In Ottawa for a week with Jonathan and Brad and took them site seeing – they’ve never been to Montreal so we drove over and had to visit the world famous Schwartz’s. Amazingly delicious.
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Today we spent the day at a pumpkin patch and visit with the Redekops (we have all the girls, they have all the boys).
Read MoreTonight driving to swimming Samantha said to me: Samantha: Daddy I have a real problem! Daddy: What is that Sam? Samantha: I have a song stuck in my head. Daddy: Oh, what song is it? Samantha: I don’t know, it’s stuck in my head. Daddy: Well, how do I help you get it out? Samantha: I need to eat more food.
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This has been an amazing trip. It has inspired a love of history and geography in the girls and it has left us all with several wonderful family memories. Tonight we went back to Peggy’s Cove and said good bye to Nova Scotia. We wrapped up the evening with a wonderful fish and chip dinner, topped off with our first taste of Newfoundland fries.
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Mark and I were strolling on the beach while the kids played in the sand. As Kaatje puts it…we were stealing a moment alone. As she watched us, she walking hand in hand, she was inspired to write the following note to us in the sand. As we returned to where the children were playing, we stumbled across this heart and couldn’t help but smile.
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From the website: Grand-Pré National Historic Site of Canada commemorates Grand-Pré area as a centre of Acadian settlement from 1682 to 1755 and the Deportation of the Acadians, which began in 1755 and continued until 1762. Similar to the Citadel, we did the Explorer program. This program was geared at the little girls and it asked them several questions that...
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