Happy Easter to our family and friends. Thanks to Carolyn and Danny for a great dinner on Good Friday.
Rattray Marsh Clean-up
We went down to the Rattray Marsh to volunteer for the annual clean-up. Claudia’s Pathfinder group always helps. There was a lot of fog on Lake Ontario.
The marsh.
there was still some ice hanging around.
Claudia trying to skip stones with her bum arm. Couldn’t remember if she can skip stones with a good arm.
Any chance for Claudia to get in the water she takes it.
Chloe looking pretty shaggy.
Fracture Girl
Claudia had an interesting week. She started it off by hurting her hand playing basketball at school on Thursday. On Saturday, she had soccer practice, we thought, it was just skills, no contact. Turns out she gets run over by one of the girls and lands on the same arm. After a visit to the walk-in clinic and not being very confident of the prognosis, we headed to emerg at Credit Valley. Here is Claudia in the fracture room (more like a hallway) with her partial cast. The emerg doctor called it a Greenstick fracture. We left after 4 hours with an appointment for the following friday at the fracture clinic.
After being seen by the doctor at the fracture clinic, Claudia had a permanent cast put on, that she would wear for 4 weeks. Her choices were plaster (free paid by OHIP), synthetic ($30) or waterproof synthetic ($60). We went with the waterproof cast and she had her choice of colour. The fracture clinic doctor called it a buckle fracture.
It will be weird seeing her with the cast everyday.
Happy Birthday Angela!
Angela turned 16 this year and on the 29th we were waiting at the Driver’s Centre in Brampton for her to take her G1 test. She passed with a perfect score which she was sure to tell Gillian.
Rick Mercer Report
We headed downtown today (sans Gillian) to see the taping of the Rick Mercer Report. We went to park at the Yorkdale subway, only to find they had torn down the parkade. Here is where we use to park all the time.
These are the doors we use to always walk through to take the overhead bridge to the parking area. The TTC website says it is closed until Fall 2015. I also heard they are enlarging the mall.
As always we enjoyed Rick Mercer.
Here we are with Rick Mercer.
Rick signing his autograph on our tickets.
Happy Birthday G-ma and G-pa!
We had Grandma and Grandpa out for dinner and to have cake for their birthdays.
ROPSSA Champs (again!)
Angela’s Junior Mixed curling team won their final game today to defend their title from a year ago. This season Angela played vice rocks and has really improved from last year. Congratulations Angela!
Curling Playoffs
I was able to get to Angela’s semi-final game today. Her and her teammates did a good job and have moved on to the finals for the second year in a row.
Her team waiting waiting for the other team to throw their final stone.
Family Day Snowshoeing
We were all home for Family Day. Gillian was on her Reading Week and I had taken the day off for once. We headed out to Mountsberg Conservation Area near Campbellville for some snowshoeing. Here is Angela making a snow angela.
And Claudia.
The girls showing off their footwear.
Despite it being Family Day, the trails were not packed.
Claudia tired of wearing her snowshoes on her feet and switched to her hands.
It was a great day weather wise.
Gillian breaking trail.
This is the area where the girls use to do their year-end camp when they were in Girl Guides.
Afterwards we checked out the display with the Birds of Prey.
A bald eagle.
Running Out Of Room
Where are you putting your snow? We are running out of room.
