Happy Canada Day!

Our afterschooling adventures this past week revolved around Canada/ Canada Day:

Kenzie brought over a Canada puzzle and some Canada-themed books to share this week

Red and white snacks included fresh strawberries and homemade whipped cream

maple leaf cut out watermelon 

(how cute is this kid?!)

Canada Flag marshmallow pops

Rache got in on the marshmallow action

Loved it :)

We made flag popsicles
with the leftover strawberries and cream

Flag face! :) I guess they were good
because they ate the whole tray! We had to make more!

Canada Flag manicure for Kenz

Canada Flag pedicure for Laura
( I know, my painting tiny, intricate flag detail skills are overwhelming) ;)

We made handprint/ finger paint flags. Laura is efficiently painting both sides at once. ;)

 

We sang 'O Canada' a lot this week at the request of Laura. Her version goes: "O Canada, We stand on Canada." <3

We also attempted this fireworks straw art, but Laura was not in the mood for arts & crafts at the time, so it didn't go very well.

Canada Day 'fireworks cookies'

Canada Day chips & dip appetizer :)

 We had a busy weekend with the in-laws visiting. They were super helpful with building our new little deck and finishing up the girls' playset, and allowed us to get some one-on-one time with each of the girls (and with each other!). Saturday Rachel got to go to her little friend's first birthday party while Laura went

Rache tries corn on the cob for the first time :)

to a concert with Daddy and Grandma, and Sunday Josh and I got to take Laura to see Monsters University (so super cute, by the way!) while Rachel was napping. Laura and I made Canada Day 'firework cookies' (gluten-free!) on Sunday for dessert after our burger and corn BBQ dinner.

She loved it!

     The weather could have been a little warmer this weekend, but we still got out to pick strawberries this morning, as per our Canada Day tradition. :)
I think we will make jam this year. I also have a few other 'berry' activities planned for our afterschooling this week. (Natural tye dye, anyone?) :)
Laura was a rock star strawberry picker this year, I think only about a handful from our whole 2-quart basket were unusable. We had lots of fun with her. Rachel loved strawberry picking too - she was shovelling them in her mouth like she hadn't eaten in months. She got a little extra fibre, too, as she was not discriminating against the stems. ;)

We will be hitting up the fireworks this evening with a very tired couple of littles. Laura has been looking forward to them since May 2-4 fireworks.

Happy Canada Day, everyone!