First day of School!

 The boys wanted to ride the bus so we went and waited for the bus - it was 15 minutes late on the first day!

                               
                                   While waiting, Nathan was entertaining tormenting the dog!

Because the bus was so nicely behind, I drove the boys to school and helped them find their new classes.  Carson was the only one who wanted to pose for pictures.

Happy Birthday, Nathan!

Daddy had to work on Nathan's actual birthday so we decided to plan a party for a later date.  We let Nathan decide what he wanted for his birthday supper and he picked Subway!

Not sure whyCarson always looks like the straws were going up his nose!

A sign of things to come?!?

The boys were playing while I was catching up on some e-mail.  They came in to my office to show that Nathan hadn't been very good.  Here he is in hand restraints being lead off.  We hope this isn't a sign of future things to come!

Getting Ready for Our Trip!

Zeller's is going out of business and had suitcases on sale.  We bought the boys each a case to take on our trip to Disney World in November.  They were very excited with their purchases and have been "practising" pulling the cases and lifting them all over the house.

Calgary Zoo

They love to pose, it's kind of crazy!

 We wanted to go see the penguins at the Calgary Zoo as we heard they were so much fun.  We arrived apparently at the perfect time as the wait was only about 10 minutes, just long enough to go to the bathroom and go right in to see them.  There are a couple short videos and then pictures.  The boys wanted to take lots of pictures!

Listening to a talk about the apes.

The missing brother!

The penguins were "awesome"!  This is Jay's new favorite word.  The rest of the animals were pretty neat as well.  The boys don't remember our last trip to the zoo.  We have to get the pictures out and show them that they have indeed been there before.  Carson was having a great time taking pictures with Grandma's camera.  So much so that she needed to change batteries and she ran out of space on her memory card.  Those pictures will be posted on another entry.

Road Trip

Road trips are difficult at times because we often have to stop numerous times.  This was yet another "pee break" on our trip to Calgary.  I thought the color was beautiful though and that it was an entertaining photo.

Strathcona Island Park

 We have been making a habit of taking Lady to the river to swim.  After she has had her swim we have been waling over to the spray park at Strathcona Island.  On this particular night the water wasn't on so we stopped to play at the regular park.  The boys wanted to show off their skills on the monkey bars.  Jay is getting really good.  Carson has been able to go across them since last year but never tires of them.

While sitting watching the boys play at the park, Nathan noticed these bikini bottoms on the ground under the bench.  He asked if they were mine and I replied that no they were not.  He then commented that they weren't his either!