What a great weekend! A great big thanks to Karen, Dave and Ava in Courtice and Karen from Oshawa for having us for the weekend! Enjoy the pictures!


Lily on a school bus - she's loving it!


Lily was fine to sit on the camel until she was informed that Daddy wasn't allowed to join her - she quickly decided to leave. But for the rest of our time at the Community Fair she wanted to see the camel. She knows what a camel is as we have a photo in her room of our friends Chris & Miia on the camel and she talks to the camel in the photo.


I actually think the camel is smiling for the picture!

Mike is showing Lily how a lion roars.

Lily getting her face painted like a lion.

Lily and Mike in a firetruck.

Lily finds buses to be fascinating. It was such a great adventure for her to check out a school bus with Ava.





Checking out the $500,000 infra-red light.
Lily is smitten with helicopters. It was a thrill for her to see one up close.

What a great day at the zoo! My friend from Teacher's College, Karen and her 20 month old Ava.


Ava and Lily hanging out with the python!

The lovely and amazing Karen!
Memories of September 2000 when Mike and I went to Niagara Falls and I took 300 photos (with film ~ not a digital camera!) of which nearly 150 were at the butterfly conservatory. I took over 500 photos this weekend - maybe that's why my camera is dying.....


Lily was completely oblivious (not a clue!) that the butterfly landed on her hat. Everyone around us was commenting on it!


Lily and the hippo.


Ava and Lily are checking out the hippo..

Mike and Lily were both deep in observation...

My monkeys :-)

Mommy - look at the kitty!

Yes - Lily is playing drums with my head!

The older primate took a running leap at the younger one - it was crazy!


Lily and the primate are face to face......
Mike and Lily enjoyed watching the elephants.

Ava riding the hippo!

Lily asking all sorts of questions about the kangaroos. She now likes to hop like them :-)

I think the Kangaroo Park was Mike's favourite part. We got to walk along the path and get to watch the kangaroos!

Toronto Metro Zoo is huge! So much walking, so little time!

Our Little Monkey..

I'm always impressed with the view of a Lion - what a majestic creature!