Olympic Adventures

The girls were off school yesterday so I thought we should take advantage of the gorgeous sun and head back into Vancouver. I thought my Olympic curiosity would have been settled with our trip in the week before the games began, but it wasn't. I have a little bit of Olympic fever!

So I left Kaylum with my parents and picked up my sister and we heading into the city on the Sky Train. It was the girls first time on it and they were loving it!

I had heard about the massive lines all weekend and I was a little unsure what Monday would bring. We didn't have a plan but I knew we wouldn't be waiting in any lines. Its just not do-able with kids. So we wandered.

This is Granville Street. There are so many little paper lanterns in the trees, I have seen pictures of them at night. Beautiful!

There are all sorts of welcome signs throughout the city.

Fun silhouettes. Still on Granville St.

This is the zip line over Robson Square. There were reports of 6-7 hour waits for this free ride. The ride lasts 30 seconds.

Posing with what I think are robot clowns.

They put on a fun show in Robson Square.

The one thing we did wait to see was the mascot show. The kids are really into the mascots. They each have one of their own. The wait was 1 1/2 hours but we were right at the railing so we got front row. I think it made our whole trip into the city worth while.

Miga

Keira says, Girls love Miga.

Quatchie

Kaylum calls his Quatchie doll, Crotchie.

Sumi

The girls got hugs from all the mascots, but Miga's hug was the best!

Outside the Russian's hotel. These are the mascots for the 2014 games in Sotchi.

I heard if you went to the Royal Bank that you could pose with the torch. This was the best we could do, the lady went home for the day that takes care of that. We did get some Olympic loonies and quarters though (another line up).

The cauldron. Its such a disappointment to see it behind all this chain link. But they line was incredible to get to the observation deck. And the girls weren't really thrilled with it in the first place. So I poked my camera through and got a shot. We were there. HAHA.

I do have some other images on my other blog if you haven't had a chance to look. Head on over! CLICK ME!

Happy Birthday Kylie!

I am a bad blogger Mom. Here is is almost a week after Kylie's Birthday and I am finally finishing her birthday post.

Happy Birthday Kylie! 7 wow! There is a lot of Olympic talk at our house lately and I was telling Kylie that I remember hearing the announcement that we won the Olympic bid, she was just a baby! And now here we are a week after celebrating her 7th birthday, they are here. This of course really has nothing to do with Kylie. Just the fact that time flies! You are growing up so fast!

We celebrated with Kylie's friends at The Great Escape! Oi! There were 13 kids at our party plus a million others there. Running, screaming, sweating and having a great time. They all really enjoyed themselves.

After we headed up to one of Kylie's favourite restaurants with most of our family for some yummy pasta and came back to the house for more cake and presents. What an afternoon!

Big Boy Bed!!

A couple weeks ago Kaylum figured out how to escape from baby jail, aka his crib. We knew it was coming, both girls were just over 2 when they made the leap, but we were dreading that last little bit of baby-hood going. OK, truthfully, I was dreading giving up the only place that held the boy in one spot for hours on end. Now he has free reign to roam the house!

So on Sunday while Sean was working I pulled out the toddler bed from the crawl space and slapped it together. This bed has accommodated all 3 of our kids, in either our house or my parents.

Kaylum is soooo happy to have a Big Boy bed! He asks me to come upstairs with him to look at his bed. And he loves being able to get in and out.

This week has gone well with the transition. We were fearful as Kylie's transition was horrible and Keira's was easy. Kaylum's has been middle of the road. He gets out some nights, he falls out some nights and he sleeps well other nights. He gets up and torments the girls in the morning and this morning, I caught him and Kylie reading books together in it!

So bye bye babyhood. The only thing left are diapers.....and we are working on that!

Robbie Burns

On Friday the girls were invited to dance at a Robbie Burn Luncheon for my old dancing teacher's school. We went off to the Dogwood Pavilion to dance for the seniors there. It was a nice program with some toasts, piping and of course dancing. There probably was Haggis, but that was before we got there.

The girls are always a hit with the seniors. And well, how can they not be? Look how cute they are! They also got to dance with the Mayor of Coquitlam! I thought that was pretty neat. They didn't really understand. Mayor Stewart was a great sport getting up on stage with the girls. You can tell he was very serious and concentrating hard on the steps (see his tongue sticking out?).

The girls also danced at another Burn tea on Friday for our dance school but I didn't get a chance to take any pictures. They were stars of that show as well and when we left and walked past all the seniors, they clapped for them. So cute!!

Hot Wheels

We are now a Hot Wheels family. "Play cars?" is a common question around here these days and my parents have gladly obliged Kaylum with Christmas gifts of cars and tracks. My Dad insists there are too many "girl toys" in our house and I suspect he is trying to balance things out!

Avatar

Have you seen Avatar yet??

Sean and I went and it was fabulous! It was our first 3D movie and wow! I've seen the 3D shows at Disneyland but this was different. The 3D was almost subtle, by that I mean they weren't intentionally hurling things at your face to get a reaction. After awhile you almost forgot about the 3D. I absolutely recommend seeing it. But buy your tickets early!

Bubbles!

This is an activity that Kaylum can't get enough of. Whenever we have the sink full of water to do dishes, he's there with a chair helping us (ok mainly Sean). He loves wiping and dumping water from one place to another. And of course, soaking the floor. This is where those Sham Wows! come in handy!