The emergence of Mad Max

It used to be that he smiled pretty for the camera.  Now, in a classic case of zygomatical overexertion, when asked to say 'cheese' Smiley Emmett scrunches his face and becomes Mad Max.  Just in time for picture day at daycare.  Great.

 

Emmett at 36 months

Apple launches the bigger, lighter iPhone5. Gas prices spike across Canada. U.S. warships are dispatched to Libya after a deadly attack on the consulate. Hurricane Leslie cleanup kicks into high gear in Newfoundland. Bill Cosby shares his sweater love online. And Emmett turns three.

It was so much easier getting this shot when he was little...

  

...and so it is time to start measuring his height on the wall. 

 

 All 3' 3'' of him. (yes, he takes after his parents. NBA contract, here we come)

He marked his third birthday by spending the day with his Auntie Clare, first at the zoo, and then over to Rocky's Burger Bus for lunch. His favourite dinner (taco pie) and Lightning McQueen ice cream cake rounded out the day, followed by presents.

Happy 3rd Birthday little one.

 ("Mommy, I not little one! I a BIG boy!)

Birthday bowling

Take five kids under the age of five.
Throw them into bowling shoes.
Give them a bowling ball.
You've got Emmett's third birthday party. Also known as Chaos.

 The birthday boy (in his Batman costume, circa 1978) rolls the first ball

 Ramps and guardrails for the gutters ensure the little people hit at least one pin. 

 Shoes. As small as size 5.

But the highlight of the day was discovering Lightning McQueen on his DQ ice cream cake. He was so excited he couldn't blow out all his candles in one breath.

Shoe Shopping

Camping in K-country

Gluttons for punishment, Emmett's parents decide to pack up their two year old for two nights in the mountains in a tent. Memories of his first camping trip in Waterton still haunted them, but they were determined to expose Emmett to all that life in the wilderness has to offer - not showering for two days, hiking, peeing in an outhouse, sleeping on the ground, building a fire, throwing rocks in the lake, and more. It was a delightfully successful trip, and ever since, Emmett has been asking when StranMcCann will be camping again...

Getting ready for s'mores

 

Not a surprise - Emmett devoured his first s'more, and asked for more.

The little people keeping warm on a frosty August morning while waiting for pancakes

It took all of seven minutes...

...for Emmett to pass out on the way home.

Here's the scoop

Emmett's dad sources out a local 100 year-old convenience store complete with ice cream counter, and Emmett sources out his first-ever ice cream cone.  Much to his dad's dismay, apparently the days of the $1.00 kiddie cone are long gone.

 

Bronze is the new gold

As a tribute to Team Canada and its impressive heap of bronze medals at the London Olympics, Emmett competes in the Playground Triathlon (climbing-sliding-rockthrowing) and generates a bronze medal of his own...