Swimathon

Today, Jed participated in the swim club's swimathon. he managed to swim 25 laps and was very proud of his accomplishment !! Joshua unfortunately could not swim as he was sick.

I am seven !!

Jed was awake at 5 am this morning. He said he couldn't sleep because it is his birthday and he is too excited. He stayed awake and patiently waited for Joshua to wake up at 8am before opening his present. He was thrilled with  getting the Lego Ninjago set called "Lasha's bite cycle".

Lasha's Bite Cycle

 Jed and Josh spent most of the morning building the Lego set and had a lot of fun. Then they went to the store and Jed could pick out another Lego set because Joshua had kindly given him all his allowance to buy something else. Jed picked out the "Warrior Bike". The rest of the afternoon was spent building this.

Darryl baked a cake and decorated it for Jed. It was the black Ninja, Cole, from Ninjago.

Cake - Cole from Ninjago

The seven year old with his cake

The two brothers

A day at the ski hill

Another lovely winter's day at the ski hill. We left early morning and spent the whole day skiing and visiting with friends.

Josh getting ready for a chess game in the lodge

Lein and Josh

Jed coming in after skiing

Jed spent lots of the day with his friend on the ski hill. It seems that they chat all the way up the T-bar. His friend said to him, "You are cool and I am not." This made Jed upset because he said his friend was not being nice to himself.

Garfield movie

We watched the Garfield movie tonight. It produced many laughs from everyone.

The queen is the most powerful

The boys are learning to play chess. Joshua has been asking me for tips on how to play so that he can have good "strategies". I heard him say this morning to Jed that he has some secret strategies. Jed tried to get those strategies from him, but he just said; "The queen is the most powerful!"

Rescue wolfie

We went sliding down the hill at the duck pond today. It was beautiful weather and the snow was fast. The boys decided that they would practice their luge and bob-sleigh skills. They had some amazing rides and it seems that they are quite fearless.

Both Hootie and Wolfie came with us and they were treated to some rides too.

Tying Hootie and Wolfie onto the sleds

All ready to be pulled

Are you ready for your ride ?

The sledding soon turned into a rescue mission. Josh would slide down the hill and would release Wolfie. After that Jed was on a rescue mission to pick him up while he slid down the hill. It was a lot of fun.

That evening we had Awanas. The kids always love to play with the parachute.

Playing with the parachute at Awanas

Totally worth it

Jed was talking in his sleep this morning. He said: "That was so totally worth reading". He always loves to read and so this is quite typical from him.