Mother Daughter Fishing Trip

Maia and I start to reel in our little fish
This takes a very long time - so the fishing guide takes over so I can get some more pictures

look at the pretty little fish

yup, that's a 6' long sturgeon

Maia thinks it's pretty cool that this is her first fish

Cirkids Spring Break Show

Maia and her Grandparents

Top of Grouse Mountain, winter 2007/8

Maia discovers her past

Di was doing a story about genealogy and found a bit of her personal history in the Fraser Valley community of Maple Ridge. So a short road trip to the small museum there. And we find her great-whoever's wedding dress. Way cool. One of Di's ancestor's was Mayor there for awhile.

Fun at Science World

Don't move


I (Ev) was one of the lucky parents who got to escort 20 kids on public buses to Science World this spring. Lots of fun with the kids from Maia's school

Fall has... fallen?

Grade One, Sixth B-day, Two Lost Teeth

The Tooth Fairy is coming tonight!

A day with the RCMP

Who wouldn't love the chance to run the lights and sirens?

or check out the back seat?

or get cuffed while waiting to be processed?

then get your mugshot taken.

and who wouldn't love to check out just how comfortable lock-up really is?

One of the benefits of having a mummy who writes, is that you get to do the things that most kids just dream about...
Maia and her friend Louis got to meet one of the RCMP officers I did my ride-along with. They got the full experience and a few stickers.

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At Whistler with Rhiannon

Is she really almost 6??

Maia's summer so far

Mini golf on Vancouver Island

Richmond Night Market

The Cat in the Park

With Denise and Helen when they (and Evelyn) visited from Qatar)

Sports Day

The whole school warms up. The schoole is divided into colour coded teams. Maia is yellow.

Maia's sweet little class.

A couple of her 'best' friends

Tossing the ball at the snowman sprint

I remember Long Jump and Sprints - with maybe a three-legged race thrown in for fun. Maia's school believes in obstacle courses and team work.

Maia Bags the Stawamus Chief

She scaled ladders of great height

climbed chains that caused fright

Neared the top well before night

She danced

and yelled with delight.

On May 13, 2007 Maia saw her dream to make it to the top of the Stawamas Chief come true. The 93 million year old granite mololith soars over 650 meters straight up - making it the second tallest granite face in the world. The hike is about 7km return - and Maia rocked. When we got down she tucked into the largest chocolate-covered-strawberry-waffle-bowl-sunday that Dairy Queen had to offer. She stopped, with a tablespoon remaining. and offered us a bite.

The Skip-et craze

I'm not sure I've got the spelling correct, but this toy has taken Emily Carr Elementary's kindergarten by storm. At least 4 kids have them in this class of 15 by my count. We gave in to peer pressure - but Maia paid for it with her money. (Mental note - roll the hundreds of dimes before we get to store)