Snowmen & Stickies Here in Calgary

Just as snow accumulates on a rooftop or a patio table, the passing of the winter months leaves a stack of unpublished photos on my mobile phone. Some of these pictures are too good to leave untouched, so here they are. Despite the bitter cold, Scotty always desperately wanted to go play outside. These are a few of his adventures on the days when the wind chill was bearable.


This is Scotty's first snowman, which he made with his mom in the backyard in January. He has always enjoyed doing the actions to the snowman song, so he was quite excited to see a real snowman in action.


Actually, his actions to the snowman song were limited to the "small, small, small" part. He would start out kneeling in a little ball on the floor and never stand up for the "tall, tall, tall" part.


Scotty loves eating "Stickies" (marshmallows) with his "Baba" (Grandpa). He could probably eat a whole bag if he was left to his own devices.


Even in the winter time there were days warm enough to go outside, jump on the trampoline and roast marshmallows. Usually, as soon as we arrive at R's parents' place, he makes a bee-line for patio doors, calling out for Grandpa to come "jump".


About a week ago we went out for a walk together from Crescent Heights down across the Center Street Bridge. Scott loves any chance to stroll and feel independent. He was quite enthralled with the lions that stand guard over the bridge.


A good shot of the iconic Calgary Tower framed in the archway:


This particular trip was capped off by a visit to Peter's Drive-in for burgers, shakes and fries. Currently, I prefer a strawberry-oreo combination, but in the past my favourite was chocolate-butterscotch-marshmallow. I think Scott would approve of any beverage that had a "sticky" in it.