A trip to Lonsdale Quay

Today we headed out to Lonsdale Quay to have a nice lunch and to search for rain suits for Lily and Lukasz. I fully intend for them to get fresh air every day even when it's raining. I don't mind getting wet, and Lily doesn't seem to either. But it would be nice if they stayed as dry as possible while we were out.

We didn't have any luck in the rain suit department, but the sun came out sporadically so we had a fun time on the Quay.

Lily was fascinated by the fountain and insisted on walking all around on the wall:The bottom of it is all one big mosaic:There was also this starfish-shaped bench, also covered in a mosaic,

that Lily had fun walking on... unsuspecting...

as Tatus snuck up on her!We had a great view of big ships and downtown Vancouver:

And we got lots of nice photos with the kids:

He still needs a hand, but he loves to stand now. He's wearing little corduroy pants. I love them. They are adorable. :) Babcia & Dziadek brought him that cute puppy sweater.

And here's me with 50 pounds of kid in my arms. I'm so lucky. :)

There was some live music while we were there, really beautiful flute music and other instruments as well. Lily and Lukasz both danced to it, and I got it on video. :)

Kelowna: another walk, and Lukasz SITS on his own!!

Today was another beautiful day. Gran and Uncle Shane went to yoga in the morning, so we went with Grampa on a walk near their house. It wasn't a very long walk, but we sure climbed up high! You can see the sunlight reflecting off Uncle Shane's trampoline way down there.
Afterwards, Grampa did some yard work and we played in the backyard, blowing the freshly cut grass and bouncing on Uncle Shane's trampoline.
In the evening I decided to give Lukasz some more practice sitting up, and he kept his balance really well!! This was the first time he'd sat up on his own for more than a few moments!

Yay Lukasz!!!

This is the first step towards you being able to really play with Lily. And you seemed pretty darn impressed with yourself. :)

A big surprise: part 2

Today was our last day in Edmonton, so in the morning we packed up our things and got to see where Wujek Daniel & Ciocia Natalya work.

Lily napping

Lukasz and Wujek Daniel hanging out

In the afternoon we went for a walk around the Capitol building.

Awww... Mommy and Tatus, so in love. :)

Lily and Babcia walking around the edge of the shallow pool:

Mommy and Ciocia Natalya:

Lily shows Babcia the circles on each flower:

After that nice walk, Wujek Daniel & Ciocia Natalya treated us to some yummy Chinese food and it was time to start the long drive home. Lily and Lukasz were both not impressed with being in the car yet again, so Lily got to watch her Misiu show, and Tatus and I played with Lukasz. Gradually they both fell asleep, as did Tatus and I. Lily did wake up around 2 or 3 a.m. crying and desperately wanting "up!". We had to keep driving so we turned Misiu back on, but silently. And sure enough, she watched till she drifted off to sleep. I always thought having DVD players in trucks was extravagent, and I remember my brothers and I would entertain ourselves with books, music and travel games. But Lily is a little young for all that, other than the books, and since we had to just drive, drive, drive for over 12 hours, the DVD player turned out to be a lifesaver.

Throughout the night Tatus noticed that Lily woke up slightly whenever the truck tires went over the rumble strips on the side of the road. She'd mutter "hell 'zat?" and then fall back asleep. Not a great thing for a 2-year-old to be saying, but definitely one of those moments that have already become stories for us to tell and laugh about later.