Happy Canada Day!!!

Happy Canada Day!!!! Yesterday, I took Kellen to Rotary Park (a big park down by the water) where they were having a huge family day celebration (Ajax is really great for family events - they do these type of days alot - and it is all FREE!!). Unfortunately, Shawn couldn't join us because he had to work (he got today off instead). So, we went to the park with Raymond, Sharlene and Caden!.

When we first arrived, there was this HUGE blow up beaver to great us to the park! At first, Kellen was very intrigued by the beaver, but once we got up close - he was scared. He kept asking me "Beaver eat mommy and Kellen?.....oh nooooo!" then he would say "Beaver fall down on me?....oh noooooo!". Needless to say, he didn't want to hang out for too long with the beaver and didn't give his big smile for the camera!

Turns out...Caden was equally afraid of the giant beaver! As other families were trying to get pictures, the scared little kids thing was a common theme!

Behold...the super fast, super big, blow up slides!!!

These events are amazing.....they had both pony and camel rides for the kids!!! Here are the camels - Kellen got a bit scared once we were getting closer to our turn - so, we decided to put it off until next year!

One of the blow up castles which was also a maze!!!

They had about 3 blow up mazes for the kids to run through....Kellen was very brave as he ran around the maze, until he ran into other kids - then he would get a panic-stricken look on his face and bolt back toward me (here he is desperately trying to get back to me!)...I don't think he liked the fact that kids were coming out of no where).

He was much more brave once Caden ran along with him!!!

There were lots of food venues to choose from....naturally, we all gravitated towards the chocolate and fudge tent!! Here is Kellen very much enjoying his marshmallow dipped in chocolate treat! He literally finished it by the time we got to the reptile show (5 minutes later!)

Caden and Kellen both giving their "smiley" faces (I guess Caden thought Kellen had something pretty good going on with this face, so he has recently started doing the same thing when you say "smile!")....boy, did they enjoy their marshmallow and chocolate treat!!!

One of the many things going on at Rotary Park was a reptile show! These two guys from Ottawa came to show all these cool reptiles....the kids were fascinated by all of these animals (me...not so much!)....Kellen asked if he could hold the snake....the answer was "no".

Here is Kellen thoroughly enjoying the reptile show...he was so good during the entire thing - he would put up his hand for every question (they were all yes and no questions) and got super excited with every new animal!!

They also had a petting zoo there! Here is Kellen desperately trying to get into the pen to play with the animals! He had fun trying to pet the sheep and goats...until they actually got close enough to touch...then he just got scared and asked me to do it!

We ended the day with an ice cream cone!!! Kellen loved it!! He is slowly getting better at licking the ice cream....just not fast enough (needless to say, we needed to wash his outfit when we got home!)

We went to Raymond and Sharlene's for a BBQ in the evening....here are Kellen and his best friend, Caden....it's really funny to see how Caden has started making the same "smiley" face as Kellen when we say "smile!".

Happy Canada Day, everyone!!! Sharlene (with Caden's help!) made this yummy cake to celebrate the day!!