Fun, Fun, Fun!

After out trip to Moncton, we went home for a few days to recuperate, then we were off to Mill River!

Our first day was a beautiful sunny day, so we headed to the Fun Park.  The kids had a great time playing in the ball pit!

There are a few waterslides, & Asher got over his fear of water long enough to go down by himself.  Chancery lasted for about an hour, but the water was pretty cold, so for the remainder of the day, she was content to sit wrapped in a towel & eat all the chips.

We had a really good day, & were glad we had chosen that day to go since the weather got increasingly worse each day…

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 5 years

Chancery – 2.5 years

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Asher: “Today we have decided to accessorize with pink.”

Chancery: “And Asher had to borrow my pink purse because he didn’t have anything pink!”

 

Asher: “I wish you hadn’t pointed out to everyone that I have a purse…”

 

Chancery: “Well, it’s not like people won’t notice!”

 

Chancery: “Sorry if I embarrassed you, Asher.”

 

Asher: “That’s ok… Hey, this bus is not pink, it’s red!”

 

Chancery: “And this pony is blue!”

 

Chancery: “Hey, I found a pink one!”

 

Asher: “Thanks for joining us!”

The Sweater

This song brings me back to grade 5.  We sang it quite a bit, & we may have believed in the message of it as well…

Do you remember this one?

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!!

Crystal Palace!

Our second day in Moncton, we hit the amusement park.  I didn’t get many pictures since we were kept busy riding the roller coaster, the carousel, the train, & lots of other rides.  I ended up hanging out mostly with Chancery, so the pictures I did manage to get are mostly of her.

She inexplicably chose to ride the tiny ponies on the carousel which didn’t even go up & down.  I was saddened by this since it meant I had to just sit on the bench & go round & round.

 

After we had exhausted most of the rides we let the kids have their first taste of cotton candy…

which of course was a big hit!  Two weeks later, Asher is still talking about how much fun he had at Crystal Palace, & almost daily he asks when we can go back.

Off To The Zoo!

PChad had a few weeks off, so we decided rather than taking a long trip involving lots of driving, we’d take 2 short, local trips.

 

The first trip was to Moncton.  Day one we decided to visit the zoo since I had a free family pass I’d been carrying around for the past 2 years.  We decided it was finally time to cash it in.

The zoo in Moncton isn’t all that big, but it was the perfect size for a nice, leisurely day with two little ones with the attention spans of gnats.

We saw almost all the animals, & the only thing we really missed out on was the otters, but their tank was being rebuilt & they weren’t there.  I guess that means another trip in a few years’ time!

 

Once the kids had had enough of the hands off approach, we gave them the option of pony rides, or face paint.  They ever so wisely chose pony rides, but after they were through there was an attempt to get faces painted as well.  We squashed that dream (they have to learn about choices, right?) and then bought them slushies.  It was a happy moment for all involved!

We couldn’t leave without taking advantage of a photo-op, so we told Asher to go be a tiger.

Note Chancery taking the opportunity to steal a sip of Asher’s slushie…

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 5 years

Chancery – 2.5 years

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Asher: “Today Chancery is going to read a book to us.”

 

Chancery: “The pirates like to siiiing, and plaaaay…”

 

Asher: “Chancery, I’m pretty sure that’s not what it says…”

 

Chancery: “Asher, I am the one who has the book, so you don’t know what it says.”

 

Asher: “But if you look at the words, Chancery, they don’t say what you said!”

 

Chancery: “You have read this book lots of times, Asher, so I thought you might be bored with what it says, so I made up something new for you!”

 

Asher: “Well, in that case, READ ON!”

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 5 years

Chancery – 2.5 years

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Asher: “Today I am going to be a robot.”

 

Chancery: “Daddy helped Asher make this costume…”

 

Chancery: “It’s pretty neat, eh?”

 

Asher: “The robot has entered ‘sleep mode’.”

 

Chancery: “And now we’re awake again!”

Ever Had A Bad Dream?

Pchad’s on holidays for a few weeks, so we’ve been busy going here & there, doing fun summery stuff.  I’ll catch you up on our activities once we’re back to normal around here…

 

Here’s an amazing dance to tide you over!

 

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

Sunday Pictures

Asher – 5 years

Chancery – 2.5 years

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Chancery: “Do you think this is a piece of liquorice, Asher?”

 

Asher: “I doubt it.  Mummy doesn’t let us have candy in the livingroom.”

 

Chancery: “Well, that’s true.”

 

Asher: “But maybe we can have some candies later, Chancery.”

 

Asher: “When I went in Mummy’s room this morning, I asked her right away if I could have a lollipop.  She said no, but I’m planning on wearing her down over the course of the day.”

 

Chancery: “That sounds like a pretty good plan, Asher!”

Piñatas

Dairy Queen has always had good ads.  I think this one is particularly good.  It brings back the 80’s, doesn’t it?

Makes you start to wonder, what else could you fill a piñata with?

 

HAPPY FRIDAY!!!!

Something Nice

Asher was in a complaining mood the other day.  After he woke up from his nap I told him, “We’re going to the beach!”

 

Asher: “I don’t want to go to the beach!”

 

Me: “Well, we are going to the beach anyway!!!!”

 

We went & the kids had a great time playing in the sand & the waves.  When it was time to go, I told the kids, “OK, time to pack up to go home!”

 

Asher: “I don’t want to go home!”

 

Me: “You didn’t even want to come to the beach in the first place, & now it’s time to go home for dinner!!!!!”

 

On our way home, I was beginning to feel quite hungry.

 

Me: “I can’t wait for dinner, we’re going to have chicken!”

 

Asher: “I don’t want to have chicken!”

 

Me: “Asher, you have been complaining all day.  I don’t want to hear you say anything else unless it’s something nice.”

 

Asher: “Please can I not have chicken?”

 

It wasn’t exactly what I meant, but I think he was beginning to get the idea…

“Camping”

Friends of ours were staying in cabins over the holiday weekend, so we went out to join them for dinner one night.

 

Chancery was having a hard time getting the hang of badminton.  I think she was confused about what the point of the game was.  She kept trying to put the racket through the net.

 

There were a few other couples who came out for dinner that night too, so we ended up having a pretty big crew.

 

Asher stole PChad’s chair & thought it was hilarious!  It was about this time that it was also pointed out that the two of them were matching.

 

Asher really enjoyed the watermelon

 

We ended the night with a campfire & s’mores.  It was a perfect day of ‘camping’.

Baby Chicks

We are part of a vegetable co-op this year.  It has been quite the experience for me, since I have to learn how to cook around vegetables, instead of making the menu based on meat.

The farmers we get our veggies from also have a few animals, & I took the kids out to the farm to see them last week.





Asher is at that stage where he really wants to hold, or touch any animal he encounters, but as soon as he has, he’s looking around for the next thing.





He enjoyed the chicks, but then he wanted to go ‘pet’ the chickens…

Luckily I could distract him by drawing their attention to the swingset.

And of course, who doesn’t love a tire swing?

Apparently it became more of a bucking bronco…

The kids had a great time on our little farm adventure.  I’m so glad they have the opportunity to experience a bit of farm life sometimes.