Oh, the drama!

Looks like we didn't escape the princess phase after all.

Last week marked the third and final week of summer camp for Juniper.  She spent the first two weeks improving her swimming skills, and the last week at a "musical adventure" camp.  Basically, each person in the camp got to choose their favourite song, and then they wrote a musical around those songs.  It was called: "Celebrity Madness!"

Promotional poster and two tickets for the show

For her favourite song, Juniper chose... wait for it... "Let it Go".  Sigh.   I thought we were going to sail right past the whole princess/Disney obsession, but I was oh so very wrong.  So, Juniper got to dress up as Elsa from Frozen (borrowing someone else's "real" Elsa dress and tiara, which was, incidentally, about 3 sizes too big, as everyone in the class was, of course, much older), got a solo to open the show, and even convinced me to buy her some new fancy shoes for the occasion.  Heels, no less. The take away?:

1.  Juniper was IN HER ELEMENT.  She LOVED the stage. She loved putting together the show, and dressing up, and performing.  She even took it upon herself to welcome everyone to the show before it started.  

2.  Despite being the youngest of the 5 kids, I would have to say that she was the most expressive (ie dramatic) of the bunch.  Maybe it is just that she hasn't yet developed the same self consciousness that comes in later years, or maybe she just has a knack for acting.  What she possessed in expression, however, she lacked in vocal skills :)  Ah well, can't have everything, I suppose.  I guess we'll just have to work on that.

Other than drama camp, the week was full of other goodness.  For instance:

Going to the wave pool with Zack! Linden swallowed about half the pool, but had a fabulous time:

Post-swim sillies

Zack executes a very successful photo bomb

The annual "Kanata North Picnic".  About as exciting as it gets, folks.  There was a bit of a petting zoo, a bouncy castle and slide, a line up for free hotdogs that was so unbelievably long we wouldn't have attempted it even if we had wanted hotdogs, live music, treats, and swag from a bunch of different booths, including OC Transpo, and Ontario Health. 

Snow cones!

On the weekend we also hit up the Nature Museum, which is now officially one of our favourite activities.  This time around, there was a dig set up where aspiring palaeontologists could help uncover some hadrosaurus vertebrae:

Linden in the blue hat; Juniper in the pink.  Juniper stuck with it for a very long time.

And finally, Juniper and Linden .org is back! Check out this little newscast about "shows and dancing and stuff".  Next week, if all goes according to plan, there will be an update from Fredericton.  See you then!