Megan's Off to School

Apparently Megan has a thing for backpacks! I was getting her things together to leave for daycare this morning and she decided she wanted to wear her backpack...her real backpack! So what could I do..I put it on her and grabbed the camera!

She spent about 1/2 an hour wandering around the house happy as could be. Fortunately all I had to do was remind her about Rags and she gave up the backpack so I could get her coat on and put her in her car seat :)

Speaking of daycare...we received our first piece of authentic "Megan" artwork the other day. The kids were doing some arts and crafts for Halloween and I found this wonderful piece of modern art in her cubby when I went to pick her up. She also decorated a paper pumpkin with eyes, noes and mouth....but that one was up on the wall so we don't have any photos of that one.

Happy Halloween! We can't wait to hear all your scary stories!

Sunday Thoughts from Megan...

On Sunday, daddy and I try to watch some football in the afternoon. We love to cheer good plays and see all the highlights from the games. Mommy thinks we're cute and wants us to pose for photos, but I don't want to miss any of the action!

I got a new toque from grandma and I actually like to wear it! It keeps me really warm.

One of my favorite things to do is chase mommy & daddy - especially when one of them carries me and we can go extra fast!

Picking a Pumpkin

Tis' the season! We went the Farmer's Market this weekend and explored the pumpkins to bring home. We now have one and will have to think about our carving design this year. Little Miss Megan loved wondering the aisles, talking to strangers and snacking on a yummy cheese bun for her morning snack.

It was a cool weekend in Calgary - still no snow, so we have nothing really to complain about. We also went swimming, had some nice walks and play time at the lake and parks. We were fortunate to have Grandma and Grandpa babysit for us this weekend too -- we met some friends in Bragg Creek at our favorite German food Restaurant - mmm...Schnitzel!

We are back on schedule at work this week too. Daddy will have Megan on Monday and do their music class together - then day care for 3 days and home with mommy on Friday! Another busy week ahead, but it's sure to be fun with our little one!

Hard to believe that Halloween is next weekend - boo!

Megan's New "Backpack"

Now that Megan is a walking machine and sometimes even does a short stretch of running - usually away from us - it is time to invest in a child harness...or as we tell Megan, her new "backpack"! We know this is a bit of a controversial topic amongst parents, but Megan is all over the place and isn't afraid of ANYTHING...including passing traffic, big dogs, and strangers (we have a lot of work with "stranger danger" ahead of us!).

Fortunately she loves her new "backpack". She even brings it to us in the house and wants us to help her get into it!

Geocaching

When Katie went back to work earlier this month, her boss told her to go and get a new cell phone. So she bought an iphone4. She loves it and each day shows me something different it can do. And today, while the Turkey was cooking, we tried something new on it -- Geocaching!

It has GPS and all the gizmos you'd ever want. We downloaded a Geocaching Application (App) and voila! We were off to discover some new adventures. We live really close to some great areas and made the most of our chilly day in Calgary.

Megan was eager to help us find the geo goodies, but was easily distracted with puppy dogs! She LOVES animals and has no fear - so we make up what she lacks : ) We told her we weren't trying to find the dog and we continued on our adventure.

The iphone4 GPS got us within 3 feet of the geocache each time. This one was in a camo box and had twigs/leaves covering it up.

And while this one was in a clear Tupperware container, you had to be on the right side of the tree. We filled out each of the log books and took some time to read some of the other comments. We plan on placing a couple in our neighbourhood and track who is comes and where they are from!

Do you do any geocaching?

Happy Anniversary

We celebrated an Anniversary this weekend. Hard to believe it was only a few years ago that we were in Tahiti! And who can forget a couple years before then when we met on a May Long Weekend biking the Golden Triangle. ~ Love ya!

We put Megan in daycare and went for a morning spa massage, followed by lunch - very relaxing! And last weekend we went to Zooza - the latest Cirque du Soleil show to tour Calgary. We've been to a few of the Cirque shows, but this one was most impressive. The 2.5hrs just flew by and it was very entertaining! If it's touring near you - we'd strongly recommend you check it out! Our favorite act was the Wheel of Death - be sure to check out the video clip!