Month: August 2008

The pool is definately my daughter’s favourite place to be. She laughs and giggles and laughs some more there. You can see the absolute joy in her face in these pictures. I am so bummed that my camera battery gave out moments after I captured these shots. Daddy and R have a game called ” “. Essentially every time she says that, he throws her up into the air and she giggles. I will endevour to take pictures of that, but I fear that outdoor swimming is almost done here.

So R had her last soccer class today. I think she’s enjoyed the drills, learning how to ball handle etc, but let’s just say my daughter is not quite soccer material! (And I’m just being honest!) She lacks the drive to get in there and get the ball. She entertained us all with the gymnastics, poses and general silliness during the soccer game. Whenever the soccer action got close, she’d just freeze. What a darling. Check out the gallery.

Once again it was a delight to celebrate another family birthday. We only have 2 family birthdays in summer on both sides of the family, so it’s fun to celebrate during this ‘dry spell’. We had a lovely steak dinner at Grandma & Grandpa’s. After gulping down their meals, the kids had a fun time playing hospital. The kiddie picnic table was their X-ray machine, and they’d take x-rays, then go consult their books. There were lots of broken bones. It was quite hilarious to watch. Later they used the slide and picnic table to make a race car. It was fun to see the 3 cousins so imaginative. Check out a few pictures in the gallery.

Happy Birthday Auntie V!

We were treated to a delicious supper that Auntie V wanted to cook herself. It was a delightful evening chatting with friends and family. May you be blessed with many, many more years. We are so happy that you are here with us to celebrate.

Well our vacation is wrapping up. Halifax is much like any other big city in Canada. Our hotel is quite close to the Harbour front, and it seems our arrival has conicided with a Buskers festival at the harbour front. So we spent the morning there, and even managed to watch an entire show with R. She has been eating fish and chips (but she only eats the fish) every day. I can’t believe it, but she does. Other than the buskers, we had a relaxing day, ending with a long swim. See you soon!

Well today was a big day for us. We got up, had breakfast, and drove back to Lunenburg to go Whale watching. It was a 3 hour tour (yes, a 3 hour tour…any Gilligan’s island fans?). The first part was quite relaxing, sailing out of the bay. After about 40 minutes we hit ‘the open waters’ so to speak and there were very big swells. Luckily they didn’t bother the three of us. R was a little spooked that when she tried to stand she’d get pushed over, but by the end she was running around on the boat and running to me and boasting “Mummy I got my sea legs on”.

One poor fellow was quite sea sick. We shared our back of the boat seat with him (supposedly the best place for those sea-sick-prone-people. I also gave him some gravol The whales? Well they were remarakably absent. As R explains it, they were off playing with their friends underwater. So we didn’t see any whales. We did see 2 seals, some birds, and a Puffin. I’ve always wanted to see a Puffin. So I have some blurry far away shots of this one lone Puffin. Still, the whole time we were in the boat the sun shone brightly. As soon as we came back to land it was completely dark and overcast again. So it was good to get some Vitamin D. I’ll post a gallery but as you’ll see, the pictures aren’t remarkable. The one thing that was remarkable was that R stayed glued to her seat for the first 1.5 hours!! A miracle for her.

I didn’t post this on the correct date (if you are following us that closely). The B&B where we stayed didn’t have an internet connection. I was thankful, since these posts do take me a lot of time to put up. I like doing it, but hey I am on vacation, and entitled to some laziness I think.

After another wonderful breakfast, Orange-lemon french toast, we packed up and headed to Lunenburg. The tiny town was packed. I had forgottten there was a folk festival on this weekend. So the streets were packed with people and cars…Now why do I mention cars?? Because on of my favourite things to do in Lunenburg is take pictures of all the fabulous house doors, and most of them were blocked by parked cars. Sign. It was also very overcast, and a bit drizzly towards the end of the day too. Also to my great dissapointment the store that used to carry these paintings I loved doesn’t carry them anymore. Apparently the artist retired. So sad.

It still was a lovely day with my family, but we were quite soggy by late afternoon. We had supper in the “Inlet Cafe” where we also had supper 6 years ago. And you know, it wsa just as good as I remembered.

My lovely find of the day was a small wind chime made of recycled silverware!

We had a relaxing day, if it’s possible to even have more relaxing days on vacation. We started out once again with a delicious breakfast, eggs in a nest (poached eggs, surrounded by a ham ‘nest’ with cheese, homemade bread, and fresh yogurt with berries and museli. From there we were on a lazy walk around some of the towns close by. Some of these towns are very small, not much to see even on the main street. I must say however, there are lots of beautiful murals and pictures painted on the sides of buildings. There was a great picture of a train painted on a warehouse, in corporating the buildings’ windows into the picture. Of course we were driving, and I couldn’t make daddy stop.

Next we went into 2 cute shops in Wolfville here, and the one had a very nice chair outside called “Husband Parking”. Great idea. They have a lot of local arts and crafts here. I bought the cutest little bracelet, made out of recycled silverware. It’s very simple, but such a good idea!

After lunch we had naps, then found a local playground for R to play in. Unfortunately there were no other kids, but she still had a good time. We travelled a few km out of town and found another Pizza Delight for daddy. Nice supper. Now we’re back, clean and ready for bed.

Tomorrow we leave Wolfville for Mahone Bay (near Lunenburg). The weather has been very dark and grey the whole time so far, but the sun acutally peaked out for about 2 hours today. Here’s hoping the rain holds off! A few pictures in the gallery.