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Snapshots From The Coast

Vancouver the Second

More photographic highlights of the Vancouver visit!

Getting in the Swim

Here are some shots of Miz V's first foray into aquatics. Huzzah for splash pools! We're now looking forward to starting lessons this winter

Kenna Bounce Moment

Kenna Bounce Moment. 'Nuff said.

Walkabout

Big highlights of the BC trip were the walks we took out in the Maple Ridge area. On Saturday, V rambled to North Beach with Laura and the Aunties Kenna and Sonya and SuperUncle T, then on Sunday (a much warmer day) we all set out again, this time adding Grandma McNab, Auntie Hanifa, Coz Nathan and Unca Richard to the crew, exploring the Cliff Falls area of Kanaka Creek. Dang, it is pretty - and since Miz V loves her the trees, these were very exciting outings indeed! Below - a quick slideshow of some photographic highlights...

Bopping Around the Big Smoke

The past few days we've been fighting the heat and humidity pounding the pavement to check out some of the TO sites of scenic interest.


This usually means Miz V gets strapped into the portable baby prison, much to her chagrin.







We spent K's b-day touring the lovely Casa Loma - surprisingly interesting place, amazing wood panels.










K took V out for her first geocache trip, and the stroller proved a useful surface for recording the find in the cache log.








Today we beat the heat by tootling through the ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) which is currently hosting a very interesting exhibit on Darwin. We spent the afternoon indoctrinating the gremlin on her monkey heritage.




Here we used the oddest shoulder height change table. Look how high it is set in the wall, and how it dwarfs Miz V.





To further mess with your sense of scale, here's the ninja babe chilling with a Galapagos tortoise. How big is she, anyway????

She Shoots, She Scores!

No need to worry that Miz V will be unfairly influenced by our natural inclination towards rarely televised sporting events- Auntie K is ready to pick up our slack! This morning we visited the Hockey Hall of Fame, and while V dozed through much of it, she did touch Lord Stanley's Cup (there are 3 cups, the original which is kept in a temperature controlled room, the official league cup which is on permanent display in Toronto - see above - and the presentation cup which is currently serving jello shots in Detroit.)

To tell the truth, V was more impressed with the high quality halogen lights which illuminate the various hockey treasures than with Paul Henderson's jersey from the Summit Series, but K insists this is a good start. She should have perfected her slapshot by August, tops.

Niagara!

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Roald Road trip to Niagara! And we brought cameras!

Auntie Kenna Arrives

K arrived today to meet the little V, and the two hit it off immediately. Apparently, we've grown stale, so a new and fresh face has tremendous appeal for the cute little gremlin.

There were plenty of hugs as V enjoyed a third set of shoulders to drool on. Clearly, these two are going to be very good friends.

We spent K's first afternoon in the Big Smoke flying a kite down at the beach, and a walk along the boardwalk. K was remarkably capable at getting the kite off the ground.

Miz V loved the show, what with her improving eyesight, and had a great time hanging in the park. Also good: open-air diaper changing...very refreshing!

And they rounded off the afternoon with a classic game of "Why are you hitting yourself?" Good times...