We spent Christmas in Kelowna at my sister's place. Mattias had a great time especially playing with my nephews pug, Bean. They became best friends both looking for each other when one was not around. More pictures can be viewed here.
This first picture was taken earlier in the week, Mattias chomping at the bit to get out in the snow.
Vancouver does not get a lot of snow and I think the last white Christmas was over 10 years ago. We got a ton of snow in the last few days. Mattias loves it, he can't wait to get out to play in it. Today we went tobogganing and he had a blast. I just took some photos of the snow tonight outside the house, tomorrow may be a snow day but I left my laptop at work...
The following photos were taken tonight. You can see my useful car with summer performance tires covered in this white stuff. I'll be busing it tomorrow.
It is amazing to see Mattias language skills starting to develop. Today he said "1, 2, 3.." and farted. I know it is toilet humour but I sure thought it was funny.
Last week Mattias enjoyed the company Children's Party at a jungle gym. He was going so hard, having so much fun. We left at 11am and in 4 minutes was fast asleep in his car seat. It is unusual for him to nap that early. Later we decorated the tree.
Mattias loves his pancakes, he asks for them in the morning. Tonight he was playing with his playdough and wanted to make pancakes. We have a budding chef in our household. ;-)
You gotta love the way he sticks out his tongue when he is concentrating.
Mattias is full force into trains. Yesterday he recieved a tiny wind up train set, boy was he excited. He has figured out how to wind the train himself, what a smart boy!
Mattias had a great time tonight. We went out to Hastings street where the store merchants give out candy (I love our neighbourhood). Mattias loved the fact he was getting candy (even though he did not realize what he was getting). He knows lollipops, so he had to have those but chocolate bars and chips are available for his parents to snap. He was a puppy dog tonight, awww.
Our neighbour, Dave did his annual fireworks display. He outdid himself this year.
We were invited out for Thanksgiving dinner and asked to bring dessert. Mattias helped make the pumkin pie, especially rolling out the pie crust.
We too advantage of a glorious October Sunday and went down to Granville Island. We took Mattias out on Aquabus ride which he really enjoyed.
Today Blake, Rachel and Taylor were going to the trains. We made the gruelling 2 block walk to join them.
Last weekend I went on a hunting trip (for mule deer) NE of Little Fort, BC (Barriere). We were only there for 2 days and we did not get a deer but we had opportunities. I had 2 good opportunities on bucks but chose not to shoot because I could not tell if they were 4 point bucks (season was only for 4 pointers). Lesson learned, get good glass (binoculars).
We stayed at a ranch on the east side of the river. To get there you take a small ferry which is part of the highway system but only runs during the day. We arrived late so we had to take back roads which added an hour to the trip but going back was so much easier.
"Daddy, you did not get me enough Thomas!!!"
