General here…
March Break is done. Erin & Mike are back. There’s an occasional hint of Spring in the air.
All is good.
Soooo…did you have a good March Break? We did - and in a nutshell - it went a little something like this:
We went to the movies.
The lovely Anita and I took our 3 kids, plus one of our oldest son’s friends to the CHFI movie premiere of Horton Hears A Who.
Great story - great cast - Jim Carrey, Steve Carell - and some truly laugh out loud moments.
We got away.
We went to Erin & Rob’s cottage (THANK YOU E&R!) for a few days while they were away - funny how just a change of scenery can provide those family moments you don’t make time for at home.
My mom - “Nana Mac”- came along and I have to say it’s really quite something to watch the woman who raised you interact with the children you’re raising.
It’s like some middle-man time warp.
We played games.
We must have played Pop-A-Matic Trouble 20 times.
Remember that one? My kids, who are 3,5 and 9 loved it. As long as they won.
We watched movies.
Bridge To Terabithia, The Bee Movie, Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events, Nanny McPhee - watched all of those with the kids and they were all hits.
Anita and I watched Dan In Real Life - again, another good one.
We both give it “2 Eyes Open”!
You know, instead of 2 Thumbs Up? We judge movies by whether or not we can stay awake - so for both of us to give it a full 2 Eyes Open is freakin’ amazing.
We tobogganed. In theory.
After the kids got bored of this little hill near the cottage, I loaded them all into the car and went looking for a good sized hill - you know, a hill that someone could potentially get hurt on.
Well…I guess we’ll never know - ’cause in our travels I managed to get our vehicle stuck in a ditch - which led to a call to roadside assistance and a bit of a wait in a car that was a little close to tipping over.
This essentially killed the kids’ desire to tame the big hill and we drove back to the cottage where the kids had lunch and I drank.
We went to town.
Maybe it’s because I’m from a small town - Summerside P.E.I. - but I love small town Canada.
The friendly people, the little shops, the old-fashioned pubs, the quaint dessert diners - I love it all.
You know what else I love? Parking all afternoon for $2.25 during the week.
There’s nothing like a trip into town to break up the day.
We entertained.
Yes - we actually had another couple over for dinner (not at your cottage, Erin - no, when we got back - just so you know). I couldn’t believe it.
We had conversations about adult things with other adults. It was strangely weird and wonderful.
Yep - it was a good break - but when you work with friends, it’s good to be back too.
