Photo Friday #14

TOFINO, BC | TRAVELS WITH KID



Raiding the recycle bin for castle building supplies before heading to the beach.







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Heritage Village Museum

ONE OF SPUD'S FAVOURITE MUSEUMS | NEAR VANCOUVER
Burnaby Village is a replica 1920s small town with a beautifully restored 1912 carousel, ice cream parlour, period costumes, artifacts, and toys. They have a working hand-operated, printing press. And serve freshly churned butter. The museum is very popular when it kicks it up a notch in December for the holidays and stays open later to accommodate the crowds. It also whoops it up on Canada Day, 20s style.

It's a Tie

A little tic tac toe while waiting for our restaurant dinner to arrive. Or is it a little jelly fish and starfish?

Photo Friday #13

TRAVELS WITH KID | VICTORIA, BC

Statues and fountains; historical monuments ... and playground.









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Robot Fabric Arrived

Oh, I'm so smitten with spoonflower. Look what arrived today! Four of my custom designs digitally printed on 100% cotton ... ready to sew!

Here's Robot Gear Garden


And with some coordinating stripes and Gear Constellations






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Bloomin' Magic

I don't know what this is but whenever it blooms its waxy, heavenly-scented flowers I believe in magic for a moment. This is especially true because of the amount of neglect this plant gets from me.

Grouse Mountain Summer Season

ONE OF SPUD'S FAVOURITE OUTDOOR THINGS TO DO | VANCOUVER

So when I decided to send hubs up the mountain for a zip line tour at Grouse Mountain, I debated whether Spud and I should come up with him or if we should just meet up with him after. The debate was partially fueled by the fact that taking the gondola up to the top of Grouse Mountain is a little pricey. But, as we found out, there IS loads of stuff to do there ... even in the summer ... and Spud and I had a great time while hubs was zipping through the forest.





First, there is the wildlife ...

Here's Bambi, not the least bit afraid of me taking this shot.



And the 2, large, somewhat intimidating Grizzly Bears behind an electrified fence.





Even some bear love? Hard to say.



A chairlift ride.



A parking lot for snow grooming equipment, which goes to show you that you never know what is going to fascinate the wee ones.



And a couple of free entertaining shows ... the lumberjack show and birds of prey demonstration.





For lunch we went to the Altitudes Bistro upstairs in the Chalet which really wasn't very family-friendly at all. We waited over an hour for our lunch and the food was not worth the wait ... or the price. Much of the lounge-type seating in the centre of the restaurant, where they sat us, is uncomfortable for eating, especially for the shorter ones in your family where their chins are at table height. After about 45 minutes of trying to entertain our bub in our awkward space we asked if we could move to one the 6 empty tables with normal sized furniture. They declined our request. A better bet would have been to grab a simple slice of pizza in the downstairs self serve restaurant. Or better yet, pack a picnic!

An Acquire Nothing Fathers Day

So I took the challenge of giving hubs a special day, without having us acquire more stuff: an experiential gift from me and a crafty one from Spud.

First, Spud made him a wee masterpiece using a T-shirt I nicked from his dad's closet and some fabric paint we had around.





which he wore on the 2-hour zip line tour I bought for him.



Yay! We did it. Daddio had a great time going at speeds of 70 mph and flying over valleys and rivers. Spud was very intrigued by what he saw of the escapade and declared that he too wanted to do it. Thankfully he's not big enough yet ... perhaps next year we'll all do it ...? Oiks.

Marble Morning

ONE OF SPUD'S FAVOURITE TOYS | QUADRILLA
Just spending a lazy rainy morning with some marbles.













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