Kurt, the kids and I went to the Canada Day festivities in Diefenbaker Park this morning. It was fun! I like that THIS is the first thing you see when you get there. Gotta get your priorities right, right?
Finn and Lily sported moderately patriotic attire. After all, they're only half Canadians.
Other people were not so subtle. My favourite part was when this lady got out of her wheelchair and started dancing to the Metis fiddling going on on the stage at that point.
Proud Canadians.
Bored Canadians.
Then, finally, the Pipes and Drums were getting this show on the road! Lily decided to take a closer look. Men in skirts, how funny! Finn decided he didn't like all that piping, only the "clown in the middle with the drum" played good music. :)
As Kurt put it: "The weather was great, the crowd was good, and the speeches were boring - everything was normal!"
Finn was scared of this Cree Chief and all his feathers. :)
A bag of popcorn restored his peace of mind quickly, though. By the way, this is his favourite shirt, it's Cookie Monster from Sesame Street.
The "good crowd".
And after Lily's nap Finn's wish was granted and we went back to the Kinsmen Park paddling pool. They had so much fun! Lily had to get used to not having water wings on; I had to pull her out of the water a few times before she caught on.
The Pelican slide! When we were there yesterday Finn took off and was halfway up (fully dressed) before I could get to him.
And after we came home they enjoyed playing with some nice prairie dirt while Grandpa was grilling burgers on the deck.
I guess the next post will be from good old Germany. I'm hoping for an uneventful flight and that they will actually sleep on the plane this time!
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