Lucky

So I've recieved a complaint from my fan club that I don't update my blog enough, so I thought that I would finally post about our St. Patrick's Day festivities.

We always do something...

Thanks to the dollar store for being able to get some cheap accessories and decorations.

I bought some green necklaces, a pack of buttons (Kiss me I'm Irish...etc...), 2 shamrock mugs for the ladies I VT, some sparklie window clings (put on my mirror in my 1/2 bath for all to enjoy!), tattoos and lucky hair clips.

I then ran off to the bulk store to find lucky candy...anything that was green and of course the gold coins at the end of everyone's rainbow. I filled the cups for my VT ladies, and packaged the snack sized ziploc bags for my kids and hubby. They were so excited to recieve a candy bag in the morning...

I also stopped my Sally's beauty supply store for some green hair coloring and fingernail polish.

I was going to have some green pancakes...but I didn't wake up early enough for that...I did fill Megan's lunch up with green veggies and some nice artwork on her paper lunch bag.

Megan was the most dressed up; green hair streaks, nails, sweater, some green on her pants, hair clips, button and necklaces and a lucky tattoo on her cheek. Aaron also had on some green on his clothes, had his nails painted, and green in his hair and a tattoo on his hand. Evan eventually agreed to have some green hair and wear a button he also had a tattoo on his cheek (it eventually came off too in about a week) . Spencer opted to not have green hair (not very professional), but did wear a green shirt and put on a button and a green tattoo on his hand as well. I'm now just realizing that I got everyone else green and read and didn't opt for any of the fun things to wear, except my green shirt. Oh well next year.

Evan the day before in preschool made a green magnifying glass that he loved to look through...

Chronicles of Narina

So our latest escapades took us to see the Chronicles of Narina exhibit at the Telus World of Science(TWOS) (of all places). They tied in the themes of global warming; which is associated with the "white witch".

Any ways the exhibit was interesting. We read the entire series with Megan as her reading time with mom or dad before bed. She really loved the series and so did we. We are slowly making our way through the movies that have been done about it as well.

There were pieces of C.S. lewis' things and different props from the different movies. There was even a craft of making your own shield to take home. The boys were far to into the hands- on catapult to be bothered much with a craft.

We enjoyed this on a teachers convention day so Megan had no school. We've been to the TWOS a couple of times as a family and it is quite pricey for the whole family to go. I also happened to see that there were a few more exhibits that I know my kids would enjoy so I ended up buying a family pass. (Thanks Jen for the coupon book for my b-day; cause there was a coupon for 10% off an annual admission).

Megan and Evan love to go to the demonstration area and learn how "pop" is made. Megan got selected to go up on stage to give the finally product a try, to see if they followed the recipe right. Yup, they did. Everyone is allowed to try the results. This time they tried peach, lime and orange flavored pop. They both gave it two thumbs up!

We also spent some time in the kids area, building with big blocks, standing in front of the funny mirrors, dancing on a big piano, and playing at water tables. We also managed to fit in a star show that they kids enjoyed. It sure was a busy day.