We're back online

So, it's now October 2010 and this blog has been neglected for some time! Lots has happened since then including the fact we are still in St John's and I have run many mile. We have lost a lot of friends to new posting around the world, but thankfully many are still here.

The kids are doing great and still loving it here. Elle is still our dancing queen and has also joined Legends - the swimming team as well as going back to skating. Ethan has started Ice Hockey practise and is still at The Little Gym and swimming. He is also a second year Beaver.

A Busy Week

So this week started busy and just got crazy.

This was Ethan's last week of Nursery/Pre-School. At 6.10am Monday,John's mobile rang and was told he had to be in Bay Bulls(harbour 30 minutes away) in an hour. So he casually asks me 'Can I take the car?', like I was going to say 'No'. Off he goes with the only car we have and I quickly come round and think - Oh s**t, how is Elle going to get to school and Ethan has some Eco-hunter type thing going on at Nursery. Thankfully I have great neighbours and friends (Thank you Marta) and Elle gets to school (so, I can spend the 50 bucks John left for a taxi on a pair of shoes!). Ethan and I walk to Nursery and all is well.

Tuesday, Ethan had Crazy Hair day.

Wednesday was pyjama day.

Thursday Show and Share. Both Big Blue and Big Green went with him. Elle's 7th birthday.

Friday - Ethan's graduating concert. Off John goes again with the car - takes Elle to school and promises to be there to watch Ethan at 9am. Ethan and me walk to Nursery in the rain. Arrive at 8.50am - no sign of John. We take our seat and one of the teachers ask are all the parents here - I say no. Call, John - he's on his way.....he arrives 5 minutes late and says he forgot - Doh, doh, doh!!!!
The concert is ace and Ethan does a great job.

Saturday - Ethan has a party.

Sunday - Elle's birthday party. Man, that was stressful - all was calm until the icing from the cake suddenly turned all the kids into looneys!

Oh yeah - along with all that there was the usual swimming lessons, Little Gym and other after school activites and John working all weekend.

Next week is Elle's last week of school.............Sports Day and Aquarena, Class Photos, Class Party, Field Trip to Lester's Farm, half day Friday - flight to Aberdeen departs 5pm.

O'Briens Boat Tour

So (because that's how all Newfies's start a sentence!) today we sampled the O'Brien's Boat Tour - to check it our for all you visitors coming over soon. At this time of year there are Icebergs and Puffins a plenty to see, but no whales. We got out there and would you believe it Captain Wayne spotted a pod? of 4 Humpback Whales - how cool is that.

Elle being the photographer in the family got the money shots, the tails of the whales. Click on the photo.

We stayed and watched them for about 20 minutes and they played around the boat, by the time we got to the Puffins, the batteries in both cameras had run out!!.

Our first Newfoundland cabin experience...

Here in Newfoundland many of the local folks have weekend retreats commonly known as cabins. These can be anything from glorified garden sheds to full on houses. On May 24th weekend we went to Todd and Chantelle's cabin on Black Duck Pond. We had a great weekend.

John and the kids went fishing on the pond and we ate their great haul. We sampled Moose for the first time and the Lobsters were a hit as well.

We walked out to a waterfall and the kids stripped down to their smalls and took a dip!

The Beginning

This is the beginning of a new adventure......Sutherland's on tour. It may take some time to get the hang of this, but I'll give it a go.