Locomotion

A holiday like Canada Day is extra good. Why? Because there are absolutely no expectations around it. Spend it with family, or not. Dress up, or not. Get gifts, or not (I'm sure someone out there buys gifts). It's a day off (or a well-paid work one) and it's usually a fun scene.

We had a brilliant day out at English Bay in Vancouver, our city. It was a perfect day, sunny with a breeze. Birdie just loves the sand, she doesn't mind if it gets into her mouth (usually, without intent) along with some food or a bottle. She moves it from hand to hand or just crawls around in it, discovering sea shells, seaweed or garbage. Anyway, we did something we love, which is walking around English Bay, while we brought Birdie somewhere that made her happy too. Canada Day turned out to be about Vancouver. We all felt pretty patriotic about our glorious ocean-lined, mountain-viewed, glass-building city (in Canada).

Canada Day may be the best holiday we've got so far.