Halloween

Dave is away on the train and Ambrose and I are both feeling under the weather, but we got into the spirit.  Christoff offered to take Ambrose out trick or treating (THANK YOU!!). Christoff had him out for maybe 10-15 minutes, which was a perfect amount of time for my tired little purple dinosaur. 

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Boo at the Zoo

We headed out tonight to Boo at the Zoo and met up with Karel, Christy and Samuel. I have to admit it was chilly. But the boys were troopers and they enjoyed their walk through the displays. Super hero statues were our first stop for photos (I think dada was more excited than toddler)

Now, back at home, toasty warm in pjs, cozy on the couch and laughing at cartoons on the ipad.
Life is good...

Pumpkins!

A few weeks ago, Ambrose and I joined Christy and Samuel for a lovely afternoon at A Maze in Corn.
The boys had lots of fun selecting the perfect small pumpkin, greeting the animals, climbing on the hay bails and running through the corn maze. We all slept well that night.
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It's fun!

Christoff shot this fun video on our porch just this past weekend. Ambrose was in full form, showing his appreciation of David's singing and ukelele playing.

Introducing Ryder

Jessie holding her baby nephew

My niece Breanna had a baby boy on Friday, August 24 at 2:43 am. He weighed in at a whopping 8 lbs 12 oz and was 19.7 inches long.

Baby is doing well and so is Miss Beans.

a wedding at Hnausa Beach

we attended our second wedding of the summer, this time a friend of David's, Carly, who is a a long time supporter of PoorTree (David and Christoff's performance poetry group).

It was a beautiful wedding with amazing live music. Carly's now-husband is the drummer for a very talented local blues band The Perpetrators
Needless to say there was live music at this wedding, incredible musicians just having fun jammin'.

I don't have a close up of the bride and groom (lower left) but I do have some fun shots of ambrose, david and christoff on the beach at sunset (above) and ambrose with "sistoff"- whom ambrose adores.

August long in The Pas

Ambrose was not able to contain his excitement over the big waves!

We finally made the trek to nana and poppa's new house at Clearwater Lake.
Luckily, Ambrose is an excellent traveller and does not mind the 7 hour car ride.

We had a great time because many people came home to celebrate The Pas' centennial year. Although we didn't partake in an any formal celebrations, some of Ambrose's extended family got to see him (great aunts and uncles) as well as the folks who make Clearwater their home year round.

Ambrose was particularly excited to spend quality time with this big cousin Emma. And she was just as pleased to spend time with her little cousin Ambrose. It was very sweet.


(Photo gallery to be uploaded later)