Coast to Coast Canada - Part 1, PEI

We went coast to coast this summer. We live on the east coast of Canada. Our family lives out west. And we had 2 vacations. The first was camping on PEI which we try to do every summer. The second was a flight out west to BC to see family. Both vacations were really wonderful. Here's a little taste of both.
First PEI, camping with friends:

 Big Bike Ride

 Spaghetti Supper

 Lazing around the campfire

 Ready to boogie board

 We bury J every year

 The manditory pic of my kids on the beach

 Me with my sleeping beauty

 A Canucks fan on the red sands of PEI

 Enjoying the beautiful scenery

 Gorgeous View

 A little local brew

 Of course we roasted marshmallows

 Anne - oh wait, that's me

 A fisherman's salute

 Cows! - No trip to PEI is complete without it - best ice cream in the world!

 

Canada Day 2012!

Ball Hockey Challenge

"Driving" a Fire Truck

Gone Fishin'

Hot Dog

Skippin'

Going for a Fire Truck Ride

A Fire Truck Ride!

A Flower

Mr. Kool-Aid

Building a Trilobite

On TV

Fascinated to be on TV

Making Hats

 

Frozen Lemonade

Arrr Matey

BBQ
All in all a good Canada Day!


BTW - Have you discovered the Instaframe or Instacollage to enhance Instagram?  It's one of my new favorite things!

Summer Kids - snake bubbles

I saw this great, super-easy idea on Come Together Kids.  This kept the kids busy outside for a good while and used things we had around the house anyway.  All you need for the bubble maker to make this is a plastic bottle, an old sock (or facecloth) and an elastic band.
You take the plastic bottle and cut off the bottom (I used a Gatorade bottle and a single serving milk bottle).  Cut the old sock into a square large enough to cover over you bottle end with extra hanging over.  Use the elastic band to secure.

The bubble mixture was just a small bowl of water with a squirt of dish soap.  Mix together a little.  Dip you bubble maker in and then blow out of the top = bubble snakes! 
*Be sure to teach your kids to only blow out of the bubble maker, not breathe in, you they will find themselves with a mouth full of  bubbles (not fun!)