When you live in Vancouver, you learn to make the most of the rain. It simply rains too much not to.
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Rainy Day Splatter Painting
While living in a city that gets as much rain as Vancouver does can be a little deflating some days, I know that we’ll miss it dearly once we’re back in the sandy desert. So instead of letting the past week of rain keep us indoors today, we decided to get out and enjoy it. After a morning walk and a long play at the park before lunch, we decided to head back outside this afternoon. We brought along with us a baking sheet, some liquid food colouring (the neon kind), and some white construction paper to do an easy and fun art activity… Rain splatter painting!
To get started, Gracen laid a piece of construction paper down on the baking sheet and fully enjoyed dropping splots of food colouring all over it.
Once she had the food colouring exactly how she wanted it, we simply let the rain do its job. At this point, it was raining quite hard, so the splatter effect happened quickly. Grae loved watching the colours pop up off the page and land back down on the page in little dots. At some point during the process, she’d say “This one is done!” and we’d pop it inside the house to dry and grab another sheet of paper to splatter.
The end result is beautiful, splotchy, watercolour-esque paintings, just like this one. Fun, right?
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A Rainy Get Away: The Bloedel Conservatory
It may be another rainy, miserable day in Vancouver today, but Miss G and I got away from it all by spending our morning at the Bloedel Conservatory in Queen Elizabeth Park. Warm, humid, green, and echoing with the calls of birds, it’s the perfect get away from the gloom and grey of yet another rainy day.
Just see for yourself…
Beautiful, right? Not to mention that Gracen adores searching out birds, smelling flowers, and trekking along the paths.
During the winter months, the conservatory is open from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. seven days a week. Adult admission is $6.50, children’s admission for ages 3 to 12 is $3.25, and children 2 and under are free.
Rainy Day Fun: A Visit to YVR Airport
Visiting the airport {just for fun} has been on my mental rainy day to do list since last spring… And yet, somehow we only just made it there today. It was well worth the wait though.
We took the Canada Line over for few reasons…. Firstly, because Miss G loves it and thinks getting to ride the train is something very special in itself. Secondly, because riding the train means you don’t have to worry about paying an arm and a leg for parking, and thirdly, because it’s ridiculously easy.
Upon arriving to the airport, we made our way down to the domestic departures area on the third floor. From there, we headed to the food court area, and headed up the elevator to the Public Observation Area. (Just something to note – though the Canada Line brings you in on the 4th floor, you can’t make your way across to the viewing area without first heading down a floor.)
The observation area has floor to ceiling west-facing windows which allow for an amazing view of the tarmac and the Straight of Georgia. It’s filled with tables and chairs for those wishing to eat while taking in the view, and also has window front benches, telescopes of varying heights, touch-screen video podiums, and an interactive model of Sea Island for those wanting to play and explore.
For Grae, it was all about the hustle and bustle on the tarmac. She loved watching the runway operations and the planes take off and land, and was constantly asking, “What’s dat guy doing, Mama?”
Without a doubt, the other highlight was the telescopes. Though she’s still much too short for many of them, I held her up for part of the time and later she figured out that she could reach well with a chair pulled up close. I’m not sure how much she could actually see through them, but the adjusting, swivelling, and putting her eye up to the lens parts was plenty fun for her.
We stayed for over two hours and Miss G would have happily stayed longer if I didn’t have to drag her away for nap time. Luckily, another Canada Line ride was in the cards for her upon departure, so the sell wasn’t as hard as it could have been. ☺
After a little Google research, i learned that MANY airports around North America {and the world} have observation areas or viewing lounges similar to ours, so if you’re not located in Vancouver, be sure to check out your local airport… Chances are it has one!
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iPhoneography // Embracing the Rain
Sometimes you’ve just got to throw your rain jacket and gumboots over you footie jammies, get outside, and enjoy the pouring rain.
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