After having them for a week, I drove Avery and Maya to Toronto for 5 days with their cousins. There they did city things and played together.
I picked them up again for the flight back to Edmonton. We had supper at the airport where the server and another customer, both commented on how well behaved they were.
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Maya stayed awake for the whole flight, watching the I-pad and scrounging cookies. Avery fell asleep on her.
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For one day Chris, Jason and Cigi were also in Edmonton. They all went to the Science Centre (I begged off) and then we all went out for Sushi.
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We made marmalade (from the can of Seville Oranges I gave Mike for Christmas)
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We went for some walks in their neighbourhood, a bike ride to the library, a community fun fair (I rode the electric scooter home) and on one of Mike's days off, we went to the river valley.
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Mike caught a Grasshopper and Maya held it
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Avery didn't like the feel of it so he passed but Maya became an expert catcher.
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It was very hot so they waded in the river
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while River and I looked on.
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The walk through the woods was very buggy
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but there were lots of things to see.
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Osprey hunting over the river.
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Out of the stroller, River ran up and down the footbridge
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with Mike in hot pursuit.
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With River confined to the stroller again
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they cooled off once more.
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So hot that ice cream melted before you could eat it.
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Back in Port Dover, Rick got up to check out the meteor shower but just got photos of the marina
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and the lights of Erie silhouetting Long Point.
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The next day he and Gord came first in their fleet, in the Chaos Race.
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Still hot in Edmonton so we went to Wabamun Lake where Mike took the kids on a long paddleboard ride
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and they played in the lake.
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Mikes pride and joy, lemon trees, started from seed, during Covid,
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and his tomato ghetto. He has already been harvesting, some in the freezer, BLTs and a large batch of tomato soup. Mine are all still green at this point. He has plans for spaghetti sauce and ketchup.
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