Saturday, September 27, 2014

Before Banff...

So before banff we had snow, and sun, and other fun things! 

Here is Immy making flowers with real seeds and these coloured foam like things that turn into a kind of soil?! She had a lot of fun :-)


View of the Rockies from our kitchen window (when I thought the snow would stay in the mountains!)

Immy ready to go to her first day of Kindergarten

She is always asking me to take photos of us doing silly poses. 

And the snow arrived... (this is the first day- before I got all their winter gear out - when I still thought it was going to melt by the afternoon hahahahahahaha)

Much later in the day... still snowing!


Making hot chocolate to stay warm after spending the morning playing in the snow!

The next day!

Our wrecked gazebo (after I took the canopy down) after the snow killed it.

Eli watched a you tube vid and taught himself how to finger knit. He's made scarves for everyone!


A visit to the Science Centre - giving power to the houses


They have a workshop where they build 'real' things. Can't remember what this was that they were working on but it was their favourite part of the science centre.





Jedi Halloween costume

Down by the Bow river just a few mins from our house. (Just a day after we had snow)








Down at the lake the week after the snow!






On the stage at the science centre with her friend from school. Of course Immy is the tallest person in their class and she is the shortest person in the class!

Rock wall in the science centre

They have a really cool playground outside the science centre 

Look at this slide! You have to climb up the rope ladders and nets inside to be able to get to the top. Immy was so mad as she just couldn't do it! Eli must have done it about 20 times!

In a demonstration about temperature. Eli was picked as a volunteer. He had to hold a flame to the balloon! He was actually really freaked out and jumped a mile when the balloon burst!

Fixing stuff!

Building stuff


Monday, September 22, 2014

Banff!

First stop - Lake Louise






Lunch by the river

Love this shot of the train crossing the bridge. Wish it was clearer but I just happened to be standing on the bridge and wasn't expecting it!

Driving to Banff



My fave mountain!


Eli said he prefers this mountain (Sulphur mtn) because "Mountains should have tree's on them"




A walk along the Bow River in Banff to the falls (which incidentally the kids were most unimpressed with. They both gave us a lecture of what a real water falls should look like. I guess when you are 5 and 8 and the only waterfall you have seen [4 times] is Niagara Falls then everything else pales in comparison!)






 Eli drinking from the river because he was so thirsty and his water was gone!


Our hotel had a mini water park which was a big hit!


We took the Gondola up Sulphur Mountain. I was terrified lol. It is one steep ride! The view from the top was soooo worth it though. It was a beautiful day, 28 degrees and not a cloud in sight.

Best comment from Immy. "I just love the Rocky Mountains. I wish we could live here, they are so pretty - but I don't really like the colour. Grey and brown are not my favourite colours. I would like them better if they were pink"