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The boys with their presents from Aunty Sarah.
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The boys with their books from Aunty Adrienne and Uncle Eric.
At West Edmonton Mall
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We took the boys for a couple of nights to the Fantasyland Hotel in Edmonton so that they could have
a vacation even with the COVID mess we're still in. Here they are riding the train at Galaxyland.
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Henry and Walter back on the ride-on animals. You'll notice that they're pretty rough-looking as the
mall figured out that they can charge more to ride on these guys IN the mall, so all of the nice ones
went up there.
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Our whole family on the ride-on animals.
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Walter and Mommy on the mini ferris wheel.
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Henry and I watching the roller coasters go by. While Henry seems fascinated by roller coasters, he has
very little appetite to actually ride on them.
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Back on the Dragon Wagon, this time in the front seat!
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And he convinced his brother to join in too.
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There was no one here so the boys did 6 straight rides on the Dragon Wagon. But much to my chagrin, they
wanted nothing to do with the other (better) roller coasters.
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Walter quite liked this pirate Lego guy at the Lego store in West Edmonton Mall.
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We got a truck room, which the boys were quite excited about. While it wasn't very clean, I have to
hand it to the hotel for being able to extract as much money as they do out of a very tiny room. Good for them.
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Henry next to the truck where Natalia and I slept.
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They both really liked the 'Who Are You' interactive exhibit at the Lego store where it scans your
palm and then randomly makes a Lego character like this sweet hot dog dude.
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Natalia and the boys at the World Waterpark, where it was a balmy 27 deg C! See, I took my wife somewhere
hot for her big birthday. The boys were super jacked to rent tubes and play in the wave pool, and really
didn't do a lot of slides. But, the wave pool was a massive hit!
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Taking the remote control boats for a ride is always a highlight for Henry. Walter, of course, stuck his
loonie into a broken unit so that didn't go well for him.
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Natalia having a margarita and chicken madeira pasta on her birthday.
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We took Natalia out to Moxie's for her birthday and the boys were super excited to get 'science in a cup',
dry ice with their ice cream sundaes.
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Super thoughtful gesture from her friends Stacey, Erin, and Christina.
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This is what Walter bought with his xmas money from Grandpa Carl and Grandma Wendy.
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Walter had dumped his Lik'm Aid on the floor so there was only one solution here.
Playing in Bragg Creek
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We are lucky to have friends with a giant 'backyard' and so we get to play out there socially distanced.
Here are Henry and Rhys climbing on a giant snow pile, building a tunnel.
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Walter and Grayson ready to ride on the tube.
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They had built a mini luge track that the boys love to ride down.
Stacey riding the luge track
Natalia riding the luge track
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Alf and I broke through and connected the tunnel, which Walter thought was sweet as he ducked in there.
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We decided to go to Nakiska the same day as all of Calgary since there was a brief reprieve in the
-30 spells. The result was long line-ups, but the kids still had fun.
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Grace and Logan came to Cochrane for three sleeps so that their parents could work with schools closed.
Here is Grace trying to get onto the sled for a ride.
Riding sleds at -30 deg C
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Henry and Grace, bundled up, and having fun.
