.Learys in Canada!

We had the pleasure of having my parents spend a week with us in August. We all loved having them around and wish they could’ve stayed for, like, the entire month of August instead? Maybe next time they come to Canada they’ll both be retired and stay forever. We’re hoping anyway.

Ames especially loved having them here because they brought an entire suitcase full of toys and presents just for him. What a lucky little guy.

 

The next day they came along with me on our regular boring stuff, like grocery shopping and walking to the park. But can I just tell you how much more I enjoyed this stuff with them here?? It was awesome!!

I was excited to show them our new library too. We took Ames to the “Lego at the library” day where he gets to make his own Lego creation and put it into the display at the front of the library all by himself. I helped him out a lot, but he does really obsess over Lego these days.

 

Next day we spent at West Edmonton Mall Aquarium! We went to the sea lion show and had soooo much fun.

 

This is definitely the smallest aquarium I’ve ever been to, but it’s the only one we’ve got here so we enjoyed every inch of this place.

Oh I especially loved the penguins. They were really active and funny swimming around near the kids.

 

We wandered up and down the mall to see all the crazy attractions at this huge place.

Ames and I even got to ride the carousel at Galaxy Land.

We played at another park after our day at the mall. We were happy for a warm day in the middle of a pretty cool week.

The next day we put them to work babysitting while we worked on tiling our basement bathroom shower. We’ve still got a long way to go with that project.

We had strawberry shortcake for dessert. One of our favorites around here.

On our final full day with my parents, we took them for a little walk on the Rundle Park bridge over the North Saskatchewan River. A beautiful little spot close to our home. It was cold.

That night as I prepared for the next morning of saying goodbye to my parents and watching them drive away, my heart was breaking. I couldn’t think of letting them go that easily. The only way I could think of it was if we went with them… as far as Red Deer (about 2 hours South) to the new Peters’ Drive-in. And so it was.

That milk shake sure made the goodbye easier.

Thank you for coming to Canada Mom and Dad! We sure love you and appreciate everything you do!