Galaxyland and K-days

We celebrated Mya's birthday last Thursday the 17th. We took the kids and their neighbor friend Avery who lives behind us to Galaxyland, the indoor amusement park at the West Edmonton Mall. They had a blast. Conveniently, the family rate was for 4 wrist bands and Ivy was free so Chris, Max, Mya and Avery got the wristbands and I got to do all the little kiddie rides with Ivy:) Amusement parks aren't really my thing anyway! I didn't think they were Max's thing either until the evening progressed and by the end, he was going on rollercoasters again and again! Chris was a total trooper. Mya wasn't tall enough to go on the rides alone, but could as long as an adult was accompanying her so since Chris was the only adult with a wristband, he got to do all the rides:) They also got to do the ropes course which was fun, but it took a really long time. We ate dinner at the food court and called it a night.




On Mya's actual birthday we went to Costco to get her a cake, but ended up with brownie bites! The cakes they had out were huge and I knew who would be the one eating the cake (me) so I Mya decided brownie bites would be okay! We went out to eat as a family to celebrate and came home, put Ivy to bed, and played Sorry! It was different than some of her other birthdays, but it was nice to have a low-key birthday and be together. We're going to celebrate more when we're home next week with her cousins!



On Saturday we headed out to "K-days" which is the big festival here every year. It used to be called Klondike Days, but apparently that was too long so they shortened it to K-days! We got there early and got out of there before the big crowds started coming in. We ate some yummy fair food and then toured all of the indoor exhibits. There was an awesome kids expo...we caught a My Little Pony live on stage show, a circus show, Max and Mya played some hockey, and they built some cool stuff in the construction zone.



After the kids area, we went to the farm expo and they looked at all the animals, planted some beans and potatoes, and rode some little mini john deere tractors around. Chris was pretty happy that John Deere was represented at K-days;) After the expo area, we went back outside and walked around the rides/games area. We didn't ride any rides because the line was really long, we had just been to Galaxyland and Ivy was pretty tired from missing her nap. All in all, really glad we experienced this "must-see" for Edmontonians!



Tomorrow, the kids and I are heading home to see lots of family and friends for a couple of weeks! Chris will join us for the 2nd half of the trip. We're pretty pumped to see this little girl:)