Leap Year Baby

Happy Birthday to our most favourite ten year old. When you only get a birthday once every four years, you gotta celebrate big. So Daddy is 'at a meeting' in Vancouver with Cousin Mike for breakfast, having taken advantage of the WestJet 'leap year babies fly for $16' sale.
He'll be back in time for his big birthday party, complete with hot dogs, orange pop, chips and cake. Seems fitting for a ten year old.

If Chucking was a full medal sport...

...Emmett would own the podium.

While lunching on the patio at the Laughing Bean, Emmett partners with his dad to score high marks for artistic impression and even higher marks for technical merit. Here's how the action played out, in reverse order:

Stargazing in Vancouver

Celebrity sightings are a regular occurrence at the Olympics.

Exhibit A: Mike Reno and Loverboy, in concert at one of the victory ceremonies at BC Place (inset: Emmett's mom givin 'er at said concert)

Exhibit B: John Furlong, CEO of the Vancouver Organizing Committee. Given that Mr. Furlong's stress level was expected to continue red-lining for at least another week, Emmett's dad opted to not ask to have his photo taken with him.

Exhibit C: Emmett, strolling down Robson Street wearing his flashy yellow shades. Almost as if he won a medal in snowboard halfpipe, complete strangers asked if they could take his photo. Here he is with one of his groupies.