O Canada!

Happy Canada Day! What, you in the US didn't even know it was today? Well, we almost didn't either.

The events were scheduled from 12 to 3. We arrived at 12:30, and the festival field was dotted with picnic blankets, kids were running everywhere, and the edges of the field were lined with tables (like booths, only not). The fire truck was there, the ambulance (for viewing, not safety), someone with a huge pet snake (not sure what that had to do with Canada Day, but the kids were fascinated)... face painting, free little flags, free copies of the song "O Canada" in English and French (what a relief, now I can figure out what the lyrics are, if I could only remember the tune), maple leaf temporary tattoos (even Sage got one, on her arm), and balloons. Even cake! There was a local band playing (they were really good), tug o wars, the works. We all had a really nice time, saw tons of people we know, got squirted by the fire truck hose (and cried afterwards that we were wet and cold now), Sage napped on her picnic blanket (have we mentioned she is nearly perfect?), and everyone had fun.

But no fireworks. And by that I don't mean just the pyrotechnic kind. It was very, well, pleasant. Accomodating. Nice. Very much like Canada itself.