A Day Trip

A little side note... I tried to arrange the pictures in a different way but alas, they just look small, sorry you will need your magnifying glass to see them. If you want any of them bigger just let me know!

Ok, now on to the real post!

We took the day yesterday and went someplace we had never gone before. We went to Kalispell Montana. Why? Well, they have a Costco, and NO tax and it is only 2 and a half hours from our house. So, yesterday morning we left on our adventure. We got there just in time for lunch at Wendy's and then headed to Target and Costco and the dollar store. We got some great deals on food, clothes and Chocolate Cheerios, gotta love the States.

We wanted to have some fun too, not just spend our money. So, while we were at Wendy's, a little girl and her brother were talking to us and said she was going to feed the ducks after lunch. Ducks, where were these ducks? Not only that, she said it was a Duck Park. That sounded like fun! So, Paul asked her dad where this Duck Park was. After some shopping we headed over there and found the ducks, lots of fat, brave, aggressive ducks!

There was also a park there, with one of those spinning metal things... Do you remember those, the death traps that we called fun as kids? Well, they still exist, and our kids had just as much fun on them as we did!

There were also bridges to explore, huge trees to climb and ducks, lots and lots of fat ducks!




There were also parents there, parents that you may not see very often on this blog, but they exist as well. Cici was brave enough to handle my camera and snap these shots!

This is J Man, he is cute and this is the ball he bought with an American dollar bill, he was a bit upset that he didn't keep both the money and the ball!

I got a good shot of the kids on the huge tree, they humored me while I set them up, it was too good to pass up!

We had dinner here . Cici's first question as we got out of the car was "'what else do they have other than meat"? My first response was "they have lots of other things to eat other than meat!". I may have spoken too soon. We had a huge plater for the family of ... well... meat and more meat and then there was more meat! We are not having meat tonight for dinner!

Another amusing place we saw was this place. It confirmed that we were in Montana, meat and cowboys, what else is there... oh, Costco and fat ducks!

Our Trip

Here is a sample of the beach going, Pajo's eating, sand digging, bubble blowing, cake eating fun we had in Vancouver last week. We had so much fun seeing family and enjoying a break!

snow and dancing

Why is Beany so excited?

It is family dance time!

There was a family dance tonight at the school, lots of lights, loud music and of course disco balls!

The kids had so much fun dancing, even J Man ran and danced for a straight hour and a half (Gracie went but didn't want any pictures taken of her dancing... oh... it is beginning!)

Why is Beaner holding a disco ball?

Well, she won it for the best Kindergardener dancer!!

She is so proud!

Oh, and on a side note, it is snowing again... for the 3rd straight night, it is snowing real hard, there will be inches on the ground by morning... again... Did I mention IT IS MAY!!! i am not happy.

It snowed last night, everything is white, I am unhappy about it, but the kids are excited.

IT IS MAY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!

That is all I have for now.

How do you relax?

Me- "How do you relax Cici?"

Cici- "I don't relax!... But, if I COULD relax then I might read a book."

Me- "oh"... then mad laughter...

Bubble Girl

I have a bubble, well, according to my kids I do.

See, we were on a walk 2 nights ago and it was cold (it snowed yesterday). Cici was feeling chilly so she moved close to me to "stay warm". I asked if I had a warm bubble around me that she was using, apparently I do!

According to Cici, everyone has a bubble that is temperature controlled by a switch behind their head. We get said bubbles when we turn 3. Bubbles can bounce off each other but mama's bubbles are big enough to house up to 20 people and keep them nice and warm. This bubble of mine can be entered into at any point and stretches as more people enter. I guess if your bubble is not working you move into you mama's bubble to stay warm, or cool for that matter, in summer it is air conditioned.

Paul asked if the mama bubble starts to malfunction around 50... that wasn't very funny.

The other night in bed, I thought Paul stole my bubble, I was freezing, then he gave it back to me in the night and cranked the heat! But, Cici informed me that your bubble can't be stolen, I had accidently hit the switch to cool and then must have bumped it back to warm later that night. Oh.

I have had my kids close in my bubble for a few days. On walks especially they hop right in, then about 5 min later, Cici announces that my bubble is working and she is warm.

I don't really understand all the science behind my bubble, but I am glad that it works for my kids... and 17 others who might want to hop in too!

It's My Party

Jude is.. almost.. 2! We had a party today with his friend Ali who turned 2 last week. We also invited his friends from across the street. We had lots of fun decorating... and eating cupcakes, jumping in the bouncy castle and blowing bubbles. I can't believe that 2 years has gone by already, he has grown so much! Our J Man is becoming a little man, but before that happens, we have these memories of these fun years!