Staycation!

 Daddy made the long weekend into a 5 day weekend so we had a staycation!

On Thursday we went to Heritage Park - an old town replica sort of like Kings Landing.

Cara and Gwen really enjoyed looking around the old houses and choosing which bedroom would be theirs.

 A sprinkling of rain brought out the umbrella while we walked the town's streets.

 Stopped by the school for a lesson.

 Swings are always fun!

 We rode the rides at the old time amusement park.

This death trap was fun for the kids but even Cara thought that there should be seat belts!

 Kiddie Ferris Wheel!

 Full size Ferris Wheel!

Fast and fun!

 Carousel!

 The Whip ride - like a slow Tilt a Whirl.

 After exploring the trains these knuckleheads fell asleep!

 They woke up to reenact the Last Spike!

 Old timey lollipop time!

 Yummy!

 We rode the steam engine train.

 And had fun on the paddle wheel boat ride around Glenmore Resevoir.

Heritage Park was lots of fun!

 We went to an indoor playground on Friday (no pictures) then on Saturday we had great plans for a road trip to a Provincial Park with a beach for a fun beach day.  Well, an hour from home on the highway Gwen was sick...so we cleaned her up and turned around for home with 2 disappointed girls.  When we got back into the city Gwen was totally fine and we figured it was just car sickness so we took our picnic to the local man-made beach Sikome Lake!

Gwen was so happy and so was Cara - and so were Mommy and Daddy!

 Cara had a fun time going in the deep water with Daddy and her life jacket.

 Gwen loves the water and the sand!

 Cara buried and sculpted into an octopus!

 Gwen became a mermaid!

 Castles were made!

 Mud pies were made!

 Fun hours passed on the beach in the sun!

 Sunday we went to our friend Freya's 4th birthday and had a fun time.  Later when we got home the girls were watching the end of Toy Story 2 and eating popcorn.  Supper was coming up and Gwen wanted another bowl of popcorn.  Mommy said no supper is soon.  Gwen turned into the Hulk and yelled and threw things.  15 min later Cara said "Mom, what's that rainbow?" Mom looked at the tv - realized that the screen was broken!  When Gwen threw her cup it hit the screen!  Mr Potato Head was as shocked as we were!

So we ended up ending our staycation with a trip to Best Buy and Gwen got her Birthday/Christmas present for the next 5 years.  A new tv!

Cara had a great idea to tape our a "no-kid zone" on the carpet so everyone gets used to how far from the tv they have to be.

And no more cups in the living room.

And no throwing - not a new rule!