Echoes of Laughter

We went to Lunenburg for the day to visit the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. This was one of Tyler’s favorite museums that we visited last summer, so we thought we would visit it again. He LOVES anything to do with the ocean. The thrill for him is touring ships and there are two docked at the jetty at the Fisheries Museum: The Teresa E. Connor, which is a fishing schooner, and the Cape Sable which is a diesal powered fishing dragger. We also spent alot of time in the “Whale” exhibit. For the first time, we also toured Lunenburg Read More »

Hunter had two friends over for a sleepover. These were the friends that she was supposed to go to camp with for a week. The girls had a great time. We made pizza for supper, and they played a game of “Life” and then watched some movies: “She’s the man” and the old movie “Hairspray” and then “Simon Birch”.

Today we went into Halifax for the day. We spent most of our time in Bayers Lake shopping and eating. Then we went to see the new Harry Potter movie at the IMAX in 3-D. It was great!

Last Monday, Hunter went to the office with Grammie for the day. Grammie puts her “to work” putting away invoices and writing up the bank deposit. Tyler had Tristan over for a playdate and I took them to Lumsden Dam for some beach time. These little boys play together so well!!

We planned another fun day trip with PA & C & M. First we went to Stirling’s for lunch. Stirling’s is most famous for it’s pies. Delicous pies. I had strawberry rhubarb pie with some whip cream. Then we toured Grand Pre National Historic Park, and then went to the Blue Beach Fossil Museum and did a fossil search on Blue Beach. The above Church is a replica of the Church where the men and boys were locked when the Acadians were deported by the British in 1755- a sad fact of history. We also looked at some of the Read More »

Halifax was busy getting ready for Tall Ships 2007, so there was lots of hustle & bustle on the waterfront.

On Tuesday, our friends PA & C & M picked us up and we left for a day trip to Halifax. We started our day at the Discovery Centre. We packed a picnic lunch and ate on the Waterfront. But before we ate lunch, we visited Freak Lunchbox, which is the coolest candy store in the city.

Thursday was an overcast day, so we did a little shopping at Chisholm’s in Kentville and we picked up the boardgame Life to play. Then we visited the new Gelato place across the street for some delicious cold treats. The Gelato is made on site with fresh milk. I tried pistacchio, Tyler had coconut and Hunter had grapefruit. It was totally YUM-O!!

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More of the campus that I love!!!

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On Tuesday, we went for a hike around the campus of my alma mater. I think that this is one of the most beautiful campuses in the country, but I am biased, of course. I showed the kids the walk I used to have to make from the gym after a workout to my apartment at 88 Highand Ave. Except, that we didn’t quite make it all the way to Highland Avenue since we stopped to chat to 2 students from Riyad, Saudi Arabia.

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When we were in Halifax, the kids were constantly asking Grammie to hold things for them in her bag (which i would then carry!): hats, suncreen, sweaters, etc, until Grammie’s bag literally fell apart. So I took them shopping at Mountain Equipment Coop for these day packs, so now they can carry their own stuff: hats, waterbottles, snacks, gum. They love them and it works great for me!

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