The C.L.A.M.S Burke: Capelin & Canada Day

Capelin ( the traditional Newfie spelling is Caplin) Its what brings the whales. These little fish roll right in on the waves you can stick a net in the water and come out with some. its Crazy! Our neighbour brought this bag of them by for us to eat. They fry up nice in a pan. Crispy little fish. Cammi shoved the whole raw fish in her mouth right away so that's why Madison is holding her arm! Once again Madison brave holding it with her bare hand. Landon did hold one but put it back super quick. Apparently you can go grab them from the beach at Middle cove.

Amber Kan-Hai and I took our kids to an open gym time. It was a ton of fun. Balls everywhere big squishy mats to jump on, blocks to play with. Everyone had a great time.

After playing all morning we thought it would be fun to walk to Middle cove a mere 5.0 Kms. Ha. But first we had to take the bus (which took forever because of construction) to Stavanger Dr. And they say it Sta-vanger instead of Stav-an-ger. Crazy Newfie talk. But once finally at Stavanger dr we could start our walk. Stopping at Dominion (which is Superstore in Calgary) we met up with Lisa and Joshua, we bought some hot dogs and stuff for smores! I figured it would probably be ok to make a fire on the beach. I asked for a cardboard box which the lady kindly gave me and we also collected firewood on the way. Like branches and wooden spikes it was fun. Some of the walk was on the sidewalk on the highway. That was a little scary. Some of the walk was also on the side of the highway where they had not yet finished the sidewalk. So i didn't stop for pictures. But when we got off the real busy roads this is what it was like.

I put Madison in charge of taking some pictures. I had meant for them to be of the scenery but.... she took them of herself.

Hahahaha! I laughed so hard when I saw these!

This river meets up with the ocean at Middle cove!

Finally after an hour and forty five mins of walking we could see our ending point!!

So many people! We snagged a fire pit right away so we could eat. The kids were all freezing, while we were boiling from all the walking. So got that fire going.

All the dots in the sky are birds. Seagulls trying to catch the fish. I was surprised to see so many people because this is what it looked like last time we were here.

Warming up by the little fire. With the cardboard box the doubled as a pee shed before becoming fuel for the fire. Our humble fire, after meeting our needs for cooking and warmth started to die out. We spotted some people looking for a fire pit and let them use ours. They said we could stay and roast marshmallows while they went out to fish. He taped a fish net to a hockey stick. Like a true Canadian!

Landon's dirt face. Made it look like he had a black eye!

Holding up a Capelin. One of the many that are dead on the shore.

A prize he found on the beach. I think he named it but i cant remember what it was.

A pile of fish was by the rock and the kids pretended to be pirates and bury them as treasure. Yuck. It was getting late and we didn't want to get stuck walking home on the side of the highway in the dark, so we headed home. Which seamed to take less time. But we still didn't arrive and Stavanger dr. till well after 11pm. Thankfully Steve was able to come pick the kids and I up so I didn't have to navigate the buses with tired kids.

Next big day we had was CANADA DAY!!

I love it. Its one of my favorite times of the year. I love Canada and am a proud Canadian!

So I planned to start the day off real early and hit everything we could. In preparation the night before I made muffins. Blueberry Yummy. They turned out great but while putting them in the oven my fingers got stuck (yes STUCK) to the oven rack. OUCH. It was very painful. Found out they were 2nd degree and i should keep the well wrapped and continually applying polysporin. Which I did and they healed up nice with only a slight scar.

Last minute i heard of a parade that they had so Amber and I rushed down to see if we could catch it. Not only did we catch it but we got to see the moment of silence and laying of the reafes for the fallen soldiers. I was happy the kids got to experiencee that.

Watching the parade.

I had a video of the parade but it was taking hours to load so if you interested I will show you when we get home.

We did a little sight seeing on the way up the hills. The small walk we did we saw probably 4 or 5 different churches and cathedrals. It was really neat.

We walked up and up to a building i cant remember. Which is where the Canada day celebrations were.

Waiting patiently to get her face painted. Which it a big deal for her. Getting her face done makes her day every time!

Cammerons little red bow we found at middle cove! Perfect for the occasion

There was lots of little free carnival games and if you did them all or some of them you got a bag at the end with treats inside. A stage was set up not far from the parking lot so we thought we would go enjoy the music. While on our way we had a little accident. The strollers collided and poor Cammi fell to the ground. She was a trooper and was happy again soon after i got her checked by the medics.

I decorated their regular red shirts with Sticker that came in our Canada day package from Joy ( Thanks!!)

Whenever you go to a special event usually you would expect to get pop or McDonald's juice or even water. Not in St. Johns. Its Milk. Chocolate or white but always milk. I love it free milk always makes us smile!

Madison got to meet The Newfoundland Queen! She was very excited!

Made it to the stage. Grabbed some seats to enjoy the music. Unfortunately I couldn't because Landon was so tired he was crazy. Driving everyone nuts. So i took him for a walk and before long... he was out.Thank goodness.