Canadian Thanksgiving

I was out of town last week for a few days at the Church of the Resurrection so I could soak up all that Adam Hamilton had to say - great trip. I arrived back home just in time for Thanksgiving weekend - Canadian style. I actually looked up "Canadian Thanksgiving" on Wikipedia to see just exactly what we were supposed to be celebrating. It seems like it's not that big of a holiday here - it's a government holiday, but most stores are open. I believe most people have their "Thanksgiving" dinner on Sunday. Anyway, we celebrated in our own way and headed out of town (20 minutes) to the Calgary Corn Maze spectacular.



We knew that a cold front had come in overnight, but, really, we had no idea. We left the house with our jackets and hats and even a scarf or two, but we were so ill-prepared for the 43 degree weather (with light rain), it wasn't even funny. I don't know how Pete didn't freeze in that "jacket" of his.



Anyway, we tried to make the most of it and we had a good time despite freezing. Although, as Pete reminded me, "I haven't seen anything yet." :) Yikes.

Katherine's favorite part was jumping on giant "pillows" - that was fun until some adults started jumping and knocked her down and she hurt her ankle - but that was at then end of the day, so it didn't hinder our time at the farm.



We trekked through the corn maze - and found our way out!



The girls played at the playground and Katherine roped a steer.





And, we looked at the goats and sheep. Lauren was particularly interested in the goats - I couldn't stop her from putting her hands and feet through the fence at the goat.



We even saw a pig race.





Finally, we went for a trip on the "tractor train" through the corn field.



The day ended with a slice of homemade apple pie, made by yours truly. Yummy! It will probably be gone by tomorrow.



Happy Thanksgiving!