Bon Fire (Good Fire!)

Two Boys and Papa

Ransom is showing more interest in reading with Finn. So sweet.

Anticipation of Perfection

Snow Fort!

Party Tricks

He won't eat them, but he'll smell them and:

Post script: he ate a sliced navel orange on Jan 5 2011 and relished every bite. So cute.

Let Us Prepare Lettuce

Table Setter

He loves it and does it almost every night! (Soother again because he just woke up.)

Mezmerized

Have you ever seen him awake and so still?

(He just woke up from his nap and wanted to see "Bapa" hence the gear including soother).

Rocking Horse

Boys in the Bath

St. Nicholas Day

Bow-Tie Farm Dance

Hi! I'm Farmer Tad! Listen to my banjo!

He was trying to turn the flashlight off by blowing on it - something that stopped when the camera came out (as usual). He tries blowing out the Christmas tree lights, too.

On the phone with Grandpa

Up Side Down

O Christmas Tree

Ransom's PJ's are changed in this next video because he soaked the front of his red ones... because his diaper cover had come undone and... also, there was solid matter in his feet. Mmmm.

Music Man

Before the camera came out, you missed Ransom climbing on the piano keys to reach the books on top of the piano...

Cheers

Extension Cord Tail Chase

Cereal Hat

Ransom wonders why his brother doesn't respond.

Thirsty?

River Paint

Drill!

Finn was pretty excited to use a real drill!

November River

Library Ladder

Bora and Finn

Blow-O-Lantern

Bi-Ceratops on a Slide

Oliphant

Dishes with Mama

Candid Ransom

Mind Explody POPORN!

And if you don't put any butter or salt on it, it's still scrumptious, not messy and they don't know the difference!

Rainbow Glasses

It's the First Snow of the Year...

...I guess it happens once a year...


It did stay until morning and kept snowing and snowing and snowing until we had over 12 cm!

Giant Sparklers

In the afternoon, our basement dweller and his girls invited Finn to come outside when it got dark to do these sparklers with them. He was so excited, he kept asking all evening - is it dark enough yet?

Blow

Milling Soap

Apparently you're supposed to grate it by hand.

Processed

Kitchen

Derksen EggNog

Tastes like liquid custard. Mmm! Thanks Jeremy and Dillon. The green pitcher didn't survive but the recipe lives on...

Mower-Man

Ransom's Like Trike

Look what our neighbour Aurora got for her birthday:

At the end of the video, Finn tells Aurora's dad, "I'm done" and gets out.

Eats

Ransom and Aunt Jill

Thanksgiving Christmas Puppy

Words

Ransom Meats

Ransom's Red Wagon RIde

Ransom rediscovered his little red wagon (thanks Grandpa!) and we often come into the living room and he's sitting in it, waiting and (and when he sees us,) asking for a ride.


And Finn came in just for a few seconds, but short and sweet nonetheless.

Deepspace 5 Dance

Finn asked for it by name and Ransom just started to bug out to it.

Squeaky Wheelbarrow Predators Circle Eaglet Hatchling in Nest

You can't hear it, but Ransom is making a car noise ("bppppp") because we are "driving" around.

River Walk

Ransom's second time here and this time he gets to use his own legs. He was in the Snugli last time and was a month old :)

River

The last time we were here was August 29, 2010. Definitely missed it! Now that naps are no longer overlapping all day, I think we can go in the mornings - just in time for the snow...

Brother's Shoes

All... by.... myself...

Blowing the Book at You

Ransom reminisces about Cara and Aaron

Their wedding was Sept 18, 2010. We just got back the day before. See our photo albums for a few snapshots. He found the picture by himself and was very excited. I know he crinkles the picture, but isn't his delight in seeing his auntie and new uncle more important? This motivated me to print out a munch of family photos and they cover the lower part of our fridge now to keep the boys acquainted with all of you...

Gabardine

Drive

Swing

Best $2 I've spent ever. Recently.

If at first you don't succeed...

Day two: Sabotage

We didn't realize how malicious and pre-meditated it was until we watched the recording of it!

Surprise!

Like Bike

Trike!

Ransom Meets Sawyer

Nap Lack

Oh Look! They're not fighting. Yet.

Ransom's First Stand

Mrs. Lindsey's Coming!

