Mandala

Clay and Justin visited the UBC Anthropology Museum this afternoon. Clay was facinated by the Tibetan monks making mandalas (sand paintings).



It is amazingly delicate and intricate work.


Clay even got a chance to practice making his own mandala.

Nana & Grandpa visit Vancouver

Clay loved spending time with his grandparents last weekend. We went to Granville Island and Clay searched for water beetles and minnows. Unfortunately, they all seemed to be hibernating for the winter. Double unfortunately, Clay slipped on a rock and fell in the pond up to his knees.


Clay spent over an hour playing and jumping in the ball palace at the Kids Market.

Clay and Cora's cooking party

Clay and Cora's new favorite outdoor activity is making "stew." They fill buckets with water and then carefully add dirt, grass, leaves, and herbs, stirring and "tasting" as they go. Its really quite adorable! In this photo, Clay found a large mushroom in the grass and is excited to add it to his pot.

Halloween

We started off the day at the UBC Botanical Gardens Halloween Party. Charlotte was a fairy.


Cora was a fairy too. Don't ask me why Clay does this with his lips in photos.


Baby TJ managed to get a box of nerds open, and Clay, Cora, and Charlotte helped him eat them.


Little Lilly was the cutest ladybug ever!


Since Clay was a dragon, I decided to be the paperbag princess. Any Munsch fans out there?


We went to the fall fair at our church. Clay loved the bouncy castle, the nature walk, and the face painting.


After an hour of trick-or-treating, Clay was ready to hand out candy. He was surprisingly willing to hand out the candy he had collected after our candy ran out.


We had over 400 trick-or-treaters, and I absolutely loved seeing all the costumes and chatting with my neighbors. Living in UBC family housing, Halloween is the most community focused holiday event.

Afternoon at the beach

The forecast calls for rain for the next couple days so we enjoyed some outdoor time at the beach this afternoon. Catherine, Cora, and Charlotte came with us. Much to Clay's dismay, the girls were not interested in looking for crabs.

Charlotte freaked out whenever Clay came near her with a crab


Cora was nervous, but more tolerant


Home again, home again, jiggety, jig