The Corn Was As High As An Elephant's Eye

Can you spot Mary's little lamb with her farm animal friends?
We went to the Calgary Corn Maze on Friday! There was so much to do and we all had a fun time. We didn't get into their large (10 hectare) maze but they have so many other activities we didn't miss out by not doing the big maze.

We met goats, sheep, donkeys, chickens, a turkey, bunnies and miniature horses....

...we even watched pig races! Gwen was shocked to hear that they race little piggies!

We did the smaller corn maze and Mummy was lost.

So we relied on Daddy's great sense of direction and we found 2 of 5 goals - each goal was a different colour and there was a pot of coloured wax to mark a finger to prove you'd made it - we made it to red and purple then left the maze to go back to other fun stuff to do.

Cara had been here once before and was measured against this sign - flashback to 2009!

Cara helped Daddy measure Gwen too.

The Byrnes at the Calgary Corn Maze 2011.

We jumped on giant pillows of air (sort of like trampolines)! It was so much fun! Cara couldn't stay standing up long but we were all laughing.

Too much fun!
Gwen was too little for this one but she was laughing watching everyone bouncing around!

Here is Mummy and Cara sitting in an old oil drum that is hitched to a bunch of other old oil drums and we are all about to be pulled around a very bumpy field by a ride on mower at a fairly fast rate of speed...we rode on the Cow Train!
Not everyone who goes on this rides makes it back but we did!

What's for dinner?!?!?

So to make up for getting rained out of Calaway Park last week we went again this weekend! We met our neighbours there (Cassidy and her parents). The girls had a great time going on rides together and it was much nicer being there in the sunshine.

They rode the trucks together.

And the kiddie train together.

Gwen went on a few rides too but mostly she hung out in the stroller enjoying the warm summer temperatures and people watching.

This trip ended with ice cream instead of downpours. The girls had a blast!

On Sunday we went to a different spray park/wading pool called Prairie Winds Park. It was nice to cool off. Gwen was clapping for joy!

She is applauding a lot these days.

Cara had fun splashing around too. She got to wear her newest swim suit - she's had about 2 growth spurts this summer and wears a 4-5 in most things...this suit is a 6!

Cara and her most favourite summer treat. A Slurpee trumps an ice cream cone on most days. We can't drive by a 7-11 without hearing "I want a sluw-pee!" from the back seat.