Kananaskis

The Augustine's ventured out to Kananaskis this past weekend to catch with the camping Snider clan and for a mountain bike ride. We left Calgary in shorts, t-shirts and sandals only to arrive in K-Country and bundle up in shoes, socks, long pants and warm sweaters! It was a chilly 6 degrees, but we all had an awesome time despite the cool weather.
We had a little lunch and visit with the Snider's at their campsite (an awesome view from the picnic table of the mountains - wow, what a spot to camp!), before packing up Rory in the bike trailer and hitting the trails. I had forgotten what biking in the mountains is all about - hills, hills and more hills! We spent a couple of hours on the trails and treated ourselves to a well deserved ice cream on our way back.


Rory enjoyed the views and just chilling out on the rocks.




Lots of giggles with daddy.
Lindsay was throwing rocks into the lake and Rory thought the sound of rocks hitting the water was hilarious.


Walking over the rocks was somewhat tricky for little feet, but the helping hand of daddy made the hike along the lake much more fun.



Time to go!
Approaching rain clouds down the valley was a sure sign that the Augustine's needed to pack up and head home after a great day in the mountains. We said our farewells and thank yous to the Snider's as they hunkered down in their trailer before the rains came. Gotta love time in the mountains!! Can't wait till next time.

Rory and Daddy

Rory and daddy!

What mischief these two guys get up to! If they are not giggling madly or chasing each other around the couch or playing at the park they are building towers. Yes towers, out of recyclable containers of margarine, yogurt, coffee and so much more - anything really that has a lid and can be stacked.

It's a toss up sometimes who does all the building, but it is definitely Rory who does all the destroying.

Rory has become so good at taking his time and being so careful when putting the containers on top, especially the really high ones that Lindsay lifts him up for. All the time smiling ear to ear and muffling his giggles, Rory is planning his attack of knocking everything down and then tossing the containers into the air!

Rory and Lindsay have their time at the park almost every evening after dinner. They walk hand and hand across the road and down the pathway. Rory has quite his routine of what equipment to go on first, now that swing just isn't fun enough anymore. Rory can climb up stairs and let himself go on the slides and do it again and again.

Yippeee!!!!!

Climbing confidence!

Our confident little climber has now mastered the fairly steep stairs on the play set across the road. With lots of help from dad over the last few weeks, Rory has finally managed to climb to the top completely independently (with mum or dad not too far away as Rory's concentration on what he is doing wavers pretty easily!).

Check out Rory in action!

Way to go little dude!!

A few videos

I couldn't help but share these recent videos of our little dude.

Rory is a sweetheart and enjoys sharing his kisses. He always gives us a kiss goodnight, but has recently taken to grabbing our hands and giving kisses. This is usually during his dinners so his kisses end up being rather messy with bits of broccoli or pasta stuck to your hands. But oh so cute!

Rory has been working so hard on feeding himself and especially mastering the 'fork' and the stabbing of food on his tray. Here is a little clip from Sunday at breakfast where we had a special treat of french toast, fruit and yogurt.