The Zoo

Grandma and Grandpa are visiting! Bobs was sad here because we were trying to get him to eat fruit before a treat.

Mads and Bobs made valentines cards for all their friends at daycare, and got many in return. Mads got an Elmo card from his best friend "Dabid".

All of the toys have come out of hiding.

Mormor and Morfar are off on another trip for awhile, but they were able to stop for coffee the day before they left.

We went to the Zoo and saw the famed Penguin Exhibit. It was really neat.

Heritage Park & a Party

Skating in Signal Hill

 
Mads first time on the ice!

We only had one helmet to share between Mads and Bobs so we had to take turns skating.

JJ was the best skater by far. You could say that he was born on skates.

JJ and his grandpa went to the dump in Okotoks the day before and found a lightning McQueen toy that Mads was able to play with while the rest skated.

KC has been skating for awhile too. He has the smallest skates you can buy.

Bobs remembered a lot of his skating skills from the year before.

We had such a fun time.

Playing Together

Mads decided that he can play chess with Bobs by bringing his firetruck on.

Bobs didn't really like it though.

Hot Wheels Music

The hotwheels make music. It doesn't sound half bad actually. It almost sounds like he is doing chords.

The boys are really enjoying their Christmas presents. They have also started transitioning to a new child care provider down the street who runs a dayhome with three other kids around the same age. By March, they will be there full time and not at the daycare anymore which was not as convenient for us to drop them off at anymore due to the new c-train route. They can also go outside to the local playgrounds more at the dayhome. We still aren't sure where Erik will be for half a day next year when he is at kindergarten at the french immersion school. He will need to be picked up at the bus stop which is our main hiccup at this point.

New Year's Day

It was cold, but sunny on the first day of the year. We went to the Signal Hill rink area for sledding.

The sun kept us warm and happy.

We have a decent mountain view from the playground. We live further below the school and the mountains aren't as visible from our street.

We have been planning and deciding which school Bobs will go to for kindergarten. Our original plan was the public french immersion, but we found out they will have 8 classes and are quite full ( even though we would get in). Behind Mads here is the local english school, but we are still keen on french immersion so we are registering also for the Catholic school French Immersion which is much smaller and probably better for Bobs.

We are also making some child care changes. Their last day at the big daycare will be at the end of February. They will be with a dayhome down the street starting then. To ease into the changes, they will start on monday this week and continue to be with her each monday. It's going to be a challenge when Bobs starts Kindergarten in terms of figuring out who will pick him up at the bus stop in the middle of the day. We will have to find a dayhome that can do this. We are on the list for a few after school programs as well.