Another Zoo visit, and more of Canada: Whistler and Granville Island

We have really enjoyed having Grandpa Richard and Grandma Sue visit us these last two and a half weeks. Too bad they had to leave today.:(



My mom was a elementary school librarian since I went to school (until recently when she moved to a middle school), so I took advantage of her knowledge of children's books and we hit our local public library. And came home with lots and lots of books for the kids. Here is my dad reading some to them.

As a special gift this summer, Dave and I gave each of the kids a Pillow Pet. They have loved them so much. Scott's is the bear, Madeline's is the horse, and Dylan's is the tiger. The pillows open up to lay flat so they can sleep on them too.

We also went to another Zoo/ Aquarium close to us with the grandparents. Loved the shark tank.

The kids were fascinated by watching the sharks swim around.

Scott and Madeline had lots of questions for the touch tank workers, of course. These two like to talk.:)

A reptilian friend.

They also got to play at a playground at the zoo. They loved that.

The weekend before this past weekend we headed up to Canada and drove up to Whistler, where, as you know, the Vancouver Olympics were held a few months ago. At the Olympic Village they had a play area for the kids. They loved this slide which was made of tubes that rolled as you slide down it.

This was around the medals plaza.

Of course Madeline loved these deer statues.

As I mentioned in the previous post about our encounter with bears, we went up to the Sliding Center. Here the kids got to stand on one of the medal podiums.

And wear some of the athletes gear.

And hold an Olympic torch.

We walked around the Sliding Center after seeing the bears. The view was great from up here.

Remember The Parent Trap movies? The original or the remake? Yes, my mom is hitting two pieces of wood together to "scare" away the bears.:) Our family LOVES that movie, particularly the original with Hailey Mills.

The next day, we headed to Granville Island in Vancouver. The kids were fascinated by a "ball maze" thing (what are they called?). It was so cute to see them with their arms around each other.:)

Can you believe that stack of cherries? This was at the farmers market on Granville Island. It was huge!

They had a magician at the farmers marker as well, and the kids loved watching him, and participating in his tricks.

We even got some fresh strawberries and cherries at the market, so Dave washed them in a little sink we found. They were tasty! Shortly after, we headed to the border again to come back to Washington and the USA.:) More to come of our last week with my parents....:)