Father's Day 2011

We headed to Niagara Falls for Father's Day weekend.
We brought the double stroller and headed to Rib Fest!

Loving her rolls on her legs! <3

This was a cool Onion Ring thingy -I've never seen onion rings done like this before. Yummy!

Logan and I checked out some of the fair rides.
This is the view from the top of one of the slides

Having fun is hard work! Time for ice cream!

We also went and saw the falls up close. Poor Daddy still has his air cast on...

Kali only cared about her Mum-Mum cracker

Love this one:

Logan getting his penny souvenir

Logan performing along to America's Best Dance Crew. We told him if he practices he can dance like Super Crew and Quest Crew --since then, EVERY DAY he has been practicing his hand stands and head stands.

Father's Day breakfast

No matter how hard we tried, Logan always wins at this game

Helping Lolo water the plants

Checking out a new park!

Kalia's first time on a swing --she wasn't sure if she liked it or not

Logan on the other hand totally loved the chance to play with his sister and push her on the swing

Time for a nap!

Back to the "park" in the backyard with Lolo

Happy Father's Day, Daddy and Lolo!

Father's Day with Grandpa

After seeing this banner made a Junk Mail Gems, Logan and I set out to make our own. We even dyed pasta for the first time using this recipe from Fugal Family Fun. And Kalia supervised our progress again...

I attached a pipe-cleaner to the end of the yarn to make a needle but it fell off a few times. Next time I think I'll just use some scotch tape wrapped around the end.

Logan enjoyed this activity a lot -- for a boy this was more interesting than making necklaces. And he even learnt how to use a whole punch!

Our finished project in the guest room for Grandpa!

Gift time! Logan was very excited!

A puzzle made from Popsicle sticks (idea from Impress Your Kids)! We used our glow-in-the dark Modge Podge instead of glue though. :D

Logan explaining that he made the wrapping paper using our "ice cube paint".

Inside Logan had his homemade croissants --with chocolate chips rolled up inside!

Telling Grandpa that the snack container he made GLOWS IN THE DARK!
Perfect for late night snacks!

Kalia also made a special present for Grandpa --but it was in her diaper! LOL ;P

First Dance Recital

Logan had his first dance recital with Elite Danceworx. As I got him changed and did his hair he requested the " Best Crew vs/ Poreotics" videoThis is what my three year old watched to get him hyped up. He thinks it's hilarious

Grandma and Grandpa came to put Kalia down to sleep while we were gone. Here's Grandma giving Logan some last minute dance tips

We had great seats -three rows from the front! I was so proud of him and happy that he got to experience dancing on a stage that I cried.

At the end they all came out for a last bow.

When I picked Logan up back stage he showed me where they were on tv and the stage he danced on

Outside the Markham Theater :D

Preschooler Tall Painting

I came across a video on YouTube that showed a group painting by pouring paint over a structure. I showed it to Logan and was really fascinated by the idea.

He asked to watch this "tall painting" video three times.

Kalia was close by supervising our attempt to create our own tall painting

Before we got things set up, I Googled "tall painting" and saw that fabulous Teacher Tom had done this with his preschoolers--he talked about the paint oozing and dripping off the paper, so I found a box to put ours in. We used two scrap pieces of wood we found downstairs and used wood glue to put them together. I had acrylic paint left over from when we painted pictures for the master bedroom (yes, we actually finger painted with acrylic paint and no, I didn't know at the time it wouldn't just wash out of our clothing).

I divided paint out into yogurt containers for Logan to pour

His aim was pretty good and seemed to understand from the video that you pour it slowly in the middle.

Ohhh -very pretty!

We could have stopped there but Logan asked for more -so we ended up just squirting it from the bottles. Logan seemed to like the squirting better than the pouring.

Done! A gift for Grandpa!

So much paint was oozing of this thing that I moved it to a tin plate. The blue and the red were finger paints so we watched for a bit as it mixed with the acrylic paint. The white acrylic paint sitting on top of the water-based paint went into smaller blotches and sort of floated on top.

There was so much paint left on the paper when we moved our Tall Painting. We grabbed another piece of paper and rubbed them together to make some marbled prints. Fun!

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