Tooth Fairy visit

After weeks of wobbling, and moving out of the way so much it was hard to believe that it hadn't come out already, one of Lara's top front teeth has finally given up, and came out in the bath a few days ago. It was retrieved and left under the pillow.
The Tooth Fairy decided that after the waiting involved, and the significance of it being a front tooth, it was worth $5. 

Flies and Good Coffee News

Ok, so it's April 22nd, a nice warm Spring morning and the flies are starting to appear. But it's going to snow on Saturday, hah hah, let's see how they like that then!

And more good news, I heard on the radio today Starbucks were advertising that they serve Flat White coffee now - that was my favourite type of coffee before we left the UK, and I'd only just found it before we moved. It seems that Starbucks have added it to their US & Canada menus since January. So I think I'll go and try one out.

Dan - Skating week two

I've worked out how to embed a photo slideshow, so this should work better than last week's video. A little more progress this week, it took a few minutes for Dan to regain his confidence, but he enjoyed the lesson again, there were no meltdowns, and he's already looking forward to next week. Olga did a fine job fitting all their skates and Dan's helmet into Lara's new figure skating suitcase bag. The lesson was mostly about building up tower blocks and knocking them down, something close to Dan's heart, or kicking blocks around. After the lesson Dan insisted that it was his turn to take a photo of Lara, which turned out better than either of us was expecting..

And here's a little video compilation too..

Dan's Skating Lessons, with a young Assistant Coach

Dan started his "parent and tot" skating lessons with Olga on Saturday morning, it was a 45 minute lesson, with the aim of him being able to stand up unaided, which we think he achieved. He enjoyed it, there were no meltdowns, and to cap it off, Lara was allowed to help out in her capacity as an "assistant" to her own skating coach, who happens to run the parent and tot lesson.

Holiday time

Its Good Friday and the start of a week's holiday for us, we're off to the trailer today. The photo is one I took last weekend, just as the sun touched the top of Mount Kidd, I'm hoping for similar weather this coming week, but the forecast for the next few days is colder and greyer, but that might give us some snow so we can go skiing. We're taking the bikes, so if it does warm up we'll go for a ride.
The week is starting well, it's 9.30am and the kids are still in bed..