Kyoto Now!

While Canadian "representatives" got to work to derail climate change initiatives in Bali, I decided to take my Big Brother to a rally at the library downtown. My message is simple: KYOTO NOW!Midway through the rally, after David Suzuki spoke, I got so fired up that I told Jeremy to send a text message to Stephen Harper with the words "Kyoto Now". So he did.
All that political activism game me an appetite. So we went to get tacos.

Pirate Ship

Making a pirate ship from megablocks (no, we're still not sponsored by them.)hm... something's missing here...
Hey, that's what being 8 is all about: losing stuff!

and then blowing it up!

Aquarium

It was the aquarium this week beluga whales

jelly fish

weird sea aliens

flying dolphins

and sharks!

Bowling Video

Watch the action from bowling!

Science World

As the winter rains arrive, Sarah (Sweet) Hart , Jeremy, and I visit Science World... give the old folks a chance to learn some stuff.
Like how I'm 8 feet tall...


And have a 200 km/h slap shot...

and that, with a hammer, I'm faster than a speeding bullet...

and don't mess with me when I have a canon...

... the energy coursing through my veins...

that Sarah's too big to fit in a box...

and how good things come to those that give me cookies and hot chocolate!

Blast and Crash, Part II

We played with Hot Wheels Blast and Crash again today... (We're not sponsored by the way.) Anyways, Jeremy won 7-4 but that's ok because I beat him the last time and the last few times we played soccer, and at just about everything else we've done for that matter! Watch the 20-second video that we took:

Squamish Chief

With the Grouse Grind under his belt, Isaac took on the mighty Chief of Squamish. Yep, he's gonna hike to the very top of the cliff (by the trail around the back side).Here's the start... Notice the warning below the word "Caution"... "This is not a walk in the Park!" Does Isaac's expression sum it up, or what?!
With all the fitness that he gained by hiking the Grouse Grind, the Chief trail was no match... sprinting up the stairs (time: 3 min).
Near the top, there was even a ladder to climb. Time: 50 min.
Then open granite climbing. Time: 55 min.
The final approach to the summit with views of Howe Sound and Highway 99 from Vancouver. Time 1 h, 5 min
And the top! Time 1 h, 7 min. That's 16 minutes faster than the Grouse Grind. And he did it without a break this time (at age 8)!
Summit munchkin

Canadians Baseball

Went to see the Vancouver Canadians play baseball. The good guys are in red. It just wouldn't be a ball game without...
COTTON CANDY!!!

gettin' energized!

Lego Star Wars & Hot Wheels

Today, we decided to build a Star Wars Lego space ship. There were about a million pieces.

Here I'm putting the window on. Anakin sits in here.
Now its got the boosters on. It flies on its own!Done! Pretty cool eh?!
Then we played with Hot Wheels. Blast and Crash! See my cars smashing into the driving one?
Carnage!

Grouse Grind

All fired up, Isaac begins the notorious sweaty Grouse Grind on the North Shore. 2800 vertical feet to go and 3 minutes in, Isaac begins asking "are we almost there?"
Half-way of "2/4" in 45 minutes, still trucking along.


Pulling out all the stops, climbing on all fours. 50 minutes along.


Very nearly there... 1 hour and 12 minutes from the bottom.

Tada! 1 hour and 23 minutes... he sped up on the second half! Isaac sends the Grouse Grind at age 8. Next year, he's going to do it even faster.

Pizza Dough

One day, Isaac decided to make pizza for dinner. First, he needed to make the dough. In the end, he did more playing with the dough than kneading. The pizza turned out fine and tasty nonetheless.

Lynn Canyon

We went to Lynn Canyon a while back... Started out by crossing the scary suspension bridge!

Next, we got good and lost... had to climb up a dirt embankment.And we found a hollow tree. I'm inside of it!
Next, we went hiking in the forest, where I found this great big stick! It seemed kind of bored sitting in the forest all alone so I decided to free it.
So I dragged it down the stairs
And set it free in the river.

Vancouver Giants Hockey Game

Way back in mid-winter, when it was still raining really hard, Jeremy and I went to see the Vancouver Giants play. They won by like 5 goals. We were sitting kind of far away. But we had fun anyways.