Finger paints!

Bought these for the boys for their birthday's...they are made of plants and hemp oil :D

Caleb was very careful and artistic about it to start with, then he got yellow and red on his hands and went to town!! :D


Derek started by painting parts of a wooden airplane model we bought, now we have to do the backs before we can make it, he did a great job, very serious about it ;)


This was hilarious, Caleb took two little wooden sticks from the model airplane and dabbed them in a rapid fire motion into the paint, then he tap tap tapped like a drummer on his page :D



Look at my messy hands!! This is nothing really, by the end of it, he had grey paint nearly to his elbows, and had even got some on his face! :D

This is a male Muscovy Duck, he is the only one of the chicks that survived of the eggs hatched here this spring, he is pretty easy going. As you can see, he even accepted a few cozy hugs from Caleb :D

Powell River

Halloween!
As you can see they were wiggly :D Three pumpkins were carved, a happy, scary, and sad one.

Derek doing some fishing :D

On this trip to the beach, Caleb decided to walk on some rocks that were above the water, and some that were below.....in the end, boots had to have the water poured out, and a quick trip home to a warm bath was next. Caleb, wet to his underpants, was rather unfazed and unhurried about it all!

Dump truck races around the house are the latest fad since Baba brought them home for the boys :D

A rather unexpected but thoroughly enjoyed entertainment, especially when they are surprisingly "dumped" at the bottom of the board :D

New members of our Fam...

We just picked these two sweeties up last night :D
They are just weaned so still pretty young, very sweet and curious! The boys are both thrilled and Derek ran outside this morning before anything else to talk to the bunnies, he wants to name one Charlie, but Caleb hasn't settled on a name for the other yet (I am not even sure which is Charlie! ;D).
The fawn colored one is most lively and hopped out of the cage this morning with help from Caleb who opened the door :D
I am still sick so I was inside enjoying the entertainment of Brent chasing a tiny bunny around the yard in his suit and tie! LOL It is only about half as big as his foot!!

We've got WORMS!! (Don't Look Sara!)

No, not the internal kind, hmmm, then again, don't know that for sure do we? hehehehe ;p
Sorry Sara, could not resist :S

Well, these guys were pretty thrilled about it, Derek happily greeted Marissa at the door with; "Want to come see our worms?" She was pretty interested but a little let down with how few we could find to show her. This specific kind of worm, "Eisenia fetida" to be precise, doesn't like the light at all, so they stay hidden as much as they can. Plus I "only" bought 2lbs (approx 2000 worms) to start and it takes a while for them to multiply.

But they seem to be happy in their new home as they seem to be multiplying quite quickly! Last time I fed them there were so many it was impossible to miss them, and lots of young ones too! In the photo we had just placed them there and they had not yet burrowed down.
We got worms to help reduce the amount of compost that we are currently filling our yard with, we produce a LOT! Worms in a bin do the same as worms in a garden but at a far faster rate because they are concentrated. The resulting worm "castings" is extremely beneficial for plants, here is a link to the place I got the worms.

Some folks wonder (as I did too) why a particular kind of worm? I can dig them out of my garden for free! Well, some people have, and soon discovered, not all worms are alike, and when they are somewhere they DON'T like, they leave!! So one fellow awoke to his worms attempting to make good their escape across his floor :) Or as my book on vermicomposting says, the worms "refused to stay"...."Some vartieties are accustomed to light and will exit the (bin) without any warning or notice" Hahahahaha, not sure how a worm might give one notice, had a good laugh over that :) Basically there are thousands of kinds of worms, but these "red wigglers" as they are called, are amoung the best suited for worm farming.

ps I am impressed, I was very negligent and had a whole cawliflower go moldy in the fridge, it barely fit in the bin, but about 4-5 days later when I looked, save a small slimy slip, it was ALL GONE!!! :D:D:D Go worms :D:D:D lol

YOGA!

Here our boys are pouring over their yoga books trying to decide what pose to attempt, quite engrossing!

They have settled on the "bow", and did an excellent job :D

Here Derek works on his "Modified Head Stand" and Caleb consults the books for more detail :)

Hmmm, I think this is called the "Plank", and Derek is doing a very good job!
On a side note, I am very pleased to report that I have managed to complete 20 consecutive days of yoga myself and am feeling wonderful :D:D:D