Well, this week was full.
On Tuesday we hopped on the LRT and took it downtown to Churchill Square. During the lunch hour they had 6 performers from Circ du Solieil roaming / flipping / unicycling throughout the square. They also had a small petting zoo (I hesitate to call it that, but that is what they call themselves) with a rabbit, pig, snake, and lizard.
We walked around the square, sat and ate some berries, enjoyed the sunshine and the crazy performers and then hopped back on the LRT and headed home.
I cannot for the life of me remember what else we did that day!
On Wednesday we went to Fort Edmonton. We met some friends there. For the first time ever, we saw a show in the old Capital Theatre, and I must say it was pretty neat and not what I expected.
It was about the history of Edmonton, but with some flair. Real snow fell from the ceiling. The chairs shook with the rumble of the thunder. The screen was layered to give a 3D effect. Actually, there were 3 screens that were layered, with a nice wrap-around effect.
We looked in a couple of farm houses, looked at some 1920's toys, played in the playground and actually didn't get too far in exploring the areas in the 3 hours we were there before they closed.
On Thursday we made "Viking Bread" in the morning at Elijah's request. He loves it!
In the afternoon we went to the library and the John Jansen Nature Centre. The boys played a lot in the Tegler discovery area while I watched the honeybees do weird things in their plexiglass hive. Bees are weird. I watched one bee carry a dead bee all over the hive for about half an hour before I lost her. I couldn't figure out why she was doing that.
We visited the pond, did some pond dipping and caught a few strange or fascinating pond crawlies. We went into the discovery zone for a few minutes too.
Then we headed to Toviel's eye appointment. Last month his vision with his glasses on were 20/50 in his right eye. Today it was 20/30 with his glasses on. The drastic improvement was due to patching. I'm glad it's working! Next month we may have to shell out another $400 for a change (decrease) in prescription, which is something I am happy to dish out money for.
In the evening we measured on the sidewalk how long a Bowhead Whale is (18-20m) and how long a female Blue Whale is (33m) and then the boys played with sidewalk chalk and water guns while I pulled out 400+ dandelion plants.
We met Cris at Big Al's Aquarium so Elijah could pick out a betta fish. He prepared the fish bowl a couple of days ago and has been waiting patiently to pick up a fish. They were low on bettas, so we skipped over to Petsmart, where they have a ton of them. It turns out Elijah does not want a betta. He wants a goldfish, which requires a pump / filter. So he left disappointed, but Toviel left with a pretty male betta.
We are on the hunt for a good, inexpensive second-hand small fish tank with a pump now.
Before bed we watched a short video about the life of Marie Curie. Then we crawled into bed and read our Valuetale story of her. We looked on the map to find her hometown of Warsaw, Polland, Toviel brought up the fact that her love for learning and for her work ultimately killed her, but how that was okay because her work benefited a lot of people.
On Friday we went to a friend's house for the afternoon, and spent a wonderful few hours enjoying the fresh air.
In the evening we watched "The Lightning Thief". Elijah read the book aloud to Toviel and I. I much prefered the book. When I asked Elijah if he liked the book or the movie better, he said that they were different from each other, but both good in their own ways, so it wasn't worth comparing them.
Saturday involved some Pokemon games, Bang games, math games (Elijah and I played 3's Corners), and a trip to Birch Bay Ranch where we all tried out our archery skills a couple of times, enjoyed some pony rides, and horse-drawn wagon rides.
At night we watched "Big Miracle", a movie based on a true story about 3 Grey Whales getting trapped in the ice near Barrow, Alaska. It was a nice story all around. The movie ended at 12:30am, and we all crawled into bed exhausted.
Good week!!!
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