Preschool's Out For Summer!

Cara finished her first year of preschool this week.

Thursday we went to her school for a little concert of some songs they sang this year.

Cara and Leah danced and sang!

Gwen watched and sang along too!

This girl has wanted to join the class all year!

After the concert there was a picnic outside.  Cara wasted no time getting into a cupcake!

Gwen was hording snacks.

Happy girls full of sugar.

Cara, Binhudi and Leah running down the hill.

These three girls love to run.  Everyday after school they would run together before going home.

Gwen loves to slide!

Best buds.

The girls will be back at school together in the fall on Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

Cara and her friend Binhudi.

It was a fun day to end the school year.  Now on to a super fun summer!

Grampy's 2012 Visit Part 2 of 2 and Father's Day!

Our adventures with Grampy continued with a nice walk in Pearce Estate Park before preschool on Tuesday.

A stop at the playground was not an option!

Wednesday promised rain and thunder storms but we headed out to the zoo anyway.

A short wait for the penguins was worth it.

It was a perfect photography day in the Butterfly Garden.

 Gwen loves to spot the butterflies.

Cara looks up high to see the colourful butterflies float around.

Mr. Tiger.

We had a nice morning at the zoo.  The rain and thunder did come while we were inside having lunch.  So we made a dash for the exit and got home only slightly damp.

Thursday morning we took Grampy to the airport - we had a great week with him!  The girls were great and enjoyed all of the activity.  Thanks for coming to visit us, Grampy!

To celebrate Father's Day we went for a picnic (back to Pearce Estate Park).

One of the best things about having two sweet girls is dressing them in matching outfits - it raises the cute level about 1000%!

Sandwiches in the park.

Daddy wrangling wiggly Gwen.

Double sliding!

Weeeeeeeeee!

Daddy and his girls (wearing his newest hand print t shirt!)

Happy Father's Day to Dads everywhere!

Grampy's 2012 Visit - Part 1

Grampy arrived on June 6 - the girls were very excited to get to the airport to see him!

We took Grampy to Crossiron Mills mall and looked around the Bass Pro Shops store to see all of their animal displays.  This deer had some secrets to share with Grampy!

The girls and Grampy with a polar bear!

We took Grampy to the park before school on Thursday.

On Sunday we went on a great adventure!

We took Grampy to the mountains for an overnight trip!

We drove to Banff and after lunch took a drive up to Lake Louise while Gwen had a nap.  We saw lots of wildlife - this elk, another elk, a few bears in the distance.  The animals were causing traffic jams as we drove through.

Cara had to touch Lake Louise!

After a drive back to Banff we made supper in our chalet at the Douglas Fir Resort.  The girls ate up quickly so that we could go play at the waterpark before bedtime!

Cara and Mummy going down the big slide!

Gwen and Daddy too!  Gwen went down twice and had the same expression on her face both times - not sure if she liked it or not!

Back in the chalet after a bath Gwen crashed and we made smores - Cara had been requesting them and since the chalet had a fireplace we brought along the supplies.  She loved her "marshmallow sandwich"!

In the morning we took the girls to the giant indoor playpark at the Resort.  Gwen loves slides!

Daddy spent a good 45 min crawling through the tunnels and sliding with them while Mummy got everything packed up.

Then we took Grampy to the Banff Gondola for a trip up the the top of Sulphur Mountain!

Cara really enjoyed the ride!

Daddy and Gwen went a bit off the trail to look at the gorgeous views!

It really was a beautiful day and some fresh snow that had fallen a few days earlier really added to the scenery.

Daddy and Gwen summit Sulphur Mountain!

 We all had a great time up on the mountain top!

After lunch we visited the Banff Park Museum where Cara really had a good time looking at all of the stuffed animals.  The little wolf she is holding was her souvenir from the trip - his name is Wolfgang Byrne (Wolfie for short) and he now accompanies her everywhere!

That is the end of Part 1 of the trip - we had so much fun and there are so many pictures!  Part 2 will be up soon with lots more!  Grampy has 5 sets of pictures up on his website so you can check that out too!

Visiting with Grampy!

We are busy visiting with Grampy - here we are in the Banff Gondola going up to the top of Sulphur Mountain!

A full blog update will come later with lots of pictures from our adventures!