We're still here...

Just taking a winter break ... an extended winter break. In the meantime, look a what you can do with one of the cool aps for a smartphone. :)

Ollie, Ollie

We took a trip to the bird store to visit Ollie, the owner's macaw. He's beautiful.






Doug swears he heard him cackle after startling us. Didn't catch it on video though. I knew macaw's were smart, but I hadn't reckoned on a wicked sense of humour.

Jump!!

Emma loves to jump and climb and bounce. She'll jump from practically anything.

Trips around

In September we went to the amusement park. Emma had fun on the carousel. Will have to go back next year.

First Trip to the Salon

Took Emma to my hairdresser last month for her first 'real' hair cut. She was very serious about it all, kept looking all over the place. Made it a challenge to cut her hair. Of course having mom hovering around with the camera didn't help either.

Fallen Angel

This year we went to a halloween costume party at the sailing club. Doug was an angel (no one believed it). Didn't take many trips to the bar to get his wings drooping. I knew it was trouble when his halo slipped!

Trick or Treat!

Emma helped pick out a pumpkin and was all excited about making a scary jack-o-lantern. This is about as close as she got to helping though. When she found out you had to reach your hand in and scrape out the yucky guts it suddenly became mom's job. In some ways she is soooo her father's daughter.



We went out trick-or-treating with Batman and his mom. Once Emma got the hang of it she was running from house to house. Too cute.