Day Two

I wasn't really looking forward to today b/c Rich wrecked his knee on Tuesday and I didn't think he would be able to go out and walk around any type of Canada Day festivities. Up until Tuesday I was thinking that we could bike around Stanley Park BUT since then I figured maybe I would take the kids out by myself. Well, Rich surprised me and decided last night that he could get around the Fort at Fort Langley. SO, the day started out with sleeping in (you'll notice a trend here I'm sure) and then finishing up the house while Rich worked on our deck. We ate a early lunch and then went off to the fort.

Today was the opposite of yesterday - I thought the day would be blah with us not going out as a family but instead we had a great time. We went to the fort - the kids panned for gold and Aiden found a little piece. They had a great time "building" a fort and of course loved feeding the animals. We then moved onto the langley centennial museum and they loved that b/c there were more animals to pet, races to be raced, balloons to be given and a yummy FREE candy stick. We stopped for slushies for the kids and frappicinos for Rich and I. So good. We bbqed salmon burgers and the kids ended the night with a watergun fight. Of course they had have a quick shower at the end to warm up b/f pjs. Now Rich and I are going to watch the Social Network. A great second day.

Day One

Summer vacation has been greatly anticipated in this household. By the time June rolls around I'm done with activities, lunches, schedules, and gettting up and out the door in time for school.

Ahh, so today was our first day off and well it didn't go quite as expected. I had it all planned out - the kids would get to watch some morning cartoons and then play double computer/wii time (big deal in our home)as I cleaned the house. I had made sure the grocery shopping was all done b/f school let out but the house didn't have a chance to get clean. It started off great - I got to sleep in, the kids got to relax and then it was time for a bath. Three kids were in the bath - I go to wash them when the youngest one tells me that one of her brothers peed on the side of the tub. Well, that just put a bit of a damper on the day - the boy wouldn't say why he did it and then when he did I he told me two different stories. It doesn't go over well in this house when I know one of the kids is lying to me. Anyhow we got that eventually sorted out and moved on - we go to the library and one boy decides that one of his brothers is annoying him so he slaps him in the face. Not hard but that's still another big nono in our house. Fortunately the day slowly improved and ended on a high note.

We had decided earlier to go see Cars 2. We have airmile coupons so since it cost us nothing to go as a treat we bought burgers and pizza for dinner at the theatre. We all thoroughly enjoyed the movie - even Callia, who is three, sat thru this one way better than Kung Fu Panda. The boys loved the action and there was some humour in it too for us adults. It didn't resemble the first one at all but we still enjoyed it. Christian asked if we could buy it. I think we will.

Day one didn't go quite as expected - who expects their school aged child to pee on the side of the tub? He did do a great job a of washing all the toys that could have been near pee. I didn't get the house cleaned fully - that's what tomorrow is for BUT we did have a great family night out.