Papa Gene and Grandma Joyce

My parents had the opportunity to fly up and visit us. We have had so so much fun!
We hit all of the midget's favorite places. We have been swimming. So much swimming!
We went to the zoo.

 Then we rode the York Durham Historic Railway to Uxbridge.

 Connor looking exhausted. Papa Gene and Grandma Joyce have been great at wearing the kids out.

 Caitlin found someone to carry her.
We went to Niagara Falls.

 On the Lady of the Mist heading towards the falls.

We have done other things, I just haven't taken my camera. Bad mom! Oh well. Papa Gene and Grandma will be heading back to their house Thursday morning and we will miss them.

Parents Day In Gymnastics Class

At the end of every gymnastics session, they have a Parents Day, where the parents are allowed in the gym with the kids and watch them up close and take lots of pictures of them. Caitlin had informed me on Tuesday that she did not want me to go, that I could just sit in the lobby and wait for them. But what if I want to go in and watch Connor and take pictures of him? Too bad, I was told that I couldn't go in. So whatever, I guess we are at THAT stage now. Class time came, and started, and I stayed in the lobby while they were warming up. I took my camera and my extra battery, because who in their right mind takes directions from a 3 year old? Caitlin ran out and told me that she wanted me to come in and take lots of pictures.

Connor bravely walking the balance beam all by himself!

Caitlin on the balance beam

On the higher balance beam getting ready for her summer sault

Getting ready for the dismount

Connor running on the balance beam

Getting ready to jump off

Walking backwards

summers ault

The whole class getting ready to move stations

Still needs help doing a hand stand by himself

Hand stand like a pro!

Jumping

Awards time!

Yea!!! Caitlin did it!

Both classes together

ahhh! the two of them

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).