This past weekend Ian's cousin got married so we had lots of family here and lots going on. Olivia helped us get the house ready for company by mopping the kitchen...Best for us, we had an opportunity to get a little family pic at the zoo where the wedding was held. It was a really beautiful wedding, too bad the rain didn't let up for us to visit the animals which Olivia was most excited about. Family pic...
Now that the weather is looking better, I hope we have lots of pictures to share of some summertime fun!

Way too much fun...

Last weekend was just packed full of fun. From the water park, to getting to push the mini grocery cart at the store, to the amusement park - Olivia had a great time and so did we.

For some reason we were without the camera for our first adventure to the water park this year, but I am sure we will have many more chances to get some pics of Olivia running through the fountains this summer. Also, no camera at the grocery store, only the camera phones which neither one of us have figured out how to actually get the pictures off of yet.

But we did take lots at Calaway Park, Calgary's answer to amusement park fun. Its kind of a funny little place, but the kids enjoy it and there are lots of rides for Olivia's size...I think at least 20!

The airplane: yes she wanted to ride it, yes she had a look of fear when she was riding it, yes she wanted to go again. What did she say when I asked did you have fun? "Oh yes Mommy, it was fun!!" I wouldn't have guessed by the look on her face that's for sure...

Olivia had great fun driving the old-timey car with Daddy.

It was a great family day, a good time was had by all!

Sunny Days

We have finally been blessed with beautiful weather here in Calgary. Its about time is all I have to say. This weekend being our Victoria Day weekend and thus the first long weekend of the summer, I decided to take an extra day off on Friday and enjoy some time with Olivia. We spent the morning at the park with some friends and the girls had a great time playing. It is so much fun seeing them together, running, jumping, tickling and screaming - you can't beat the little girl screams of delight!

Thomas the Train

We were so lucky to get tickets for the "Day out with Thomas" here in Calgary. I wasn't sure what Olivia would think of it all. Leading up to the big day, she would say, "we going to see Thomas? Yep." So, I figured she was excited about it.

The first sighting, I think I was more excited than Olivia, she was more in awe.

Then we actually got to ride on the train. The rumor was to sit on the caboose so that we would be able to see Thomas actually pulling the train. So that was cool.

Then we got up close and personal! This was so much fun, really! We took like a thousand pictures!

Then there were activities...running through the maze...

getting a Thomas tattoo...

pictures with Sir Topum Hat...

face painting!!! So very fun, who is having more fun here Mommy or Olivia?

Next came the carousal ride...

and the jumpy thing.

It was definitely a fun filled day. The weather was finally nice enough to be outside and enjoy the day. We finished off with a nice Mother's Day brunch at the park where all this was taking place. Olivia and her friend Trystan were tired after but still wanted their picture taken under the moose!
Olivia made it home before falling asleep and slept a good 2 hours in her bed with her little pink kitty cat face. I was thinking she wouldn't ever want to take it off, but she did because the baby sitter did it instead of mommy that night!