Jason's first skateboard

Jason got his first skateboard today or so he thought. We all trekked off to the great Glebe garage sale this morning. We weren’t on a mission, unlike previous years, so we arrived at the leisurely hour of 8:30 a.m.. This is a huge garage sale – think thousands of people in a large neighbourhood. Some streets are barely passable for pedestrians let alone cars. Anyway, we got Jason a large bucket of dinky cars and we all saw that there was a small skateboard in as well – kind of Playmobile size. We were puzzled that he didn’t ask for any of the (real) skateboards we saw for sale but whatever, we were just happy that he was happy. Tonight, when we went for a walk, he proudly brought his skateboard out the front door, down the driveway and then put it on the ground and tried to get on. We were amazed and his face said that even he realized something was awry. Basically he couldn’t grasp the scale of the situation (him – big; skateboard – miniature). He tried a half dozen times to ride it and accepted his failure well.

Keira Jill also had a big today today. After the garage sale, we headed out to the Odawa pow wow. Keira has a ribbon dress that we made her and a jingle string so she was ready to dance. We “danced” (her walking holding my hands) a whole bunch of intertribals (non-competitive dances where everybody can join), and then she (and I) also danced the “Tiny tots” portion. She was great. She loves the drumming and the dancing and regalia, particularly any regalia that includes feathers. The best part was that after the Tiny Tots, we walked off the pow wow circle to find Jason who said he was so proud and they gave each other a hug and a kiss. These kids are so amazing in their love and devotion to each other. Keira walked across the dining room tonight to Jason’s waiting arms and I don’t think she would have done it for anybody else!

Pow wow pictures and other to be posted in near future…