“Fintry” by Carys
For those who don't know, Fintry is located
halfway up the west side of Lake Okanagan,
near Kelowna, BC, Canada.
Quote of the day…
“I wish everything in the world was made of candy floss, except blankets, people and stuffed animals.” Courtesy of Sebastian.
Triplets turn five…
On Thursday night Tess and I watched the last episode of Frasier. We've been working on this series for about ten months so finishing it was a big deal. The last two episodes were really, really well done and managed to capture not just the passage of time (eleven years) in the life of Frasier and gang, but in our own lives, too.
Fitting then, that in the wake of a change of season for Frasier, we celebrated The Terrific Trio's fifth birthday on Saturday. Tess blogged about the party and I've posted pictures on Facebook that can be accessed even if you're not part of FB. Needless to say, it's somewhat emotional to pass this milestone. I'd write about it but right now my four kids have made a nuclear mess of the playroom and their bedroom. I need to go sort it all out. (At left: Sela on the playroom floor after cleaning it up.)
Indiana Jones
Sebastian has discovered Indiana Jones and I mean really discovered… he found out the other day we had an extra Indiana Jones movie. Yes, we've let him start watching Indiana Jones. Considering all the other violent stuff that's out there, Dr. Jones is tame. Certainly no worse than Spiderman or Superman. (We put our foot down at Batman.) For the last two months we thought we only had Raiders of the Lost Ark and Temple of Doom. While playing around with one of the DVD's extra features, Sebastian found The Last Crusade – wow, was he excited. I bought an Indiana Jones costume that consists of hat, pants, jacket, toy whip and bag. The outfit is a motivational tool. Sebastian gets one piece every few weeks to reward positive behavior.
Thus far Sebastian has earned the bag and a four foot toy whip (made of foam.) Above is a picture Sebastian drew at school. It's Indiana Jones hanging from his whip, while shooting a baddy. Please note that in this picture Dr. Jones is also wearing a fedora and carrying a bag. Oh, and Tess would like you to please notice the neatness of Sebastian's writing.
Manitou
Here is another model boat made by yours truly. Manitou is a 14 inch model sailboat first made from scratch in 1978. Back then I used to sail her on our farm’s pond in Omemee. After discovering Manitou cast aside in the basement back in Toronto, I refitted her in 2006. The Volvo Ocean Race online sailing game motivated me to put together
this video of the 1978/2006 pictures and some video of her 2006 re-launch. That’s my brother-in-law, Keith, enjoying the champagne during the re-christening!
Sebastian wins a pennant!
Sebastian is in his second year of rugby. In the last month Seb has come over the crest of the hill in terms of motivation and skill. Last year he hardly understood the sport, often making him hesitant to engage in play. A few weeks ago he participated in a tournament where he played four games (he was supposed to play three games but at the last minute substituted for another player) and impressed is coaches quite a bit. Halfway through the first game his coach (Kate) said, “Sebastian, you’re tackling like a demon!” At the end of the game Kate was full of praise for Sebastian and said to me, “Sebastian is on fire today!” The following week when the coaches handed out pennants (Hong Kong rugby equivalent of Most Valuable Players) Kate had arranged for Seb to receive one. Sebastian was so shocked that he walked quite tentatively to the head coach, as can be seen in the video below.
