Première Année et la Vie Nouvelle!

Jayson started grade one this past week.  He's doing very well!  There are more boys in his class this year.  This is a good thing, since the girls outnumbered the boys all of last year.

On Friday I was supervising at the high school which is next to Jayson's school.  He asked that at lunch time we could meet at the fence that separates the two schools.  I was worried that I would forget but guess who was the one to forget?  I saw Jayson a way off in the distance playing with the boys so I called to him, and he came up to me.  We chatted, high fived and gave a kiss through the chain link fence. 

I don't know about him, but it made my day!

Emily the other day talked to Christy about becoming a Christian.  We thought it was a little young for her to be interested in these things, but she really understood everything and committed her life to Jesus.  Later on I went to her in her bed to talk with her about it, and she told me "I've got good shoes for following Jesus".  So cute! But her heart is there and we are so proud of her!

Here are some pictures to share with you.
Wes

Above is Jayson on his first day of Grade One.  Below is our crazy kids in the goggles we found on discount.  They loved them!

Emily

"I wook good and I'm coot!"

Photo by Jordan Nielsen

The Last Days of Summer

We've had cool temperatures and lots of rain and we feel as though summer has already ended!  Hopefully we'll have some more sunshine before the fall sets in.  

This summer we enjoyed:

Splashing around at our local water park

A High Power Soccer Camp

A first haircut

Seeing family

Camping

A week at Camp Qwanoes

And playing in our backyard

How's that for a two month summary in one post!
 
There is a little boy going to grade one on Tuesday, so expect a report on that in a few days.

Mama!

Kindergarten Graduation!

It feels as though we were just writing about Jayson starting kindergarten, and here we are today celebrating his graduation!

Happy Birthday Benjamin!

Benjamin is one!  Here is the birthday boy!

And here is the birthday boy's brother with his reaction to penicillin.

Jayson's First Speech

Jayson did a great job of his speech today!  He was nervously swaying as he said it, but he did it with no prompting from his teacher, in front of all the parents and the kindergarten and grade one classes.   I'm a little biased, but I have to say he was the cutest one there.   Benjamin had a little squabble at the back with another baby his age.  The baby tried to take a book from Benjamin and Benjamin was not pleased. He yelled so loudly he drowned out the kindergarteners' speeches.  I guess his sweet little baby days are ending and the toddler days are reminding us they are coming!

Just So He's Not Left Out

Jayson is doing his first speech at school!  It's thirty seconds long and in French.  I told him he could lick a beater if he said it for the camera.  Voila:

Emily Loves to Sing

And she takes good care of her little brother too!

"The Culprits" or "Jay's Future Profession"?

Jay and Emily are good kids.....but sometimes good kids can get themselves into trouble.  Like the time Jayson coloured on the couch, or the time Emily decided to take off her clothes at church.  Last week we had another example of this in our otherwise calm and peaceful household. 

Christy

Two Lists

Here is a list of things Benjamin is afraid of:
Vacuum cleaners
Losing sight of his mother
Friendly old ladies at the grocery store
Rambunctious peek-a-boo
Sudden noises

Here is a list of things Benjamin is not afraid of:
The stairs
Electrical outlets
The edge of the bed
Hot ovens
Putting questionable objects in his mouth

Christy

Benjamin Walking!

We finally caught this on video!  Check out our newest biped! Christy

Looking back on the Olympics

Blogging today about the Watoto Choir, it reminded me that we hadn't yet blogged about our Olympic experience.

First off, Emily is doing very well with singing our National Anthem.  In fact, we find her singing it all over the house, in the car, and in various random places outside.  We as a family watched the Olympics that first week and decided to just do a quick trip down to take in the atmosphere.  It worked out fairly well since Teri came with us and we met Mark downtown.
Here are some of the pictures from that day.  Enjoy

This is Emily waiting for the train to come

We caught a CTV newscast downtown.

At the Torch

  

Jayson waiting for the ice show

 Crowded Streets

                                            


Wes

Children of Africa, Children of Canada

We had the privilege to host 3 of the members of the Watoto Children's Choir from Uganda last night.  Emily especially enjoyed getting to know the girls.  Jayson liked their dancing as they sang.  Benjamin even bounced to their drums.

If you have a chance to go and see them, they are amazing!  All of them are orphans from the Watoto Villages in Uganda.  The Watoto villages are made up of houses for children orphaned by AIDS.

Wes

Gymnast Emily

Emily attended a birthday party today at the gymnastics club, and I think we found her sport!  She loved all of it.  She bounded from apparatus to apparatus and tried everything with no fear and great success.  The kids had a lesson from one of the coaches and they were all so cute!  Here are some pictures from our day.  Christy

Torch In Town!

The olympic torch made its way to Quesnel yesterday and we were excited to have the chance to take part in the Olympics. My mum and dad were visiting and we got the kids all dressed up in their new olympic mitts and Canada fleeces (from Grammie and Granddad) and headed out to the church to watch it go by. It was fun to see it arrive in Barkerville style on a stage coach. Emily and Jayson caught the excitement in the air, and Benjamin got so excited he fell asleep before the torch arrived. Oh well, we have pictures to prove he was there even though he won't remember it!

Christy