We went to the PNE yesterday and we didn't even get rained on! A few little drops here and there, but nothing serious.
The Peking Acrobats were back again this year and still very amazing! If you're going to the PNE, make sure you check them out! The kids also have to see the Superdogs and the Toontastik parade when we go, and Rachael was very excited to pet three baby goats in the petting zoo. (Goats are her current favorite animal) But the thing they probably liked the best was getting the free skipping ropes! 
Near the lumberjacks, on the Playland side of the fair, there's this Go Active BC exhibit. And all they had to do was say three things they could do to be more healthy (eat fruits/veggies, run and swim is what they said) and then they each got a skipping rope. After that we went in the booth where they had to do five activities, stamp the "passport" they got, and then they got a free gift! Rachael chose a frizbee and Kaitlyn chose a lunch kit. (These were the only choices, since they already had the skipping rope.) Kaitlyn is super excited to take her lunch kit to school. And they've both been outside all morning skipping and playing frizbee. 
Near the lumberjacks, on the Playland side of the fair, there's this Go Active BC exhibit. And all they had to do was say three things they could do to be more healthy (eat fruits/veggies, run and swim is what they said) and then they each got a skipping rope. After that we went in the booth where they had to do five activities, stamp the "passport" they got, and then they got a free gift! Rachael chose a frizbee and Kaitlyn chose a lunch kit. (These were the only choices, since they already had the skipping rope.) Kaitlyn is super excited to take her lunch kit to school. And they've both been outside all morning skipping and playing frizbee.
We saw something at the zoo we've never seen before - eggs! Ostrich eggs, by the looks of them. That and the fact that it was in the ostrich enclosure! 
We saw lots of new babies at the zoo today.
We saw Shadow the grizzly bear playing in the water and eating/playing with some corn on the cob.
We took the bus and saw a black bear and an albino black bear.
We watch the lions being fed (it was too hot for the tigers to join them today) and we saw the Birds Of Prey show. 
There were lots of neat birds. There were hawks and falcons, and even a bald eagle! This is a great horned owl.
But the best part of the show was Rachael got to be a volunteer! We've seen the show before, so she knew what was going to happen. She got to pull Legless the "rabbit" for the hawk(?) to try and catch. 
And of course that's right when my batteries decided to die. Of all the luck! 
But, at the end of the show she got to have her picture taken with a great horned owl! Pretty cool!
We were at the zoo from 11:00 until 3:30 and didn't once hear any complaints about being too tired to walk! Pretty good, I thought!
On our last day of holidays we went to ride Go-Carts in Westbank. 
The girls had lots of fun "driving". It was nice we had the course to ourselves. 
We were going to go play at the beach or the spray park (the Winnie The Pooh spray guy is gone! Must have had some copyright issues?) but it wasn't quite warm enough. It was a bit overcast - still warm, but not enough to get wet.
Kaitlyn was so tired from all the late nights and fun all day, that she didn't want to do much of anything, so after lunch we came home. Of course, once we were in the truck driving, she had all kinds of energy! But it was good to be back home in our own beds! 
Kaitlyn also had fun with Tim's sister Meghan.
We stayed in a tiny cabin, but we were only really there for sleeping, so it didn't really matter how small it was. We were there for three nights and had great weather! The cabins even had air conditioning, so we could cool off at night.
We played at the beach a lot. Here Tim, Rachael, Kaitlyn and a new friend are making a splash! 
We went for walks to see some waterfalls nearby,
and we roasted marshmallows. 
We saw some wildlife - a deer, a huge frog - or maybe a toad? - some of us saw a bear, some fish jumping and some saw a painted turtle. These turtles have red and yellow bellies, though I think the tops of them are green/brown. There were pictures in the restaurant, but we didn't see one up close.
We were down to our last bag of frozen strawberries in the freezer, so it came not a moment too soon. As soon as we got these home, Kaitlyn and I each had a big bowl of them - with many more bowl-fulls to come! Mmm mmm good!
This year they divided the school in to different "provinces" or "territories". They went to the classroom they were in on the first day of school - k-5 in the same class, and these were the teams. Rachael stayed with her regular teacher in the "Yukon" team. I don't think they won, but they had fun.
being dragged across the field on a tarp,
carry everything from one hoola-hoop to another while blindfolded,
and of course, freezies. They even let Kaitlyn have one.
And all the while Kaitlyn just watched and entertained herself, playing in the sand, 
or pushing herself on a swing. Though, she's very much looking forward to being able to join in the fun next year! 
Auntie Sharon wanted to hold him, 
but the girls didn't. They will yet.
Welcome, little Jonathan! It's kind of funny, but if our girls would have been boys, they would have been named Jonathan! It's a good name!