The Last Warm Days of Summer

Blow

Easle Ham

Some things never get old

Praise to the Lord, the Almighty

Our kind of "Amusement Park"

Spider Walk

Manifests over grass, gravel or hard surfaces like lino, cement or tile.

Who needs a gas station washroom?

Bass Pro Shop

How Ransom Does Stairs

Fire at Fenricks

Walter the Farting Dog

Thanks, Hayden!

Duet

Finn heard Grandpa practicing for Sunday morning and he exclaimed, "I have a piano too!". He wanted to bring it to church.

Red Rock

Peas in the Bottle

Pat-a-Cake

Echodale Farm with Caius

The Creek at Grandma's House

And instead of a 9 hour drive, this one is a 9 minute walk.

Roll Lesson from Mr. Greg

Is there anything more perfect and right and delightful for a child to be doing?

Our weekend in Crows Nest pass with old friends. Worth the drive.

The Train Restaurant!

Finn's dream comes true as Grandpa and Grandma decide to take us to a restaurant for Ransom's birthday dinner (and Grandma's too!). Finn has wanted to go to the "train" restaurant since last winter when he saw it from the car window as we drove Daniel home from school.

Finn's First Water Fight

Step?

I like it down

Fan Boy

Morning Birthday Boy

Birthday Party with Grandad and Nana

Birthday Candles:


Birthday Cake:




Birthday Present:




Thanks Nana and Grandad for coming to celebrate my first birthday!

Dishwasher Helper

Squeak Party

Real Mower

Whistle Blower

Rocket Fuel

Kitchen Attack

He was crawling away, playing his chasing game just before...

More... Saskatoons

Rock

Ransom's first time in the kinder rocking chair.

uu-h-uh-oh!

Bye Bye

Uh-Oh

The Brothers Balloon

Bygone

It's pretty sweet seeing Finn play with a toy that he hasn't seen in a year and a half and that he used to love when he was 18 months! He painted the outside for baby Zach's birthday present (hence the crumpled ribbon).

(Ransom is napping in the next room, hence the "shushing").

A Moment in the Life of the Almost One Year Old

The gate was ajar.

Aww...

Look what happened on the way home from church:

Ok, a minute may be a long time to watch someone sleeping, but it was so precious!

Brocco-Play

No wonder our house isn't painted yet...

Seriously! (Daniel is where he is in the wet state he is because we had removed the downspouts for painting purposes. In southern Alberta (last year and all the years before) - no big deal. In Saskatoon, B.C., this year - big deal!)

A STEAMROLLER on OUR street!!!

And afterward, we walked the 5 - house distance home in a flash downpour and were soaked to the bone! What fun.

Babble

Ba ba ba ba

Here Comes Nana's Mouse...!

A Rare Front-Entry Elephant Sighting

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Present Mayhem from Aunt Carolyn

Finn loves his water-can and asks almost every day if he can work in his "school" book!

Present Mayhem from Aunt Jillian

Thanks Aunt Jillian for such cool and thoughtful presents.

See-Saw?

Slide

"...pecking and devouring everything in its path."

The Tender, Musical Heart of the Dragon-o-saur

Delicious Dragon-o-saur

Dizzy Dragon-o-saur

A Dragon Riding a Dinosaur

"Contrary to what most people say, the most dangerous animal in the world is not the lion or the tiger or even the elephant. It's a shark riding on an elephant's back, just trampling and eating everything they see." - Jack Handey

Aunt Robyn Provides Another Template for the Transmogrifier

ransom crawls under chair

Tin Grin

Wet Step

Sunshine

Cognition

Kowalsky Party for a Three-Year old Boy! (minus a week)

Dillberry Lake

Fearless

Walker-Stool

Remember Finn doing this in the same hallway?!
(ok, he was a little older but it was deja vous nonetheless!)

Grass is Tickly

Who needs toys?

Give and Take

Look who learned to crawl at Nana's house:

Nana's Kitchen Bathtub

Supper Entertainment

Ransom's First "Steps"

Disease Ball

Where we lost Nana's laundry ball... :(

Nana's Bathtub

Kubota

Hypnotized and Mezmerized

First Piano Lesson

Tub Pool

Dry Tub

He was so fussy until we plopped him here (a wet bath followed).

