Findlay's Playhouse

Where you been?

I'm just going to blame this on you, my two to three readers.

I would have posted, but I got busy.

I would have put up pictures--- but see above...

New Pictures from Halloween, and all's well here. There's snow on the ground, and we're getting ready for the interior of the house to get painted starting Monday.

Cheers!

ps. Did you know Santa's coming soon? Molly sure does!

Long Time No Talk

Yes, it's true I did get a little freaked out by Kate's little episode in late July.

Fortunately, reasonable heads have prevailed and I'm back. If people are so bored that they can even FIND my blog and then they think my life is interesting enough to borrow from, the need a therapist.

We've had a fun month. Trip to Nova Scotia for a week and trip to Ontario for a week, moving into our new house, and trying to enjoy the 5 days of summer Calgary has received.

It snowed in Kananaskis this weekend-- this is not a lie.

Check out the new pics.

Molly rides Gracie the pony!

Riding Gracie the Pony from Andrew Robson on Vimeo.

Whither art thou, Blogger?

We've been busy. We've moved house. We've packed boxes. We've unpacked boxes. We've run through sprinklers and walked the dog (not enough).

And, I've been struggling with what to do with the danged blog. I like keeping you all up to date. I dislike having my private life public- even a little bit.

Now, after reading what's happened to my sister, I'd say this thing's about dead. Those of you who we know/love/like/miss will get an email with private access passwords to the blog, our pictures and videos.

I am DONE having my life out there for the public to peruse, pervert or steal. In all likelihood this doesn't happen to a simple site like this one, but I love my family far too much to take that risk.

Sayonara, general public!

Findlay's Playhouse is on the move

That is, where he plays is MOVING.

Yep, I have been busy. As has Christy, and so has Molly. We decided spontaneously 3 weeks ago to buy a house, but they wouldn't sell it to us until we sold ours. So, we listed ours and sold it in 36 hours, and just to prove how much we wanted a house-- we bought a different house!

There will be photos, have no fear. Many, many photos.

And lastly-- Molly has her first pair of cowboy boots. Pink, with red stars on them that light up when she walks. Unfortunately for me, the pics that we took in front of the house proove that my struggle with my gut/weight is a loss. The weight is winning. I get stressed, I eat... everything. So, I'll be moving and running and moving and running.

Hello, Dear Reader

So, it's been a while... no posts, no pics, no movies. Kind of a ripoff, eh?

Part of it is, we've been busy. We've had visitors (Gram & Grampa!), we've had rain (for a week, every day), we've just been occupied. Poor excuses, I know.

What are we doing these days? Molly's favourite weekend thing is 'Gymtastics'. She goes with me (Daddy) and we do balance beam, trampoline, somersaults, handstands, and lots of other fun tumbling and rumbling. It's a great setup, and I follow her everywhere to spot her and encourage her through the activities. She loves it! Last weekend we went with spectators (G&G) and had a blast. She was a real show-off.

The 10 days my folks were here were great in so many ways. Fun with them every day, Molly loved talking, playing, showing toys, watching shows, singing songs... the whole deal. The only problem was that of the 10 days, it rained/poured/drizzled for 7 of them! The Elbow River's on flood watch (http://watch.ctv.ca/news/latest/flood-fears/#clip55103) and it's been a craptastic weather week. But, we didn't care much!

Got lots of fun play, lots of little projects, and even managed to catch Ironman and Indiana Jones movies (nice having some babysitters!).

Sorry for the neglect, we're back now!

Update from the last week

Things are more and more fun now that the season's finally changing. The snow is melted. The grass is not green... it's brown and dusty, but it's visible! There is something wrong with the fact that it's the first round of the year in Calgary for me today and it's May 4th!

Last weekend was so much fun. We had Vince come and visit (the GodFather) from Toronto. We went to the zoo brunch, ate like pigs and got to see lots of cool stuff. We got there so early that we were able to help the zookeepers feed the camels, which Molly loved. Then we had chocolate fondue, her first. See pics for the results. It was a big hit. Needless to say, she had some energy to burn off afterwards at the playground.

