Random Tidbits- More Canada and Bending it like Beckham

For those of you who didn't think my last blog was too long, namely Grandma, here's two (okay three...well maybe four) more pictures from our Canada trip. The rest of you can feel free to let your eyes glaze over, read your scriptures, whatever :)!

On our last day I had to use up our coins because the bank will not exchange coin, only paper currency. With our loonies and toonies ($1 and $2 coins) we hit the "Loonie Plus Store." Yes, there were plenty of loonies shopping there. We invested $1.50 in a pirate eye patch, pirate compass, and pirate telescope. The pirate earring was confiscated and never to be heard from again. Rowan loves dressing up and we proceeded to wander various stores with our mini pirate looking for treasure.



And of course, my glorious poutine. I couldn't refrain from eating it, so there isn't much left. Blame it on pregnancy cravings I guess.


Rowan got to discover his inner biker on Grandpa's bike. He seemed to like it better off than on though- too noisy.


This week Rowan participated in his first soccer class at the local rec center. I didn't really know what to expect considering the sad athletic abilities of his parents, but overall I was happy. He didn't scream, cry, or throw a tantrum like some of the kids did. But he also wasn't into the whole kicking aspect of soccer which doesn't really bode well if this continues to be his sport of choice. Mostly he just carried the ball around. A couple of times he kicked it and even attempted to make a goal, so definite progress was made. At one point he seemed more interested in being the goalie than trying to compete for the ball with the other kids and I can't really blame him. A stampede of 3 year olds is never a pretty sight. But, I was pleasantly surprised since Steven and I haven't taught him much about sports at all. Hopefully this will encourage us to take him over to the church gym over the winter months and teach him what little we do know.