Edmonton Day 2

On day two of our Edmonton Adventure, Tyler was up early in order to get to the school by 9:00am.  The kids slept GREAT in the hotel, which was a bit of a worry.  We were planning on testing to see how our kids did on this mini-trip to help us determine what we needed to plan for on our bigger holiday to the coast in August.  I'm glad to say that Max slept fine in the playpen instead of his crib which is great news.  The kids and I got up and got ready and ate breakfast and then decided to go outside for awhile.  Because our hotel was downtown (to be close to the UofA), there weren't many parks or green spaces within walking distance.  We walked around downtown for a little bit trying to find Sir Winston Churchill Park, but were unsuccessful.  Mostly because the kids were tired of walking.  We found a street that is similar to Stephen Avenue in Calgary and spent some time there.  The kids had a snack and looked at some statues and smelt flowers.  

We headed back to the hotel for lunch (leftover pizza) and Max's nap.  After lunch we jumped in the van and headed to the science center.  We were fortunate to be able to get in free with our Calgary membership, which I was grateful for because it wasn't much compared to the science center in Calgary.  I imagine for kids 5+ it's great, but they didn't have much for little kids.  

We enjoyed sitting on a police bike and Lucy got to pretend to forecast the weather. 

 Upstairs they had a little kid section where we spent most of our time.  They had a giant piano that you had to stand on to make it play and they really enjoyed that.  

After the science center we went home for Max's nap and to meet up with Tyler.  We decided it was a good evening to spend back at WestEd to do some shopping.  

Grandma Janielee had given each of the kids some money to spend at the mall.  Lucy had decided she wanted to get a Mrs. Potato head because her friends Seth and Eli have one.  We looked at a few toy stores but couldn't find one.  I had noticed there was a Build-a-Bear store and told Lucy that there was a place where you got to choose your own bear and stuff it, and kiss the heart and put it in your bear and then choose clothes for them and name them.  Her eyes got really big and said, "I want to do that!"  So we headed off to the Build-a-Bear store.  She chose a white bear with pink highlights.  She carefully stuffed it and kissed the little heart.  Once it was stuffed she took it to the bath and brushed her hair.  Then we chose a pink t-shirt with a princess crown on it for her to wear.  Her and dad went to the computer to chose a name.  At first she said "Patcha" which is her first choice of name for anything.  Dad said it wasn't really a name, so she paused and then said, 'Ok, Linda."  I don't even know where she has heard that name before.  

Max bought an airplane because he is obsessed with airplanes right now.  We headed back to the hotel after that and Lucy cuddled Linda all night.