Buddy Wasisname

Last night we went to the local Arts and Culture Centre to see Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers These guys are icons in Newfoundland and the place was packed.  They trio sing traditional Newfie songs, play piano accordians, mandolins and guitar, tell jokes and perform skits.  We were warned that we wouldn't understand a word but much to our surprise we understood most of it and could laugh at all the jokes.  Most of the songs and jokes were about Newfoundland and the Newfoundland way of life; moose, duck hunting, salt beef, codfish and their funny accent.   It was a great night.

Halloween Preparation

This weekend we went shopping for Halloween!  There are three aisles of costumes, decorations and trick or treat loot at Walmart which appears to be moving fast, we didn't want to miss out.  Top of the list was an inflatable decoration for the front yard.  Would you believe we found a 7ft inflatable pirate ship with three skeleton pirates on it?  Straight into the cart it went!

We also bought a pumpkin carving kit, pumpkin stencils, a battery operated pumpkin saw, flickering pumpkin lights, black cat solar lights, spider webs, spider web lights, a ghoul for the front door, gargoyle trellis for the garden and a big pumpkin shaped bowl for our trick or treat bags.  For our trick or treat bags we have two boxes of 100 chocolate bars, gum and popping candy, plus rubber rats, glow in the dark skeletons, spider rings and plastic flies. 

I think we are ready for our second Halloween in Lab City!

Cooper's First Day of School

Cooper started school today! He is in Kindergarten at AP Low primary school in Labrador City.  There are 16 kids in his class and his teacher's name is Mrs Buckley.  Steve and I both took Cooper to school today, he sat at the table and was happy for us to leave.  Well done Coops!

Cooper and Gavin, very excited on the first day of school

Cooper at school



Waiting at our bus stop - Nadia, Cooper, Mia, Georgie, Andrew, Gavin, Jack, Brock & Luke!