Last Weekend of the Summer

Mommy says this is the last weekend of the summer and we should make the most of it. PLUS, Daddy is off this weekend so there's even more reason to do something before the weather starts to turn cold and I start school.

GRANVILLE ISLAND - Saturday, August 25, 2007
Daddy found out about the Wooden Boat Festival on Granville Island and it sounded like it might be fun. I heard some sailor music, watched a man make a rope and, of course, saw lots of wooden boats. Here I am with Daddy on the docks. We saw lots and lots of boats and Daddy explained how some of them work.


After looking at boats on the docks, Daddy said we could go an a boat ride. I didn't know it would be a BUS ride too!


Here I am with Mommy on the AquaBUS! It's a small boat that scoots on the water to another dock near the bridge that takes you to Grandpa's house. We went on the cruise so it took us back to Granville Island where we started. I had fun watching the other Aquabuses on the water and the regular buses passing over us on the bridges.


LAZY DAY - Sunday, August 26, 2007
Sunday morning is always full-circle breakfast at Grandpa's house. This week Grandpa made lots of food but best of all, he made pancakes. I think I ate 100 tiny, spare-tire pancakes.

My cousin Jacob is walking now and can even run a little bit. We had fun playing Run-Run. I can run very fast. Jacob can run almost as fast as me but he gets a lot of help from his mommy, Aunty Wendy.

After breakfast, Mommy went to the Farmer's Market while Daddy and I played at the playground. I think lots of other families do the same thing because the playground was very busy. Mommy wanted to go for a forest walk after our shopping but I said no. Instead we went home to work in the garden.

There was lots to do in the garden. Mommy and Daddy spent a lot of time pulling weeds while I helped them move some dirt around. I helped Mommy pick some green chili peppers from the veggie patch and she also taught me how to pick the red tomatoes off the vine without having all the little green ones fall off. Here I am in the garden. See my sunflowers behind me. They're making seeds that I can plant next year.



PNE - Monday, August 27, 2007
What a busy day this was! In the morning, I met my friend Marissa for a playdate. We haven't seen each other all summer. We played at the Fire Engine Playground then had a hot chocolate party at the coffee shop.

After lunch, Daddy came home from his golf game and our family went to the PNE. There was so much to see! First we saw the jumping motorbikes and quad-cycles. That was very exciting and noisy. Then we went to the SuperDogs show. Mommy really cheered for our "Bow Wow" team. On our way to Farm Country we saw the Canadian Forces and I got to sit in a real jeep and jet!



That was one of my favourite parts. After the jet, we finally made it to Farm Country where I saw a gigantic bull, lots of cows and some horses. I petted a goat and I really liked the small animals like the bunnies and the baby ducks and chicks. Then, we spotted something that looked really fun...tractor races. I went three times!


We ended our day at the PNE by sharing a bag of mini-donuts. They were pretty tasty.

I didn't know what the PNE was before we got there, while we were there I wasn't sure that I wanted to stay, but after we left, I sure wanted to go back for more.