Bouncing Around with Nathalie

Nathalie's last day of gymnastics for the year was November 25th.  Bouncy house, rope swing, balance beam...she spent the morning doing all of her fave things.  We'll see everyone again in January!

 

Birthday Boy!

Ben woke up to lots of balloons and Angry Birds decorations on November 19th...his 7th birthday!  Wish we could have just celebrated the day away, but time for school!  He enjoyed his day at school, getting lots of "Feliz Cumpleanos!" from teachers and friends.  And, Mom brought in snacks and goody bags to share.

 

We had a bit of a rushed celebration of presents and cake after dinner and before Beaver Scouts.  Lots of great gifts from family...just wished Ben was able to give big thank you hugs in person. 

Yummy homemade vanilla cake with raspberry frosting.  Make a wish!!  Poor Nathalie wasn't able to enjoy the party...she was on the couch with a fever.  :(  You know a kid is sick when they pass on birthday cake, right?

Saturday, November 23rd was Ben's friend party at Mountain View Bowl.  We were a bit worried about being responsible for 10 kiddos for 2 hours, but the kids were so well-behaved and had so much fun bowling!

After bowling, we moved into the party room for cake, games, and presents. 

 

 

"Pin the Tail on the Red Bird" was funny...the tail ended up in some crazy places!  And, Ben's friends were so generous...now he has a whole new set of fun toys and books to play with.  What a great week Ben had turning 7!



 



First Ski of the Season

November 11th is Remembrance Day in Canada, similar to Veteran's Day in the States.  However, it is a public holiday here, so Ben and Greg both had Monday "off".  The smaller ski hills at Canada Olympic Park (COP) have opened, so Greg and Ben suited up in the morning and headed out for some winter fun.  Sounds like there were lots of races down the hill...boys will be boys!  :) 

 

Harry Meets Bob

Harry Potter meets Bob the Builder...silly girl. 

Halloween 2013

Carving pumpkins at our house generally looks like this...Mom and Dad do the carving while Ben and Nathalie sit around the table eating popcorn and making faces at all of the pumpkin "guts" in our hands.  Can anyone else relate?  :)  But, Ben was excited to try the roasted pumpkin seeds this year and loved them! 

 

Halloween morning, and Ben thought it would be a good idea to put his cereal bowl in his trick-or-treat bucket.  Very creative, and I'm pretty sure that will be the healthiest thing that he ever eats out of that bucket!  Ha!

Angry Bird "Chuck" has his angry bird wings ready for school!

 

Nathalie had school on Halloween too.  She was a little less sure about getting dressed in her costume for school, but did relent to wearing her princess crown.  And, here are the Franken-krispies that I made for her class...let the sugar mayhem begin!

 

Once Daddy got home from work, these kids were ready to go!!

Trick or Treat!!!  Thankfully the snow from earlier in the week had melted off, and it was a chilly but enjoyable evening of trick-or-treating.

Surveying the candy haul.  Nathalie was content to just "seek and find", while Ben emptied his entire bucket to count and sort.  Oh my!  Hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween!