She walks, finally

I had a feeling it would come like a breakthrough, seeing as she has been walking while holding only one finger since late june/early july. She finally walked a whole bunch last night when I wasn't home. Luckily, Chris got it on video. She wouldn't do it when I got home but she walked a whole bunch tonight on her own so I think she's good. Notice the wonderful big sister in the video. Trinity rocks! Ignore the messy house please, I haven't had time between work and a muddy renovation. It really bothers me but I need sleep more than I need a neat and tidy house at the moment!

We have a porch!

It's coming along, below is the belly of the future basement. A bathroom and a laundry room. You really have to use your imagination right now. We used AMVIK (an Insulated Concret Form). It's really solid and has a great 'R' factor. It's really strong too and should serve well should we ever need a bunker...

It's not done yet but now we should be able to walk out our front door at least

Life...with an 8yr old

So, this saturday Trinity has been invited to a birthday party where she is to come dressed as her favourite pop/rock star. So, this is who she'll be:

Here she is taking care of her hair

So, she has this costume (which we bought for Hallowe'en) and she decides that she doesn't want to dress as Hannah Montana!! I asked her who she's gonna be because she doesn't have any other rock star get up. The only other choice may be Jimi Hendrix if we go to the party store and get a big afro wig. Anyway, she has also told me she doesn't want to be Hannah anymore for Hallowe'en, she wants to be a skeleton...grrrr

Jadie's B-Day

Okay, just a little over two months late but here are some pics of jade's party. Her birthday was actually on the same day as the Altoona crit so her party was a week later I think...it was a while ago, I have no memory for stuff like that.
Here she is thoughtfully reading one of her cards...


At first she didn't know what to do with the cake, it felt weird...


She eventually got the idea, even if her aim was a little off...

cement goes in...

We have walls

These walls went together like lego, it was pretty cool, especially for a lego fan like me! When it's it's all finished they will have some crazy R factor for insulation, and it's considered a 'green' addition because they make them in Toronto and they are made of 60% recycled plastic.