Guiding Ceremony

Guiding Ceremony

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...
Sports Day

Sports Day

Emily’s Sports Day was brought inside due to torrential rain. The kids still had lots of fun! Intense concentration durring the bean bag toss: Another happy sack racer: Maybe they get this from their dad? This is the race-winning lunge at the Pine Lake Picnic,...
Ballerina time

Ballerina time

The girls had their end of the year dance recital to two sold out nights at the Performing Arts Centre. Here they are ready to go: It must be pretty fun performing in such a nice venue. Maddie is front and centre, not surprisingly. Emily is off to the right side of...
Last day of skiing

Last day of skiing

It’s time again to hang up the skis for the season. There’s still 3 metres of snow up there but the visiting skiers are gone and the ski area needs them to stay open. Emily had 2 goals this season. Her first was to ski “Kill the Banker”, a run...
Emily turns 9!

Emily turns 9!

Emily was lucky enough to have a birthday on a weekend this year, so a party on the real day. It was a fun filled day; a few presents from family afar opened in the morning, ski all day with the Nancy Greene racers, and a pool party afterwards. 13 giggly girls…...