Butterflies

Faced with the prospect of enduring yet another grey, miserable day, we opted instead to escape to the Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory. Unfortunately we forgot our camera so all we have are grainy photos taken by cell phone.

I highly recommend visiting this attraction. The term paradise was not an overstatement. It required little to no planning ahead, and we were able to get a discount on tickets from the Shoppers Drugmart site.

The whole point of the place is to spend as much time as you'd like sitting on a bench or stopping to smell the flowers. Also it's relatively small, making it the perfect size for young children and those with mobility concerns. After about an hour, Meghan realized that she had successfully surveyed the entire place so she started to slow down and really enjoy the experience. Her favourite spot was under the waterfall. The photo on the right was taken from that vantage point. From here she could watch a variety of wild life including butterflies, fish and turtles. If you look closely, you can see a turtle sunning itself under the lamps in the middle of the picture. She was also taken by the button quails responsible for cleaning up the dead butterflies. All in all it was definitely time well spent.

Doing our Bit

Just doing our bit to add some sunshine to the sad grey of April.

Feeling the Call of the Road

An Eventful Week

Meghan here reporting on the events of the past week.

Last Friday Grammy, Grandpa Walker, and Uncle Ryan came to spend the weekend with me. I really enjoyed their visit, especially since I hadn't seen them in a long time. They brought me lots of presents including books, candy, and a wee (translation: a slide). The picture on the right is me and Grandpa reading one of my new books. During the weekend we ate at the Moose restaurant twice, rode a pretend horsy, and got our picture taken in a photo booth. I had lots of fun and was sad to see them go.

Since last weekend was Easter, we also celebrated that. On Saturday morning I woke up to find that the Easter Bunny had visited me! He left me lots and lots of eggs. Some eggs had candy in them, others had toys! Although I was most excited about my new tricycle! Later that day, Grandma and Grandpa Schwindt came over to give me more candy! They also ate dinner with all of us. There was lots and lots of good food. I even tried the asparagus soup; not my favourite but everyone else seemed to like it.

On Monday, I spent the day with Daddy and cousin Erin. We played and played and watched Mommy, GG, and my Great Aunts Peggy and Sue on TV. On Tuesday Daddy and I went to the fish store. We brought home some new fish for our big aquarium and a brand new aquarium just for me!

On Wednesday I became a big girl when my new bed arrived!

Tomorrow is Mommy's book club meeting. She tells me that these ladies and their babies are coming to see her, not me. I'll believe that when I see it.

That's the end of our string of consecutive special events. I really enjoy entertaining our visitors but I think it'll be nice to take a bit of a break for a while.

For Schwindt blog news, this is Meghan signing off.

Peek-A-Boo!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

This past Monday, April 2, we celebrated Daddy's birthday. Actually we celebrated it with Grandma and Grandpa the Friday prior to that as well, but this report is really about the cake not the party.

For dessert we brought home a Black Forest cake from Zehrs. Mommy said that it was in everyone's best interest for her to leave the baking to Daddy. She didn't say why, but I believed her. I'd never tried this kind of cake before, but I'm happy to report that it's definitely my favourite thus far.

This one had something for everybody. Daddy's favourite was the three layers of chocolate cake, the good kind that isn't too sweet. Melt-in-your-mouth whipped cream separated the cake pieces, and the lowest of these layers had cherry chunks and sauce mixed into it (my favourite part). For decoration (Mommy's favourite part), the outside was coated in chocolate shavings and topped with cherries.

Hooray for cake! For Schwindt Blog news, this is Meghan signing off.

Sleeping Beauty

Meghan's sleeping positions are a constant source of amusement for us.

Often she insists on sleeping in ways that seem rather uncomfortable. In the picture on the right, she has her hands behind her head, one leg wedged between the bars and the other unable to stretch out.

Other times, particularly for afternoon naps, Meghan just plays and plays and plays until she literally falls over. In the picture on the left, she was playing with the musical toy in her crib when she fell asleep. She slept with her hand up like that for the full two hours!

Also, she very rarely duplicates a position. The only constant seems to be the lack of covers. Regardless of how many blankets we put in the crib, inevitably, she'll fall asleep on top of all of them (no matter how high the hump). I guess the most important thing is that she does sleep. Hopefully, this consistency will continue for a little longer.