"Pachycephalosauruses"

Electromagnet Banana

Forgot to post this one...

Extreme Brothers in Training

High-Centred

Watch for the domino-ejection/trail of spit. Classy.

Upward Mobility

The only way to keep Ransom happy:

Just look at that high steppin' left leg!

(Happy Birthday Grandad!)

These feet are made for walking...!

Aunt Carolyn Visits!

It's so nice to be visited... :)

Stand

Extreme Brothers in Training

Good Morning, Ransom

Ambush

Ransom's First Peek-A-Boo!

Oh Strawberries Where Have You Been My Whole Life??

Prickles

Delicious Cuts

Wet Wonder

Squeak Tickles

Grunt means Up

HeadStand

Shut

He's a little red-rimmed before his afternoon nap, yet pretty sharp (and casual) playing for the first time with this toy...

Magneto

Concerto in the key of BeBe

Watch his legs!

Ransom's Favorite Place to Play

Cognition

Pffffftttt!

I call them crullers but you know they're called CRAWLERS!

Paper, Scissors... Silence!

Notice the complete lack of running commentary:

And watch his mouth!

Have we said that some things never get old?

Forward!

Head Puppies

Quick! Call the school nurse! Ransom has head puppies!

Finn's First Skateboard Lesson

P.S. The helmet and elbow pad(s) Finn won from Canadian Tire last year on his birthday along with a bicycle. We prefer no name things for the record.

Finn's First Easter Egg Hunt

The Joys of Sawdust

Finn defines "Little Stick"

"I'm delivering this on my head"...

Gerome the Geriatric Cat

Blueberries are in his blue cup...

Pucker

I, Ransom, shall tell you about cats...

Finn's First Tree-Climb! (Ever)

I am Ransom. Hear me... clang?

I am Ransom. Hear me... clang?

Wagon

Beads

Oooh the Babytalk!

Zoooo with Aunt Robyn

We saw one animal that wasn't in a cage!





(no one was hurt in the filming of this video)

It was at LEAST 12 degrees outside...

...and not a breath of wind:

Bath Bin

R-Star's first bath in "the bin"...

Spring Swing

Spring!

Reverse First

Wakey Wakey

Baby's First Cucumber!

"Bonk" Practice

Sooo Big!

Apres-Ski Adventure (Wander)

Fort

It's a Warm -4!!

Up, Up and Away

Thirst

Straw-Master and Baby's First Cracker

Drink

The Mog Lives!

Who knew Curious George was Soporific?

Snow Tracks

Sleepy at Suppertime

Dizzy

Konked

Go, Ransom, Go!

Feeeed Meeee!

Daily Spin

Finn's favorite after supper ritual....

Baby Bird

We must get outside!

It was only -9! Warm. :)

PlayDate with Zach

Zach was agape to have a playmate his own size.

Anticipation

Sleepy Sweet Cheeks

Definitely a Barbour (they sneeze when exposed to bright light :)

What have we done...

We made a rule that we can only do this on Sundays - he didn't mention it next week and we didn't remind him :)

To the Moon!

Food Art

Come on, ring...

Hook it to my Veins

Baby Nora "Play Date"

Attack of the Prickles

Swimmer

The Element of Surprise and Nose Scabs!

Popcorn

N@k3d B@c0n(5)!

We'll see if this video gets tagged by the blog police for having that first word in the title (dare I write it again?)!

"Do the Hair Cover, Mama..."

Who Needs Thumbs?

Big Baby Boy in the Bathtub!

The one, the only, Whingdingdilly!

Finn looked so cozy that we wore this outfit (sans elephant layer) to Superstore this morning. I walked and the boys rode in the chariot. On the way home, Finn wanted to walk - and our neighbour from up the street drove by and had to stop and ask Finn if he'd seen a giraffe anywhere. He was quite a head-turner with his giraffe head sticking out from his blue coat and giraffe legs stuffed into his snow boots!























(from the Bill Peet book, The Wingdingdilly)

Pffffftttt!

Is that technically sitting or is he folded in half?

Memorized.

Finally, Video Footage of Official Sitting Baby!

And first night sleeping in his own room...
:)

Magnified!

Is this seal child-safe?

Deeeelicious

Sit?

Robot

Hashi

WHEEEEEEE!