At Least Someone LOVES this weather.

Yes, our first snowfall! Dawson was quick to eat his breakfast and get ready to play outside. And yes, he is wearing his Dad's gloves. ( We have to buy him new gloves.) I hope he is happy, as it is supposed to be warm the rest of the week, more my type of weather . And of course Wednesday is the big special day. Our magical vacation begins! Oh we are so excited!

The Changing Seasons

I have decided to post these photo for my auntie who is in Greece. She of course on her blog-- posts beautiful photos of towns she has visited and writes of swimming in the sea daily. I thought I should post what it looks like back here, in our little neck of the woods. So here you go Auntie! While you sun bathe on the beach and dodge stingray or jellyfish ( I forget which one?) think of us back home taking care of the changing seasons. I must admit it is pretty here right now, cold some mornings, but pretty!!

Who knew riding the bus would be this much fun.

This photo is not McDonald's talking. It is taken from the second level of our county's new double decker bus! Dawson and I had the pleasure of taking a free ride as the county's transit system had a :Tour the new bus and hot dog BBQ. It was fun. This bus is a pilot project for our county and will run the commuter routes into Edmonton.

PHEW!

Ain't she a beauty! The only other city that has buses like this incorporated into their transit system is Victoria, said the man sitting next me, who I didn't know. So I could be wrong on that fact? As you ride this bus, everyone stares it! Talk about being the center of attention.

It's Back to School

When it comes to Back to School time parents fall into 2 categories. Either happy hence the commercial -"the most wonderful time of the year" or sad. I must admit, I fall into the sad category here. Don't get me wrong, it is exciting for D to meet his old friends and some new ones too. But I always have good summers home with him and it is really lonely for me on the first day at school, when I stay home by myself. Last night we remembered all of our summer events this year. It was such a great summer! A fantastic summer. But now onto a new day!!!. Here is D all decked out for the first day. (That is not an earring, so don't get scared. It is tape on the board.) I wish I could post the first day of kindergarden and then post this picture, I cannot believe how grown up he is looking and acting. Sigh !!!! Well off to get a nice hot chocolate because it is only 12C here!

Our Next Wipe Out Contestant.

I am sure most of you have watched the show wipe out. Well here at our local pool they have the inflatables out for public swim. It really is a hoot to see everyone try their best and fall into the water.

Mr. Photography tried his best at conquering this beast. It was a very difficult one to do. Not to many made it to the end. To top things off, the lifeguard sprays water on it, to make it more slippery.

Ahhh. Good try D!

Camp this Week

Here is D at the U of A curling camp. As you can see by the score board, the game he played was real a nail biter! Overall the camp was excellent. He had a smile on his face the whole time and loved every minute.
He is a sweeper here.

The skip in the next photo. I thought he would like this position. He always calls the play at home when he watches it on tv. And he is very good at it. But he says his favorite position is 3rd. 3rd is a little of both sweeper and skip, and of course thrower!

Baseball Season

The original pitcher to start this game got hurt, so in went my boy. He pitched out to the max (70 pitches) he struck out 6 players. Way to go son!

Waiting to go to bat, he stands with his teammates.

He hit a double here. It was beautiful.

D had a great tourney. He pitched well and played a great game at second base. This is what our weekends are filled with until middle of July.