The kids and I are continuing our exploration of the local area. The bush walkways are still great - lots of squirrels and mozzies :) The other night we climbed the bank down from our house and watched the local kids playing car park hockey. Alex is still convinced he wants to play the ice version but we might just have to see! At the bottom of the hill we can duck over the road and railway line and we are at the harbour edge. There are a couple of piers that people fish for mackerel (boys FASCINATED) and a beach volleyball court (great for hours of huge sandpit fun!!) The boys are now doing chores around the place to earn themselves a couple of fishing rods so we too can enjoy the bounty of the sea......
The boys started school in the first week of September. They started with a two day week which was brilliant. The school operates differently to what we are used to - the kids line up outside at the first bell and are led inside by their teacher at the second. The primary (Owen) and Grade Ones have their own playground which is round the corner from the Grade Two (Alex) and Three playground. There is a line in between which they are not allowed to cross. Alex and Owen meet up at the line and say hello at morning tea and lunch which is very sweet but more than a little sad! It has taken them just a bit to adjust to not being able to play together if they want.The first weekend in September we decided to get out and see a bit of the state. We still need camp beds for the kids, so we were restricted to day trips. Saturday we headed up to the Bay of Fundy (famous for having the highest tides in the world) First stop was Burntcoat Head Park. We timed our visit to coincide with low tide so we could do some wandering on the seafloor We clambered down onto the beach and headed out for the waters edge.
Amelia decided that she was NOT up for walking in the beautiful silky red mud and proceeded to screech when her feet were on the ground and rub the aforementioned feet all over me when I picked her up! Luckily there was not mud everywhere so I didn't have to lug her the entire time we were down there.... The view from the bottom was spectacular - really hard to imagine that much sea pouring in and out every change of tide - where does it go? The latent geologist in me loved the rock formations too...On the walk back to visited the funny squat little lighthouse (they all seem to be like that... didn't need the height we are used to apparently...) and saw a tree that had been subjected to woodpeckers doing their thing.. quite impressive really!
We packed up and headed back towards Halifax, driving through some lovely green country with the stereotypical red American barns popping up here and there. Odd actually to see so much grass land - most of what we have seen of Nova Scotia to date is trees, trees and more trees! Stopped at a beautiful old church and another lighthouse (where we saw the now famous dead star-nosed mole - our first big animal sighting after the squirrel...) Our final stop was a swimming hole under a bridge, where we all piled out and swam in the omilord cold water. Matt spotted some turtles (hurray! something ALIVE for the kids to talk about!) Had an awesomely great day and I'm hoping we visit the Bay of Fundy again - am sure there are some spectacular sights to see up there ;)I might just stop there - who wants a novel in one page huh :) Alex has started piano lessons and has a FABULOUS teacher :) she has parties for her students through the year, and teaches on a grand. It helps that she thinks Alex is just wonderful too!
So.. turtles! a star nosed mole! Still no raccoon...
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