Aug 26, 2014 | Canada, Emily, Madeline, Revelstoke, summer 2014
Simon and the girls drove about 40km north of here for a day of boating and exploring. Our girls are cartwheel crazy. They are non-stop; in the house, on the trampoline, in sync down the street…for blocks! So there were, of course, some beach...
Aug 16, 2014 | Canada, Madeline, Revelstoke, summer 2014
Madeline went out to a top secret location with a few friends of ours to pick huckleberries. She asked my friend to send me this view so I could enjoy it too: The mother-lode bush! Face paint! (hmmm, wonder where she gets that from? …see next post) A happy...
Jul 17, 2014 | Canada, Emily, Madeline, Revelstoke, summer 2014
Dressed up for Nonna’s birthday picnic: We got crafty one day and made formal hats for our garden-party dinner that night. Summer means watermelon smiles!
Jun 25, 2014 | Canada, Madeline, Revelstoke, summer 2014
It’s summer vacation and sometimes you have to get creative with things to do. Today Madeline decided to turn both herself and me into monsters with our face paint. Pretty scary!
Jun 21, 2014 | Canada, Emily, Madeline, Revelstoke, spring 2014
Jun 4, 2014 | Canada, Emily, Madeline, Revelstoke, spring 2014
Tonight was the ‘flying up’ ceremony for both girls in Girl Guides. Madeline is finished as a Spark and can be a Brownie next year, and Emily moves up from Brownies to Guides. Emily is wearing my old Brownie uniform from the 70’s, and Madeline has my...
