Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day everyone!!!!

Ok. So I know I am a week late on this but it's been insane! We spent our Canada day enjoying each others company. The kids are still too young to take to the fireworks, so we celebrated in the morning. We got packed up and headed out to the Summerside pancake breakfast. Summerside is a beautiful neighbourhood about five minutes away from us. We really wanted to move into the neighbourhood but there were no good housing options for us when we were looking. 

This year the community hosted a family pancake breakfast with bouncy houses and other kids activities. We enjoyed breakfast in the shade of the bouncy houses while Sydney went crazy with the others kids. She also made a finger painted Canadian flag and got a few tattoos. Henry spent his time eating and playing with a flag. All in all it was awesome! Hopefully next year we can look into taking them to the fireworks...

Mrs. E

Happy Birthday Kendra

Last Saturday we all got together to celebrate David's sister's birthday.

The weather was beautiful and we all enjoyed a delicious BBQ on the patio. It was nice to spend time with family. Here are a few photos from the day...

Mrs. E

Mornings

I am really starting to fall in love with the early mornings in our house. 

It is the time of day when we get to spend some quiet time with Henry. He often wakes up with one or both arms out of his swaddle. He flashes me his charming smiles and coos to tell me he loves me. It's the time when we get to learn who he is and what he likes. It is very special time. 

Quiet mornings are amazing. 

Mrs. E

Nature Walks and Other Fun Things

I know I have been falling behind on blogging lately.... we have just been doing way too many fun things and my spare time has basically been non-existent. 

Last week the city was in the middle of a heat wave. David was off shift so we decided to take advantage of the hot weather and spend some time outdoors. Our first stop was the John Janzen Nature Centre. 

Sydney has never really been to any of our major city attractions and we thought she may enjoy learning about our eco-system at the nature centre. We spent some time walking around outside the building on their paths before it opened. It was a nice opportunity for us to check out the tadpoles in the water and head on a short nature walk. Sydney loved every minute of it and Henry enjoyed the sleep in his carrier.

Once we made our way inside the building we were treated to a lesson on garder snakes. Sydney was the only little one in the room so she got one on one attention and spent some quality time with the slithery guy. She was even brave enough to touch him. According to her he was "slimy". 

After learning all about snakes and dressing up as a lady bug, we went to check out the bee hive. the nature centre has a pipe that leads to the outdoors where the bees are free to come and go. This is one of the things that David and I were looking forward to the most. Both of us remember going to the nature centre as kids and loving the bees. It was cool to see Syd enjoying something that we had enjoyed so many years before. 

After the bees we let her loose in the play area. It is a massive play room that is built to look like the outdoors including a squirrel enclosure, buildable flowers, a massive bee hive, a stream that you can build a dam in and a winter hibernation cave. She loved it!

One of the best things about this day.... it was only $6! Perfect!

Mrs. E

Walks on Whyte

Whyte Avenue is one of our favourite places in the city. 

It has changed over the years but it still maintains that artsy, bustling vibe. When we were younger, it was where we would go to have a drink or two, and now that we are older it is where we go for a walk with the kids. 

We met David's parents at Origin India for some delicious Indian food for supper. The kids held it together long enough for us to enjoy our meal and then we hit the strip. We walked up and down the busy avenue enjoying the sights and sounds. The kids sat happily in the chariot and Henry even fell asleep. After a while we made our way over to watch a running race that a few of our friends were competing in. Henry had a snack and we all cheered on the runners. 

It was the perfect summer night. 

Mrs. E