Tonight 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.

The kids have been singing this song non stop since they learned it.  Even when the internet fails…they keep on going.  Time to put all their lessons to music!

Farewell to Peggy’s Cove and Nova Scotia

By Michelle Kempe on Oct 2, 2014 in Baby Maria, Cierra, Dad, Hailey, Kaatje, Kaelyn, Mom, Samantha (aka Hula Hoop), Tammy, Travel |

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.

Grand Pre

By Michelle Kempe on Sep 30, 2014 in Baby Maria, Cierra, Dad, Hailey, Kaatje, Kaelyn, Mom, Samantha (aka Hula Hoop), Tammy, Travel |

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...

Halifax Citadel

By Michelle Kempe on Sep 29, 2014 in Baby Maria, Cierra, Dad, Hailey, Kaatje, Kaelyn, Mom, Samantha (aka Hula Hoop), Tammy, Travel |

  This is an outstanding example of the a National Historic Site.  It is beautiful, well maintained and the programming is excellent.  We did the self guided adventure tour ( no additional costs) and the kids became spies in the Citadel.  The comic book provides the back ground story and leads the children to all aspects of the fort to discover clues.  Upon our...