Jacob at school

This is my classroom where I do the Strong Start program. Misty (the one giving Jacob some cheese in the pic below) cares for Jacob when I am working, and 2 mornings a week she takes Jacob and her 2 kids to my school.

Jacob likes playing in the water table, and he sure is turning into a little artist. I have paintings all over my fridge. I love that I can work and still be able to spend time with Jacob. He is a little clingy sometimes, especially at circle time, but he is usually good about going with Misty when I cant be with him.

Our house

Finally, here are some pictures of our house. I can't believe that we have been living here for over 3 months, and in Fort Nelson for almost 7. We are enjoying our time here. Even though it has been snowing all day, it does not feel super cold. I've been told that a dry cold is much more tolerable. I didnt believe it till now.

This pic was taken from the living room looking into the dining room and kitchen.

Jacob playing "broom, broom" in his room.

this is our bedroom.

The house has 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a full unfinished basement. My hope is to put a nice playroom downstairs, but we'll see if that ever happens!

Northern Living

So we finally figured out how to work our new computer and get some pictures on it. We are not the most technological people. I will do posts more often now that we have figured this out.

So, I wanted to show everyone what we woke up to this morning. Can you believe it? A snowstorm in September! It is not super cold yet, so this snow is very wet. I just hope it doesn't stay. I was hoping for at least one more month of fall.

Jacob was not sure about all the snow, but he seemed to have a good time exploring it. And yes, he can move in his gigantic snowsuit. We have 8 months of winter here. It has to fit him until April.

Sorry about the blur!
I just realized that I have not yet posted any pictures of our house. I will try and do that very soon.

We're settled

Hello Everyone,
It has been a while since I last did a post. We were in the Okanagan for 2 weeks and now we are trying to get settled into our new home. We have almost everything organized now, and it is starting to feel like home. The only painting I did was in Jacob's bedroom. It was a very dark blue and I painted it green. It looks much better. It is so nice moving into a newer home because there is very little that we have to do to it. The basement is unfinished, so we will eventually do stuff down there, but it is not necessary at this point.
I would post some pictures for you all, but my camera is being fussy and not letting me get them onto the computer. I will keep trying though.
We are really starting to enjoy living up here in the North. We are making friends, and have been to a few barbeques already. I am thinking of having a house warming party next weekend. All you in the Okanagan are invited!!!!!!!!!! I wish you could all come and see our new home. If anyone ever feels like checking out the Northern part of our province, you are welcome to stay with us.
I've got Jacob enrolled in gymnastics next week. I will let you know how that goes. I will try and get some pics of that too. Should be fun.
Hope everyone is well. We'll be back in the Okanagan in 2 weeks. Make sure the weather is nice for us!
Love you all.

I turned my back for 2 minutes.

So, I was doing something in the living room yesterday and wasnt watching what Jacob was doing. I could hear that he was in the bathroom, but I figured he was just playing with his soap bottle as usual. When I went to go get him, this is where I found him.

He must have climbed up onto the toilet, then onto the counter. Needless to say, I keep the bathroom door closed at all times now. I dont even want to think about what would have happened if he had fallen down.

Northern Beach Party!

Today we went over to a friends house for a "beach" birthday party. It was really just a pool on the deck, but when you live somewhere without a swimmable lake in sight, you have to improvise. It was a bit of a cool day today, so the pool was filled with warm water.Jacob went in the water long enough to get his clothes wet, then decided that was enough. He had a fun time playing with the kids and eating birthday cake.
One of the moms brought a blow up jumping room. Jacob went in and jumped for about 10 seconds, then wanted out. Here he is wanting to get out, but I had to get a picture first.

Can't wait to go to the real beach when we are home in a week!

We are having lots of fun with our new friends though. We get together a couple times a week, and they all seem really nice.

Happy Canada Day

Even though the weather was miserable, our small town still put on a Canada Day Parade. We went with some friends of ours, and the kids got so much candy. Jacob got 2 freezies and a pocket full of candy. Some kids got bag fulls. He was so cute copying the other kids and picking up the candy off the ground.

I was all set to spend at least an hour watching the parade. That is what I am used to from the Peach fest parade. We had our chairs set up, I had snacks ready for Jacob, and the thing lasted about 10 minutes. After that we put Jacob down for a nap, then there was a free community barbeque that was moved to an empty warehouse because of the weather. We then went over to friends house and had a few drinks and pizza. It is so nice to have friends and just hang out somewhere besides our apartment. Jacob enjoyed playing with the kids, although he did get pushed and bumped his head on the corner of the door jam. He got a major goose egg on his forehead and the boy's mom felt so bad. The boy is almost 2, so I understand it is a wonderful characteristic of terrible twos. Today Jacob's head has a small scratch, and is barely bruised. He heals quickly.

We have had such terrible weather here. I cant believe it is July and we are all wearing pants and jackets. I cant wait until we come home in 2 weeks.

Today we went to a Regional Park that is about a half hour south of town. Jacob loves to be outside, so even though the weather was not great, we took him to play at the lake. Jacob had fun throwing rocks and sticks into the water. This lake is not swimmable, but it would be a nice place to have a picnic and a fire.