Hanging with the boys in Jan 2026


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The boys at Burger King post swimming lesson passing.


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The boys playing Bingo with Grandma G.


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Henry, exhausted after climbing back up the toboggan hill at Jumping Pound.


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Walter with his successful Swimmer 4 ribbon.


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Walter quite likes his STEM kits that he gets every couple of months. This is a remote-controlled
delivery bot that he used to deliver stuff from the pantry.


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Walter wanted to show off his slushy machine to his friend Grayson as they had a sleepover.


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Crushing slushies.

Playing on pinball machines


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Henry joined me at Hidden Spot arcade to see which pinball machines could be candidates. Here's Jaws.


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Star Wars - Fall of the Empire. This might be one of the better ones. I love the metal tubes.


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1976 volley game. Pretty awesome honestly AND it gives you FIVE balls to play!


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Jurassic Park is also pretty awesome.


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Dungeons and Dragons was decent too.


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Star Trek was just okay.


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The Walking Dead.


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This is at the other arcade across the street called Nightwave Arcade, where they also have VR sets.


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Original Star Wars pinball.


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Barbecue Challenge


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Alien.


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Dr No! This is a good one.


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Henry got to try original Asteroids.


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Henry's ski lift that he built with construx.


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A better look at the operation of Henry's ski lift using string. No chairs though.


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Walter playing chess with his second cousin Atticus.


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Grandma G and Walter having lunch at Guy's Cafe.


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Walter and I having lunch with Grandma G at Guy's Cafe. Walter got a smores cookie and he was stoked!


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Grandma G learning chess from Walter.

Walter's turn at pinball


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Walter also quite liked the Star Wars Fall of the Empire game.


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And the 1974 Volley game.


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But his favourite might be Space Invaders.


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And Crossy Road.


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Walter teaching his brother to play chess too.

Videos from time with Grandma G

Henry and Walter playing in the snow and Walter waking up like a zombie


Henry sledding off the front step


Walter sledding at Jumping Pound


Paul photos


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I managed to pull together a MTB ride in January in Nanaimo with Karly Warly, Dave (with finger nail polish),
and James as well. James set me up with a borrowed bike (reminder to self to unlock forks before riding)
and we were able to get a great ride in before dark.


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Biking with Karl in Nanaimo. This place is cool and can be ridden all year, which is nuts to me.


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Views from our high point of the day.


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Karl says this is a great way to spend an afternoon.


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Dave had only just moved here weeks before.


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Decent!


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Not bad says James.


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The new truck with both fat and regular MTB loaded - hard to know which one to use this time of year!