Canada Day Weekend

Not much red and white for us for Canada Day weekend, but we sure celebrated: our celebrations began on Friday and lasted until Monday! This was made all the more special as Grace and Jasmin had their cousins from Edmonton to enjoy it all with.

Friday we played in the backyard with the sprinkler.  What began as a relatively tame run through the sprinkler and filling of containers broke out into a full fledged water flight!

 

Saturday we were at Brewer Park for the afternoon for a party: a celebration of all the May and June birthdays, but especially Jasmin's.  Here we got to play in the sand, climb on the playground, and play in the water works.  The girls had friends over to enjoy it all with them.

Jasmin in and on her presents

Ina considering the disappearing gysers

Cupcake birthday cake

In line for the main attaction...

...the water slide!

Sunday afternoon we celebrated Canada Day at Petrie Island.  There were lots of booths and different Canada Day activities to do, but since the face painting started at $8 a face, we found our own piece of beach to enjoy in our own way.

Sand play

 Notice Grace in this picture... is it any wonder that her doctor commented on how much sand she had in her ears when we went a few days later?

Picnic Supper

And on Monday, we went to the Museum of Civilization for the afternoon. All the girls enjoyed it, but their attention spans were all very different.  Grace could have spent an extra hour or so just in the children's museum - she was being quite thorough with each exibit's activities!

Cousins painting in the construction zone

Grace making a cartoon flip book

Jasmin with her princess crown she made

Grace listening to an audio tour

Construction worker Grace

Jasmin making music

 Is it any surprize that Tuesday onwards we have been lazing around at home, sleeping late and enjoying non-picnic meals?  Unfortunately, a few too many of this household are battling a tummy bug this week too.  But we did have a great weekend...