L's birthday weekend - the shardsthe shards

It’s been a great weekend for us all and especially for L. This weekend he had his 9th birthday. Wowza!

This is a post with A LOT of pictures for those family and friends who do not live nearby.

We started out at a play café called Rebel Space with friends. They had a great time together and tired each other out indeed!

From there were went for some lunch and then to the library. In the parking lot we found many a fire truck so, naturally, we went to visit some trucks and the boys got to go inside of them and try out the firehose too!

I found it interesting to learn that this particular truck is no longer used to carry more than two firefighters. The seats in the back (sorry I didn’t take a pic!) would have been facing sideways facing each other which wouldn’t be safe if they were t-boned. They changed the truck seating about 6 or 7 years ago. This truck is still used as a support vehicle for extra equipment, communications (they have a fax), and other supplies.

The boys loved aiming the hose (a smaller hose than the firefighters would have used!) at the target. Xman wanted to use the hose twice.

Lucas only wanted to use it once but he hit the target so quickly I only managed to catch the end of it with Stephen untangling the hose.

I managed to get a video of X the second time around!

This truck is used at the interpretation centre to help the public become more aware of fires and fire safety.

Off to the library for a bit of reading…and relaxing…we came home with many a comic books and then some!

On the way home we stopped at the market for eggs and some fun chalk drawing by L. Have you seen a crockasoraus before? If not, it looks a little something like this.

L loves to make long squiggly arrows…

When we left the market the sky outside reflected in this building looked pink in the windows’ reflection. I had to take a pic. Lovely.

Sunday:

Lucas: “I slept off and on like an elephant last night I was so excited!”.

I couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Apparently, he explains, it’s true, elephants only sleep four hours at night and not all at the same time. 🙂

L was so exited in the morning and he brought his favourite stuffy, Milkshake, that has been with him since birth to partake.

“No pictures, please!”
L was specific about the few things for which he asked. This is his first model to build.

I had no idea L already had a hot wheels type Blue Angel which is one reason why he wanted this model. I think there will be more of these!

Lego? Is that Lego? 🙂

This set came with cool transparent stickers!

A new scorpion character.

Lego Galaxy Squad Star Slicer. Pretty cool, I have to admit. Nice mantid!

Our most awesome friend, Sharon, came by for the big day as she has known the boys since they were in my belly. She is totally in love and we love her too! She helped decorate the cupcakes to be Koopa Troopa shells. Xman helped add the white icing too. L placed them aside. A good system going to keep things moving! Oh yes, and these were little mushrooms with eyes! Cute Koopas! Happy Birthday, L! Of course we had to make room on the table for his Lego and winged friends!Xman decided to run over to the piano and play a song for a sing-along. So fun!