Then we went over to Canada Olympic Park to see the bobsleds and the ski jump. Instead, we came across a Mini Cooper test drive experience. They had new cars in tents, people driving the cars on a makeshift track in the parking lot, and guitar hero. We invited ourselves in, couldn't drive the cars but we did sit in them, play with them, and pretend. Lots of fun.

It's always fun for Molly when she makes new friends of visitors.

Thanks for coming Vince, and you're all welcome anytime!

Lastly, a couple videos from Florida. We had an awesome waterslide at the pool at our hotel. It was tall, it was fast, and it went around forever before spitting you out. Christy and Molly did it together, and Molly wasn't fazed by the dunking! Also, Molly loves Carousels. Try to find her and Daddy as it goes around! ps. couldn't get the vids to upload properly, when they're ready they'll be here.

Watersliding fun! from Andrew Robson on Vimeo.
The Most Amazing Carousel on Earth from Andrew Robson on Vimeo.

Long time no talk!

First and foremost, I'm done with the pneumonia. That last week before our vacation was really, really hard. Luckily Florida's heat & humidity helped a ton! Well, and I basically kept Molly's schedule. Sleep 10-12 hours a night, and nap a couple hours in the afternoon. By Wednesday I was feeling much better. By Disney I was doing great!

Vacation update-- we flew from here direct to Orlando and drove to Bonita (3.5 hours) for a week with Christy's parents and some well-earned R&R. Then we left Bonita and drove back to Orlando for 4 days at Disney with Marlie.

For now, check out the pics and I'll post more later. Videos too!

We had a great time. It was warm (+30) and sunny almost every day for the first week. Orlando was weird, it went from +30 to +20 overnight and our last day (Tuesday) was +8 in the morning with a high of +15.

Probably just as well, as I type this we have 6 INCHES of snow on the ground and it's supposed to SNOW all weekend. Sweet baby jeebus, when does winter end???

Sick as a dog

I've been neglecting to post here for a bit, mostly because I got myself badly run down while fighting a cold... and got walking pneumonia! Yikes. Apparently getting a cold, travelling to a couple US cities and back, burning the candle at both ends and attending a good buddy's stag can set the body back.

Anyway, all is well up here besides that. Our early spring has turned into a slow-starter. It's snowing as I write this, and the forecast for the next 2 weeks is for below normal temps. Dangit! It's interfering with my golf season!

Lastly, here's Molly babbling away while eating some Shreddies that have been turned into a sort of cream-cheese oreo type deal. Ingredients-- two Shreddies and a drop of cream cheese. Mush together, and presto! A cream-cheese-and-Shreddies-Oreo. YUMMY!

Untitled from Andrew Robson on Vimeo.

Easter Update

By way of trying to keep this current, I'm woefully behind. I suppose I could claim to 'try', but let's be honest... I'm not really trying as hard as I used to. Molly's lots of fun, we had our usual weekend this weekend, just super-extended thanks to Good Friday.

And no, we did not attend Church. Thanks for throwing in a few prayers, those who did!

We went Grocery shopping yesterday morning (a Saturday tradition), ducked into the golf store (she hits putts with a pink putter)- bought nothing, went to Future Shop and got a tiny little point & shoot digital for the days we don't want to carry the bigger one. Hard to pass up, for $200. New pics on the right and new video below are both off the new camera, a Sony CyberShot nominated best buy on consumerreports.com.

Today was fun. We started off the day with Easter Hunt and waffles, then hit the science center when it opened at 10am. From there we came home, ate lunch and then napped. After the nap,it was time for a long walk with Findlay and a trip to the playground. What a day!

Oh yeah, did I mention it was +15 C here today? I hope it stays like this and we move right into spring!

Easter Egg Hunt from Andrew Robson on Vimeo.

Briefly

Once again, I'm just slamming something up here to satisfy you- oh five readers.

We received yet another Molly gift today, Paint accessories all the way from England! It's awesome, Molly loves to paint and wear aprons. It's a splatter mat thing and then and apron. Will she paint? Who knows... her imagination's kicking in, yesterday we pretended to eat ice cream (rocks) and bread (also rocks) in the playground in a windstorm.

Good times. When will winter end exactly? I'm tired of winter.