Our own little slumdog...?

Caleb dancing Bollywood with the Backyardigans...

Art & Music...

I noticed a fascination with the "magnadoodle" at the church nursery so I got Caleb drawing... he did pretty good! This is part of his "Fire" series, going to auction later this Spring... ;o)

"lake of fire"

-as named by daddy

Click to play video...

Thanks Auntie Elaine... Caleb loves them... so does my mom (she'll really love them when they go to her house!)

;o)

The Big Kahuna...

My folks just got back from Maui and brought back a few things for our own little BIG KAHUNA... I didn't realize how seldom we've let him run around in bare feet until he was fascinated with how his toes felt on the floor!

Happy Valentine's Day!

boys will be boys...

Trust a little boy to discover something hilarious about a toy that has nothing to do with the intended purpose or function... well... I guess you could qualify this as making music!

Mr. Rebel vs. Mr. Innocent...

Another Time-lapse Video

Ever since I learned how to make a time-lapse video, I have been wanting to do one of rolling clouds.  Unfortunately, the weather had not been cooperating: it was either -30°C with no clouds, or it was completely clouded over and snowing.  Finally, yesterday was a perfect day for the kind of shots I wanted; so I set up the camera at our front window on a tripod.  Over 1,700 pictures were taken between 9:15am and 2:15pm (the batteries died).  Below is the result.

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From jan09

Karl's New Year's Resolution...

... Aerobics! ;o)

From karl's aerobics

a caleb's christmas production...

From Calebs Christmas (2008)

Parks Family Christmas Party 2008

Click above to view online.  Click this link to download the high(er) resolution video.

Caleb says "Merry Christmas"

I finally got this video uploaded... but it jumps to a picasa album... click the image... this is the one that is dedicated to the Forsyth Family because Caleb was feeling chatty...

From 2008-12 (Dec)

slacker...

I know; so little updating... truth be told I've been pretty nauseous lately most of the time and the other half of the time I have been sleeping... my poor house is suffering the punishment of an undecorated tree and killer dust bunnies. Good thing we had company over on Thursday or those dust bunnies just may have taken us hostage.

So, yes, it's true... Caleb's going to be a big brother... maybe for his birthday... my due date is July 26; Caleb's birthday.

Off to watch a movie, but wanted to get this video up... more to blog tomorrow as we will likely be hibernating all weekend with the highs reaching a lofty -27*C (-17*F) feeling like minus a bajillion with the wind chill factored in.

This is dedicated to Auntie Melissa, Uncle Scott, Cousin Joel & Cousin Alisha

"All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!"

morning beverages of choiceWell; I'm no mennonite girl; but these were really good buns and really easy...
Caleb with a Pomelo helmet on. Karl has a picture of himself like this that I am determined to dig up and post... I need to get him to cooperate first ;o) stay tuned!Enjoying a new snowman blanket from the Forsyths :o) "sof', sof'" (soft) he says.

Couldn't get the video up after all... maybe tomorrow.

BQ...:2009 Brother of the Year

Sometimes we put two soothers (pacifiers) into Caleb's crib in case he loses one in the night. Turns out he doesn't usually lose them...
and a couple of videos... Caleb got a kick out of the magnets on his monkey; and a montage of munching videos... "Doe-dee" is Cantonese for "more"

you had me at flaxsicle...

Just gotta plug my brother-in-law's* business: Omega Crunch... he was in Calgary for a trade show (The Calgary Women's Show) and got me in for free. I am literally munching on roasted maple flax (in my yogurt) as I type this. YUM! Next stop... flaxsicle!

Check it out and buy some stuff!

See this smiling face at the Vancouver Women's Expo next weekend, and the National Women's Show in Toronto the weekend after. Men can eat flax too; men can even go to the women's shows.

* I guess he's not really my brother-in-law... he's married to my sister's husband's sister. I guess he's my sister's brother-in-law. Great guy though; buy some stuff!

5 year anniversary wedding bands

If Karl had his say, I'm pretty sure this is what our wedding bands would have looked like...
... maybe a 5 year anniversary set?

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!

HAPPY INDEED!!!

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THERE IS NOTHING HAPPIER THAN GETTING SHOUTED AT WITH EVERY SINGLE LETTER YOU READ!!! MAY BE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF GETTING OVER-STIMULATED BY THREE OR MORE EXCLAMATION MARKS AT THE END OF EACH SENTENCE!!!!!

HAPPY HAPPY!!! THAT'S ME!!!

Christian College and University Fairs...

Just gotta put in a plug for my former stomping grounds... if you're looking for Christian Higher Education for yourself or your kids, undergrad, graduate, continuing ed... leaders are life long learners! Check out when they'll be in a town near you and go chat with the reps (Calgary, Oct 24 & 25).

Skookum

Did you ever have one of those moments, probably somewhere in your mid twenties, when you realized, "hey. the world doesn't revolve around me." Or maybe you never felt like it did, but you still may have had a less-earth-shattering-but-similar moment; something like, "hey. The world doesn't all think like me."

I've had quite a few of those moments. Not sure what that says about me... I'm confident? Arrogant? Naive? Assertive? Not sure. Here're a couple of examples... one time I was teasing a person about needing some psychiatric assessment (the appropriateness of my sense of humour and whether or not "here are" can be shortened to "here're" are other posts altogether); I said, "soon they'll be sending you to the fourth floor..." [insert puzzled look from said person]... "You know? Fourth floor?" [insert shaking head from said person]... "HULLOW, fourth floor! Psych ward! Get it?" Then it hits me. hey. the world didn't all grow up in Duncan where the psychiatric ward is on the fourth floor of the only hospital in town.

A friend of mine grew up in a small town in Saskatchewan. One time we were having supper with her and her husband and got talking about what was cool when we were kids. She says, "Remember when it was so cool if you lived on a cul-de-sac?" Blank stares. Then it hit her. hey. the world didn't all grow up in Nipawin where the first cul-de-sac was apparently a novelty.

When I first moved to Calgary I used the word Skookumchuck. Sometimes shortened to Skookum. Seriously, the first person to comment on this blog or on my facebook wall with the right definition of SKOOKUM without looking it up gets a prize. Maybe a SKOOKUM bar. My mom thought it was so funny when I first used that word; to this day if she hadn't actually seen the Skookumchuck hotel with her own two eyes she would think I made it up. So yesterday she was shopping and found a Skookum bar... of course she had to buy it... and so here I sit, munching on my skookum bar. Oh. I guess the prize might be one third of a skookum bar.

I'd love to here your "the world doesn't think like me" moments.

Tune in next time when we discuss whether tighty-whiteys should be called GINCH or GONCH or GITCH or GOTCH.

ps; mom you'd be proud to know that while I did my research for this post, I came across the only skookumgal out there. Her name? Yep. Linda.