Izzie gets a cuddle in her towel after her bath. She spends her time in the tub knocking all the shampoo bottles off the shelf, standing up and sitting down, splashing herself while squealing excitedly, and blinking when she gets herself in the eyes.
Check out the lashes!
Izzie has learned a new skill - climbing up stairs! She is quite happy to practice it several times a day and is going to be disappointed when we return home and only has one small step to go up. (Don't worry, Grandpa is just out of sight ready to catch her.)
Ben and Grandma enjoy a late night smash-up derby.
Izzie was chewing on her finger first.
When Ben saw me with the camera he thought he'd join in.
Then Izzie thought it'd be fun to see what she could smear on the lens!
Somebody keeps parking some diggers at the trail head beside my parents' house, so we decided to check them out and take a picture.
Izzie was hamming it up at the window so I ran outside to take a picture.
I think this one is my favourite!
Sunday morning Izzie was up early so my mom took her and let me sleep in a bit. When I got up I discovered Mom had gotten her back to sleep all snuggled up on the floor!
With Chris, Julee and Sam gone the days are not as exciting as they used to be, so it was back to the lake to throw rocks again.
We discovered that you can use the rocks to write with.
Outside one of the museums was a model boat/playgound for children to play on.
They crawled and climbed and didn't want to leave to continue our walk.
Fortunately some beaver tails cheered them right up. (The one on the left is maple butter, the ones on the right are cinnamon sugar.) We sat on a bench and ate while listening to some buskers playing the fiddle. Izzie (of whom I didn't take any pictures) attracted a surprising amount of attention. I guess she's just that cute.
Yum!
There were two beautiful horses.
Ben fed the goats. Sam didn't want to get too close to them...
which was reasonable, considering how pushy they were!
Julee and the kids.
There was also a playground with this funny mural. Chris was as excited about investigating an old tractor as the children were about using the playground equipment.
After lunch we drove to Peggy's Cove. 
This sign greeted us at the lighthouse. 
We had to abort our trek across the rocks in favour of a path more travelled.
Around the lighthouse it was even windier than down on the rocks. We snapped a few pictures and then ran away.
Deceptively serene looking, isn't it?
Grandma's backyard sprouted some inflatable toys... including a bouncy castle.
Stare down.
The only unfortunate thing is that the boys wanted us to "help" them jump.
They can jump much higher with a little help!
Then it was time to help Grandma "make" cookies. Sam is an expert cookie maker and eater.
So is Ben, having practiced with his other grandma at Christmas.
Izzie, sporting half of her dinner, gets her hands on a car while the boys aren't looking.
Ben decides to regress and crawl, but didn't want his picture taken doing it.
These M&M fans turned out to have many uses. Besides eating the candy and cooling off you can blow bubbles quite efficiently... and Ben used his to pop the bubbles quite efficiently.
After Mom finished work we met her at the public gardens.
Ben slept through the beginning, but didn't stop running once he woke up.
He discovered that pigeons and ducks are fun to chase.
Izzie slept through it all.
This is Ben trying to make a bubble. Unfortunately people had splashed in the bubble soap enough that it was all foamy and wouldn't make a good bubble. There was a spot where you could stand and make a bubble surround you, which sounded really exciting, but we had the same foam issue. There were so many other things to do, though, that it didn't matter.
Ben and Sam going down a slide at one end of the arch bridge. (Check out their matching shirts!)
There was a sand box with various digging tools.
Izzie enjoyed that one too!
Ben had a blast bursting out of the starting blocks and running down to the end where you crash against a mat. The idea is to race against various people/animals, but he and Sam weren't concerned with that. They just wanted to press the go button and run like mad to the end and back screaming and giggling the whole time!
Play is serious business.
After the event at the fire hall we stopped by a yard sale. Initially we thought there were no toys, but then the boys spotted this.
The track and bridge provided hours of entertainment.
