Oka National Park

Now that the weather is nicer, we have entered "excursion" season.  Maggie, Bea, and I (dad) made a quick afternoon trip to Oka National Park (right off the main island of Montreal to the west).  I had originally been planning on taking them to the "beach," but we have had a lot of flooding and I realized on the drive over (and later confirmed) that the beach was probably closed.  Nevertheless, we had a nice long walk in the woods. There were still no leaves on the trees a couple of weeks ago, but short-sleeve weather is always considered spring for us!!!

An unrelated note:  neither of these two girls is any good at arm wrestling.

Lucie's advanced dribbling skills

Check out Lucie's crazy soccer skills!!

Medieval Festival

Last Saturday was a nice warm day, so we went to the Medieval festival.  It's not quite as grand as the Renaissance festival in Texas, but we still had a lot of fun.  Of course, BB quickly found the hand-made headband booth and convinced me to buy her this dainty floral arrangement.

Quite fittingly, BB also paused for a picture in the stocks...

We spent quite a bit of time in the archery area honing our skills.  Maggie is quite dead-eye.

BB had a little more trouble (due to her short arms), but she managed to get off a few shots.

Now that the weather is nice for the "light half" of the year, we'll be heading outdoors for plenty more activities.

Lucie's tackling skills

This kid knows how to rough-house.