The Parliament Building Report

Good news! I don't have to drive home. Mom and Dad bought plane tickets for Emma and I to go back to Calgary with Grandpa (and no snow).

Yesterday we went to the House of Commons and saw Question Period AND the Olympic Torch. Barbara Ann Scott was carrying the Olympic torch. It was quite boring. I saw Jack Layton, Stephen Harper, both Speakers of the House, and Gilles Duceppe, and Michael Ignatieff. We had to go through 2 security checks to get into the House of Commons. There were paintings on the ceiling. We were sitting above the Conservative MPs. They were talking mostly about torture and prisoners in Afghanistan. I enjoyed the tour of Parliament better, even though then we didn't get to go into the House of Commons.
Only 14 more days til Christmas! See you then,
Bye.
Nathan

After a month in Gatineau

Salut! (that means 'hi')

1. My birthday. On my birthday we had crepes for breakfast, and played around and read some new books. I got $60 as gifts and went book shopping at Chapters. I bought 3 new books that day. Two days after, a big box arrived. It had a lot of presents from Grandpa, Great-Grandma, and other relatives. In the box there was $15, baby stuff from Kyra, a necklace from Halia, and a lot of clothes and a book from Grandpa!
2. Things we've done here: Went to Chapters (four times!), toured the Parliament buildings, went to Dad's new office, found two new playgrounds, went to Gatineau Park (three times), went to the RCMP barns (and we're going there again tomorrow), went to the Remembrance Day ceremony, and gone swimming at four pools. I have seen three movies at the movie theatre too.
3. The house. Our house is really big, with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a big basement with a fooze ball table and an elliptical cross trainer. There is a backyard with a big shed too. In the front yard there is a porch and a lawn with a tree. My room is fairly big with a large closet and a double bed. There is also a large dresser with a big mirror on it. There is a shelf with coat hooks under it.
4. The things I like about the house. My room - because it has little stained glass pieces of a horse's head and two cats. And, because I don't have to share the room with anyone. The kitchen - because it has a large sliding door so there is lots of light in it. The basement - because there are LOTS of toys.
5. The things we are doing for Christmas. We are not getting a real tree this year. We've cut a tree out of construction paper and taped it to the sliding glass doors. Tonight we are going to decorate it with paper ornaments which we have made. Me and Nathan are going to have store-bought stockings and Mom and Dad are going to use real socks. We've made two kinds of cookies so far. Grandma Joan and David are coming. And me and Grandma are going to try and come up with a song to play together - her on her penny whistle, and me on my new recorder (which I got from Mom and Dad for my birthday).

Bye for now,

Emma

PS - sorry I didn't blog sooner!