M's: May 2008

Our Day in Waterton

We kind of underestimated Waterton weather conditions, it was 31 C but there were a few feet of snow up at Cameron Lake.

Evan and daddy hang loose, except Evan was too busy trying to avoid the sun in his hands to get his hand in the proper position. That's Cameron lake behind them and the mountain where three borders meet (BC, AB and Montana).

Evan and Scott in front of Cameron Falls - we hiked up to see the view from the top and then Evan took off down the mountain, Scott and I trying to catch up. That boy is pretty fearless sometimes.

Scott tries to keep me from blowing away - this is the view from the hill where the Prince of Wales hotel sits.

Evan got up close and personal with some windmills. This is the best time of year for southern AB, everything's turning green.

Zoo trip

Scott and I picked up Grampa Al in Calgary (coming in from Thailand) and took Evan to the zoo. We didn't take any pictures with animals, poor caged up critters, but here is Evan enjoying his train ride around the tiger enclosure. Evan's favourite exhibit was the African area with the giraffes, hippos, lions and zebras. He also enjoyed peering through the "cave" at the moose. By the end of the trip he was a little hyper and spent his time running ahead, hiding behind bushes and boulders and jumping out at us. So he kind of ran through most of the Cdn animal exhibit. He finally got to see real owls - good because a Thomas the train episode had him convinced they were scary - the mini owls (don't remember what kind) were super cute.
We didn't bring Isaac with us. We thought it really wouldn't be fair to him as he'd get nothing out of it and have the long car ride to suffer through.