This past Monday, Jason and I took the kids to the Oil Sands Discovery Centre here in town. It was a fun trip - a bit like a smaller version of Science World. Here we're posed in front of a dinosaur skeleton found in 2004 (I believe) at one of the mine sites.
Davis and London enjoying the kids' area of the Discovery Centre.
Davis wasn't so into getting dressed up 'like Daddy wears to work'. Okay - he completely did not want anything to do with it......
By the time we were there, most of the 'sand' had already been moved out of the shovel's reach. Jason reached down and moved it around so the kids would be able to shovel a bit easier - instead they mimicked him and just got in there with their hands!
London in one of the buckets they used to use when scooping up the sands
Davis in the same bucket
Davis beside a CAT engine
London on the deck of a big truck similar (or I guess the same) as the trucks used out on site
London was initially VERY hesitant to get into the cab of the truck. They had radio 'chatter' playing and a huge movie screen in front of the truck to simulate driving around the mine. You could choose between Syncrude's or Suncor's sites and between different times of day at either site as well. London was convinced that the truck was going to drive off on it's own and I had to promise her several times that it was all pretend and the truck wasn't going anywhere.
Davis would spend 24/7 behind a steering wheel if he could - he LOVED this part!
I wanted a picture beside the big tire of the truck, but the kids were done by then and didn't care a bit. Oh well - I guess they can't all be 'kodak moments'!
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