ottawa trip!

this year it was danielle's turn to go to our great country's capital city~ottawa  with her gr. 10 class!

wayne went as chaperon :)....made me feel better that daddy was there for her!
i wanted to go this year b/c i has such a great time last year....i went with eryn's class last year.
but....they needed male chaperons this year instead.
they left from the school on tues morning with 2 buses b/c she is part of the biggest class in school.... 54, yes you read that right, 54 students in this years gr. 10 class, roaming the streets of ottawa for 4 days{i'm kidding, they weren't roaming...they were on guided tours ;)}
eryn's class was a meager 32 students....

fun with friends on the bus....

sorry, it's a blurry pic...
at the parliament building....

ahem.......some of these are my pics from last year's trip with eryn.....

{i never got around to doing a post last year}

view from across the river in quebec ~the back of the parliament buildings  

with our local member of parliament~ dean allison...

           .....he would drive around ottawa in a car with red plates.....'gov't official' plates, while the rest of the nice folks in ontario drive with white plates.

wayne & some of the guys who adopted him as 'dad' for the week.....

views from the top of the peace tower.....

looking up at the peace tower's big clock....

enjoying the tulip festival.....each bulb~a gift from the netherlands!

also blooming, our official provincial flower....the trillium

for supper the 1st night eating at the retro.....

'zak's diner'

every booth had the old table top juke box...fun :)

                                           {...put another dime in the juke box, baby....}

tour of the diefenbunker.....

i have a retro desk just like this....just need the eames chair to go with it ;)!!

lllloooovveeeee it ;)....anything retro makes me happy :)!!

tour of the canadian war museum

 The small windows on the 'fin' on the building, spell out in morse code  'Lest we forget' (in English) and 'N'oublions jamais' (in French).

they cross over the ottawa river into quebec to visit the museum of civilization...

as you can see this native canadian piece of art is featured on our 20 dollar bill...

about 1/3 of the class.....

free time....let's go shopping!

good times with friends....

<3 this store!!!!

allll candy my friends....you name it, they have it

 dani found a helping hand for when she got tired of shopping.....i  mean seriously though,  she's in a shoe store~who gets tired of checking out cute shoes?!?

the last night....the famous talent show.

dani & her friends did a spoof on the 'napoleon dynamite' dance routine~'the rose' song

sad to say they didn't win the talent competition :(

they had a great time in ottawa....not always the greatest weather, but they made the best of it.
they packed alot into 4 days, so these kids were ti~urd when they came home fri night.
wayne had a blast & wasn't as tired as the kidos :).....didn't stay up quite as late zzzzzz!