We are enjoying wonderfully mild sunny weather in Yarmouth area. Grace and Jasmin are enjoying visiting all Mommy's friends... mostly because every household has at least a cat! This afternoon they got to feed chickens, a duck, a rabbit hound, and a bunny. Other than the dog, the animals were a bit reluctant to show themselves, but the girls were pretty good at being quiet, and saw enough to be content.

Fun snippets:
People have been telling Grace that she was a little baby when they saw her last. She has taken to replying something like this: "Yeah, and I was very quiet then too!"

We were waiting for Daddy to come out of church last night to go home, and we were looking at the stars. (Can see so many more here!) Grace was asking whys about them and then... "Can we make a rocket ship?" "We can make one with paper tomorrow like at school..." "No! A real one. To go visit the stars and see them big."

Some of Grace'smost recent stumper why questions:
Why does everyone have to have a Mommy?
Why does bread make Jasmin sick?
Why does water get slippy when it freezes?
Why can't I hold God's hand?

Do you have good answers?

After a wonderful week in St John's, still we were more than ready to get back to Halifax and our girls. Skype and webcams only fill a little of the hole of missing them. But yesterday rain began and by this morning the fog was thick and hanging low. Hoping against hope that our flight would still be flying, we went to the airport. But, 20 min before we were supposed to fly, we are told the plane in has been diverted to Deer Lake and the flight out is canceled. Disappointment reigns. I can only imagine what it is like at the other end. Home tomorrow? I hope so!

Sunday we went to our Halifax home church - it is good to have such a wonderful church home to come back to! There all are invited to worship "in ways that are real and authentic to you." For some, this includes dancing with flags... Grace and Jasmin thought this was a wonderful way to respond to worship and praise songs!




It was something special to see their delight and watch them respond to the music and words in how they danced waving their flags. And their expressions of serious thoughtful concentration, joy, delight....

Abba and Imma's church had a family fun day this last weekend. Grace had a marvelous time! Made all the more special because she made a new friend:

This picture is from the Saturday pancake breakfast that Abba and Daddy took her to. Mommy and Jasmin didn't go because they can't eat ordinary pancakes and sausages!

Saturday afternoon Mommy took Grace and Jasmin to the sledding activity. Jasmin went down the hill twice and then was content to watch Grace and her new friends go down over and over again. Grace was using a soft saucer of Imma's, and didn't mind the turning around and unsteerableness at all. Mommy really wished she had remembered to take the camera...

In the evening after a sledding induced nap, Mommy and Imma took Grace and Jasmin to the free skate. Grace has been asking to go skating all winter, so Mommy was glad to finally have the chance. Grace was intrigued by the idea of skating inside... a house colder than outside? Don't be silly, Mommy, ice is on rivers not inside... :o)
Once again Jasmin gave it a try and then was content to sit by and watch. Mommy had bought bob skates, and the rink had low enough frames that Grace could give learning to skate a good shot without breaking Mommy's back. By the end of the hour, she could propel herself all the way down the rink and back, her legs working twice as fast as she was going forward. Again, Mommy kicking herself for not bringing the camera!