What an Adventure!

For the first ten days of our trip, Halle and I spent some quality time hanging out and visiting with family and freinds. Halle met some of her cousins from the coast, picked flowers with Nana, discovered sitting in a wagon is the way to watch Ni Hao Kai Lan and in general, just chillaxed!!

Halle also learned to say 'I don't know' and had her first taste of ice cream in a cone.

Dad's arrival was met with a gigantic feed of lobsters. I still don't know how we got them all in the pot. After our mussel appetizer we sat down to gorge ourselves on fresh crustaceans. Mmmmm....

We took in the local Canada Day parade. It was so much fun to see Halle's reaction to the floats and the pipe bands and all the people. She waved her little Canada flag proudly and cheered at all the appropriate moments!!

Alan, Halle and I also took a couple of little trips to PEI and Cape Breton Island. We made the 8am ferry (a miracle in itself) and had breakfast on the boat. Halle got her sea legs under her and was a maniac running around the ferry. She was not happy when we wouldn't let her climb up and down the stairs as you can see in the pics. In Charlottetown, Halle had her first taste of Cow's ice cream ( a must do on the island) and enjoyed listening to a brass band. The band even played her a song 'Mary Had a Little Lamb". We went to see the Anne of Green Gables house in Cavendish and took a walk through the Haunted Wood and a stroll down Lover's Lane. Later Halle dipped her toes in the ocean in North Rustico. Well, she actually baptized herself when she tripped on some uneven sand and went face first in the salt water. She was none the worse for wear and was soon running about collecting rocks and getting her hands dirty with the beautiful red sand on PEI.