Grey Cup Day 2019

November 24, 2019

It was Grey Cup day again – this year the Hamilton Tiger Cats vs the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The boys arrived at 9 Lambert after celebrating Karine’s Dad, Aurel’s birthday with a pizza lunch and an afternoon swim at the Wave Pool. Sam and Karine looked at some family photos and a recipe book with decorated cookies -  next year we may try the football cookies.  Barbara had baked the Tiger Cats football cake. David enjoyed working on puzzles and a Christmas sticker book for a while and Sam rested and watched some TV.  Papa tested out his Great Grandfather, Samuel Bowman’s chair (Cousin Bruce had said he wanted the chair to go to our Samuel Bowman). Grandpa picked up some Chinese food and we all settled in to watch the game. Not a good game for our team.  The boys enjoyed a bit of football passing before going home.

The Boys Go Flying and Birding

Saturday, November 9, 2019

There was a beautiful sunrise this Saturday morning  The boys and Boots came over to 9 Lambert for a visit. It was near lunchtime and David suggested tomato soup which he and Grandpa made.  The boys also enjoyed some leftover Hallowe’en chips and “Scaries” (Smarties).

They had brought over a large book full of paper airplanes to make.  This entertained them for awhile.  Then they wanted to test their new flying creations outside.  Some flew up high and had to be rescued.

After the flying practice, Grandpa suggested a trip to the Rideau River at Adawe Bridge  to do some birding.  On the way there we stopped so the boys could get some poppies to wear for the upcoming Remembrance Day. At the bridge, Sam quickly spotted some Ring-billed Gulls, Mallards and a large Black-backed Gull which flew off.  We hiked across the bridge and birdwatching was quickly replaced by tree climbing when the boys discovered a large “climbing” tree by the water.  The ducks seemed to be closer to the other side of the water so we re-crossed the bridge.  Besides more Mallards, Sam used binoculars and got good views of a Common Merganser, a Harlequin Duck and some Goldeneye, including the rare Barrow’s Golden Eye.

Grandpa gave each boy 75¢ @ 25¢ per bird for their 3 new-to-them bird sightings.