Canada Day!!

For Canada Day the Museum of Natural History was having free admission so we took the kids since we probably wouldn't go another time. On the roof they have a giant frog.

They were having an new opening of their butterfly exhibit so we got to go in and see the butterflies. It was very hot inside the greenhouse so we didn't stay long but here are some of the beautiful butterflies we saw.

We also toured the rest of the museum. We saw live frogs and snakes,

and Gus the turtle.

They also had a giant krakken devouring a whale.

Enoch enjoyed the dinsour exhibit

and the girls liked the other animals.

Everyone liked the bees. They have this hive right inside the museum with the tube leading outside.

The kids had fun inside this giant foam fish.

And Reina came out of her cocoon and became a beautiful butterfly.

Down the street from the museum they were having a big outdoor picnic with lots of vendors and stuff to do. The girls got their faces painted. Enoch chickened out.

That night we also went down to the harbour to watch the fireworks.

Our kids have never seen them so we got there early trying to get a good spot. We didn't know exactly where they were being set off from so even though we were there early we didn't have the best place but the kids had fun. It was a beautiful night. We watched the sun set and saw the sky turn pink. I tried to capture it pictures but it didn't work out too well.




Since we were there early the kids got to play on "the boat park" as they call it.



They also climbed around on this broken propeller that is from a coast guard ship that helped the boat (sorry, can't remember the name) that was the first to navigate the Northern Passage. It broke two fins off while it was trying to break through 12 -15 foot thick ice.


We brought popcorn to eat while watching the fireworks but it didn't last till they started. (The pink glow is not our camera, it is from the sky. It was so PINK.)



Here are the "AMAZING" fireworks. They don't translate well onto film but you can kind of see the kids reactions to them. The kid behind me was very excited as you will be able to hear.




Well, after a long day and night we finally made it home. Hope everyone had a fun July 1st and July 4th!!

Happy Birthday Times Two

Paul and Enoch both celebrated their birthdays in June but it appears we have many more pictures and video of Enoch's birthday than Paul's. I wonder why that is?!? This is Paul's favorite cake. It is super chocolaty.


Enoch got many presents, of course. Here are some of the favorites.

A toy car wash kit.



A Spiderman tie from Grandma. He wears this every week now instead of his other one.

Thing feet that make stomping noises when you walk in them. Enoch was actully a bit afraid of them but the girls thought they were great.

And his own lightsaber!!!

Now he can have battles with his Dad.

He had to try on the Darth Vader mask too. Doesn't he make a cute Vader!!

Reina makes an even cuter one but she REALLY didn't like the mask.

Afer all the present opening, fighting and in Reina's case, crying, she needed a little rest and comfort.

After dinner, of course we had cake. IronMan cake, candles and unfortuately singing.

Here's the happy three year old.

Talent Show

Eva and her friend Holly decided they wanted to be in the school talent show. We weren't sure but told her if she was willing to get up in front of the whole school then she could be in it. They decided to do a dance and practiced everyday at lunch for a couple of weeks before.

This is just the last couple of seconds as the whole thing was too much for Blogger to handle. The rest was pretty much the same as this.

We were impresssed because we didn't think she would be willing to do it in front of everyone. We were also impressed because all the kids at the school knew her name and were cheering them on. We'll see what they do next year.

Lauryn Is Growing Up

At the end of May, Lauryn had her final day of pre-school. The families were invited so I went with Enoch.

Lauryn had fun showing him around. He especially loved the little sand box they had.

Lauryn also lost her first tooth at the end of May. She was quite excited for the tooth fairy to come and visit.

She has actually since lost another tooth which was good. Her adult front teeth were coming in behind so we really worked on it.

SpiderEnoch

We love Spiderman.

Instead of making one huge long post for the month of May I've made a bunch of little ones. So make sure you check them all out. (That should get me off the HAVE NOT BLOGGED list for awhile at least.)

Reina's Tricks

Reina has developed some interesting abilities.

She eats jello with a jerk and a giggle. Watch for it.

She waves hi and bye.

And she can dislocate her ankle at will.