Category: Canada

Today me and Mummy went up Grouse Mountain on a gondola and we could see the great view from the top. First I went on the kids canopy play area and I could run on nets in the trees.

Next we went to see the lumberjack show and we saw them climb a sixty foot tree! They also balanced on a log and they fell into the water and they cut wood and made a chair.

We also went to see the bears ‘Coola’ and ‘Grinder’. We took pictures of the bears and we went to the bear lookout and I got a bear cookie. Also we saw the bears being fed carrots and apples.

I went on the chairlift up to the top and I saw the view from the top. Then I went back down to the middle bit of the mountain.

I played on the kids canopy adventure playground again and I tried chasing Sam around but we kept getting caught on the nets and stuff.

Then we got the gondola back down to the bottom of the mountain.

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In the evening we went to Science World. It was really fun because there were lots of cool inventions and machines and things to play with like the plasma ball, the mirror maze and long tubes where if you put a light ball in at the bottom, it would get blown up a maze of tubes and would come out of a tube at the top which we would try to catch.

We went at least two times in the mirror maze because it was so good. It looked like there was a long passage in front of us but it was actually a mirror reflection of another mirror and we bumped into lots of mirrors.

After that we went outside and played in the play area and after that we went back inside and went on a giant hamster wheel.

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We left home to get the bus, and then got the SkyTrain and then got another bus. We finally arrived at the Museum of Vancouver!

I liked going into a room that had a camera which showed what an owl saw in the dark and we saw it on a screen. I also like the old Vancouver hairdressers room.

We designed our own Haida style bowl. Mine looked like this:

After that we went to a small beach and I dug a big hole. Me and Martha found clam shells and smooth glass.

Then we got a boat to the other side of the bay and then went home.

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Today we went to the Pride Parade. This is a colourful party where people can dress up in whatever they want and there were lots of motorbikes at the start.

We saw lots of floats and we heard lots of music. People were dressed in colourful outfits and there were lots of rainbow flags. Lots of men were dressed up as women and people were on roller blades whilst playing hockey.

Lots of people gave us…

1. tattoos
2. stickers
3. badges
4. sweets
5. flags
6. fans
7. necklaces
8. whistles
9. hair braids
10. bookmarks
11. beach balls
12. lollies

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(Note from Mike – bonus point to anyone who can tell me who the guy in the 7th picture is…)

Today was daddy’s birthday! We woke up early to get the cards ready. When he woke up he opened his cards and then we had chocolate croissants for breakfast.

Then we went to the Apple store and I drew massive hair and ears and lasers on a photo of daddy! Martha drew things on a picture of mummy. We also learned to do other cool effects.

For lunch I ate from KFC, daddy ate rice, Martha ate from Burger King and mummy ate curry. Then we went downstairs and bought some tennis balls and then played tennis.

After tennis we went home and had chocolate fudge cake and then blackberry pie and blackberry jam tarts after tea.

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We caught the SkyTrain to Science World but decided it would be cheaper to go on Tuesday so we instead walked around False Creek. We went to a lot of parks (about 5) before we got most of the way round.

We walked to Yaletown and saw where daddy used to live (Cambie Street). We also saw an old steam train. It was very hot and we walked a long way.

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We ended the day picking blackberries at the park next to our house so mummy could make a pie and jam tarts!

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Tonight I was able to get downtown to see the Honda Celebration of Light with my cousin. It was the turn of the Canadian firework team to do their thing.

I watched it from English Bay and it was a great show.