Saturday 29 October 2011

A few things

Only a couple of weeks since I posted and it feels like so much has happened - time for some bullet points:

- I got a job, I start on Monday for a helicopter company.  Full time (gulp) after two years off is a bit daunting but I am sure working is like riding a bike - right? 

- Charlie will be the stay-at-home Dad for now, which he is a little bit nervous about.  Daycare is hard to come by in Vancouver so we were prepared for Isla to be on a waiting list for 6 months.  I went to drop off the cheque on Friday and they found a place for her starting Monday.  It is two days a week and means when Charlie gets a job we should not have a problem upping it to full time if we need to.  It is the one place I loved - the room is light and bright and airy, loads of activities and I could hardly get Isla out of there when we visited.  Plus they have a webcam so we can watch her all day if we want - hurray!

- My Mum and Dad came to visit for their half term, today was a sad day as they left this afternoon, but we crammed so much into this week.  We visited the Sunshine Coast and did a couple of great walks up Pender Hill and in Francis Point Marine Park.  We walked around Stanley Park, introduced them to great wings, visited Granville Island and they spent a lot of time playing with Isla.  Goodbyes are so hard, but it is so nice to spend quality time with them.  In England too often it was a few snatched hours on a weekend, while trying to visit so many other friends.  

Francis Point Marine Park

Francis Point Marine Park

Francis Point Marine Park
Reading with Granddad
At the top of Pender Hill
Stanley Park
The view from Pender Hill 
Mum - coming over the edge
Mum - that way!



Thursday 13 October 2011

A major find.....

At the wrong time of year.  I found this sand and water play set on Craigslist, it is just a bit chilly out there to use it much right now (unless I add warm water each time!).  Finding new ways to play with it e.g useful for photo-shoots!

















Roaaaaarrrrrrr

Isla's first Halloween outfit.  It is a huge event, nothing for Christmas in the shops yet - it is all about this one first.  A neighbour lent us this costume, her son wore it last year.  We will go Trick-or-Treating with them, nearby a whole square of houses all dress up and decorate the street.  Looking forward to it!  We have been reading the Paper Bag Princess lately so Isla is LOVING her dragon costume.

Roarrrrr!





Scary?




Saturday 1 October 2011

Nap time with Grandad

 Skype is an amazing thing!


Keeping it Local

Last time we were up at the cabin. 

We had been picking blackberries and apples so I decided to make them into something tasty and to keep Isla busy on a dull day.  We used this recipe from Jamie Oliver, pretty straightforward  - it is the first thing that came up when I Googled "healthy apple crumble".  We added the blackberries that were left after Isla's blackberry fest to the pan with the apples a couple of minutes before the end.

Ingredients

Mixing


Steamy hot!



Adding the topping







The verdict?
AWESOME! 

Yum, yum, yum.