Helicopters, fire trucks, bears...oh my!

It's been quite a week...

A helicopter ride with Grandpa.

Garrett's first solo car ride.

A little cooking and conversation between cousins.

A very wet Lynn Valley Day parade.

An awesome trip to visit firefighter Bradley at the firehall.

A little dress-up.

A bear hunt in the forest.

Some playground fun! I wonder what will happen next week??

Skateboarder

Garrett was in heaven tonight when Uncle Dean pulled out his skateboard from Grandma's basement. Dean was trying to relive his glory days by showing Garrett some tricks but it didn't take long before Garrett was showing Dean a few moves of his own.

Could Garrett get any happier?

Garrett kept stopping and posing. "Take a picture Mommy!"

Meghan and Kelsey enjoying some snuggles.

Kelsey hasn't quite got the hang of smelling the roses. She keeps trying to taste them.

Here are a few other cutie shots of Kelsey.

This is pretty impressive for a 2 year old.

Grouse Mountain

Grandma Judy, Garrett, Kelsey and I spent a great day up Grouse Mountain. We visited the grizzly bears who have recently awaken from hibernation and were putting on quite a show for their guests.

Garrett hiding behind Grandma. The fence sure didn't look like enough protection between us and the grizzly bear.

Grandma and Garrett making snow angels.

Garrett and Grandma hitched a ride on a snowmobile.

Kelsey's first feel (and taste) of snow. She loved it!

Gondola ride back to the car.

Outdoor School

We spent a great day at North Vancouver Outdoor School's Open House. To our delight the rain held off until we were leaving. Garrett got to visit a farm, fish hatchery, and Bighouse all in one place. Even with all of the great things to see his favourite part was throwing rocks in the river. Kelsey was a real champ and took it all in from the backpack smiling and waving everywhere she went.

Kelsey all bundled up and ready for the day.

Garrett in his element.

He would have stayed here for hours. It took some tricky negotiating to get him to leave.

Easter long weekend

Well it has been a great Easter weekend. Lots of visiting with family and a few disagreements over how many chocolate eggs a two year old should eat before breakfast.

Garrett's first attempt at colouring eggs. It looks all well and good but this peaceful moment ended abruptly when Garrett had a meltdown because I took his egg out of the blue dye. Sigh...

A nice snuggle and story with Grandma and Grandpa.

Garrett's first Easter egg hunt. He caught on quickly and celebrated every egg he found.

We had a great walk through Lynn Canyon. Garrett hiked over the suspension bridge, up and down stairs, over big rocks and through lots of mud. He was rewarded with some water and a large quantity of good throwing rocks at the end.

We had a yummy Easter dinner at Grandma Debbie's house.

Kelsey and Garrett squeezed in a lot of good play time.

We spent a fun afternoon at Science World where the kids played and enjoyed a Bobs and Lolo concert.

We ended the weekend with a quick trip to the park for a bike ride and Garrett's second try on the"big boy" swing. This is Austin trying to teach him to pump his legs.

Where's Kelsey?

Kelsey is always on the move these days. She doesn't like being held or tied down in her stroller or car seat. She doesn't want anything that we give her to play with but instead fixates on trying to get things we hide from her.

Garrett has been particularly affectionate when he wakes up these days. He wants to hold and kiss Kelsey which lasts for awhile until he tells me that it is time for "Baby to go night night".

Maui 2010

Well we're home from a great week in Maui. We spent lazy days at the beach, had fun at the pool, and took in a few sights around the island. Garrett could have spent every moment playing at the beach and even Kelsey found the sights and sounds entertaining. Here are a few captured moments.