William and Ryrie are loving their new big room. They fill the floor with lego creations and hockey cards. The only drawback for them is that their room is right next door to Georgie's so he gets into their things more often than he used to. They helped James paint their room (he did most of the work) a few weeks ago and it is sooo much nicer!
Ryrie and I signed up together to do Lethbridge's Moonlight Run, and it happened this weekend. I was so thankful that the weather warmed up just in time. It was a balmy night of +5 celsius and there was a bit of a warm wind but nothing nasty. The only unexpected thing about the sudden warming up of our deep freeze was the huge massive puddles that filled up the roads in the river bottoms. Ry and I were grateful that we had the headlamp because it was quite dark and crowded down there (2500 do the race!) We ran through quite a few icy cold puddles--some still had ice and mud in them--but I didn't know until after the race was over that one of his shoes had come completely untied while running! He said at one point his whole foot came out and then popped right back in again, but he didn't want to stop at all. The race ends with a 1 km hill--pretty steep--and then about 5 blocks of flat road. We were both dying on the hill, but we didn't stop! He told me later that he really wanted to stop but he wanted to report to the fam that we ran the whole way. We tied at the end, and both of us were Dead. :-) It was super fun and rewarding to run with him, and he seems to think he'll do it again. William also plans to join in next year. The more the merrier!
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| Before the race--we got there 1/2 hour early and lined up right at the front. |
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| I loved Ryrie's choice of gloves--one pink and one black. :-) |
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| Ry at the starting gates--right behind the white truck is the Mayor making an announcement. This was his first Moonlight Run as well. |
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| Right after the race--lots sweatier and wetter. Our 6K time: 34:31 |
Tommy, Owen and I have completed the first portion of the science fair preparations--the diorama. Behold the results! I am very excited because I have always wanted to be a part of making a beaver diorama. I played a very small part--mostly handling the hot glue gun and breaking up sticks--and thoroughly enjoyed watching them create and name the little beavers out of modelling clay, paint the scenery, and otherwise help everything come to life. I have a new respect for beavers and think it totally fitting that Canada likes them too. :-)
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| Inside the beaver lodge--a mother and her kits in their nest(this is a cross-section of the lodge, if you can't tell). |
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| Kind of hard to see in the picture, but underneath the "pond" level, there is the rest of the lodge and a beaver returning from the "food pile" (on the left) with a stick in its jaws, going up the tunnel to the lodge. |
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| The two Busy Beavers who created the wonderful landscape |
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Top view--you can see that a lot of the trees in the background are falling down. I love the white waves the beaver at the back of the pond is creating with his tail (Tommy's idea)--to warn the family that an otter is attacking (its right behind said beaver, in hot pursuit of an oily treat).
Owen got to sing "O Canada" with his school choir before the Hurricanes hockey game. He and James made it a fun date
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A truly remarkable lincoln log house. He made another one using mostly the roofing tiles as the base--very unusual.
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You're so tough! You and Ry both. Good job, runners! And I am very pleased to see the beaver diorama. I made one of those myself, you know, and have had a fond feeling toward the little creatures ever since.
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