




Once all the ducks were gone we made our way down to the water:

Hanging at Home

James has been getting creative with his bath toys. I've had to stop letting him play with these though because I'm sick of wiping up the puddles all over the bathroom floor.



Looking sharp!

HALLOWEEN!!!

James was diggin the vampire nails - he was very upset when we took them away...




Daddy Dracula and his baby bat:


Our scary family:


Trick or Treating!!



Thanks Tim and Norine (and Lisa and Christina) for the pumpkin, or as James called it - the nana.

Cozy Fire

It's getting pretty chilly in Ladner, so we decided to make use of the fire place. Unfortunately we smoked out the basement dwellers, so this was the first - and only - fire of the season.

Cleaning Bug

It's finally kicked in - the nesting instinct. Every closet in the house must be cleaned, reorganized, and sorted! There are several trips to the second hand store planned. And I don't even have that much stuff! Slowly I have less. Less room for stuff means more room for baby. James has been a big help...eating candles, getting vinegar-water everywhere, finding and emptying baskets to sit in... Hey, at least it's something productive that I can accomplish while he's awake! That precious nap time can be spent doing other things than cleaning. Like making dinner, doing laundry, planning meals, scrubbing the floor...why is there so much more to do around the house since I stopped teaching?!

Thanksgiving Weekend

This thanksgiving we went to Kelowna for a couple days (and had two thanksgiving dinners), then came home to Ladner for our third. Last night we actually had our fourth, although it wasn't technically part of the thanksgiving weekend. However, I didn't take any pictures of the food or our trip. The best I can do are some shots of the Municipal Hall in Ladner - a great place for a stroll:

Vancouver Aquarium

A couple weeks ago we decided to go all out for Jed's day off and we took off to the Vancouver Aquarium!


James' first look in a huge fish tank.



Some of the inhabitants were U-G-L-Y! not to mention huge - I'm glad no one got tossed into the tanks.



James was quite taken by the butterflies in the 'tropics'.



There's another "ba" (translation: bird, ball, bus).



Seahorse. They do exist.



Ohhhh...jellyfish!



Moon jellies.



Baluga.






There was this sweet set up for kids (which I hadn't been in before). They could touch some stuff, dress up, pretend to be vets, read books, or just romp around on some big cushions. This was mine and James' favorite part.



Slimy!



A crab costume.



More fish.



Good time to fit in some dancing I guess.



And some exploring.



Back to the main tanks.



A dolphin Mama!
James didn't really say that. It was probably more like oh! oh! ohhh! Ump?



Ohhh!



What a better way to finish off the day (well...every day) in James' own tank.