Winter sliding in the land of little-to-no-slope

Well the boys wanted to slide - so you gotta do what you gotta do... I built up a small track off of our deck - one of the largest elevation drops around us :). Daniel has a few trips but Nathan was the champion slider. Press PLAY and watch Nathan in action.

Thanksgiving Weekend

The Pinawa Fire Dept had an open house on Sunday so the boys got to meet some "real life" firepeople and even get a ride on the firetruck (they have a yellow firetruck so Nathan had to explain to the fireman that the ones he has at home are red!).

Fall - Manitoba-style

Well we did not plan on having to deal with SNOW at this point - we are packing for Florida (!). We got 10cm on Oct 10th - Thanksgiving weekend. Hopefully we get some sun and slightly warmer weather so the deck cushions dry off and can get packed away!

The boys thought it was fantastic and had lots of fun - I guess this might be their only chance this winter. Steve helped them build the ugliest snowman EVER - the snow was super sticky and picked up all of the leaves that recently fell to the ground (plenty of leaves are still in the trees!) - plus the snow balls were great at picking up the deer poop off of the lawn - yum! The last picture shows poor Frosty on Day 2 after some more mild weather - though it is now snowing again right now...