Walter's bday, Calaway Park, and May long 2023

Some fun photos from riding bikes, Calaway Park, and Walter's birthday party.

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Natalia and Renee enjoying a dessert at the Pomeroy.

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My water feature continuing to work, despite worms and garbage water.

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Blurry photo of Grace's first communion with our family and theirs.

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Natalia, Grace, and I on her first communion.

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Add Henry and Walter.

Chaos in Red Deer

Calaway Park with Grayson and Rhys

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Grayson and Walter aren't big enough to ride the bumper boats alone and so I had to join them.
You can imagine the chaos.

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Grayson, Walter, and I riding bumper boats.

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Walter on bumper cars too.

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Walter and Grayson on the little boats. Grayson's sunglasses here are amazing.

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Walter with his black eye courtesy of gym class and falling off a soccer ball.

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Henry wanted a dilly bar with his DQ money from Grandma G.

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And Walter wanted a frosty.

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Then Henry got jealous of Mom's sundae so he needed another one.

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Walter and Henry with their crazy candy haul. I think this was because they did so well at Buffalo Bean that day.

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I introduced Walter to Professor Mustache, my muppet from NY and he thought it was cool.

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Walter and Henry out for a bike ride with me. We went to visit the monks and then went for a walk.

Walter's birthday

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Our little Walter turned 6! Here he is with his presents.

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His new Pacman game that Natalia found. He liked it so much that he bought another Ms Pacman game so
that his brother could play too.

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Henry got jelly beans from Natalia's godparents.

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Along with new books too.

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And a beautiful donut puzzle too.

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Walter got a beautiful kaleidoscope.

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Staring at me with it.

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Natalia chose to host his birthday at the gymnastics centre at Spray Lakes, which the kids LOVED!

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Doing stretches first.

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Walter jumping off the spring.

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Ty and Rhys jumping into the foam pit.

Grayson jumping into the foam pit

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Walter and Jackson jumping into the foam pit.

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Jackson on the rope.

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Building a foam block castle to keep the other kids out.

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Walter and Niko doing the same.

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The whole party having cupcakes.

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Walter and his Mario cupcakes.

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Walter crushing his cupcake.

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Niko and his brother Noah enjoying cupcake and treats too.

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Jackson was a sweaty mess when he was done here.

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Henry and his bus friend Madeleine.

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Walter opening a present with a great look on his face.

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We had a few friends over for ice cream cake after the party. Not sure why there are no shirts on
here though.

Singing happy birthday to Walter

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Eating ice cream cake outside on the deck.

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A sure sign of spring is the presence of water guns. These came from the Danyliuks.

Grace's first communion

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Grace opening her ear rings from Natalia and I.

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Walter opening his present for his birthday.

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Henry and Grace having juice boxes and croissants for lunch.

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Walter playing basketball in the backyard.

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Walter and I out riding the new paved pathway in Sunset.

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Walter and his friend Ivy walking up Rusty Barb trail.

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Henry and Griffin at Buffalo Bean.

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Walter riding at Buffalo Bean. He couldn't climb the trails until he got new gears.

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Natalia's mother's day cards from the boys.

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Walter riding at Buffalo Bean.

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Graham and Fisher riding with Henry.

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Walter coming down the middle of Angry Hawks trail.

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Walter and Fisher having popsicles.

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Henry and Rhys on the rollers having popsicles.

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Henry trying the new flow trail.

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Henry jumping the berms.

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Fisher on the rollers.

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Henry and Jackson at Bow Valley PP where we did a day trip.

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Henry and Gracie at Bow Valley.

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Playing with sticks, as boys do.

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Pumping water was a hit.

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Riding bikes in the campground is always a hit too.

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Full size freezies at the campsite is also a win.

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I took the boys for a walk at a day use area called Many Springs.

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They enjoyed this spot and liked the boardwalk.

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It was definitely a floating boardwalk.

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Sticking their feet in the pond and looking at springs and orchids was fun too.

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The boys enjoy checking out wildflowers and they liked this crocus.

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We stopped in Canmore to check out a new bike park being worked on there. After playing a bit
John came to join us and have a popsicle together in the sun.

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Walter on the new bike park.

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Henry having a swing after dinner at the pub. Natalia was away at the spa for the weekend
with Aunty Renee so I got to have fun with the boys for the weekend.

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It also meant that since Henry asked for a skateboard, Henry got a used skateboard from Switching Gear.

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The kids and Natalia joined me for a presentation to council to adopt a new trail plan for an
area in our Town. It ended with slurpees so it must have been good for our kids at least!

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Walter's new bike with gears!

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Ice cream dots AND slurpees!

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Henry liked this.

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Sweet trick for carrying slurpees on a bike.

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Since the smoke was so bad this week I took the boys to the Y in Calgary. Our pool had swim lessons until
8pm on this evening so this was a better option than a 10pm swim!

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A look at the sun through the smoke.

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Early morning bike rides are the best. Here's a ride I did with Graham up to Merlin View.

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One of the coolest guys I know in a sweet jersey.

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I bought Henry the Crunch labs kits this year and he is LOVING putting them together.

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Walter and I at Calaway Park.

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Henry and I on Bumble Blast.

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Walter and his friend Grayson being gangsters at Calaway.

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Natalia and the boys riding rides.

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Walter and Grayson and I on a ride at Calaway.

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Henry and Rhys on Adrenaline Test Zone, one of Henry's favourites.

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Henry and Ty and Rhys having a bite to eat.

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Chilling out and waiting on Dizzy Dragons. It's fun that they are now at the age that they mostly
entertain themselves and no longer need us to ride with them.

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The boys on the airplanes and Henry showing his gum.

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I took Brandt on the airplanes too.

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Walter and Grayson on the airplanes too. Again, those sunglasses are classic Grayson. Apparently
he found them in the lost and found at the golf course and bee-lined for them.

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Walter and Grayson crushing it at Calaway.

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The boys on ATZ again.

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Waiting for bumper cars.

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I thought this lady's stilts were fun. Flashy pants too!

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The boys on the bumper cars.

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Walter can now go on the swings by himself!

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Fun photo of Walter having fun on the swings.

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Henry also quite likes the swings.

Walter playing kazoo to Mario theme music

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Walter wraps himself up like a babushka at night. It's terrifying as I'm positive he's going
to choke himself, but he seems to get through it.