Kids say the funniest things

This is another installment in the "Kids say the funniest things" posts.
I went to wake Keir up this morning and he said: "I feel like i am made of metal" when I asked why, he answered" Because I am so tired and stiff"

Stay tuned for more funny quotes

Ewan

This past week was March Break for Keir, which means he had the whole week off school. I was able to take Tuesday and Thursday of work. On Tuesday Keir and I went skiing at Camp Fortune (where I did the majority of my skiing), we had a special guest join us... Uncle Neal!
Neal took a bunch of photos and some videos
Here is the first of a couple more that I will post. IT is Keir first solo skiing and wipe out!

Take care
Ewan

Happy Birthday to Me!

So yesterday was my birthday, I am "aging up" to the next age group for Triathlon Races 35-39!
I got some wonderful cards from my children (and Jen). My parents came over for some cake, the video is the delivery said cake :-)

GOLD

-SKIING-

What a blast, as some of you may know I have done a _LOT_ of skiing in my life, but today was the MOST fun I have ever had on skis. I took skiing at Calabogie Peaks which is a little over an hour away. Keir's friends Peter and Charlie were going skiing with their family and we were invited along. The day started with a 1hr private lesson and then we skied together for the rest of the day. By the end of his hour long lesson Keir was getting the hang of things and was actually even turning!
Turning



on the magic carpet


After his lesson we had a lunch then it was back on to the hill with Peter, I put my skis on and went skiing with Keir and Peter
Riding the carpet:

Peter up further:

After a couple runs on the small hill it was up to the big lift and the big hill
Waiting in line for the lift:

Riding on the lift


Peter and Keir on the hill

The view from the top of the mountain

Deeeeeeeelicious!

This is how Isla eats cupcakes. I use the word eat loosely here!
And yes that is Keir running around in the background pretending to be a Jedi!

Ewan

Xmas 2009

We had a wonderful Xmas 2009 with lots of presents for the kids and some "relaxing" for the parents :-)
A couple of pics from Xmas
Isla was a little sick at the start of the holidays just a little cold but she decided she needed a bandaid to fix her cold!

Isla was priceless when she was opening her gifts, she kept saying "FOR MEEEEE!!!!"

Keir had a lego Xmas:


This is what my Xmas morning looked like, lots of lego construction

Notice a pattern, no one was spared from Lego duty


Hope everyone had a great Xmas and the New Year is treating you well

Ewan

Tweet Tweet

OK, you may now notice there is a little twitter gadget on the left <<<
Warning Twitter is very addictive and a time suck, but fun non the less :-)
I can't promise a ton of tweets but I will post here and there.
username is @ewanhardie
Anyone else on twitter? Shoot me a tweet!

Ewan

Keir's sayings

There is that saying: Kids say the darnest things. Well here is one from Keir.

I was driving Keir back from swimming and a mail truck pull up beside us at the lights. Keir said:

"All mail truck go to Alaska"

Not sure where that came from, but I had to record it :-)

Ewan

Keir being Keir

A little video fun (courtesy of Jen's Ipod Nano)
The kids were enjoying some cookies we had just decorate



Ewan

Happy Birthday Jenny

December 11th is a very special person's birthday

Happy Birthday Jenny

Love
Ewan

Xmas Tree

It was the the annual "Go cut the Xmas Tree Trip" today. It was a little weird as we don't have any snow on the ground yet (and it is December 6th). Reviewing the pictures it looks like there is something wrong with the pics with no snow on the ground.
We go to a tree farm 10mins away, it is really good, they have tractor rides, hot chocolate and cookies. This year there was also horse pulled rides. Isla and Jen went for a ride with the horse while the "men" brought the tree back.
Here they are setting off on their ride:


Walking down the rows of trees to try and find the perfect tree:


Isla lost in the trees:


More Isla in the trees


We have found the tree, time to cut:

Watching patiently:


Keir pretending to be a Lumberjack:


I am happy to report the tree is up in the house, but not yet decorated. We will do that on Friday the 11th (Jen's birthday)

That is all for now

Take care
Ewan

Keir's birthday is coming up on the 16th, but we had his birthday party this Saturday. We booked a place called Srping Action for the party. It is all trampolines and jumping things, perfect for energy laden boys.
As the "birthday boy" Keir got the special treatment and got to up in the harness and really fly.

There was lots of pizza and cake and presents.
Will post more on Keir's real birhtday
Ewan

Halloween 09

Halloween was yesterday, Keir and Isla went trick or treating with a group of friends around the neighbourhood. Isla is the monkey and Keir is the white boned skeleton.
Here is Keir, the Skeleton (mask didn't fit too well as you can tell by the one eye)


Here is Isla the Monkey brushing her teeth


And finally, here is our pumpkin, we got lots of compliments on it throughout the night, I am glad kids still know about the ultimate bad guy:

-Absentee Blogger-

Well, I have certainly been slacking in the posting department. I will be better, I promise :-)
This is Thanksgiving Weekend in Canada, so that means a long weekend for me and an extra long weekend for Keir.
I took the Kids out to a near by park, because Jen was doing some baking for Thanksgiving Supper. It was an nice day when we went out so I brought the camera:
Here is Isla looking pretty cute, managed to keep her still for 1 minute.

Here is the photo of two seconds after the above photo, she doesn't sit still for long :-)


Keir and Isla together:


We had a great supper at my parents on Sunday, with Jen's parents and Grandmother all coming up for one big supper. Jen made an _AMAZING_ carrot cake that everyone loved.
On monday I ran off the carrot cake in a local 5km. I haven't ran a 5km in over 5 years, and I know why.... they HURT a lot. Anyways I had a good run ran 17:44 which is about 4min faster than my last 5km.

That is all for now
Take care
Ewan

-Back to School-

Keir has started back to school, he is in Grade 1. So some big changes, he has gone from a half day (in senior kindergarten) to a full day of school (8:15 to 2:45 is as close to a full day for a 5yr old)
Most of the kids in Keir's class last year are in his class this year, so it was nice for Keir to have all his friends in his new class. Her is Keir on the first day.

Look who is Two

It was Isla's 2nd birthday on Saturday. We had a small family gathering at the cottage to celebrate her birthday. IT was a beautiful day, the rain held off! And everyone had a great time. Here is Isla's cake, C is for Cookie and Cake!

Next photo is Isla hard at work blowing out her candles:

Then enjoying the fruits of her labour (note the blue tongue!):


And last but certainly nto least here is a picture of Keir (Keir is sitting beside me and was asking where the pictures of him were):


Isla's party was great my brother and Nancy came down from Montreal,and my parents all stayed out at the cottage overnight, we had a great breakfast in the morning, hopefully we will get to do this more often, if we just knew someone related to us that had just acquired a cottage....Neal :-)
That is all for now
stay tuned Keir starts Grade one in 1 week!!
Ewan

Flying Keir

Spent the long Weekend up at the cottage.
The weather was pretty good, only rained one day. We spent a lot of time in the water.
Keir was getting some frequent flyer miles:

another plane trip

the crash landing:


Isla was also "Swimming" with her floaties on her arms.
she got really good at motoring around:

Sleeping Beauty??

This isn't something we see everyday, Keir fell asleep reading his book:

Positively Isla

I think this picture epitomizes Isla, absolute Cutie, Band-aids, and playing with her brothers toys: