Rain Boots

Kale has always had a thing for shoes but it has gone beyond fascination to utter love with his rain boots.


He wears them in the living room while playing.


He even seeks them out while naked.


Or cuddling with Dad.

Did you want a ferret Mum?

Kale loves the fact that he can catch the ferrets now and spends their entire play time chasing, catching and bringing them to us. Luckily he is being gentle and the ferrets and surviving this current adventure.

Nap Time

Kale went down for his nap in the midst of the laundry pile today. I had been planning on folding the laundry during nap time but I sure didn't mind having an extra bit of time to work on my knitting.

Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly

fa la la la la la la la la


Kale is loving the tree in the middle of the living room.


Though I must admit the arm reaching up would much rather remove ornaments from the tree than put them up. I think the Christmas tree is going to be plucked clean by Kale and the ferrets if we don't keep an eye on it.

Baby Spaghetti

Just because he is gluten free doesn't mean Kale doesn't get to enjoy the joys of spaghetti and we as parents get the obligatory spaghetti face pictures.

Joy and Jubilation

Look Ma I found a box.


and it is greaaaat.

Check out the snow on our house

Kale fell asleep on our way home from playing in the snow yesterday so we stopped to take a picture of the snow. We have even more snow now today and I can safely say I have never seen so much snow here in Vancouver.

Snow in Vancouver

We woke up this morning to a big wet pile of snow and immediately bundled into our warm clothes and headed out into the white.


Here we are walking down the street, Kale was only willing to walk on the sidewalks where people had already shoveled. This was understandable as the snow almost came up to his waist.


We went for a long wet walk in Central Park. It was pretty exciting because the weight of the snow was causing trees to snap in half and thud to the ground all around us.


Kale had hated walking in the snow until we got near the duck pond and then he was all grins and arms.


We hunkered down in the snow to watch the ducks swimming until...


Someone arrived to feed the ducks and Kale got an up close and personal view of the ducks. He was absolutely intrigued and amazed.

Fall Colours

We headed out in the yard to rake leaves today. Kale was wearing his Newt Suit so he could play around all he wanted without getting wet.


Kale isn't too sure about walking around on these wet leaves.


Here Kale is going for the rake, he really wanted to help.


We paused for a while to play on the swing. Kale thought this was way more fun than raking.

Kale Discovers Daddy's Toy

Kale seems to have observed that fun can be had with a DS and remembered where we keep/hide it. Today he squealed and screeched at the drawer until I opened it
and forcefully demanded that I open it. He wanted me to play it so it made all the fun pictures and sounds. Then he figured out that he could bang on it with the stylus and he was ready to run away with it. I managed to hide it at nap time but once I had told Keva about Kale's new interest he opened up the drawer and the joyful hysteria resumed.

Ferrets Discover Baby Toys

Boo went up rather than down the basketball hoop but she had fun none the same.

Fun with French Fries

Ketchup is good.
Vinegar is better.

What do you mean I can't drink all of the vinegar.

Wet Windy Hike

For Veterans Day we headed out to the dikes of Richmond for a hike. It got a little cold with the rainy wind but we had a good time.

Playing at the party

A few more pictures from the Couch Baby Party.

Kale in his wagon.

Kale feeding Mason a veggie booty.

Kale and Ayla chillin' on the couch.

Couch Babies

One year ago, almost today, we lined our babies up on the couch for a prenatal reunion picture. Most of them slept through the experience though Sadie and Sam managed to keep their eyes open.
We decided to have another reunion and this year things were a little more lively, tugging, pulling and ignoring.

Finally Ayla decided it was time to climb off the couch and Mason was ready for the experience to end.


The babies had a really good time playing in the house and we parents had a good time reconnecting now that our lives are busy (returns to work, parenting toddlers etc etc).