Sunday happenings
I wrote this on May 5th (Sunday) but didn't post it...I think because I wanted to upload and add pictures to go along with it. I still haven't had the chance to do that, so it'll have to be posted sans pictures...Sigh...One of these days I'll get my act together!
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We had a
great outing today to a park I’d never been to before, in fact James was the
only one of us who had. It was Lion’s
Park in Port Coquitlam, and I think it could possibly be my new favourite
park! It has a great playground for kids
of all ages, it’s right by the Coquitlam River, and there are lots of picnic
benches and trees for sitting in the shade.
It was ‘youth week’ apparently so there were bands playing near the
skate park a little ways down from where we were, and I liked that they were
playing a lot of the music from ‘my era’, such as Weezer, Foo Fighters, etc. It was a perfect afternoon.
The kids
seemed to really enjoy it too. The
babies sat on the picnic blanket and took in all the sights (as well as a
container of yogurt!...and some milk) and were happy to
just lounge there and play with a few toys we brought for them. It was SO hot, as if it were a really hot
summer day, which is amazing given the cold spring we’d been having up until a
few days ago. I loved being able to
dress the girls for summery weather and not have to worry about extra blankets
and sweaters. Love, love, LOVE that we
are at the beginning of the warmer spend-lots-of-time-outdoors months!
I went for
a little walk on my own to explore the trails by the river a bit, and took some
pictures along the way. It was so
peaceful just standing by the river and watching the water float by. I loved it.
Andrew had
lots of fun playing on the playground, and even climbed (with a bit of help) to
the top of the ‘dragon head’ – made out of giant tires. Fun times!
And he made a new friend who he played with for a while before it was
time to pack up and leave. Perfect
timing, just minutes after I said we should stop somewhere for ice cream on the
way home, the ice cream truck pulled up to the park, so the ice cream actually
came to us!
I think the
only down side to excursions like this is the exhaustion afterwards. It’s wonderful to get out there and enjoy the
sunshine and get lots of fresh air, but you know how after times like that all
you want to do is go home and crash for a few hours’ nap?! We used to do that ‘back in the day’…aka
pre-children! But it’s not an option
anymore, we came home and I fed the babies, tidied up, started some laundry,
made dinner, cleaned up from dinner, gave the babies’ a bath, fed them again,
and on it goes. I feel like a complete
zombie now, but at the same time of course it was worth it! I just want to sit here for a minute and
daydream that I had a long nap after our time in the sun today, that’s all =P
I love that
the babies are at a sitting up stage but not yet totally on the move (although
Margaret has mastered ‘baby yoga’ – I’ve yet to get a picture but she’s doing
the same downward dog type pose that Andrew used to be famous for, and I’m sure
she’s going to be crawling soon…) It
actually can be relaxing at the park with them, to some degree, because at
least there’s not a whole lot of mischief they can get into, and while of
course we have to watch Andrew like a hawk, he can play on his own to some
degree. It’s kind of perfect right now
that way, and I love that we have so many more great summer outings like this
to come!
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