It has been a while.  Here are some pictures of what we have been up to the past few months.

Kids playing with the new iMac .  It rocks!!!  The things you can do!

May 24th fireworks at neighbours house.

Its Your Festival in Gage Park.  Listening to April Wine with some friends.  Jenna looks sad but I don't think she was!

Connor digging a trench at the beach.  It was deep- about 1.5 ft deep!  Jenna was at a sleep over and Connor was enjoying his time away, alone.

Check out Connor's new drinking hat he made!  Duct tape, baseball hat, plastic tubing and a plastic cup.  He has learned how to siphen with this hat.  If you don't blow back after taking a sip, the liquid from the cup keeps on flowing because the cup is higher up than the end of the tube.  

Our visit in Regina May 2008.

Jenna and her hoola hoop!

Spike the new fish..

Well, on this cold, rainy day (Jenna said it smelled like winter) there was nothing better to do but go get a new beta fish to replace poor Blue. The kids named him Spike. This one is a male and is very flashy looking - see the bright red fins? Now we have a girl and a boy fish...... If we put them together they will either make babies or kill each other. The kids want babies - I say keep them separate!

RIP......

Here is the grave site of our beloved fish, Blue. (Created by Jenna) He died today......

This Victoria Day weekend was cold and rainy but we did manage to go to a barbecue and see some awesome fireworks down the street. Connor watched the first 3 Indiana Jones movies in anticipation for the release of the 4th this week. He also spent a lot of time playing with the spent firework casings - taking them apart and figuring out how they are made. Jenna had a sleepover (not much sleep though!) and played with her friends. She had a very social weekend!




Playing the Wii with a friend on a COLD, WINDY Victoria Day holiday.

Trying to build a firework with the leftover 'bomb' casing, burnt powder, some grass and twigs.

Bird watching......

We have seen many types of birds come to our feeder this spring. So far we have enjoyed and studied:

Mourning Dove - nesting in our wisteria. Hopefully see babies soon. These guys tried it last year but something got at the nest, ate the eggs and scared off the parents. We are watching closely this year.

White Breasted Nuthatch - This bird moves headfirst (upsidedown) down trees getting at bugs and such that other birds miss climbing up the tree.

Red-winged Blackbird - not easily startled - will just sit and look at me as I get VERY close before flying off.

American Goldfinch - super cute little guy!

Blue Jay -can be nasty to other birds. House Sparrows - a whole group of them live in our wisteria year round.
Pileated Woodpecker - have heard him but haven't seen him yet. Sounds like a monkey in the jungle!!! Saw him last year. Big bird 45cm tall!
Black-capped Chickadee - you can train then to eat out of your hand!
Common Grackle - I think I might have grubs in my lawn! Hopefully they will eat them up!

Orchard Oriole
Northern Cardinal - Marbles the cat has been bothering these guys. They make a loud chirp sound when mad!

Rose -breasted Grosbeak - very beautiful!

It has been interesting noticing the different colors, sounds and the way all these birds interact.

Baby maple trees.... and Marbles.

My attempt at growing Maple trees from seedings plucked from the lawn. Maybe in about 4 or 5 years I can transplant into the ground?

C. captured a purrrfect picture of Marbles.

Mourning Dove nesting in our wisteria vine!

C. took this picture. About 1 more week until the eggs hatch.