We’ve got a Swimmer!

Family Life, Photon

Photon swimming

photon and jazz fight over stickPeter Just last week, Laura and I were wondering if Photon was ever going to be a swimmer. She had ventured into the water at the cottage a few time, but never beyond chest high (maybe six inches). Even when offered a 30-goose dinner not far away.

One week later, we just look silly.

We started throwing sticks into the water, farther and farther, and in the waves she happily went from walking to swimming. It didn’t hurt that her pal Jasmine was there to compete for sticks, and so Photon just opened her engines up and plunged in. Within a day, she was addicted.

Now all we have to worry about is Photon going in the water when we don’t want her to. 🙂

Photon bounding in the water

Cornerstar Gaslactica

Family Life, Thoughts & Musings

Peter So a couple of weeks ago we were decompressing at the cottage, enjoying some DVD sets loaned to us by friends: Reid loaned us the second season of Battlestar Galactica, and Erik loaned us the first and second seasons of Corner Gas (to make sure we’d seen all of them). (Thanks everybody!)

I blame a vacation after a stressful and deadline-filled spring, but at some point, we started getting distracted by how similar the voices and manners of Corner Gas’s Oscar and BSG’s Colonel Tighe were. Then we realized that every character in BSG has a corresponding Corner Gas character.

And from there, it was all downhill, as we were suddenly putting new lyrics to the Corner Gas tune over a sink full of suds and dirty dishes.

Cornerstar Gaslactica cast

Sung to the Corner Gas theme, Not A Lot Goin’ On:

You can tell me that machines made by man
Blew up your worlds and that they have a plan
And now you search for Earth
In a fleet of old tin cans…

There seems to be a lot goin’ on
Every second person’s a Cylon
Not to mention that psychotic blonde
And the plot just keeps goin’ on and on…

Tamo

Family Life, Jon

Jon and Tamo playing Wii

Peter Tamo was in town for 24 hours on a stopover as he heads down to Chile to snowboard during their winter. Just enough time to hang out, dine on the Danforth and compete fiercely on the Wii.

Jon and Tamo playing more Wii
Tamo realizes Jon’s playing style isn’t so random

At the airport I briefed him on Jon’s unorthodox playing style: for instance, in bowling he shakes the controller as though preparing a cocktail, but the ball is generally on target. As Tamo started bowling against Jon, he chatted with us casually. After Jon got two spares in the first two frames, conversation died down as Tamo pulled out his chair, and focused on the game. 🙂 Have fun in Chile, Tamo!

final scores at Wii golf: Tamo, Par; Jon, two over
Jon keeps Tamo sharp in Wii Golf

Camp

Jon

Jon (Now that Jon’s two-week summer daycamp is over we’ve got him back doing journal entries. This was done completely independently; no help from us.—L)

Yesterday was Friday and I had a barbecue. After the barbecue I watched the slideshow in the gym. The slideshow had a lot of pictures. It had music too. When the slideshow was done I had a dance.

Jon