Illness

Well, Mason got sick this evening. This is his first stomach bug. And you know that horrible moment when they realize things are coming out of their mouth and they have no control over it. He just cried and cried. Then, after he was feeling a little better he wanted to sing. I had to get it on tape.


He got the hiccups and started feeling bad towards the end of the second verse so we had to cut it short.

Telus World of Science

Today we went to the Telus World of Science Museum. It is a very neat, very hands-on museum with exhibits about the body, police investigations, electricity, genes and many others. The boys programmed Lego robots to move around a table and pick up blocks. They made a container and dropped an egg from 3 stories without breaking it. They created the containers all by themselves, and neither of their eggs broke. And when we sat down to eat lunch in the actually inexpensive cafe Grant said Kennedy and Cooper would love this place.

This is outside the crime scene investigation area where they have set up a crime scene and you can solve the crime. We didn't have the patience to really do that though.
Mason loved the "bike" and would run back every time he got a chance.
Some children had made three lego walls of a house about 3 ft tall with these blocks, and before I could get to him Mason crashed them all down. He was so excited. The kids were so mad!
Grant went to a class where he learned about eggs and decorated a Pysanko egg.

We didn't even make it to the science experiment or the planetarium show. We'll have to make sure to see those next time.

Easter Dinner

Here is a portion of our Easter dinner. I tried to make my mom's potato salad today. I had great hopes....but it turned out barely edible. Not sure what I did wrong, but my mom gets to keep her job of making potato salad for all of the gatherings. The deviled eggs turned out good, and the ham was excellent.

Easter

Well, turns out the Easter Bunny doesn't hide colored eggs in Canada. He hides chocolate eggs in the house. And in Scotland he doesn't hide anything, but leaves treats in the basket. So we may have been the only people in Canada hunting Easter Eggs in the yard!

Yes, that is snow you see!

Mason has long PJ's under his sleeper, so he was warmer than he looks. Frank was not.

Mason tried to eat the egg with the shell on.

Gingerbread Bunny Hutch

After coloring eggs we decorated our Bunny Hutch. I saw the kit in the store and thought the kids would enjoy it. And I wasn't able to find one at Christmas time.

Of course, we may have the only Buny Hutch in North America with a snow bank in the front yard. I didn't realize you had to buy the coconut grass separate. But remember, don't eat the yellow snow!


Here Mason is still studying the egg holders from earlier.

And now he's just eating the house.

Dying Eggs

Today we colored our Easter eggs, and even Mason got in on the action.

Mason crushed the shell on one of the eggs, so we peeld it and chopped it up for him to eat. This picture was taken just a second before he spit it out. Plain boiled eggs are not for him.

Another Party

Mason was invited to another party this weekend. A child at the sitter's was having his first birthday. I told Mason we were going to a party and he yelled "Cake" all the way there. I think he's had enough cake for a while.



He was very busy working on these blocks, and it was very serious work. He also spent about 20 min working the lock on the gate keeping the little ones in. Of course he had it figured out and kepty going in and out of the gate. He would make sure he locked it back before running away with mommy still inside.

Dancing with the Stars

Well, Mason's favorite TV show is back! Take a look at his and Grant's moves. And he has plenty to say about it all too. But I guess he finally had enough, as he puts himself in time out!

Music Festival

Tyler was in a Music Festival at school today. There were 4 choirs and a band participating from 5 different schools. Each group did their piece and then an "adjudicator" would give them a critique. It was fun to watch.




Tyler was even an MC for a portion of the program.
Since my other pics didn't come out to good, I had him pose for one. He didn't want to, and kept saying he wasn't going to smile....hmmm, looks like I got a smile anyway.

Oh, and just in case you wanted to know, its snowed everyday for about 4 days now! It gets pretty melty during the day, but freezes again at night. Hopefully we have had our last bit of snow. Even the boys are tired of it. I still might take them snowboarding over spring break. But don't worry, the ski resorts make their own snow when needed.

Gymboree

Mason was invited to a birthday party this weekend. He had a ton of fun running and climbing. The party was for a 1 yr old at the sitters. His name is Ethan, Mason calls him "My E-E." Mason has been quite tired after all of this work. At least we had something fun to do....since we were missing Kennedy's birthday party.

Chuck E Cheese

Last night we had a school fundraiser at Chuck E Cheese. Everyone seemed to have a great time, even the grown ups. I had given the idea to the PTO, and I had scheduled and planned the whole event, so I was pretty nervous about it. But I think it went great. There are only 185 kids in the whole school and I was worried only the 5 PTO families would come, but when we left there had been over 50 kids. The school gets 15% of the sales from the night, so I hope we made some money. And even if we didn't it was a great time. I got to get to know some of the mom's and the boys were entertained. Plus, we got invited to go camping, found a place to go ice fishing next winter, and got all kinds of information.

And, I brought my camera, but I was too busy chatting to get any pics of the kids! I was with grown ups, so I was more excited than the kids were!

The Thaw

Well, we continue to thaw out. Here are pics of the river today. All the white is river, but only some has thawed. It was completely covered a few weekends ago. During the fall it just had floating icebergs on it before it all froze. It has certainly been something interesting to watch. You can see tracks of snowmobiles in the first pic. And today we saw an airboat on the ice. I think it had been in the water as well.

Circus

Today we went to the Shrine Circus. Everyone had lots of fun.

If you get there early you can go now in the rings and ride an elephant or a camel. Rides were $10 a person, so we decided to skip that, but we took a few pics. All with Mason yelling "ride, ride."

Here Mason is trying to get a better look at the elephant.

The stadium actually has tables and chairs where you can sit and eat the food you have purchase. That was you don't have to try to balance it all on one knee while wrestling a toddler.


Lots of people had light up souveneirs for when they turned off the light. Mason had one too, but he was more concerned about the dark!