Edmonton

As promised, here is a summery of our trip in pictures. We left on sunday night at midnight. It was a long drive and Liam was up most of the night, although he didn't make a peep, just stared outside. He did finally fall asleep. The trip went by pretty fast and we arrived early afternoon at our hotel. We spent the rest of the day at the mall and swimming at the hotel. The kids admiring the famous ship inside West Edmonton mall. The were rather amazed with how it was inside.

The big whale statue the kids explored.
Back at the hotel the kids are making themselves at home. Those who know Aidan knows all about his obsession with cars.
Cassidy reading as usual.
The next day we spent the morning at IKEA which took forever to find (i guess I am not good at giving directions) The kids loved it because there was a supervised playarea we could just drop them off. Too bad we don't have one of those here. The afternoon we went to the Waterpark at the mall. The kids played all afternoon until they couldn't keep there eyes open. The waterpark was slow since school just started. There were lots of kiddy things to do there. I had not been there for years and forgot who much stuff they had.











Liam after returning from the Waterpark. As you can see he was zonked.The next day we went exploring the mall again. The kids were enthrawled with the skaters at the icerink.
We spent that afternoon at Fantasy Land. I think this was there favorite part since this is all they talk about.

Liam's first ride. He loved it.


I stuck the kids on this little rollercoster by themself. It actually went pretty fast and there reaction was priceless.
enjoying some icecream at Mcdonalds for a snack.



The last thing we did was check out the sealion show. Cassidy had been asking about these all day.



Thursday morning we headed home. On the way out on the yellowhead, we witnessed a huge collision with three semis, one truck and one little car. we were right behind it and thankgoodness we were not involved. It was insane and the vehicles were pretty smucked. Thursday was a really long day of driving. Coming home took alot longer then we would have liked but we made it home at about one in the morning on friday.
it was a quick vacation but worth getting away and having a good time. The kids enjoyed it and are already asking when they can go back.
Friday morning Aidan had his first day of school. It wasn't an official day, more like a get to know the teacher/tour day. I think he will really enjoy it and was already excited because he made some new friends already. His class will be smaller then it was in Brandon and his days are a little longer.