Canada: Going, going, arrived!

Wow, did we ever hit the ground running! We left Finland all excited for the plane trips ahead. We had a short 2.5 hr flight to Frankfurt and then the big 9 hour one to Vancouver...only for Bella to say near the end of the first flight, this sure was a long plane ride...are we almost there? Little did she know!



One thing that I noticed was that the headphones don't fit kids...what to do? Well, her towel did just the trick. That this can come in so handy!
We did lots of colouring, lots of cartoon watching but not much eating- the food they gave her was all pureed! Weird. It looked like it was for a tiny baby. The flight attendant said that she had never seen that before.




















One of our first trips with Andrea when we arrived was to Krause Berry Farm. What a nice place. It has all kinds of berries and you can either just buy some or you can puck them yourself. Since the blueberries weren't ready yet, we decided to pick the raspberries... and they were huge! They also have a little petting zoo there. So Bella got to go in and pet the small goats, a small sheep and to hold a bunny.










We also went to the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Where we saw a LOT of butts. Camel butts, rhino butts, tiger butts, lion butts, elk butts, even ostrich butts. Unfortunately, Andrea is the one with all the butt photos.










Bella sent much of the time in Andrea's house dancing...not a real surprise. She started as she meant to go on...and on...and on!




One of the best things that Andrea had on offer for a 3 year old was a practical menagerie...4 tortoises, 3 snakes, 3 cats, a lizard and a gecko! I hope that I got that all right...but possibly not. Bella was entranced by the snakes. They were big ones who shed their skin while we were there. Fascinating. Also she got to help feed the tortoises...I never knew they had such large tongues! Luna the cat was as interested in Bella as Bella was in her...especially when Bella was alseep...and not moving!



















Another day we had a trip to the Vancouver Aquarium. While we had a fantastic time seeing all the animals, you can see what happened while watching the beluga whales...here is the before and after:











We saw the sharks being fed and then we headed home...












to pick up some guys...