Get a load of this outfit: ladybug Teva sandals, a diaper, a chalkbag to hold her precious Cheerios, a Japanese "jimbe" robe & a sun hat. Perfect for the Vancouver Island summer!
Sunday, July 15, 2007
The Huskers
We enjoyed our first corn on the cob of the season last weekend, although I'm a bit embarassed to say that it wasn't local produce: California grown, but delicious nonetheless. Miki got into the husk-pulling action, too.
Strathcona Park
The "fam" spent the past week hiding out, camping & climbing in the majestic mountains of Strathcona Park with some (recently married!) friends. We set up a wonderful base camp, complete with a screen room, a lovingly maintained pit toilet & a portable BBQ grill. We were lucky to be situated next to a clear and extremely cold river as by the time Tuesday rolled around the thermometer climbed into the high 30's (that's "stinkin' hot" for all you folks south of the border) - it even hit 40 degrees by mid-week! Ouch. It honestly felt like the Arizona desert in August. Quite unusual...
Papa, although quite rusty, was quite happy to be back on the rock again and it didn't take too long to find his long-neglected rhythm again. Miki enjoyed hanging out at the base, lounging in the shade with Mama and watching all those strange people walking vertically.
We saw a rather large black bear foraging by the side of the road one afternoon. Needless to say it didn't please Ericka all that much that our tent was pitched just a few miles down the road. Snow still covered the peaks in the park & offered some fantastic views set against a blindingly blue sky. The area was rather new to us and we vowed to return soon. Hopefully, someday we thought, we'd be able to share this park with some of our family members. Any takers?
Monday, July 2, 2007
Bounce Bounce
There was a bouncy castle (for lack of a better description) last Saturday at our open house for the fire hall.
NCFD Open House
We held an open house last Saturday at the fire hall; complete with a hot dog BBQ, a bouncy castle for the kids, fire trucks to crawl around in and 2 auto extrication demos. Miki has been (for at least the past 6 months) fixated on a truck picture-book at home and finally got to sit in one of the vehicles in that book.
She did fine in the bouncy castle, too. Not exactly jumping around or anything, but despite the unstable, air-filled floor and other young ones thrashing and jostling around, she held her balance and walked around a bit.
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