Sophie boxed in

 

Sophie observes that the content of her treat bag is sorely lacking

 

Sophie makes a trick or treat bag

at Black Creek Pioneer Village 

Still jet-lagged, Dad tries to stay awake ...

 

Charlotte The Tarantula makes her furry way towards David

Creepy Creatures galore at Black Creek Pioneer Village. 

The aftermath of the group hug (see below)!

Hugging someone on the ice definitely has its drawbacks. Sophie observes with interest ... 

Group hug: David greets his buddy, Mathew Monteith

 

Sophie and her skating instructor

 

View from above - David lending Sophie a hand on the ice

 

David takes to the ice

 

How many stickers can you fit on a magic wand?

Where Sophie is concerned, the more the better. 

The eyes have it ... even when they're tired.

 

Making a magic wand is a fiddly business

 

Sophie observes the arrivals at Meg's 5th Birthday Bash

 

Men at work.

 

Critter escape route: Grandad's trouser leg perhaps?

 

It's life, David, but not as we know it ...

David and Grandad investigate life in the underworld and discover some very interesting little critters living in the rotting root system of our ailing pines. 

Grandad and David get to the root of the problem!

 

Here's some firewood, Mummy!

 

David, expert arborist, supervises the extraction.

 

Daddy eliminates an ailing fir tree ...

... honey fungus, insidious black bugs, you name it, it had it. Daddy puts it out of its misery. 

Sophie in a (very) bad mood

 

I just love the

 

David, Sophie and Liam take to the stage!

 

Riina, Jeff, Sophie, Pete and Liam at Black Creek