We had a fantastic Stampede week. We were busy nearly every day so prepare yourself for lots of pictures this post! I've gone back to the regular way of posting the pictures since the compression of the slideshows took away from the photos. So enjoy our Stampede Week Recap!
On Tuesday we went to the annual General Dynamics Stampede BBQ. Above is Gwen all ready to celebrate in her cow girl wear!
Cara and Daddy enjoyed some cotton candy!
The sugar gave Cara the energy required for lots of bouncing.
Daddy and his girls checking out the army vehicle.
A little more sugar after lunch - cotton candy and slushy!
We had a great time at the BBQ. On the way to the car Cara found a caterpillar so we had to check that out too.
On Thursday we went out with Nana and had a nice walk around the Inglewood Bird Sanctuary...although we did get eaten by mosquitoes.
Friday was our day to go to the Stampede Grounds! We took the bus & train down and Cara was so excited to go!
Gwen was excited too! We got to see a Thomas the Tank Engine show and Splash & Boots (apparently the "U2 of kid entertainers")!
Cara had her first corn dog!
Then all she wanted to do was "rides"! So Daddy bought some tickets and we did a couple of rides.
First up, the carousel. She really wanted to ride a pony at Stampede so this was it!
She loved it!
Gwen napped during the ride portion of the day.
The 2nd and last ride of the day was this roller coaster! Cara was tall enough and Mummy was game thinking "how bad could a kid's coaster be?". Well, this one was a bit "intense" and after the 2nd time around Cara said "when does it stop?!?" and it went one more time around....it was an exciting experience for mother and daughter! She did have fun though and after we got off she was proud of herself and said "I was very brave!". So she is a coaster lover now!
Then we went to see some ponies!
And ride on a torpedo!
Gwen had a ride too!
Then we stopped for the traditional Milk & Cookies break (only a buck!) and Cara saw this big cow and ran right up for a hug!
Daddy and Cara having a great time!
Daddy played a game and was close to winning but didn't.
Cara got a souvenir book bag full of treats!
And we were wearing the red buttons that we got on the grounds as a contest thing where if you were spotted wearing the button you could get a prize...well, after we'd finished the rides we were spotted and could have had free ride all day passes but passed them on to someone else to win since with the 2 little ones we weren't going to get to take full advantage of the prize - but it was cool to actually win something!
Cara liked these performers that are like statues. They move really slowly and you think they are bronze until the move or blink. One of them made Cara jump!
On Sunday we went to the new splash park near our house. Gwen loves sitting on the grass!
Cara liked running away from the water!
It was very refreshing since we are in a bit of a heat wave.
She had a blast!
Gwen did too!
Time after the splash park for a swing.
Sisters take a ride on the motorbike....a glimpse into the future????
Gwen didn't think crawling was cool enough so she decided to pull up to see what Cara was doing at the table! 
Cara being a "robot"!
Now that Gwen is crawling around Cara is crawling around too. 
Gwen's first ride on Daddy's shoulders!
We finally had enough of our old kitchen faucet this weekend and got a nice new shiny one! Daddy installed it and we love it! 
We celebrated our Heritage Day weekend with a trip back to the beach that we went to for Daddy's birthday. We got a beach tent so Gwen could sit in the shade - Gwen was happy!
Cara was happy too! She loves the sand!
Daddy was happy too! He loves building sand castles with Cara! They had so much fun in the water!
Gwen went for a little dip too. She enjoyed it even though she is teething pretty bad right now (top 2 teeth almost through!).
Mummy was happy too. She got to show Cara how to make a moat and then Cara smashed the castle!
The heat and the teething were enough for Gwen - she had a nap in her half tent.
Cara was tired after her day at the beach she had a blast and we'll go back again!
Daddy got an iPod Touch for his birthday and it takes pictures so Mummy got an "App" called Instagram. It lets you put filters over the pictures to make them look old, black and white, cool, etc. I've taken a bunch over the last week or so and here is a collection of some. It is a fun way to capture a moment!
