Running around town

Friday, June 20th was the first annual Chip's Not Dead Yet Memorial Mile and since it started right by our place, we had to check it out. People were encouraged to dress up in all sorts of costumes, from rock stars to brides to super heroes and run one mile up the hill. Here you see me and Sophie checking out all the "ba-oons" and a few of the colourful characters in the run.




Sunday turned out to be a very busy day for us, starting with the 8:30am start of my first 5K at Stanley Park. Dean and Sophie showed up at the start line at the last minute to support me and I'm sure it was their cheering that got me over the finish line in under 30 minutes! After the run, we decided to walk the 7K home from the park, go out to breakfast at the Sunshine Diner, check out the Kits Farmers' Market, explore Greek Day, go to a BBQ, and then check out Greek Day a little more. A good time was had by all.

Father's Day weekend 2008

For the Father's Day weekend, we travelled over to the Island, first stopping at the Graftons' new place in Craig Bay, near Parksville. We had a great time, taking a walk along the beach, seeing baby eagles, and relaxing on the patio over a delicious lunch. Here we have pictures of Sophie with Grandpa Ken and Brian and Aunt Janet, and one of Sophie's shoes that I think it pretty neat. (Shoes are one of Sophie's favourite things at this stage - mainly the finding and transporting of shoes to new and exciting locations, rather than the actual shoes themselves.)







The day after our up-Island visit, we went down-Island to Victoria, to Beacon Hill Park, for the 6th(?) annual Father's Day family picnic. It's always fun to see family members, especially seeing the little ones (Soph, Isabella, and Dominic) hanging out together. Here are a few pics, including Aunt Sher showing Sophie a picture of Dominic, Sophie and Dominic on the swings being pushed by Dean and Greg, Grandpa Ken demonstrating the slide (Sophie has been crazy about slides since, although her preferred method of getting down them is to stand at the top and step off, not bothering with that tedious "sitting down" nonsense), and Sophie showing Great Grandma Irene a ball.

Shifting the blog into overdrive

It has been a while since we properly blogged about anything Sophie-related, and today (July 1st, Canada Day, a Tuesday off work) is the day we remedy that.

We'll start with a picture of Sophie discovering grandma Star's book, Havens in a Hectic World, on board the BC Ferries.



Stay tuned for more posts! We've got around 30 more pictures, so brace yourselves.

Our active toddler

Sophie is into everything and anything these days. She's practically running and loves to explore our condo. She's also very interested in books and continually picks up her board books and holds them up to the nearest adult, asking to be read to. In fact, reading to Sophie is pretty much how I spent all day today.

Here are a couple of photos showing our dishes-washing, book-loving, paperclip-scattering 14 month old. Enjoy!

What are the odds?

Holly and I were just looking at a list of songs that are good for running, and I pointed at one - Coolio's 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New) - and said "Sophie likes Coolio", and started up our (homemade) mp3 player program on our computer to play the song for Sophie. This mp3 player gives us access to all the songs on our computer, and by default, it randomizes the order, so every time you start it, the list of songs is in a different order. This time, the very first song was Coolio's 1, 2, 3, 4 (Sumpin' New). The very first one! The odds of that happening are 1 in 3090 (the number of songs we currently have in our music directory). It's like winning the lottery, but without the financial gain.

And yes, Sophie did indeed dance to Coolio. And Joan Osbourne. And Journey. We'll see if she likes Korn.

First trip to the dentist and more pics

Helping with the laundry

Sophie helps Daddy fold his socks into Tribble-like balls