Hallowe'en 2006

The much anticipated night of the year came and went. Here are some photos of that fateful evening.

The Mummy's Curse

The above picture shows Emma and Sarah Ford knocking on the door of our favourite house in the neighbourhood. This lady is a stage set designer and her house decorations are the solid favourite with all the kids in the neighbourhood. If you look closely at the hideous Mummy you will see a snake coming out of the Mummy's belly with treats nestled in the snakes Jaw. This of course sends chills up and down the spines of many a trick or treater.

The Haunted Farquhar Mansion

As always, the Farquhar women were not to be out done by the Mummy lady and decorated their own haunted mansion. You can see the absolutely horrifying grave yard illuminated by the luminescent bones.

3 Amigos

Lauren (was a dryer), Laura (CowGirl) and Katie (washer) had a great time. Katie however was quite sore by the end of the evening after walking around as a washing machine for most of the evening. You can't really see if too well but if you look closely her the door to the washing machine was where her candy bag was stashed. The top panel of the washing machine is decorated with life like knobs including details about the settings for each knob. I think we have a future stage set designer. Look out Mummy Lady!!

Exterior View of the Mummy Lady's House

Mr. Mime

Here you see Alan in his mime costume. He went to work dressed as a mime and accompanied Sarah on their neighbourhood jaunt.

Alyssa Ford Ghoulish Delight

You In Da Club

Instilling fear in the hearts of young trick or treaters, Fordicas, Todd and Farquhar were in their element dressed as Rappers. Sarah Farky is sporting a Bling around her neck and each Rapper has a painted on Goatee. Miss Todd looks the part as an emasciated Rapper with the skeletal cheek bones. Instead of shouting "Trick or Treat" when they got to the door they would chant a rap tune.

Would You Look At This Pumpkin!!

Take a look at the intricate carving of this pumpkin. This is a Harry Potter character known as Hagrid, hunched over and holding a candle. I was so amazed at this piece of artwork that I asked the owner how he managed to achieve such a feat. He indicated that the carving was done with a power scroll saw.

6th Annual Father-Daughter Camping Trip - Pinery Provincial Park

This event is one of the most anticipated events of the year as the famous father-daughter camping trip took place at Pinery Provincial Park. Every year we hold this event on the 2nd weekend in September and it has become a really fun tradition for all the families. This was the second time we'd been to the Pinery and the girls were looking forward to exploring the dunes and getting in some swimming.

The Trek to the Beach

Dunescape

Climbing the Dunes is Tough on the Calves

On Saturday we played a rousing game of Jailbreak. In this game the fathers were the jailers and the girlies were the jailbirds. We also went on a
bike and hike to the Riverside Trail. Here we were intrigued to find the park rangers doing bird banding in order to understand the migratory patterns of some of the birds at the Pinery. The rangers had set up nets near the shore of the Ausable River which runs through the Pinery. The nets were light nylon nets. Once the birds flew in they would drop into a safe nylon pouch. We met 2 volunteers who were extricating the birds from the nets and taking them to be banded and measured.

This kept the girls very intrigued for the better part of an hour as the bird experts measured their wings, body fat and identified their type. There were Thrashers, Warblers and a little bird called a Wilson which when held on its back would remain stationary. Sarah Farquhar tested this out when the little Wilson was ready to be released, the ranger put the bird into Sarah's hand on its back. It stayed there resting for 1/2 a minute. What a thrill for Sarah to hold this little yellow bird for that long before letting it go.

Caroline Practices Kayaking

Daddy This Water Is Cold!

Brianna Enjoys Playing In The Waves

Girls On Film

Sarah Fee Relaxing On the Beach

Mary Tries Body Surfing

Beach Beauties

Pablo Doing Yoga

Ghost Stories

One of the annual traditions at the father daughter is for each family to come up with a blood-curdling ghost story. Although this year was the best yet as each family had to research and come up with the best ghost story they could think of. Jim Kerr had us all on the edge of our seats with a thrilling rendition of Stephen King's "The Shining".
 

Preparing for Ghost Stories with Healthy snackfood

 
Sarah Acts One Out
Sheppys


We Went For Dip N Dots @ Bests





Sarah, what are you doing opening a milk carton, this is a Coke Commercial


Open Your Eyes John

  
Monster Group Shot

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Emily's 16th birthday video