Aloha Toronto!

Guess what?  We had a Hawaiian themed day at the beach last this weekend!  It was "Aloha Toronto" (a benefit for the local kids hospital) so there was lots of fun Hawaiian themed things to do.  For Violet and me, that meant watching the Hula show!!!  Wow, we were entranced and watched the whole time.  There was even a little 5-year old Hula girl - she was great!  It's giving Mummy ideas to put me and Vila into bhangra classes.....so watch out for that in the future, I think that would be quite fun for us!

After Hula, and a skewer of Hawaiian pork (great snack!), we set off to the KEW Beach playround and got some wading time in at the pool.  Here are the girls on splash patrol - watch out Daddy, stand back or we'll get you! 

Then it was time for dinner at our new fave, Beach Bird, followed by ice cream at Menchies, and the long walk home.  Well, wagon ride for Vila and I, but Mummy and Daddy were happy for the walk to burn off their ice creams!  Me and Viles.....we ride in style, ha ha ha! 

Great weekend day again......ahhh summer time fun.  Aloha everyone!  Audrey and Violet xoxo

Butterfly Girls

Face-paint day at Bowmore! 

Premiering.......Audrey's Art Gallery!

It's amazing what 2 crafty sisters (our Mummy and her sis, Aunty Holly) plus  a Nanny and Gramps (to keep us busy!) can do on a Sunday afternoon!  And now, I have my very own Art Gallery in my room for all my masterpieces!  Violet, your room next....but not until you're out of the crib anad we can find the perfect place for it.  Until then, you can use some pegs in my room, l'il sis!  Love Audrey and Violet xoxo

Kid and Parents at Play!

Our neighbours really are amazing - we love hanging out with them, and we're all really good friends.  But it was REALLY a fun night for our Mummy and Daddy when Jeff and Stacey (Avery's mom/dad), went "above and beyond" and put up a "pop up" restaurant one night!!  All the neighbours chipped in with good food, wine and bbq, but the structure was quite the thing.....Jeff spent all afternoon making this canopy, with tarp and lights, all on the front parking pad area of their house.  It was incredible!  Here's the whole gang (adults only) - at the nighttime dinner!  What a feast they had - lobster mashed potato, steak, jalapeno poppers, cheese, sweet potato salad....mmmm!

Of course, us kids get to play too - and so, on Sunday, we went to a local park and hit the bouncing ponies!  Yee haw, Vila and I had a great time too! 

Happy weekend fun everyone, Audrey and Vila xoxo

Long Weekend BBQ With The Gang!

Since the Meddsky's came all the way from Vancouver, the least we could do was host a party with the whole gang coming to our place!  This is an "action shot" above of the bbq in full swing.....we had quie a few  people, and quite a feast of burgers and tandoor drumsticks, salads, chips and brownies....mmmm.  But first, the arrivals - and what better way to arrive in style other than a vintage Porsche....

Daddy, what are you doing driving?  That's not yours!!  (oh, just sharing, eh?)  Andrew and Karen shared a chat with young John McReid.

And we met a NEW member of the gang - hello and welcome to little Grace Donnelly!!!  Isn't she a cutie?  Mummy and Grace's Mummy Cathy had a good time and posed pretty!

Of course, the gang bbq wouldn't be the same without a funny pic or two - and Scott is more than happy to oblige.  Karen and Nee, smile, you're on Mummy's camera!

 Next up, Dave and little John shared a smile for us.

 And the two lovebirds of the day - Shane and Sarah, awww, looking lovely!

But don't forget about us kids!!!  Here's the "kids table" - it got a little rowdy but we managed well. That's our buddy Jack Donnelly, McKenna Reid, and Nolan and Vila of course.

We also had a little dance party later - check out Vila below, and there's Rowan too.   It really was a big party for everyone!  Aunty Holly and Guy were there too - did you see them in our first pic?

After lots of food, drink and dessert, it was time for people to go - until next time friends!!!  Loved having you all over for a summertime party!  Love Audrey and Vila xoxoxo

The Meddsky's Visit ---- Hi Nolan!

We were SO excited to have the Meddsky's come and visit!  And we finally got to meet Nolan, yay!!!  It was almost like we knew him from his blog, but the real thing is SOOO much better of course.  We liked each other immediately, and set about showing him our hood.

Of course, for one of our first expeditions, we walked over to our "blue playground" at Bowmore School.  We took a wagon ride there - much fun with me being squeezed in next to my new little buddy! 

And when we got there, Nolan really liked the outdoor speaker phone.

We also did a dance party with Nolan at home to "Call Me Maybe" (no pictures - all too fuzzy as we were dancing too much!).  And we went out for dinner one night too to the Beach Bird, followed by frozen yogurt at our new favourite place - Menchies!!  Check us out with our desserts - we're a happy bunch, aren't we?

