Spencer at 11, Ryan at almost 7

Spencer turned 11 this past Friday.  I wanted to document a few observations.  Firstly, he has become very interested in the last 2 weeks in learning guitar.  I have now given him my old guitar (purchased in about 1980 - an Ovation Applause).  I have shown him some simple 2-3 note chords...and he seems to really like it.  And then a while back he started piano lessons (Sep 2007  ish).  Just today I showed him how to play a few simple 3 note chords in the Piano so he could play the Coldplay song "The SCientist" from the songbook I purchased for his birthday.  Amazingly he has already figured out how to play the entire song this way.  I am impressed, and happy for him since he enjoys music so much.

Spencer is now in his second year of hockey and really enjoys playing goalie.  He played a key playoff hame yesterday against his friend Mathew's team and Spencer's team won 2-1.

The winter this year has been one where we have seen a great deal of snow.  Since Friday night we received something like 30 or more cm of snow.  It snowed on Friday night, and then most of Saturday.

Ryan has been a busy bee again lately.  His latest interest is playing Runescape on the PC.  He is doing very well at school and enjoys his teacher (Mrs. Cheyne) and his classmates.  We are happy that he is comfortable and learning.  Ryan is so full of interest in making and collecting things and is very engaged with his physical world.  We love him dearly.

I am sitting here Sunday night on March 9 and the Sunday ritual is underway...the boys watching "America's Funniest Home Videos" - something they have enjoyed for the past couple of years.