We spent the day at Frank Slide – the deadliest slide in Canada is it’s claim to fame. We checked out the interpretive Centre for a couple of hours, and then went for a walk for a couple of hours. Here you see Turtle Mountain where a big chunk of rock slid (93 million tonnes!) taking out a portion of Frank township in 1903, killing close to 100 people. The slide debri is massive, and the couple of times we have stopped there the kids have loved clambering over the boulders. Neika is a little like ‘where’s waldo/wally’ in the picture!! See if you can spot her.
Monthly Archives: February 2015
She has perfected her own sign for ‘food’…..tapping her nose with her finger. ALL. DAY. LONG. She is getting stroppy about my no!
Could one child out of 5 please be left handed? Like their Mum?
They are so sweet playing together when big siblings aren’t around!
It was such a gorgeous day, and I didn’t want to spend the afternoon inside. We had spent the day before at home, and though that was awesome, I wanted to get out. Somewhere different than just going for a walk from home. So we decided to head south, away from the little sprinkle of snow we had, to Surveyors Lake. I figured it would be open. But no. Canada is such a seasonal country, that all the parks close down in the winter. And we were locked out! Hmmm. Plan B. A mum and 5 kids. What could we do? We went down the road to Koocanusa, and joined the redneck mudboggers (people who take their vehicles out onto the mudflats that are left after the lake is drained in the winter, for hydro power, and do donuts). Except we didn’t mudbog. Ha! I’m not that cool of a Mum!! We just walked and found a place to play for a while and soak in the sunshine. Neika wanted to take pictures. She did a pretty good job!
This is my little mama-brag thing…..I am SO impressed with how well the kids find stuff to do.
It was a quiet Saturday and she asked me if she could find animal pictures on the internet because she wanted to draw. She found a dolphin silhouette that caught her eye and she set about crafting her own. One by one the other kids joined her. After she finished, she found her folder where she carefully keeps her best/favourite work and she organized that too. She seems to have a portfolio on the go, and she doesn’t know it!!
Our blond boy doesn’t often draw. Not much ‘stillness’ happens in his body. He is usually more about active pursuits.
I guess I haven’t mentioned it because it happened last year. But Kent has been off work for nearly 4 months with a back injury. It hasn’t been easy. We have had many up’s and down’s. We have tried to stay optimistic with our hope and trust rooted in God.
Today he left for Vancouver, to spend 6 weeks on a rehabilitation program to hopefully help him heal and get fitting fit. We all took him to the airport. It is a bitter sweet time. We are pleased that he is going because we need a change, we need some forward progress and for him to get better. That’s the sweet part. But being apart is hard. And I’m not really sure HOW I will ever do a good job of these kids on my own…..