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During the winter of 2002-2003, Matthew learned that if you mix food colouring and snow, you get coloured snowballs! This was, of course, an important discovery in his life. |
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Winter 2002-2003: Matthew and David are busy constructing their Fortress of Solitude. |
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Two of Matthew's friends visiting in May 2003: Ryan and another boy named Matthew. |
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This is Patrick. He was Matthew's best friend in kindergarten, but his parents moved out of town. |
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David watching TV |
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This is Matthew at his 2003 school graduation. He's the one in the red shirt around the middle of the picture. |
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This is David at his 2003 school graduation. He's the one in the denim overalls near the middle of the picture, front row. To his left is his friend Matthew Burke (in the red shirt). |
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This is David and his cousin Morgen in the summer of 2003. They're decorating a cake for David's 5th birthday celebration. |
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David and his two cousins Morgen and DJ, at my in-laws' house in the summer of 2003. |
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This is Rebecca (on the left) and her old high-school friend Barb Liedtke, along with her daughter Ashley. She came to visit during David's 5th birthday get-together at my in-laws' house. |
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Again, this time with Morgen present. |
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And this is Matthew, having built a makeshift toy gun out of bits of toy 3D-puzzle blocks. My in-laws don't seem to like having toy guns around the house, but Matthew finds a way :) |
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David and Rebecca on the couch at my in-laws' house. David is starting to develop a habit of making goofy faces for the camera, as you can see. |
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This picture is back home, with the boys on the swing in the backyard. |
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Fuzzy on the lawn! Everyone loves Fuzzy. |
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This is David's birthday party back home (from his perspective, that's the nice thing about having in-laws who live hundreds of kilometres away; he gets to have two birthday parties). In attendance are some friends from school as well as the kids of an old high-school friend of mine who may be lurking somewhere near you. |
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Matthew and David just before Christmas 2003. As usual, David has a crazed, maniacal expression on his face. |
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Take two. Now both of them look just a little bit goofy. |
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Matthew piloting his Go-Kart around the track.
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Matthew waiting for another turn. They really do grow up so fast ...
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David and me! Everyone loves the Go-Karts.
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Matthew getting set to take off again.
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David in his Scouts Canada Beaver uniform! |
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David, still in his Beaver uniform, but packing an Uzi :)
Yes, Matthew has a toy RPG. Mwahahaha ... |
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Matthew drawing on our little toy standup blackboard. |
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Matthew (in the fatigues at right) at the school Halloween event. |
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David in his Jango Fett costume. |
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Me in my inflatable Sumo Wrestler costume. |
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Fuzzy, wondering why everybody's in costume. |
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David at the zoo. |
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All of us, again at the zoo, posing for a picture near a mockup African straw hut. |
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This was also taken at the zoo, in some kind of petrified tree exhibit. |
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The boys sitting on top of the same exhibit. |