Warm Weekend
Sunday, April 02, 2006
No, we didn't decide to take a last minute deal vacation to the Dominican, as so many Canadians do this time of year...why be typical, especially when you can drive a mere 3 hours to your neighbouring province of New Brunswick and spend the weekend at an indoor hotel/amusement park. All the while, fooling yourself that the balmy indoor temperatures are mirrored outside, when it is actually still the tail-end of winter...This was a special trip for my son, who is turning five and is the most amazing and special person. He loves going here, and so we gave him this trip as our birthday gift to him. We had a really wonderful and yes, even relaxing time. Good family fun.
The view from the window of our hotel room.
Crystal Palace.
Games that suck your wallet dry (but fun all the same).
Roller coasters....wheee!!
Mini-Golf (over and over again...)
Learning to swim.
And a movie to top it off: Skat :)
The babe's first merry-go-round ride.
On Sunday, we were on our way here, but drove on backroads (thank you, Mapquest), and ended up on the top of a mountain, driving on a slick dirt road in a snow squall. More on this at another time! In frustration, we turned back and didn't end up spending time outdoors or experiencing the supposed best view in Canada. We had a really lovely time, though. It is hard to be back and facing reality again.
Reality includes a call from my mother late last night to tell me that my brother is in the intensive care. He lives 5 hours away and has had a string of terrible epileptic seizures. After much debate about whether she would go and see him or not (given that she has a cat to care for and might need to tidy the house for a cat sitter and such...) I lost it and told her to shut up and go. I may also be going at some point, but will be waiting to hear more today.
I will drop by and comment as soon as I get the chance. I hope you've all been well.
This entry was posted on Sunday, April 02, 2006 at 9:35 PM.
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9:36 AM
Connie;
Thank You! Yes, thoughts of the weekend....I will be holding onto them. As much fun going away is, the slap of reality is so hard, expecially on a Monday morning!