Stephen's New Boots

Stephen likes his boots so much that he wanted to wear them to bed. He knows how to put his boot on all by himself. Too bad he's only figured out how to get one on.

Graduate Certificate in Applied Linguistics

Last night we were at school for the "End of Semester Celebration Program" where Jono received a Graduate Certificate in Applied Linguistics. That means he has completed all the courses he needs to work for SIL. He still has 6 (?) courses left to complete his Masters. This was a pretend graduation for him because we don't think he'll be attending his actual graduation next Spring. The last picture is from Stephen. He took it during the ceremony. I was letting him play with the camera to keep him quiet because he had already drunk all his milk and eaten all his stars!

Bubbles

Since the weather has been nicer, Stephen and Jono play with bubbles before dinner. Stephen has to point out if he gets any "drool" or "water" on his clothes. I'm not sure how many bubbles he actually makes.

Soccer

Jono's intramural soccer team, the CanIL Vikings, made it into the semis. So Tuesday night we, Stephen and I, went to school to cheer. We went early so Stephen and Jono could play "ball" together before the other guys got there. Jono is in the red by the goal (he didn't score that time) and Stephen was cheering while going up and down the bleachers. He really wanted to go down and play with the ball. The Vikings won that game but lost on Thursday night. Go Vikings!

Family time before bed

Jono attempted to take a family picture one night after Stephen's bath. They didn't turn out too well. Stephen likes to wear his housecoat with ears. He fell that morning while he was walking and looking at "yellow mommy". There was a dandelion in the grass and he couldn't manage walking in his new sandals, look at the yellow dandelion, and tell me about it at the same time.

A new hiding spot

Mommy found me under here the other day. It was a great hiding spot until I tried to get out. I kept hitting my head.

Helping Mommy

I am helping Mommy by putting the cookies into the cookie jar. It kept me busy enough that I didn't notice Mommy doing dishes because I love to help with the dishes too! Mommy figured the cookies were a dryer task than the dishes. For some reason Mommy doesn't like to have water and bubbles all over her floor.

Stopping for some Gelato and a little puppy

The thing about White Rock is it has train tracks...

Stephen saw the train tracks and was quite excited. "Choo, choo, choo!" He could see it getting closer and got quite scared when it tooted its horn. It was loud and big. He still loves trains, so that's a good thing but I don't think he'll be so close to one for a while.

An afternoon at White Rock

The umbrella stroller was nice because it is smaller but not nice because Stephen loves to push it even more than our regular stroller. In and out, bang into the wall....
After living here for 1 1/2 years, we finally made it to White Rock. It is a white rock, as you can see in the picture.
Can you see Mt. Baker in the distance?

The weekend in Vernon

As some of you know, Pake and Beppe (Janice's parents) came to visit us last Tuesday. We had a great time with them. We went to Vernon with them to play tourist. Stephen's favourite part of the hotel was the pool. He loved to go swimming in his new swimsuit with flotation aids in it. Thanks Beppe for it! He loved climbing out of the pool on the ladder and jumping back in. His other favourite thing to do was to get out of the pool, gett into the hot tub, getting out of the hot tub and back into the pool.
Stephen slept great both nights in his own queen size bed!
We visited a cheese factory and Stephen sampled some goat cheese and didn't react to it! Yeah! Now we know he's okay with goat milk/cheese. One more thing to add the "Stephen can eat" list.

At the "new" park with Pake

Tired, oh so tired!

Two Sundays ago we went to the Fama's for a yummy lunch. Since it was so sunny, we went outside and played all afternoon. This is Stephen after coming out of his carseat and being "woken" up. He was soo tired that he slept on the floor.

SUNSHINE!

After having snow last week, we have had sunshine for the past two days! We spent all of yesterday afternoon outside in the sun with the Famas. Stephen played with balls all afternoon. He went without a nap until he got in the car. We brought him in the house and he wouldn't wake up! He hasn't done that since he was really little!! Needless to say, he slept well last night.
This morning, Stephen had his first swimming lesson. It was Mommy's first in a LONG time too! He wouldn't walk by himself in the water until after the lesson was over. He also was not keen on floating on his tummy. After the lesson was over, he played on the slide and would walk around in tummy deep water by himself. Hopefully after 10 weeks he will be more comfortable in the water. We decided to get him accustomed to water just in case we end up some where tropical!!

Stephen and the snow...definitely not friends

Stephen did NOT want to go outside to play in the snow. He did NOT like getting snow in his face or on his hands. He also did NOT like having snow on his boots and not being able to "write, write" on the driveway. I think we might have a problem next winter!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas....

After weeding in January, it was quite strange to see snow yesterday morning! Stranger yet was that it stayed on the ground!! What is going on with our weather?

Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

This is the best (yes, I know its not great) picture of us at the VSO. We enjoyed the symphony a lot. As it turns out, it was Jono's first time!! He also illegally took a picture of the stage!

Hockey anyone?

Cool Dude!

An update

Well, it doesn't seem like much has happened to us lately. Praise the Lord for that! We really don't need anymore excitement. Our desktop crashed Tuesday morning as I, Janice, wanted to print my paper due that afternoon. We are very grateful for Doug in the Computer Lab at CanIL as he revived it. We, Jono and Janice, are going to Vancouver on Saturday for our first night without Stephen ever! We are quite excited to get away and sleep in! Much thanks to the Smiths for taking Stephen for the night. Janice has been sick with a nasty cold and it seems that Stephen has caught it as well. He is getting pretty good at covering his mouth and blowing his nose. Its quite cute to see him do but still rather nasty. We are looking forward to having Jono home more next week as he has Reading Break. Hopefully we will get some emails sent regarding potential assignments with the extra time. Don't worry, we'll keep you all updated!

Stephen in suspenders

We have had these suspenders since Stephen was born. I think they were a gift. The other day he wanted to wear them and this is how he looked. Quite cute, but a little Naoto-ish! We think he may have had a weggie with a cloth diaper on!

Stephen's a photographer!

Stephen was able to get a hold of our camera and this is the result! Nothing fancy but he found all the right buttons! Just so you know what the picture is of, he is on a chair, you can see a part of our desk and his own fingers. I think he might take after his Beppe!

Driving with Daddy at the park!

The Angell's Visit

We met Aaron and Pam in Korea. We were in the same Bible study for a while. It was great to see how much Silas had grown and to meet Johanna. The three kids played well together, even in the tub! Thanks for coming to visit!

Stephen Playing

Stephen loves to ride his horse that goes "neigh".
The other day he made a train and would push Blue Bear and Pooh up and down the hallway!

Weeding in January!!

Its great to have some sun. The ground gets to dry out a bit and we can spend some time outside in the sun! We had been noticing for a while that our front flowerbed had become more of a weedbed. There are even tulips working their way out, at least I think they are tulips!