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More house stuff.

Our painter is almost finished with the inside of our house. Just the master bedroom to go, then we are done! The colors that we have chosen so far look fabulous! We are beyond happy with the results. I have order a new table for the entrance way, and am waiting for it to arrive. The downstairs bath is done with a new tile floor, a new vanity with a matching mirror. The only thing that it needs is a hand towel and a picture for the wall. It looks great. We still haven't found a contractor to finish the master bath, but will spend some time making phone calls this week to hopefully find someone and get it done.
Vacation plans are underway for this summer. I have reserved a trailer to be delivered to our spot at the lake! Much better then the rental motor home that we had to drive last year. The convenience was great to pack up at home and go, but the drive wasn't so great, and then no van to get the kids around anywhere once we got to the lake. It is a 24 foot trailer fully hooked up for us to drive in and have it sitting there waiting!

Little things

I always forget about the little things that the kids do to make me smile-how they can make me laugh with the little things that they do and say. The way that kids pick up things from the people around them. I was thinking about this today cause it made me smile-the way that Stuart was breaking sticks to put into the fire over his knee while at the cabin....Spencer picked up a stick and broke it over his knee-just like his daddy. Claire giving Madeline good night kisses (and I mean kissssseeesss!) There were at least 30 given before moving to her own room.
I keep telling myself to write more down as they happen, but never seem to do that. I am sure that this is all book material, and that the kids will laugh and even get teary eyed as we tell them these stories as they get older.

Easter

We had a fabulous Easter weekend. We booked in for 3 nights at Tigh Na Mara in Parksville. It is about a 3 hour drive away and is in right on the beach. We had a 2 bedroom cottage. On the way up to the resort we stopped at Gramma and Grampa's house for a little Easter egg/bunny hunt followed by hot dogs for lunch, then a trip to Jumping Jimmies for some running, jumping, sliding fun! The kids had a blast! We headed up island further that afternoon to the resort. We checked in, checked out the cabin then headed out for some dinner. After dinner was a nice walk on the beach-the tide was out so far, and it seemed like we could walk straight out forever! Sleep didn't come quick for the kids that night...even with all the activity and excitement that day! They found it a lot more exciting to each have a bed mate for the night! They still woke up early the next day. We headed out in the morning after a quick breakfast and went to Coombs. Coombs is known for the market with the goats on the roof. Unfortunately there were not goats on the roof as they only go up there in the summer! The kids were disappointed, but they did some good used book store shopping followed by more shopping that scored them some new toys. We headed from there to Butterfly World. We saw some gorgeous butterflies, some turtles, lizards, tarantulas, birds, and some really pretty flowers. The weather had turned bad while inside Butterfly world, and it was just pouring with rain! We headed back to Nanaimo for some lunch and shopping in the mall. The kids scored again with new clothes, hats, shoes, umbrellas.... This was spoil the kids weekend! Back to the cabin for some play time in the woods, walks and snacks. Sunday am the Easter Bunny had visited our cabin and left a good supply of chocolate Easter eggs, a new pair of Crocs sandles for each of the kids and some stickers. The resort also had another hunt for the kids which mom and dad came to watch. We headed to the beach afterwards -the weather seemed to let up long enough for a nice walk, shell picking, rock turning to check for little crabs and sand mountain building! Brunch afterwards was good, then we said goodbye to Gramma and Grampa again. We had a swim in the pool that afternoon followed by Root Beer floats and toast for dinner....we were all tired of eating out and just wanted to laze around in our jammies!
We all had a fabulous time, loved the rustic cabin, the walks on the beach and seeing Gramma and Grampa.