6/21/2009

How Well Does Jasper know Dad?




(this is what it says on the tshirt Jasper made Aaron)


"My Dad likes to watch Wall-E.
His favorite tv show is hockey and his favorite thing to do is go fishing and get the mail.
Jasper."


I think Jasper captured the essence of Daddy quite well, and his likeness too!!

6/19/2009

Sultans of Swing

6/10/2009

Whee!


Thanks Papa C for coming to build our playfort (and fence!). We love you!


Griffin showing off his hammering skills



King of the Castle!



Griffin rockin the slide


6/06/2009

Surviving Thomas

Team Nielsen On Board


Train Heaven


And He's Up - Griffin Pulling to Standing!



Thomas Pseudo-Bouncy Castle Thing



Cinders and Ashes! Its Thomas!



Whoever came up with this little idea must be laughing while watching the truck (or shall I say train) loads of money come rolling in..... We ventured up to Squamish last weekend for the annual "Day Out With Thomas" event. Basically, this is probably as close to Utopia as possible for Jasper - loads of food, bouncy castles, trains and a zillion kids to play trains with...and of course Thomas. Although, what should have been the climax of the day - the actual train ride on Thomas itself turned out to be the low-light. Imagine cramming onto a stuffy un-air conditioned passenger car with a zillion little kids screaming, and once we finally get going (at about 1 mile an hour) we reverse thru some bushes, pull forward into some crappy industrial area, stop, reverse and go back. Total train trip = barely 20 mins, Total ticket price = 66$, Total Tantrums = 3, Thomas memories to last a lifetime = Priceless!!