Children's Festival Wrap up

More of my catching up from May. K, S, Grandma and I hit up the Vancouver International Children's Festival a few weekends ago. The Children's Festival has been running for a dog's age. I remember with anticipation going every year with my parents - the cotton candy, the face painting, seeing Raffi or Sharon, Louis & Bram live. It was the highlight of my year in my early days. So I was very excited to restart the tradition with my own little one.
As an adult, its a bit smaller then I remembered. But the price is still very decent - $10 for general admission and $16 for a presentation (which includes all day admission). Let me tell you, the toddler tent was well worth the price of admission. Basically it was the world's greatest playroom, with Melissa and Doug puzzles, a water table, dress-up centre, doll house, and an Ikea spread of tents, tunnels, blocks and trains. The girls loved it. It was a bit of a grey day, so we spent most of the time in the tent. Here are some of my favourite memories from the day. It was impossible to catch both girls in camera at the same time. They are still in a stage where they mostly play next to each other, not with each other.

Mother's Day Addendum: Cousin-Sisters

I can't get over watching my niece, S and K together. They are only a month apart, and if it were not for the space between our houses (nearly an hour drive) I would try to get them together on a daily basis. For days after spending time together, K wanders around forlornly, whispering "Fia?" "Fia?" and then demanding we bring her pictures up on the TV.
n Mother's Day, I got a ton of fun pictures of them together:

"Bye mom, we are going for a drive"

Snack time = fun group feeding

this set cracks me up. I suck at doing collages, so I will just post all 3 together here. I wish I could get them to line up left to right, but I iz not that smert.

the slide was a big hit too:

in unison, wherever they go: