A Busy Spring

It's almost summer and I haven't posted all spring!

As usual this Spring was quite busy... we celebrated Easter with a neighbourhood easter egg hunt and a visit from my sister. Aidan started baseball and has been busy with games and practices. This is his first year in the league and he is loving it!  We are also gearing up for Aidan's grade 2 piano exam. He just finished his recital last week along with all of his school exams.

We've been most busy getting the cottage that we just bought ready for some summer fun... cleaning, and buying a few new things...

Below are some snaps from the season...

 Maya with the Easter Bunny

 Me and Aidan tree planting... Aidan was really into it and it was hard work|!

 Charity Allergy Run to Raise Funds for AAIA

 Maya performing with children's musician after the run

 Aidan pitching for his new team

 Hangin' with his team mates

 Time for a bike ride!

 Go-carting for the first time!

 Mom got into the fun too!

 Maya tried some bungey / trampoline jumping

 Aidan at his piano recital

 Andrew and Liam played also

 Playing badminton on the beach at our new cottage

 Relaxing on the hammock

 Flying a kite

 Playing in the sand..

 Taking a ride in the new kayak

 Sublime views at dusk

 Another view at dusk

 Endless fun in the sand

Maya Turns 5!

Maya turned 5 this week! She really wanted her birthday party at BounceNPlay again.This year she wanted a "Frozen"  theme.  She noticed that her ice cream cake was frozen and had the Frozen characters on it!  Here are a few shots from her party....

The frozen Frozen cake

Maya with her VERY LARGE Frozen balloon

Maya with friend, Jooah

Aidan having fun on the trampoline (he was convinced this would  be a boring little kid party)

Sliding down the indoor slide

Playing air hockey

Maya and her best buds from her school

Wendi and Maya - two cutie pies

Another cake for her actual birthday

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for the toy cell phone

and very cute hoodie!

Thank you Julia for the books!

Aidan Turns 11!

It's been a busy couple of weeks for birthdays.  First Aidan's 11th birthday, followed by Maya's 5th. Aidan had his party at the  Playdium.  Here are a few snaps from the day....

Brendan, Maya, Liam, Aidan, Dexter,Justin,and Eric at the Playdium

The fun started with the bumper cars

Even Auntie Pam gave it a whirl (later she said she couldn't stop the whirl!)

Playing lots of video games and winning tickets

Maya was in to it!

Cousin Justin won 500 tickets at one time!

Aidan's cake, which he helped to decorate

Books from Grandma and Grandpa

 A bow and arrow set from Mom and Dad

 Thanks for the books Julia\!  I've finished reading them all!

And the Go-Pro he really wanted!

Ice Hotel

One of the reasons we chose to go skiing at Mont Sainte Anne was so we could visit the Ice Hotel. I have always wanted to see it and it did not disappoint!  It was really something to see!

We decided to do the tour only and not stay overnight as I had heard it could be very cold and I figured the kids would be up half the night complaining.  As it was, the daytime tour was freezing!!!!  Wish I had worn my snow pants! We got some very cool photos though and the kids enjoyed the  ice slide. Check out the pictures from our tour....

Sitting in the hotel reception area

Another view of the reception and chandelier

Maya standing in the LED -lit bar

Mike and Aidan in the bar

The family at the front entrance

The chapel where weddings are held

The Frozen inspired room, complete with ice slide

The kids loved the slide!

Maya looks like a little polar bear

Carol sitting in the reception

Carol, Maya,and Aidan at the front desk....Aidan is licking the ice and strangely his tongue did not stick

Cool shot of Aidan in the main reception room

Typical hallway

The prettiest ice bed we saw

Mike and Maya freezing their butts off on ice chairs

The Viking room

Me and Mike "enjoying" our drinks in ice glasses in the bar. I really wanted at hot chocolate by this point...we were so cold!

Another view of the bar