Next up on the Meddsky tour - a bbq with the whole gang!!!  Yay, we love all our friends, Audrey and Violet xoxox

Shhh - Don't Tell The Kids!

Kids at daycare, parents at play!  6 hours, 11 rollercoaster rides, 1 white-water canyon drenching, and lots of junk food.  Day well spent!

Signs of a Good Vacation

Childhood Checklist at Maid of the Mist!

After our couple days at GWL, off we went to the FALLS!  Mummy and Daddy thought we should see this magical wonder.  Here are me and Mummy in front of the crazy raging water!

But onwards we go....we were there to do the childhood classic, the "Maid of the Mist" tour under the falls.  After a looong walk from the parkling lot, we got there and put on her blue ponchos.  Well, correction....everyone BUT Violet put on their ponchos (she was NOT having any of it - we had to remove it from her to keep her from screaming down the whole lineup!)  Once on the ship, I was pretty excited and happy to go.

Violet on the other hand....let's just say she continued in her kind of grumpy mood.  The "magical" falls didn't seem to do anything for her!

I think this picture about sums up our different moods!

But after the falls, we had some lunch felt much better.  Then it was time for the walk back to the car ---- Violet and I led the way!  Holding hands, we love each other so much (most of the time, hee hee!)

Along the way, we reminded everyone to stop and smell the flowers....and share a snuggle whenever you can.

Violet actually had a lot more energy now, so she helped push me the final bit of the way.

What a trek, what a checkmark on our childhood list of experiences!!!  We'll laugh about this one day Vila!  Love Audrey and Violet xoxoxo

Arcade & Cub Club....aaaa-woooo!

We had more wolf-like fun at Great Wolf Lodge!  After we had waterparked ourselves out - off we went to the mini-arcade!  We were lucky enough to have Mummy and Daddy buy us lots of tokens, so we got lots of rides.  Vila and I loved the mini fire-truck....

 

We drove the mini-car (notice I'm always the driver!)....

And of course - we LOVED the carousel!

Along with the rides, we played some games to win tickets!!!  Lots of tickets gets you toys, as you trade them in at the end.  We did a few games with Mummy & Daddy's help.  Later on, we were able to get a wand, a yellow bouncy ball each, and two happy face erasers!

Along with the arcade, our other favourite non-waterpark thing to do was the Cub Club!  It's a room with lots of paints and colouring sheets, games, toys and books.  I got to choose a magnet to paint of the GWL mascot, Violet.  Meanwhile, Vila ran around with the shopping cart and playing house - she had a good time too!

That's most of the highlights of our trip to GWL - the next day, we checked out to try another Niagara Falls landmark, the Maid of the Mist at the Falls!  We got in our car and went on our way.....of course, with some souvenirs from GWL.  I got a light-up tiara and a wolf pup, and Vila chose a Hello Kitty (and a tiara, but she wouldn't wear it!)

 Now, off we go to the Falls!!!! Love Audrey and Violet xoxo

Waterpark "All Inclusive" Good Times!

We had a great afternoon, and full day, at the waterpark at GWL.  It's super big with lots of fun areas for us to play, both indoors and outdoors.  We loved the outdoor pool, with it's "captain's wheel" that Vila liked to hog, uh play, with (she really didn't want to share it much!), and I loved just being silly and swimming around with Daddy.

Indoors was fun too - there were baby slide to go down, a huge raft to go down a family slide together ( to Mummy & Daddy's surprise, I loved it!  I went down it 3 times with them!), and a wave pool.  Here's Vila in her lifejacket, ready for some water fun at the wave pool.

Sitting by the ground geysers at the wave pool and playing with them to keep the water down was really fun too, while we waited for the big waves to start rolling in.

Yay, here come the waves!  Daddy is there to help us jump over them!

Back outside and we managed to get Vila away from the Captain's Wheel by throwing around a ball - she was quite happy to play catch.

Now I mentioned this was "all inclusive" right?  Well, along with the water, we had glitter tattoo time too. Check me out gettting my fairy tattoo.  It's all-inclusive fun! (editor's note - NOT all-inclusive pricing....every "extra" was extra, but it was all there to buy!  And heck, why not on a 2-day journey?)

And Mummy decided to get a tattoo too - a blue butterfly - yay, we're twins!

 After glitter tattoos, it was time for lunch - yum, hot dogs and chips, plus Mummy & Daddy got their "adults only" slushies.  It was almost like being down south somewhere, complete with our waterpark wristbands.

Later on, it was dinner at the buffet, with sundaes for Vila and I, and more fun inside at the arcade.  Check our our next post for more on that!  Until then, Aaaa-wooo,slap a high-paw for good times at GWL!  Love Audrey and Violet xoxox