I’m going to make this the last post about Calgary. I’ve condensed the last few days of pictures to just the faves, and thats just going to be it, haha! I think the science centre was the highlight of the trip anyway, so I’m glad it got its own post, but if I parcelled out each event into a separate post, it would be at least a week of this. So, behold, the rest of the pictures I have to share.
*** I should say first that I’m not sharing photos of our visit with Brady’s sister’s family for two reasons. One is that I forgot to ask and I’m already into the post, and the other is because I only have a few photos and the real action is showed in all of the videos we took. So there is ZERO burn here, lol! I promise! I will show you, though, the picture of the big kids after that visit. They had SO much fun, it wiped them right out, hahaha! They didn’t move for a solid hour.
That evening, we had a special pizza party. We first ducked out Walmart to buy chips for our party, and then we ordered Pizza Hut to be delivered to our hotel room. I was AMAZED at how fast they came with our food! We called right at supper time, as in between 5:00 – 5:30, and our pizza was in our room twenty minutes later. We pushed all of the furniture to the side and sat on the floor to eat. I had planned to put a movie on, to make it extra special, but everyone was solidly happy and entertained with each other that there was no need at all! We just enjoyed ourselves.
Rowan started feeding Solly Cheerios all on his own. It was SO cute!
Rowan was loving the pizza hugs. Just constantly, to daddy, “Hug! Kiss! Taste! Hug!”
The next morning we hit the breakfast buffet for the second time. The kids were SO happy and photogenic. It was a yummy breakfast, and a good lead into our day of shopping.
Shopping day was full and busy, so this is really the only time I pulled out the camera to take pictures. Brady took Dekker to the bathroom and we just waited nearby. For the life of me, I couldn’t get them all to look at once. Story of my life.
It was a successful Ikea trip, and Rowan was SO over it, so we didn’t make it to Cross Iron Mills like we had hoped to. But that was fine. We ate supper in our hotel and did some more swimming in the evening.
The next morning was our last morning at the hotel. We went to breakfast in our jammies.
They just loved running those halls.
Once again, we have a breakfast collage.
They drew so much attention as they ate breakfast each morning, and I really understand why. They were SO content with their cereal and muffins and melon chunks, and we were so proud to show their beautiful selves off.
When we left the hotel, I went to the front desk and made sure we were appropriately checked out. The woman behind the desk said she was sad to see us go. Haha! I know she very lightly wasn’t, because whats the difference? But she said they had enjoyed watching our family come and go, and that we seemed really happy, and that the kids were very cute. And she was right. We are happy, and they are cute. I told her I sometimes feel like we’re a bit of a sideshow, and that sometimes people must see us coming and just cringe. She was very reassuring that their hotel drew families much larger than ours, and that family is family. I felt very welcome, and like we weren’t an inconvenience, like I sometimes feel we are. It was a nice note to end on, for sure.
So, if you haven’t already grasped it, we HIGHLY recommend staying at the Staybridge Suites in Calgary. It was wonderfully accommodating in pretty much every way. We felt welcome and taken care of. It would have still been a good trip had we stayed elsewhere, but I don’t think we would have been as comfortable in a smaller space, and wouldn’t have slept as well. And we all know how sleep dependant our kids are 😉
This place is a winner. Born-approved.