Busy Little Hands

I thought I should dedicate a post to a few of my favourite works of art that my little guys have created recently.  It's so great to watch them develop through their creativity.  I get excited when I see something new in their scribbles or as I watch the way they explore the feeling of paint between their fingers.  So much fun!

Liam ...nice choice in flowers!

Casey ...love these loops!

Casey's bath tub finger paint

Liam's bath tub finger paint

A necklace for me!

Who needs diamonds when you can wear this trendy and eco-friendly toilet paper necklace!

Casey- Sticking pressed leaves onto contact paper.

Liam

Leaf stained glass art, beautiful!

Festival of Eagles

A couple weekends ago Canmore had it's annual Festival of Eagles where we got the chance to see a Golden Eagle and some different owls up close.  Last year we went as well and the boys were pretty timid about getting close to the owls.  On the drive over I explained to them what we were going to do and they were so excited.  They kept saying "I want to pet an owl, I want to pet an owl."  But then when the time came around they got a little stage fright...so I got to pet an owl.  Casey tried to be brave and he reached out with his finger and touched it for a split second.  Still a pretty neat thing to experience!

The Burrowing Owl

The Great Horned Owl

The Barn Owl

Nana's Visit

Last week my mom came for a short (but sweet) visit.  We jam packed as much fun, adventure (and shopping) into 4 days as we could.  The boys enjoyed showing off some of their skills for their Nana and she loved every minute of it.  They showed her how high they can jump in gymnastics, how fast they can ride their bikes and how awesome they can dance at the Fred Penner concert....Nana was very impressed.  Here's a few pictures from our time together...

Nana Casey and Liam at Lake Minnewanka, Banff

Casey, Me and Nana

Little Monkey Liam

Casey doing a balancing act

Casey and Nana

Liam and Nana

New shoes!

Liam warming up before the big bike ride

Liam

Casey

Casey and Nana on a short rainy day hike

...and now I miss my Mom! :(

Revelstoke

On Thanksgiving Monday we headed to Revelstoke B.C. to enjoy a family mountain retreat.  It started out a little rough- after driving four hours we arrived at our cabin only to discover it hadn't been cleaned since the previous users.  Since the owner lived in Edmonton and the cleaner was most likely feasting on turkey, we took matters into our own hands...That meant rolling up our sleeves, grabbing the toilet brush and getting to work.

The next morning we awoke to a beautiful sunny day.  We drove downtown to my most favourite cafe- The Modern Bakeshop & Cafe and drowned our frustrations from the previous night in yummy lattes and goodies.  All was good again.  We spent the whole rest of the day playing outside...

Casey, Liam and Daddy having a well deserved juice after their long bike ride.

{Time out for short nap} ...And to the beach.

Wake up cuddles...

Liam

Casey

What a fun filled day! To top it off we went to the Rec Centre for a swim in the evening.
The next day we went back to the cafe to get our last fill of goodies and then had some park play time and a short hike to get some energy out before the long drive home again.

Casey at the park

Daddy and Liam

Maple leaves!! We don't get these in Canmore!  So nice to see!

It was a great trip!

(The owner of the cabin offered us a full refund plus discount on our next stay for our troubles which was even above what we expected.  We're looking forward to hopefully another trip sometime this winter.)