Dress Up as Your Hero or Fave Character Day at School

Bobs wanted to be a police officer. Not a power ranger or a super hero or even Minecraft Steve like he was last year. 

Family Day Weekend at Gull Lake

We noticed that E-man's pyjamas were similar to Bobs's sheets at the cabin. E-man pointed out correctly that he was wearing Moose and not deer.

I tried snowboarding at Medicine Lodge ski hill. Uncle Trevor let me use his gear. I had an ok time getting down to the beginners lift, but it took two tries to make up halfway up the hill. Once I got there, I couldn't even stand up on the board. I had no idea what I was doing. Oh well. I tried it.

Sarah and Seffy skied around a bit and Seffy made happy noises as they descended.

Mads went up once, and refused to ski the rest of the day. E-man wasn't very cooperative either, unfortunately. This was a bit of a surprise because they did so well at Winsport in November. As 4 year olds, they are both stubborn.

Cute little lodge eh? Sarah is on the rope pull here. It costs $10 to use just the rope pull, and a lot more to use the t-bar to get up further. We were fine with the kids using the rope pull.

JJ and KC arrived a bit later and were using the t-bar courses, so Bobs wanted to join them as he was having quite a lot of fun, to our glee. Daddy upgraded his pass and KK taught Bobs how to use the t-bar. Daddy went on another t-bar with JJ, and they wiped out.

Bobs and KK. Bobs likes to go straight down instead of doing his turns.

The weather was amazing. +10 and sun.

The next day, we went swimming at the Sylvan Lake pool which was also a lot of fun. There is a lot more snow at the cabin than in Calgary. We had a lot of shovelling to do when we got there.

KK got them all to build a snow fort.

Lots of snowmobiles were racing on the lake.

It was funny to see KK get annoyed at them all, and the smell of fuel from one going by. She said "Why can't they just move their bodies instead of sitting on their butts in a motorized vehicle?" as she cross country skied down the road with KC.

We copied the snow colouring idea from Snow Day and made the fort look beautiful.

Snow Day Preschool Carnival

Last weekend was rather cold so we set up a lot of the lego in the dining room.

This weekend, Mommy got up really early and set up for Snow Day, an annual carnival fundraiser for Mads' preschool.

The weather was great and many people from several surrounding communities came.

We had a live children's singer, face painting, henna, bake sale, bouncy castle, craft room, balloons, and outdoor fun.

Aunty's Layover at the Airport

We got to have a visit with Aunty on her way back from Bali, Indonesia. She had a strange flight path that took her to Calgary, which worked out well for us.

We have had amazing weather lately. between +5 and +16 weather in January. Loving it.

Aunty brought some gifts back from Indonesia. Shirts and a dragon and a scarf and cards and super cool pencils. Thank you!

We checked out a space hub museum on the top floor and although half of the displays were broken, the kids enjoyed it. They are in an old airplane here.

There is also a playground at the airport.

Cute little baby!

Skating at Bowness Park

Bowness Park was flooded and badly damaged in June of 2013. The city only recently re-opened a small part of the park for people to enjoy in the winter.

The kids enjoyed skating down the lagoon.

There was a family having a tailgating party. They had a hibachi BBQ on the back of their truck.

Battalion Park Winter Fun