Meeting Baby Rowan

Who could resist an unexpected cheap deal to fly home last minute. The round trip special was announced if you could fly between the 26th June and return the 11th July. That was in 10 days time. Perfect timing as the schools had just finished for the summer and no trips planned for a while....a quick e mail to work and a pleasant response sealed the deal and the a phone message to Mum and Dad to see if there was room at the inn for a daughter and two little monsters!!!

We left rain and cloud in Calgary and arrived in rain and cloud in Glasgow, with excitement bubbling over from the kids and a warm welcome home. Heather had her own special room and Finlay got to share a room with me. The kids had traveled well and had both slept for two hours, albeit 6 hours into the journey and they kept on going throughout the day until Finlay fell asleep at the dinner table at 6pm and Heather shortly after that at 7pm...a whole 29 hours since waking the previous day.

Our first visit was of course was to see baby Rowan Rose who was only 3 weeks old  and the kids were quite taken by her and eager to hold their new little cousin.

During our visit we were able to celebrate Uncle Gregor's birthday as we had arrive one day later and spent it at the Glasgow science centre and enjoying caterpillar cake. Finlay especially enjoyed spending time with his uncle learning how to play the guitar and singing.

Kids climbing the walls with their super powers!!!!

The big finale of a years activities

The Canmore weekend at Dinosaur Provincial park

What can I say....9 families, 16 children, 16 adults.What a weekend adventure...fossil hunts, mini hikes, birthday bash with fairy houses, boat building, cupcakes and bike parades, biking, biking, biking, eating, eating, eating, fires, mallows...

Bike Rodeo

The Nordic centre has been closed for skiing and is now in good shape for mountain biking and is well used by locals, James and I have actually never biked up there, which seems amazing considering the amount of mountain biking that we used to do before children...B.C...We have managed to get out a few times this year and have often used a sitter every second Thursday to go for a ride, or a walk, or a saunter to the local bar!!! We do intend to use the time more for biking.

The Nordic Centre partner with the RCMP once a year to hold a bike rodeo for younger kids, where they learn about signalling, looking out for traffic and wearing helmets. After a morning of playing dress up, we headed to the bike rodeo. Finlay rode his bike across the parking lot dressed as superman yelling to a friend.

Heather was dressed as the princess 

After going round the cones and learning about road safety the older kids had an opportunity to get out on the trails.