DeA and the kids had never been to Canada. We remedied that over Memorial Day weekend. Of course the kids were fascinated by all the hockey stuff.
Our first morning was spent at the zoo. The kids were more awed by the wooded lion than the real ones inside.
They made sure to get their maps and were set to explore.
DeA noticed these cool bike carts that others were using and signed us up. The kids were on board...literally.
The cart made it easy to fly around the zoo and spend more time with the animals. This cheetah was putting on a show while chasing a squirrel around its enclosure.
Ryker wanted to take pictures while DeA and I pedaled.
We all had fun, but we were definitely worn out. Jens had a hard time waking up for dinner.
Poor thing, but those nap lines look awfully cute.
Ryker didn't have the same issues, he was excited for Boston Pizza.
Rock takes his cereal very serious.
Across the street from the hotel was an A&W with pretty decent poutine. Rock loved the root beer on the tap.
DeA was pretty worn out the whole weekend. She was trying to get over a cold and made it a little hard to share a bed.
There was also a little park around the corner that the kids loved. You'd have thought that they had never seen a teeter totter before.
We ate dinner at a restaurant that gave the kids little paper pirate ships with their food inside.
They were pretty impressed.
Our next adventure took us to Capilano Suspension Bridge. The kids weren't sure what they were getting themselves into.
The bridge was pretty packed with tourists that thought that the no selfie stick sign didn't apply to them.
The kids loved walking on the big bridge and the little smaller canopy ones.
Like a little England family totem pole.
Hubba hubba
Grouse Mountain was just a few miles farther up the road so we did that, too. The kids thought that the gondola was freaking sweet.
Once at the top the kids got to enjoy the view and some remaining snow.
The kids were shocked at how much snow was still on the ground.
The loved seeing Mt. Baker in the background, although Ryker was concerned that it might erupt.
They thought it was a fun place to hang out.
On the way back from Vancouver we stopped at the temple. You can definitely tell who the mother hen is in our family.
For our last dinner we stopped at BP one more time.
Poor DeA just couldn't keep up with the rest of us. You can pretty much see Jens' thinking "I guess I'm the mommy now".
