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Even though this doesn't totally communicate it, this is Walter giving his brother a big hug.
Walter is definitely a hugging child.
Playground tour
Often on Saturdays, I'll take the boys for a tour of new playgrounds to them
as Cochrane has 26 not counting the new developments still run by developers.
These are all around Gleneagles.
Henry and Walter on the teeter-totter
Henry pushing Walter on the swings
Walter on a slide
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It's challenging to get Henry to take an outdoor photo without sunglasses but Natalia got one
after church one Sunday morning.
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Henry and I sometimes go to Mitford Pond, a stocked trout pond in Cochrane. No fish yet, but we keep trying.
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Henry sticking his bum into the water table in our back yard.
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I went to Henry's Sportball class and was surprised to see him paying attention, listening,
and not making animal sounds instead of talking to coach Hiro.
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We went for another playground tour after the dealership, this time to Glenbow. The boys
were fascinated by the foam on Big Hill Springs Creek.
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Walter thinks he's five and doesn't understand why he can't just climb everything. Needless to
say, he takes a bit more active supervision.
Long Weekend Fun
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We lucked out and had gorgeous long weekend weather in Cochrane. I took the boys for playground
tours again, this time to Riviera and Riversong. Here's Henry being proud atop a log.
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The plant area was a bit underwhelming actually, but the rest of Granary Road is definitely fun
for kids and worth a tour if you're in the south already. At $50 for the family though (and with a
high-end expensive food market around it), it wasn't a cheap outing.
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We went over to Grayson and Rhys' house for Grayson's 3rd birthday. With great weather, Alf put out
a slip and slide that the kids loved.
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Walter trying out the boat on the slip and slide.
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The best part of birthday parties - CAKE, or in this case cupcakes.
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I took the boys for a hike at Big Hill Springs, but they were much more excited about the
bubble sets they got from Grayson's party.
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Henry thought it was cool that he could put a bubble on his hand.
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So, of course, I had to help Walter do it too.
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He was JACKED about the bubbles on his mitt, even though it took about 100 tries to get it right
and to not have Walter wreck it.
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Walter did well, actually hiking almost the whole 3 km loop with Henry doing just fine too.
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A purple aster that the boys quite liked and which was everywhere.
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Henry and Walter enjoying the waterfalls and throwing rocks into the creek.
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The boys eating popsicles in our backyard on a hot holiday Monday.
Playing in the pool
Hike up Jumpingpound Mountaing
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Now that I've identified 107 peaks from our deck, I now have to go to the top of all of them.
This is a sub-alpine meadow on Jumpingpount Mountain, that while being super close to the road
it does take a drive on the Powderface Trail which is pretty heavily frequented by big lumber
trucks.
View from Jumpingpound Mountain
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Looking over to the east ridge that I jumped over to. 42 minutes to summit from the
car is pretty fast.
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A look at Tiara Peak, a scramble that my friend Dan and I had done in November one year.
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A quick look up Cougar Creek with Louis, although we turned back for medical reasons that day.
Mt Townsend and the Epic/Mystic Tower were on the tick list, but will stay there for now.
Rock climbing with Maria and Dan
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Maria invited my friend Dan and I to do a fun 4-pitch climb called 'Le Soulier'. Here she is in the
morning before our climb.
