Uncle Jamie came to visit!
Cara was so happy to see her uncle and had a great time right from the start. Gwen was a little wary and was so happy to see him that she burst into tears whenever she saw him for the first few days!
Uncle Jamie won Gwen over by being super silly and putting a diaper on her as a hat...she has a great sense of humour!
Gwen said goodbye to the highchair this week - we upgraded to:
A pink booster for our princess. She eats with us at the table now and loves it.
We took Uncle Jamie for a walk/bike ride for Cara to the dog park. Jamie caught this great action shot!
Uncle Jamie also got this great shot of Cara.
The weather wasn't the greatest for the visit but we went to the zoo anyway on Friday even though it was -7 and snowing! They opened a new penguin exhibit and we waited for 1.5 hours to go in to see them for about 15 min. The kids waited well for about the first 45 min. Then we all took turns holding Gwen.
They let 60 in at a time and the group ahead of us cut off right in front of us so we were first in line for our turn.
It is a very nice exhibit and you get very close to the penguins. There are 4 species all hanging out together. This is a Rockhopper penguin.
You can watch them swim (and they can watch you - this guy was staring at Cara a moment before).
A King penguin.
A Gentoo penguin.
There are Humboldt penguins too but no pic this time.
The penguins swim right at about shoulder height and they splash! Daddy and Gwen got a bit wet.
The Byrnes with the giant penguins!
Uncle Jamie and the girls and the penguins.
Daddy had a run in with a goose.
Gwen watching a tiger before she finally gave up and had a nap in the cold.
Cara loves to pose with this statue.
Cara roars like a grizzly...
Gwen giggles like a grizzly...
Uncle Jamie grumbles like a grizzly!
As the snow started to fall again and we saw everything we wanted to see we left the zoo with one last smile from Gwen.
Sunday we had a great dinner at Nana & Howie's. And a chance for a group shot!
Uncle Jamie is so good that when Cara wanted to do chalks in the cold he bundled up and did some chalks (for a good 10 minutes!).
When Cara was planning her visit with Uncle Jamie she wanted to do one thing - make cupcakes! So on the last day we got to do it. It was a rainy/snowy day and Gwen had come down with a stomach bug that morning so it was a good day to stay in and bake. And the cupcakes were delicious!
Gwen, while sick, had her apron on too and was maybe going to fry some of these fish cards...
She is still recovering today and is starting to eat solids again - we are all hoping that it all stays down and our happy Gwen is back to normal soon.
Jamie headed back home on Tuesday. We had a great visit and Cara and Gwen had a lot of fun with their uncle. Thanks, Uncle Jamie! xoxoxo
Jamie enjoys being an Uncle! And Cara and Gwen obviously enjoy being nieces! That makes for a terrific combination! I am glad that the visit was such a hit! I bet the cup cakes were good , too! -- Grampy
ReplyDeleteBusy week! Hope Gwen is feeling better by now. Everyone looks like they had fun!! Now you all need a vacation from the vacation.
ReplyDeleteXO Sarah
ps- the penguins are cool!