In the morning when I was about to give a card to Linda I had this conversation with Jordan:

Jordan: What’s that for?

Sean: Mom and I have been married for 20 years, it’s an anniversary card.

Jordan: You’ve been married for two decades?

Sean: Yes.

Jordan: You got married one decade after Mount St. Helens erupted?

Observations like this just confirm the identity of my son!

Pretty sure there is trouble behind that dry – errr… wetwall!

Well that sucks

Not sure how long the repairs will take, but the insurance company has been good about it so far.

On the positive side, my motorbike is clean.

The dog therapy plan worked well, Jordan made terrific progress around the dogs.

We hiked about three kilometers up the trail then turned around to head back. Some way back the nameless brother in law spotted some over grown path that it looks like a quad had once used and decided that it must be a short cut back to our starting point. Kendra and I were the only two that saw it for what it was but we did not constitute critical mass.

Needless to say the short cut became an episode slogging through an overgrown old clear-cut block that I would not recommend for and eight year old, or pretty much anyone but certain nameless brother in law types. However we survived with the knowledge that said nameless brother in law has not learned any lessons about short cuts. We made it back, later and a little scratched up from thorns and willows, and we encountered quite a bit more mud, swamp and bog than on the way in when we stuck to the trail. Too bad I didn’t have a camera…

We had lots of fun yet again today but don’t tell the nameless brother in law or he will try and sneak another one of his short cuts over us!

Jordan has new glasses (tinted, no prescription) which are helping him cope with the fluorescent light flicker in his classroom. He enjoyed his Christmas break despite disappointment that our Wii died as soon as school let out. My parents spent a week with us for Christmas and we shared dinner with the Dirks. The kids had fun acting out the Christmas story, and the twins enjoying ripping paper and especially all the attention from Grampa Reimer. I enjoyed a break from mixing up formula, (thanks, Mom!) –only 2.5 months to go and I will be glad to be done that chore!

Cameron is pushing in his top two teeth so is now the proud owner of 4. Erica has her 2 bottom teeth and is figuring out how to “chew,” she so excited about every spoonful that feeding her is somewhat of a challenge and quite hilarious! The babies are crawling as much as they can and taking little steps – won’t be long! They love the camera and Cam enjoys squinting for the flash. They love their big brother who plays peek-a-boo with them and light up whenever they see him. Jordan’s interests this year continue to be volcanoes, geysers, earthquakes and hurricanes/tornadoes, and of course, sharks and whales. His interests have also expanded to include learning a significant amount of Hawaiian and he did a research project this fall on Hawaii. The top of his list goes to the inner workings of the human body, specifically DIGESTION!  We now know more about digestion than we ever cared to know. Thank goodness for the library, he is a voracious reader! Jordan especially enjoys The Magic School Bus series and “Bill Nye the Science Guy” movies. He has a wonderful teacher this year in grade 2 and I am so thankful for her positive character and willingness to work with his challenges. Our time with LEAD Foundation came to an end this fall and we miss the wonderful people and their input into Jordan. His weekly activities have really taken a cut which I am sad about.  As much as I enjoy the twins I really miss the time I used to spend with Jordan, and I’m afraid he spends more time playing the WALL-E computer game than I’d like.  C’est la vie.  Jordan’s 8th birthday is next week and we are planning a swimming party. This cake should be fun.

My mom has come to help me for 10 days so that is one reason I am able to finally update the blog! It is great to be able to at least get some naps in and not worry about trying to find transportation to and from school for Jordan everyday. He is enjoying grade 2 and has an excellent teacher. The babies are sitting on their own, rolling around and trying to crawl, they sure can move! Right now they are fighting colds and teething which is always fun. At the end of August Val took me away to Kamloops overnight so we could attend my nephew AJ’s wedding. I am so happy for him and was thrilled to be there!