Happy Turducken!

We were very excited to get an invitation to Thanksgiving from Uncle Chad and Gena. So we headed up to Calgary for the weekend.
Kye's Kindergarten class had made Turkey hats the day before and they were so cute we decided everybody needed one! He also made this lovely centerpiece.

We named him Mr. Turducken.
We spent the weekend doing a little shopping. I mean you can't go to Calgary and not go to The Lego Store, Pottery Barn and Ikea! The boys got off easy because Gena and I dropped them off at Shakers Family Fun Center while we toured through the Ikea. I think Aaron was regretting not monitoring my shopping since later, when he had to pack up the vehicle, we actually couldn't quite fit everything in! Anyways, they had a blast playing all the games, riding go-carts and trying laser tag. Aaron took these photos on his phone.


Nothin' like a little Dance, Dance, Revolution!

And Kye tried out the climbing wall!

Later when we met up with them they convinced us that we had to join them for some laser tag.



I spent the majority of the time chasing them all around trying to take photos in the dark. Occasionally I would grab my gun and shoot it, but it didn't seem to be working, it didn't have a little red laser dot when I pointed it so I showed this to Aaron while we were hiding behind a wall and he just gives me this look, grabs my gun and turns it around, apparently I had been shooting myself the whole time!
After that we headed over to Olive Garden for an early supper. You must get there early, and by early I mean 3 'o' clock, or you will be waiting for hours to get in. It is so worth it though!
On Thanksgiving morning we headed over to the brand new Airdrie skatepark. It is absolutely amazing! Mackinon was on cloud 9 the whole time.





Unfortunately, Kye Guy had a bad wipe out the first 5 minutes we were there and so he was pretty cautious after that and just wanted to play on the playground nearby.

The playground was brand new too, and had some of the craziest equipment I've even seen, really different things with a rubber coating covering the ground, so very bouncy. He loved it. Uncle Chad loved the cushy-ness as well being that he totally wiped out and twisted his ankle. I was nice and didn't take a photo of that!
Then it was home for some dinner prep and card playing.





And don't forget the monkey piles and wedgies!


I will never understand boys!
Uncle Chad had special ordered a Turducken, and if you're not sure what that is, I will tell you. It is a turkey stuffed with a duck stuffed with stuffing. Uncle Chad assured us that it would be Epic, and oh yes, it was!

Maybe the Turducken at Chad and Gena's will become a new family tradition! If only we could start calling her Auntie Gena!
K.