Saturday saw us heading out to the town of Almonte for the Puppets Up! festival. This was the first time we'd gone, almost changed my mind because of the high entrance fee, but weather was to be good so I figured we'd give it a go. We arrived and went to the first tent we saw, it was almost time for that show to start so we waited.
It was a great show -- about a sailor with a magic story book, but the story book gets stolen by StinkyBeard and the rest of the shows storyline revolves around finding the book. The kids laughed for most of the show. Their favourite part was the parrot 'Crackers' who, when asked to sing twinkle twinkle little star breaks out in another song at the top of this lungs. The other song escapes me right now, but it's one we all know, I'd have to wake Nathan up to sing it for me as he's been doing it non-stop yesterday and today :-)
We watched the parade and then attended a second show, this one about Robin Hood. Again, the kids had some good laughs. I would have liked to have done one more show but consensus said to call it a day :-)
Of course there was a craft tent. Claire and Kyle decided to make headbands. Kyle didn't take very long for his :-) Left Claire there, looked at the water,
Claire still wasn't done, went to get lunch, ate lunch, Claire still wasn't done, took a trip to the port-a-potty, Claire still wasn't done, another little while and then she finished -- or they kicked her out! Haha!
Today was family bike ride day. Kyle had drawn a bike on the calendar so we would know that.
We all biked as far as the Bank St. bridge and had a snack. As we got back to Hogs Back the kids fed the ducks -- Kyle laughed at the duck that almost took his finger with the piece of bread :-)
Then Rob headed home and the rest of us spent some time at Mooney's Bay where the kids played in the sand and water. Of course, the big pile of sand at the end of the beach was the biggest hit!
They are all going to have a great sleep tonight!
