Raincouver

When we lived in Toronto we had 567 posts (slight exaggeration) about the snow. Walking in the snow, playing in the snow....Now that we're in Vancouver we will probably have plenty of posts about the rain. And after many weeks of walking in the rain I think I would rather walk Anna to school in subzero temperatures in the snow and ice instead of the rain (those of you that know me have probably fainted after reading that sentence). The good news is the girls love walking in the rain - puddles to jump in! The bad news is my bought more for style than rain from our drought stricken California days umbrella does not hold up well here in Raincouver. Note to self: Buy. Really. Big. Umbrella.

Two Ballerinas

The weekend wasn't just about pumpkins it was also all about dance! Both girls started their ballet classes. Not sure if either will be professional dancers but the classes sure are fun!

The Great Pumpkin weekend

This weekend was about about pumpkins! In two days we went to 3 pumpkin patches!

On Saturday we went to the annual pumpkin patch fundraiser at Anna's school.

Where there were bouncy castles and slides...

 And where we got our first of 5 pumpkins...

 And where Anna got her face painted!

On Sunday our first stop was the pumpkin patch at our real estate agent's office. So many pumpkins to choose from....

 And they were all free!

Our next stop was to the Laity Pumpkin Patch in Maple Ridge...where there were animals to see and where Matilda quickly learned not to put your fingers too close to the chicken coop!

 Goats to feed....

 Silly animals to pose with...

And even sillier cutouts to pose in!

There was "gold" to mine for....

And of course thousands of pumpkins to climb on!

Finally!

After three months of a teacher strike and 8 days on vacation in Maui Anna finally had her first day of Kindergarten this week!