Nova Scotia - Day 5

This was our last full day in Nova Scotia :(
We've had a lot of fun! It was hard to leave!

This is a picture of the area from the top of the hills.... this is the money shot!

Today we went to Halls Harbour, which is a huge fishing port for Lobster especially.

We saw the cages for catching the lobster, and even some live fellas....
Josh and Claire loved to look at them, but I think Josh was a little traumatized by the whole process! You picked out your lobster, put it in one of those plastic bins that you put your shoes and carry-on baggage on when going through security at the airport, and then you take it to the register where they weigh it and you pay. Then you walk your lobster to the kitchen and hand it to the cook... they seat you at a table, and bring you your lobster all red and ready to eat!
Josh just looked very disturbed by the sight of everyone eating their lobsters after seeing them alive. He was also very surprised to see that they weren't red when they came out of the water, and only became red after cooking them!

Here is my Mom and sister Veronica standing by the pier with Josh and Claire.
It was so nice having them with us and hanging out all week!

When we arrived at the harbour, it was about 2 or 3pm,
and the tide had already begun to go out.

You can see on the piers where the water line was originally,
and how much it had already started to go down.

I took a picture of this boat shortly after arriving.....

And then just an hour and a half or so later I took this picture of the same boat....

already beached!

I love how the name of this boat is "Tide Bound" !

It's really odd to see all the boats beached so quickly after arriving with them all floating!

I love this washroom...

This is one for people who are skinny, and for people who have love handles.
Naturally.

Here Josh is winding his rock up for a big pitch into the ocean!

Claire is so cute.
With her hair growing out a little longer now she will say "look mama!" and swish her head back and forth and her hair will swish around the sides of her face!
She loves to do that.

And here is my big little man :)
He must be going through a growth spurt,
because he's been asking for 2 sandwiches or hot dogs,
and eating them both every day at lunch lately!

Claire's hair is actually getting long enough that I thought I would give pigtails a whirl...

and it worked!!!
This is our first attempt at pig tails!

She did pretty well leaving them in... they slipped out a lot though, so I had to keep sliding them back on.

She looked really sweet in them.
And she really looked a lot older... like a real big girl!

I can't believe our little Claire bear is going to be 2 years old in just a few weeks!