...it has still only rained once, and we get Monday off

The rain when it did come was like standing under a power shower. Gore tex jacket was fine, cotton trousers, not so fine. I dried off eventually. But that was a week ago! We are in the middle of Labour Day weekend - we get Monday off! Hurray! Adam starts his new job on Wednesday, and we went out for a meal with some of the staff yesterday - a fun bunch. However, I will have to attempt somehow to prevent Adam from spending all of his money in the store, well, less that than prevent him having to hire a container to get it all home!
We finally made Olsen skype contact yesterday after setting up our skype date - it was lovely to start the day with them and with Wendy. Adam is hopefully setting up a pay skype account, so that we can make some home phonecalls to those without it. We then went out to Kitsilano beach. We saw all sorts, but perhaps the strangest thing was the man sitting on a park bench with a boa on his shoulders. It brings a whole new meaning to the concept of  'walkies'.
By popular demand, please see below for a fish bubble in the process of being created:

 I'd love to add some of the snazzy underwater photos we took today at the Second Beach pool, well, mine were snazzy. Adam's were of himself pulling faces. However, I have absolutely not got a clue where the required wires are for Adam's camera are. Or where his camera is. We tidied up over the last few days, consequently, we can no longer find anything. Life, I guess!
We will endeavour to capture some completely 100%, guaranteed, not faked-at-all photos of Adam using his skate longboard over the next few days. He doesn't quite so much like a seven year whose Christmasses have all come at once now, but stopping and a small turning circle are still to be mastered. He has, however, developed a natty ability to persuade me to 'help' him up hills by pushing him! A brief sojourn in the local skate park (which has an absolutely spiffy mural) yesterday left him with slight grazing to one hand, and a determination to loosen the *somethingorother* so that it turns better!

Nearby where we were today. Note the tree at the top of the building! Stanley Park in background. Picture from our first week.