Our Weekend of Fun

This past weekend was a whirlwind of activity. Friday afternoon my in-laws picked up all 3 kids and took them up to their trailer for a fun camping adventure. Dave and I had the weekend to ourselves! Friday night we took a nice loooong walk around town. Saturday morning we had a nice quiet morning and headed to the gym where I went to boot camp and Dave did his workout. After that was over we headed to Toronto to watch the Blue Jays take on the White Sox. Our seats were in the 500 level and I haven't been up there in years. Let me tell you...I had a slight anxiety attack I think. Walking up those steep steps I glanced out of the corner of my eye to see really how steep and high we were up. Now yes, I've always been afraid of heights, but not like that. I guess with age comes more fear?? It took 4 innings for me to feel o.k. there. Dave quietly reminded me that I am going to be up there for the U2 concert which made me freak out. But it will be dark, so hopefully it won't be as bad...right? ha ha ha. The game went into extra innings, and Dave decided that we would leave after the 10th inning and find somewhere to eat. We went to Jack Astors. It was good. The game was still going by the time we were done. It went into 14 innings, Jays winning it 9-8. We made our way to the hotel by the airport. There we spent the evening watching t.v. and playing games. It was really nice.

Sunday morning we headed to my parents place stopping at Vaughn Mills first. It was nice, we wandered around the mall and spent most of our time in the Bass Pro Shop. Once at my parents we waited for our little ones to be dropped off. They had a great time at the trailer. Full of little stories, Caleb's favourite part was finding a penny in the river! We celebrated Dave's birthday while everyone was there. Then in the evening Dave and I attended the Robin Mark concert at the O'ville Baptist Church. It was so great. We spent the night at my parents and in the morning we ventured to the zoo.



It was a perfect day weather wise. I was so excited, anticipating the joy on my kids faces while they discovered animals. To my dismay, they didn't enjoy it like I thought they would. They were so tired from the weekend. Caleb hardly wanted to get out of the bike stroller. He was excited to see the hippo, only to tell us to look at his poop! Amberly enjoyed herself. I think the highlight of our day was sting ray bay. It was so neat to touch them, I was amazed that they actually just slow down and surface so you can touch them.


I admittedly felt disappointed at the end of the day, I set my expectations too high. But I learned some things, like the kids need a good day of rest before starting a new adventure. But none the less, memories were created and a little more wisdom added.