a splendiforous day

So!
We tossed Mo and Curly into the car, and we were off!
(humming theme from Bonanza here)
And the Discovery Centre? Was a huge success.

They scrambled all over*

and had a ton of fun - there were trains and windmills and bridges to build and a chair that spun if you lifted your arms and a gajillion toys - Bear even got into the action, playing with a big ring that put him inside a bubble.


We stayed there until Rosey fell into the giant vat of bubble solution.


Wet, sudsy, (well, on Pinky's part, at least) and hungry, we left the Centre and traipsed through the maze of connecting passageways that Haligonians use to get around. We ended up eating at a -gasp!- mall so the kids could get burgers, but I bought Lebanese food at a little stall from a Lebanese man and was delighted.

Side note:
Me: Someday we're going to come to Halifax for the weekend just as a couple and we'll eat at all the little ethnic restaurants. Look, they have Greek, and Etheopian, and Thai, and Korean, and Polish, and Afrikaans, and Cajun and...(darting a look at B and enunciating clearly) You'll love it.
B - (sighing) Or I'll fake it well.

On the way back, we stopped and bought Rosey a high back car seat (she's growing out of her other one) a cheap DVD player, and rechargable batteries for my camera. (Woot!)
I get a kick out of this picture...

(a loonie is a one-dollar coin, for my non-Canadian readers!)

And after that, safe back in the car after a summer shower that left us all wet, I asked Cass to start thinking about his Halloween costume.
I was fully prepared to hear about superheroes, or maybe a dinosaur. A pirate? But C has his heart set on....being....a truck. Not the driver of a truck, but a truck.
I'm thinking I should start drawing up plans and get out the box cutters and duct tape. Does anyone have any experience making large, unwieldy costumes for children?
(crickets chirp)
Ah CRAP, I thought so.

I'm going to post this before it's miles long. Happy weekend, everyone!

*note the 'pink shoes' so close to R's heart