Family Fun

Tuesday the kids and I headed to Canada's Wonderland to meet Nana, Grampa, Jody, Pam and her kids for a day of fun. The weather was great, the lines were long but we all had a great time. I wasn't too sure what Jack was going to think or if he would even go on any of the rides but he again surprised me and did. I think the highlight of his day was playing at the water park. His least favorite? I think that would have to be his ride on the Ghoster Coaster. I dunno. What do you think? I can't wait to take him back next year.

A Day Out With Thomas

This past weekend we packed up the van and headed to Ottawa to go to A Day Out With Thomas event at the Ottawa Central Railway. Jack and I attended the event with Laura and Nicholas. Although he had a good time, I think I was more excited than Jack was. Jack enjoyed himself until it was time to pose for a picture with Sir Topham Hat.

He claims (and still does when looking at pictures) that he is afraid of him. lol I find that quite amusing. He hasn't given me any excuse yet why the scenario was the same when posing with Thomas. I'm blaming that on 1) waking up at 5:50am (thanks Oliver) 2) it was hot 3) it was past lunch time and we still hadn't had anything to eat 4) it really is typical Jack behaviour.

While in Ottawa, we stayed at Shawn's Aunt Tootsie's house. It was a nice visit. It was the first time she met Oliver. Jack also surprised me by not being shy with her as it's been awhile since he has seen her. We were also lucky enough to have a little visit with cousins Tiffany, Chris and Jax who were also visiting from Kingston.

To my surprise, the kids were really good for both the car trip there and back. We even managed to make it home without having to make any stops along the way. We made it home in record time. It made me really thankful my kids are used the the long car trips from going home to Midland all the time.

It was a fun and succesful weekend and I'm glad we made the trip.

Rain, Rain Go Away

Seriously, does it need to rain every single day? I don't remember ever getting as much rain as we have this summer. The weather has been insane. It was sunny and warm earlier today. Lunch time rolls around and a big, dark cloud decides to end it. There is thunder rumbling in the distance and the air as cooled. Now all we can do is sit around and wait for the rain to come. It has rained so much I've had to take Jack out to play in the rain just so he is able to get outside to some fresh air and run/jump around and burn off some energy.
Of course we could be at the other end of the spectrum like they are in Alberta and be experiencing a drought. Isn't Mother Nature able to balance herself out? I don't mind sharing some of our rain with our neighbors. Please give us a chance to go outside and enjoy some of the summer. A weekend even would be greatly appreciated.