Another Walker First

Vincent had his first day of Kindergarten yesterday. Oh what a proud, big, boy he was! He loved every minute of it. He's wanted to go to 'real' school for so long (I guess pre-school wasn't 'real'). AND he was so lucky that his grandma and great grandma from North Dakota were here to share it with him. What a wonderful day!

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs are FINALLY DONE!!!

I love to do ceramics at Bunny's Ceramic Hutch here in town. Meredith saw a Snow White in the fall of 2007 and wanted me to paint it for her....and the 7 dwarfs to go with it, of course. So in December 2007 I started with Snow White and the seven dwarfs followed. Slow but sure I got them all done (project done on 09-09-09...how cool is that! LOL)

So, now, can you name all the dwarfs?

School Year 2009-2010

OH Where did the summer go? I know...3 weeks in ND and 1 week in Saskatoon, hockey camp, Super Sweaty Sports Camp, Girl Power Camp, and my new job at Boundary Community Hospital. Whew!! Today was day 1 for Christina, Shayne, and Meredith. They are now Grade 7, 4, and 2 respectively. The school was a-buzz with all the new faces; new principal, new teachers, and a bunch of new students. I believe this will be an AWESOME year at Canyon Lister Elementary School!!!! (Vincent starts kindergarten next week and Cat will start nursery school later this month or in October...there will be pictures to come)

They are definitely sisters

The girls were being goofy one afternoon. Here are the two youngest girls dressed alike...you can definitely tell they are sisters!

Isn't Mozart SUPPOSED to be by a piano?

Our dear Mozart has discovered the piano. I think he looks good on it!

Our Poets

In school this spring the kids learned about poety. Then the library had their spring poetry contest. Christina won for her shape poem (about dragons of course) and Shayne won for a short poem on pigs. CLES also had 3 other winners (that left only one winner NOT from CLES) and 2 of those 3 were another brother/sister combo. Here are Stina and Shayne with the books they won in the poetry contest.

Christina on paper

One of the art projects Christina's class did this year was to make themselves out of paper. Christina is in the red shirt with all the dragons on it. The girl that is next to her is one of her best friends, Adriana. Here the pictures are on display at the Focus on Youth art show in May.

Magic School Bus

In June our local schools offer a Magic School bus ride. The kids get on a bus at the school that they will be attending kindergarten at and then travel around to different places in the community and get goodies along the way. The parents get little lessons as we went along, too, on how to give our kids the best start to school that we can. It was a fun morning. This years theme was animals and here is a picture of Vincent in his fish hat.

Nursery School Mother's Day Tea

In May Vincent's nursery school class had a Mother's Day program and tea.

Vincent actually WENT to soccer camp this year

Last year Vincent didn't do so good at soccer camp. He had a little temper problem going on and didn't feel like participating. This year he was out there and played his little heart out. It was a very warm week that first week of June....but he did GREAT!!! We may have a little soccer player in our midst.

Christina's Heritage Fair Project 2009

Ever since we went to Kelowna last summer when she learned about Ogopogo she knew she was going to do her Heritage Fair project on it. Here she is by her board in May at the Canyon Lister Elem. Heritage Fair.

Spokane Valley

In June we had a 'girls day' and went to Spokane Valley Washington for the day. The wildlife pictures were taken in the Cabela's store in Post Falls, Idaho. Christina and Meredith made Cat her first Build A Bear stuffie...and grey and pink cat now named KitKat.

View of Kootenay Lake from Blue Point Girl Guide Camp

I know it's been a while since I updated our blog. Life just gets in the way. I hope to have this updated totally here soon. The next several entries will not be in any order. Here are some pictures I took in May when we took the Sparks camping at our Girl Guide camp up at Kootenay Lake.

The tonsils are out!

We got up before the rooster this morning and were on our way to Cranbrook to get rid of yet another set of tonsils. This time it was Shayne's turn. On the way there we saw 2 herds of Elk....and them bucks had some HUGE antlers. Only saw one deer. Otherwise it was a good trip. Got to Cranbrook in time for me to do my Canadian duty and go to Tim Hortons for some tea and breakfast. Then it was off to the hospital. The above picture is of Shayne still with his tonsils. He wasn't too impressed with the hospital gown...he didn't like wearing a 'dress'. LOL He got into surgery at the time he was supposed to and came out about an hour and a half later. He had a little problem waking up! When they brought him back to me in Day Care he was not smiling like his sister Meredith did after her tonsillectomy. He was a little feisty and a man of few words. He rested the rest of the morning well and when he woke up he ate his popsicle and drank some apple juice, peed, and we were on our way! We did a little shopping before we left Cranbrook and were still home by 5pm local time! He was happy that we were home in time for Kids Korner, but I wouldn't let him go. So since I didn't let him go to Kids Korner he got lay on the couch and watch a Star Wars movie. He's complained of little pain and is enjoying his diet today of popsicles, Slurpees, and butterscotch pudding. His only real complaint was about 'the hanging down thingy in the back of my throat' is swollen and is bothering him...but that has already gotten better, too.

Thank you for all your positive thoughts and prayers.

Shayne's Tonsillectomy turn

This week is one of those EXTREMELY busy weeks for the Walker's. On top of Shayne getting his tonsils out tomorrow it is also Creston Valley Music Festival Week AND baseball and soccer season starts.

This morning Christina played her two solo pieces for the music festival. The judge really liked what she played and she did do very well. She plays her duet with Adriana tomorrow evening.

Tomorrow Shayne gets to have his tonsils taken out. They have been getting bigger and bigger the last little while and he snores like Fred Flinstone at night. I promised Dr. Jewett that this one would be un-eventful. I will post an update tomorrow when we get home (see? positive thoughts). The only bad part so far is the fact that I have to drive to Cranbrook so darn early in the morning....his check in is 6:30 Cranbrook time (5:30 Creston time) and surgery time is then approximately 8:20 Cranbrook time (7:20 Creston time). So will hopefully be home mid afternoon.

Tonight Shayne will have his first and last baseball practice (for a while) and Meredith has her first day of soccer. Christina starts soccer later in the week due to her music festival performances. Of course these can't be scheduled any more screwy....over supper time. So until the end of June we will be eating on the run!

That is all for now and will update you on Shayne tomorrow!

Spring Shrug

Christina got a new spring dress this year and it has spaghetti straps and she wanted a sweater (without buttons...she hates buttons) to go over her shoulders. "Gee, Mom, can't you knit me one?" Because you know that I can knit just about anything, right? (Not really...LOL) So here is a shrug that I knit for her to wear with her dress.

Happy 7th Birthday Meredith!

Can't believe our little Meredith is 7 already! The picture of her in bed was the morning of her birthday. That day at school they had their Seniors Tea where the seniors in the area are invited for tea and entertainment put on by the Canyon Lister Elem. School kids. What a wonderful gift the have the young and old in one place for an afternoon. She had a GREAT time. After school we had our weekly Sparks meeting and it was Easter themed...she loved that, too. I had book club that night (I asked her permission if I could go and she said I could) so we didn't celebrate. Friday her best friend Jacy came over in the afternoon and we had pizza and cupcakes and opened presents and cards. Thank you to everyone that sent cards, monetary gifts, and gave her gifts. She had a great birthday!

The kitty is really fitting in

Some pictures of our kitten, Mozart.