my first report

having successfully completed every class in my swimming course, i got my end of term report at my last lesson. I've now graduated from the 'duck' class and next time i will be a 'sea turtle'. as these classes will be an hour long, i really hope mom finds somewhere with warmer water - but since mom won't actually have to get into the water next time, her motivation to find a new teacher isn't all that high.

anyway......christine said i was very brave in the water, and to keep practising blowing bubbles. mom made me a little short straw to practise with in the bath and after a few days i've really got the hang of it.

adventures with liz

despite less than perfect weather, we managed to get out and about a bit showing liz some of the sights of vancouver.

we braved the suspension bridge across lynn canyon:

spotted a raccoon:

took in the waterpark at granville island:
































planned a hike up mt seymour (but hadn't banked on there still being snow!):

took in cates park in north van instead:

ate nachos on the beach:
hiked in lighthouse park:

drove up to shannon falls in squamish via the construction on the sea to sky highway:














and made the obligatory visit to the aquarium of course.

liz also ended up doing for more babysitting than is good for a girl on vacation, both planned (so mom, dad and ollie could go to a wedding) and unplanned (lots of tense, stressful adult conversations about the house - the less said about that the better). for all those times, and so much more, we THANK YOU.

nanaimo for lunch

i suppose it could be considered a little extreme catching the ferry to Nanaimo for the sole purpose of having lunch - and we didn't even have a particular restaurant in mind - but our day trip was more about the journey than the destination.

unfortunately the weather forecast wasn't entirely accurate. we did see some sun while we were on the ferry, but it was raining both in horseshoe bay and nanaimo, so we went into the shopping mall rather than the park as we'd planned.

mom, dad and liz found a great little mexican restaurant on the water, and thoroughly enjoyed their meal despite the fact they were eating outside in the rain. i woke up in time to have a little taste, too.

we didn't see a spectacular sunset from the ferry, or any orca, but the mountains and islands were as impressive as ever and i DID get to drive a racing car

picnic in the park

we got a special invitation to the Wesbrook preschool end of year picnic this evening. i think the idea was for mom and dad to meet some of the other parents, and for me to play with the other kids. frankly i found the whole thing a bit overwhelming, even just playing soccer with a few of the boys and girls. the snacks were pretty good though, and they gave me a great T-shirt which i intend to wear day and night - at least for a few days.

another visitor

there's nothing better than getting up in the morning and rather than having mom and/or dad telling you 'it's too early, go back to bed and do some more sleeping' finding another person ready to start the day.
liz is visiting from england for a couple of weeks. 'the other guy' is going to be coming with us on our adventures, and generally hanging out. good, eh? we'll post some more photos later