The Peace Arch

Tracy took us to The Peace Arch today for a picnic lunch and some exploring.

Sophie was the leader of the pack.  She took the kids through some giant rhubarb...fun!

Sophie had a brochure that explained all the sculptures in the park.  The kids had to run around and find each sculpture.

This one is made out of drift wood.

The United States side...

The other side is Canada!  This is the closest my kids have ever been to Canada.

One more sculpture then off to see the Peace Arch.

Impressive...look at those little cuties underneath...they were impressed too.

The Peace Arch has been there since 1814.  It was fun to climb on too.

My kids learned a lot about the border and understood this was the boundary between their country and another country...it was fun to see their curiosity and hear all their questions.

We went over to the US Flag made from flowers.  The big kids placed their hands on their hearts and said The Pledge of Allegiance.  They did this all on their own.

So patriotic!

Then we went way across the field to see the Canadian floral flag.

Emma said, "are we really in Canada now?"

Yes Emma...you are!

Sophie was nice enough to take a family photo of us...in case you are wondering, Marc is in the San Juan Islands fishing with Raymond right now...we'll meet him there on Saturday.

Before we left the park we checked out the swings and relaxed a little.

Olivia thought this was pretty cool.

Marcus loves to swing.

He also loves his cousin Gia...so fun.  This was such a cool place; I'm so glad we went to see it.  It was a lot of fun to teach the kids about the different countries too.  The houses across the street here are actually in Canada...crazy!

Over 100 Degrees!

The kids started off the morning using the tractor as a jungle gym.  Made for a cute picture.

As the weather started getting hotter, we brought out the sprinkler.  Emma and Ceci thought this was heaven!

We couldn't get Emma out of it.

She was jumping for joy!

Gramie got the kids more organized and had them play follow the leader.

They each took turns doing some sort of trick or pattern and the others had to follow.

This is the tough girl look...pretty fierce!

Ceci jumps high!

Olivia just liked to run...

She had all of them running around after her.

Marcus thought they were pretty funny.

Ring around the rosey....

And they all fall down!

Oh My!

Olivia and Sophie helped me make some cake pops.  I didn't do anything other than supervise.  They dug right in.

They dipped the sticks and put them in the balls.

And decorated them nicely.  They did awesome!  Those will be our after dinner treats...can't wait to taste them.  These girls did it all from start to finish.  Sophie even read the directions step by step...Nice Job girls!

We had a surprise afternoon visitor too...Ray Haley.  He came over from the west side to have lunch with a friend and decided to stop by and say hello.  It was nice to visit with him.  The temperature is over 100 degrees right now so we've moved the kids inside and are just enjoying the A/C.  Love the A/C!

Baylor is 1!

Today we went to Colby and Kimmie's house for a Dr Seuss birthday...complete with GREEN EGGS!

It was a hot summer day...the kids hung out on the play set most of the time.

We had a yummy lunch.

Then a water feature was set up...surprise...Marcus couldn't get away from it.

All the kids were so hot they all jumped right in.  This was the popular spot for quite a while.

Marcus thought this was the best thing ever!

Olivia, Ceci and Emma enjoying the hot sun.

I'm all wet!

There's the birthday boy!  Baylor took a good nap at the beginning of the party and woke up refreshed and ready for some action.

Out came the cake.  Marcus helped to blow out the candle.

Yummy, Ceci, Olivia and Elle eating cake and ice cream.

Baylor thought it was pretty tasty.

Then it was present time.  The dump truck was a hit.

Marcus played with the boys.

The girls played on the swing.

Emma found some friends for tea.  It was a great party...Happy 1st Birthday Baylor!