Canada's Wonderland

Jayson's company celebrates their employees with a NUCAP family day at Canada's Wonderland. This is the 2nd year we have attended, last year was his first year with the company and we had just moved up here. This year the kids had a blast. I know we were in the Snoopy Zone, but we couldn't get them off of the rides.

 Waiting in line for our first ride of the day, the Helicopter Chase.

 Jayson and Connor were in the helicopter in front of us.

 Here we are driving around in old cars. Look at his face! So excited and happy!

 Caitlin and Daddy waving to us

 In the teapots with daddy, waiting to spin themselves sick.

 In a balloon ride. They were big enough to ride this on without a parent or responsible adult.

 Waiting for the airplane to take off.

Blast Off! Waiting for the handle bars to drop and be locked. Because someone line jumped, the kids rode separated from each other.

 Still waiting for the bar to drop

 Now, we are waiting for them to lift off. Man, waiting sucks.

 And we have lift off!

 Caitlin thought this was fun!

 And look at the face on Connor! He laughed and laughed, he enjoyed this too!

 Caitlin and her purple bumper car!

 Connor enjoyed ramming into the other cars!

 I took the kids on Lucy's Tug Boat. Here we are before take off.

 The Snoopy 500. I thought this would be Connor's favorite, but it wasn't.

 Me and Caitlin in our car

 I hope every one enjoys this picture, I was busted taking it. Apparently, all electronic equipment should be off and stored during the ride.

 Caitlin loves the carousel, no matter where we are.

And even Connor enjoyed going up and down. Usually, he will play statue when you make him ride anything that isn't stationary.
Connor's and I think Caitlin's favorite ride this year was the old wooden roller coaster. Since there were no lines, I wasn't able to take a picture of it. They were probably the smallest riders on it (barley passed the height requirement), but they loved it! They wanted to ride it 3 more times!

Early Fathers Day

  Father's Day this year was a 2 day event, since Jayson had to go to Germany for the week. We started on Friday night and continued on into Saturday. Saturday Morning we took the kids to a farm that is 5 minutes from the house to pick Strawberries. I think they enjoyed themselves, all 3.7l of strawberries picked were all eaten by Sunday night.

We went from here to another farm 10 minutes from here and ate homemade fries. Yummy! Caitlin was a little upset when we told her we were going to a farm, she really wanted to pet a cow (there were no cows there, just potatoes and other fresh vegetables).

Road Trip!!!

This past week, we journeyed down I75 to Atlanta. Man, I guess after not being there for a year, you tend to forget the heat and humidity. but I enjoyed it!
We stopped in Lexington Kentucky on our way down, Jayson had a work thing he had to attend. While he was working, me and the midgets hung out at Explorium, a children's museum. It was great, the kids had a great time.

Here Connor is playing virtual soccer with another little boy that was there. He had so much fun.

 If you look closely, you will notice that Caitlin is writing with her left hand. I know it is still too early to tell, but she is using her left hand a lot to color, draw and write.

 Playing doctor, because someone has to help mom out when she retires!

Finger painting with glitter glue! Yeah, it wasn't messy at all! I mean, a week later and we are still finding glitter glue in their ears!
So while we were in Atlanta, we were able to attend the Keever Family Reunion. The kids were able to meet and play with cousins their own age.

 This is Connor, Caitlin, Addie and Charlie. All having fun with Uncle Jeff pushing them on the swing.
 We also went for a boat ride on Lake Lanier.

 Highlight of the trip for Caitlin was being able to pee in the lake. Oh, the simple things.

 They love trying to touch the waves the boat makes.

 Making silly faces.

 Uncle Jeff making a sandcastle with Caitlin.

 Sunset over the lake.

Caitlin loves going fast!

Connor decided going fast was awesome!
Because all Caitlin has talked about was going to the Georgia Aquarium, so we took Uncle Jeff with us. He had never been there, and I think he had an enjoyable time.

 Uncle Jeff and Caitlin touching something

 Here they are watching the Beluga Wales. If you are not careful, you could fall asleep watching them swim, it is that relaxing and peaceful.

A picture in front of the Coral Wall.

 Eskimo Kisses for Uncle Bryan
We miss everyone and had a great visit! Next big trip is to Salt Lake in the fall!

Easter Canadian Style

Did you know that everything in Canada is closed for Good Friday? This is one of the little things we are learning living up here. And no school today, Easter Monday.
Anyway, we dyed Easter eggs with the kids this year. The kids, although tired (it was past their bedtime) had a blast.

And wouldn't you know it, living in Toronto, the Easter bunny was running really late. So late in fact that he left Connor and Caitlin's baskets on the front door step and had to ring the door bell. He had a ton more houses to get to. But because he was running so late, he hid Easter eggs full of treats around the front yard for the kids to find. 

See this dead looking thing at the bottom left corner? The kids helped me dig this up and plant a pink hydrangea in it's spot. We also planted another pink hydrangea, a dark purple hydrangea and some peonies. Then it got really cold, so we came in the house and enjoyed watching a movie. They helped me make dinner and watched it rain. It was a real enjoyable day and we look forward to creating memories and new traditions with the kids.

March Break

Today was the official first day of March break. Because the kids haven't started school yet, this means absolutely nothing except everything is crowded. Take the zoo today. Yeah, I know it was a wonderful day to be outdoors, and lots of new babies on exhibit, but boy was it a mad house! But we still managed to enjoy ourselves.

This is a huge poster as we walked in to the zoo. We were lucky they were willing to hug each other.

 

 One Dirty Polar Bear. We couldn't get a picture of the baby Polar Bear, the lines to see him were crazy long.

 Me and the midgets inside the Inuit Teepee. They love being able to look around inside.

 Inuit Indian rock statue. Yes, it's a replica, but it is still awesome!

 Eating lunch with the teepees in the back ground. Apparently Caitlin said something that Connor thought was weird.

 Running down a muddy hill after eating our lunch. Caitlin has picked up the habit of looking for a walking stick whenever we go places.

 In the Mayan section of the zoo. It was warm enough for the water to flow!

 Warm enough we could take our jackets off to soak up some vitamin D!

 What zoo trip is complete without a ride on the carousel?

Mr. Adventurous here could save me some money by just walking around in circles. He always chooses the Turtle that doesn't move. Oh well, at least he is happy