Happy Birthday Canada! I think it’s official, I think our trip to the legislative grounds each Canada Day is now a tradition. Yes there are people everywhere, yes you are weaving through crowds with a chariot but there is so much to do and experience, that how could we miss it! Of course the first thing to do is get […]
Category Archives: Holidays
The fourth birthday party
For Owen’s fourth birthday party we gave him a few options — gymnastics party, gymnasium party or a bouncy house party. The decision was pretty easy — a bouncy house! So the party would be as it was last year, at Aunty Claudette’s house with a bouncy house – this year, though, we hoped and […]
Owen’s Fourth Birthday
For Owen’s actual birthday, we had our families over for birthday dinner and cake. Owen was very excited to open some of his birthday gifts that evening. Then there was cake, Owen’s choice, Dairy Queen Ice Cream cake with Bumblebee (Transformers) on it. We all sang and this was Owen’s response to our singing… And […]
Calgary Zoo
Our first mini-holiday for the summer was a trip to Calgary to see the zoo and Heritage Park. We planned our trip on the weekend of Zoe’s fourth birthday and lucky for us, Zoe, Isaac and Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma H were all able to come with us! Brandon was mesmerized by all […]
Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day; the kids really do make it so rewarding! Owen and Brandon bought me seeds and tins for planting herbs indoors. We planted them right away and again, the seeds kind of all fell into a pile instead of a long line, so we’ll see how they grow. We also made time to see […]
The Easter Egg Hunt
The Easter Bunny, the Easter Bunny….we woke up Easter Sunday morning and when we headed downstairs, why there were little Easter eggs hidden all over the house. They were in the bathroom (what!? the Easter bunny took a break in the bathroom), in our shoes, in our toys and in the kitchen! Owen loved hunting […]
Happy Easter
Easter was about a month ago, but well you know my story….Sean and I struggled to balance enjoying Easter and visiting with family and taking pictures, but we did get a few… I found an egg decorating set that came with a stamp and stamp pad and thought that would be a lot of fun. […]
St Patrick’s Day
St Patrick’s Day is always a fun holiday, you get to dress in green and eat all sorts of green foods. At the day care, they made the water table water green, used green play-dough and ate green milk for lunch. Owen thoroughly enjoyed green day, as his hands will prove. As well at day […]
Elephants, Light Sticks and Tigers
The circus came to town in March. Owen is almost 4 yrs old and Brandon is 2 1/2 yrs old; we felt they were old enough to enjoy it, last the afternoon and remember the events. About a week before the circus date we started to ask Owen and Brandon if they would like to […]
Visit to GG’s house
On Family Day weekend, we also thought it would be a nice surprise for Sean’s grandma (GG so lovely called by Owen and Brandon) if we showed up for dinner Sunday night. The boys enjoyed the drive over, they find the Anthony Henday full of fun and interesting things — counting the overpasses, commenting on […]