Both boys had their final ice skating lessons this past weekend. It may seem hard to believe when you look at the pics of ice and snow, but in just 2 short months soccer begins—and it is played on the same field area when this skating ice is! (We registered the boys for soccer today.) [...]
We had a gorgeous, warm (8C / 46F) sunny day here today, so the boys and I headed out for a walk around the neighbourhood. I started the walk by taking a pic of the boys under the crab-apple tree in our backyard. I am going to try to take a pic from the same [...]
It’s the time of year when getting enough exercise can be a challenge. Exercise DVDs for kids to the rescue! My two boys very much enjoy the Yoga Kids DVDs (Canada)(US). The other day Gareth asked me if he could borrow my yoga mat, and when I came down to the basement, this is what [...]
I only recently found out that to celebrate the Olympics, the City of Calgary is offering a variety of coupons on their website for free admission to swimming and fitness centres. They’re good through the end of the February. And remember, to quote The Happiness Project blog (one of my favourite sites): “Exercise for sanity, [...]
We had a pretty good weekend. My parents were in town for a conference/meeting, and my Dad came for a visit on Saturday afternoon. It had been a while since he’d seen the boys, so it was nice to catch up. Earlier on Saturday the boys each had their drama class as well. This morning [...]
We had a lovely weekend. Friday night I took the boys swimming at VRRI, where the pool is wonderfully warm. They do lots of rehab stuff there, so I am not kidding when I say the pool is kept at the temperature of a warm bath. Ahhhh! The boys had lots of fun splashing, [...]
Last week I posted a pic of a garden gnome, buried to his neck in snow, that we saw on our nature walk looking for animal tracks. Since then we’ve had an extended run of warm ‘chinook’ weather, and we passed the same garden gnome on our walk this afternoon. What a difference a few [...]
Today was a gorgeous day here, with warm temps (8C / 41F—which is warm for Calgary in January!) and clear sunny skies. I wanted to get us all out for some fresh air and sunshine, so I suggested to the boys that we go for a nature walk around the neighbourhood and look for tracks [...]
Like many parents, Sunday was Jim’s last day of holidays, so he took the boys skating in the morning. The boys are in fact signed up for skating lessons Sunday mornings, and everything was all set to start, except the folks running the program forgot to tell the skating coach that the first lesson was [...]