Sugar Bush

Last Sunday I took Katherine out to a sugar bush on the other end of town.

Mmmm....pancakes and maple beans...good stuff.


Katherine was scared of the big horses, but still talks about seeing them.


For those of you who remain uninitiated, they do this thing on a bed of finely-crushed ice where they pour some maple-syrup-based-stuff on the ice and give you a Popsicle stick to roll it onto as it cools and solidifies...again, good stuff.




One of Katherine's favourite terms recently has been "taking a lax"...here we are doing so...

Performance

At school (daycare) each class puts together a little performance for the parents/family...about every 4 months or so.

Katherine's first one was a week or so ago. Despite our best efforts to get her attention and encourage her, she remained somewhat awestruck and nervous...as evidenced by her chewing on her hand.

In any case, brilliant stuff...

More singing...

I think Katherine has the "singing" gene from her mom...as completely random as it can seem to be...

Ponytails

The other night, Katherine asked for more than just her usual single ponytail...





...and followed it up with a dynamite version of her ABCs...

Play-Doh Boogers Are Hilarious

Now that I have your attention...

It has been a while, but we've been sick for most of February (Katherine still is) so haven't been taking too many pictures and stuff to share.

Anyway, there have been a few, so here you go...

A few shots of the snow situation on the first of February...

...out the back of the house...


...our the front window...I particularly like the snow drift hanging down off the roof...


Katherine is growing out of her kinda-freaky-smile for the camera and is much more of a performer...




...and more to the point indicated in the title of the post, you can now bear witness to the profound influence that a father has on his daughter...



You may also care to know that Laura is doing well, counting down the weeks (days, really) of work left before baby comes...no doubt looking forward to mitigating the "profound influences" of daddy...