Halloween & Weekend of Wildlife

Oh What a large head you have Beaver J!

For Halloween this year Beaver J found a great Jack Skellyton costume at the Disney store which he absolutely loved. Theses are the pictures from the Grade One students’ parade in the gymnasium. All in all I think that it was a wonderful day for all of the children and that they each enjoyed an afternoon of fun activities.

Later that evening Jack and his side kick Pablo the Penguin from the Backyardigans went out trick-or- treating. The weather was wonderful so there were lots of happy trick-or-treaters out and about collecting far more candy than is necessary! : )

Pablo the Penguin from the Backyardigans!

Weekend of Wildlife

The first weekend in November we headed off to Kimberly for a relaxing weekend. On the drive DaddyJ and I saw more wildlife on the side of the road then I have seen in my whole life totalled together. Ironically the only time that we got near one was in the last two kilometres of the 300+km drive where DaddyJ slammed on the breaks as a deer leapt out from in between two houses!

Big Horned Sheep from RadiumOur Hotel Suite The View from the balcony to the Magic Carpet, T-Bar and Chairlift

The famous Hot Tub of several hours of enjoyment for the little J's!
Eating Breakfast

Later this day we would drive into nearby Cranbrook where on the way we would spot a small brown bear digging up grub from a tree ten feet from a house on the outskirts of Kimberly! Most unfortunately we did not have the camera in the car to snap his picture. We will know better next time.
We would also luck out and see a pickup truck come to a screeching halt just in time to pickup a road kill deer before the little J's saw it on this same drive to Cranbrook.

Deer below our windows on our last morning

On our drive home we continued to encounter wildlife. While stopping for a very cold picnic and playground date in Radium we encountered a herd of Big Horned Sheep. In the middle of snapping these photos from the comfort of the car it occurred to me that I should make sure Daddy J was ready to gun the engine if one of them started charging the rental car! As you can image the little J's found he abundance of wildlife to be a fantastic part of the trip.

Winter is coming and it is not really picnic season any longer!

This was a wonderful week in the life of the 4J's, a true adventure from Halloween through our Wildlife trek to Kimberly. The kids had a great time and we highly recommend our great hillside hotel https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/yqeri-residence-inn-kimberley-trickle-creek/ if you are heading out to Kimberly ski season or not!

Best Wishes Always,

MommyJ