Since we weren't going to be home for Henry's birthday, Natalia wanted to
take the boys to West Edmonton Mall in November. They killed it and want to go back!


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I took the boys to Riverview Park to try out their new ski boots and zip around the area.


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We got a decent amount of snow to start the season so here's Henry climbing back
from the river.


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Anytime I take the boys skiing, we mostly wind up sledding on the snow.


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When our deputy prime minister visited Alberta (her home), she ran into some pretty
horrible humans. Our boys made a craft for her and sent her a nice note and this was
her reply, which I really appreciated.


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Walter loves playing with snow and ice - here he is on the deck.


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We took the boys out to Redwood Meadows for a xc ski. This is right along the
Elbow River and is a really nice trail.


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I didn't need the Tow Whee strap at all on this trip, which was awesome.

Walter goes FAST on his skis!



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Walter and Natalia on the trail with the Elbow River.


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One thing that can make a xc ski better for kids is to have a destination that they want
to get to, like this playground.


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Walter zipping around on his skis with the Elbow River off his shoulder.


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Walter and his friend Grayson at the candy store in Bragg Creek.


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Henry and I made a rocket in his our basement.

West Edmonton Mall


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We took a few days mid-week to zip up to West Edmonton Mall, so that we weren't surrounded
with 100,000 of our closest friends. The boys had a blast at Galaxyland on the newly painted
rides that are now 'Mattel'-branded.


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Walter on the 'Trouble' ride.


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The boys on the purple dragon small roller coaster.


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Henry and I went up the ropes ride and wandered around above the ground. Henry did pretty
well although it was clear he was struggling with the heights.


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Henry thought it was fun.


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Henry and I on the ropes course.


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Henry's 'technical' winter boots on the ropes.


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The boys on the little train.


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The boys wanted to ride on the furry animals again, just like three years ago.


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Henry and I on the animals.

The boys spinning like maniacs on the teacup-like ride



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Crushing the teacup ride.


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Henry in his sleeping pod in the space room.


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Henry and Walter in the bunk bed sleep pod.


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Walter's lower bunk was also a hit.


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The boys in their sleeping pods with the cool LED lights in the room.


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Walter in his sleeping pod.


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In the jacuzzi tub in our room.


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The boys and I on the spinning swings.


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The grossest kids' area in any indoor playground is the barf-infused ball pits.


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Walter in the ball pits.

Walter bouncing around like a crazy man



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Walter and the Hungry Hungry Hippos character.


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Henry and his dry-ice ice cream at Moxie's.


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Walter also loved this ice cream with 'steam'.


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Henry loves going to the Lego store and really liked the snake characters.


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Having slurpees at the waterpark.


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Henry playing on the inner tubes.


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Walter and I at the wave park.


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The wave pool is both boys' favourite part of the waterpark.


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The kids' zone at the waterpark.


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Walter doing the dab on the way out of the waterpark.


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The aquarium under the mall is always nice to play in.


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The touch area is pretty nice here (and even better at half-price). The boys like touching
jellyfish and sea anemones.


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I love Henry's face here.

More hanging out in Cochrane


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When we got back from Edmonton, we were able to attend Kristina's birthday in south Calgary.
Here she is playing at her house.


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The boys playing Play-doh at Kristina's house.


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Kristina's birthday cake for her 4th birthday.


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We went with Kristina's family to the science centre the next day and the boys always love that.


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Playing in the hydrology tank.


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Cutting electronics to pieces.


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Stacking blocks.


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This is the Goodnight Moon exhibit.


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Sometimes when we come home from the Zoo or the science centre, we pop by Boogie's Burgers,
which is a big hit with the boys.


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Pinball is a hit.


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Walter found the gumball machine.


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We decided to set up early for Christmas since we were going to be in Maui for a week in December.
The boys are always excited when the train comes back out of storage.


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This was the first year the boys completed the Lego gingerbread house.


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Walter and our Christmas tree.


Paul having fun


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My buddy Robin came down finally from NB to join a Flames game. We got upgraded for this game
and managed to watch from the lower bowl.


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Robin and I at the Flames game.

Video of the winning Flames team



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My new fat bike which I love.


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My new awesome fat bike that makes me giggle.


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My buddy Graham picked this up for me in Okotoks from a shop going out of business
and then was super nice and brought it to me at West Bragg for a tour. This is the top of
Merlin View, one of my favourite parts of West Bragg.

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