April 2016

In April we went to a maple syrup festival and ran into some friends there:

Anne, Louisa, and Abigail in a giant maple sap bucket

Possibly the kids' favourite attraction in a barn full of cute live animals was this fake cow which you could milk into a bucket.

Anne had a birthday party at the start of April.  It was pirate themed, complete with a pirate ship and a treasure hunt.

Anne and Max read a clue in the treasure hunt.

Ahoy!

Pirates Charlie and Ada enjoy a book

Pirate ship

Cupcakes

Anne tried her bike without training wheels for the first time.  It was very tipsy, so we ended up taking the pedals off like a balance bike for a few weeks so she could get the feel of balancing.  When we put the pedals back on, she was able to bike successfully the first time she tried.  Now she is an expert!

A visit to Gramma and Grampa's wouldn't be complete without a tractor ride:

And some other random photos:

Charlie on his balance bike.  He can really move!

Charlie rakes leaves (which didn't fall off until the spring) with Gramma

And this is a nice photo of Anne that I stumbled upon from last year.