I wanted to post a summary of Spring Break with the kids but kept putting it off as I had wanted to upload some photos first. Unfortunately, not having been able to make the time to update the website, the post got delayed. (Heck, speaking of delays, my “daddy” icon shows Kyle even younger than what Charlize is now!! I need an update FAST!! 🙂 )
Anyhow, here’s how events rolled out:
On Feb 28th, I gave Chantale a copy of The Outsiders Complete Novel Special DVD as a “cool” gift for her Champagne birthday. That evening, her parents came over so we could all celebrate with Ice Cream Cake 🙂 We had a meal consisting of sushi, brie, camembert, smoked salmon, and lots of champagne 🙂
I had taken Feb 29th off and let Chantale sleep in before presenting her with a beautiful Swarovski diamond pendant necklace. Unfortunately, her skin was extremely sensitive to the chain so I’ll have to change that. Kyle and I picked up James and Melyssa right after school and headed back home where we all changed before heading out to Chantale’s birthday supper at Au Vieux Duluth on St. Jean’s. It was a really great meal and night and we all had such a great time!!
Saturday March 1st is a blur to me right now and the 2nd we went to my parents for a birthday lunch for both Chantale and Melyssa. On Monday March 3rd, Melyssa’s 11th birthday, we gave her High School Musical which she had been wanting for a while. And then, getting all the kids in the car without telling them our destination, we headed to the Ottawa Science and Technology Museum!! A great surprise and Kyle really enjoyed his first visit there. He was awestruck with all the trains and loved seeing all the boats and running around everywhere 🙂 We got a huge kick out of the Crazy Kitchen (as usual) 🙂 I’m looking forward to sharing those photos!
Tuesday, I took James and Melyssa to see The Spiderwick Chronicles! It was great! I made an agreement with Melyssa that I would take her if she read the first book and she finished the first two 🙂 Of course, seeing as the movie actually covered the series, I got her to agree to finish the other 3 books by the end of the week 🙂
We had made plans for Wednesday but the storm kept us home so it became Laundry day 🙂 Again, I forget what happened Thursday. Friday, I took everyone to Boston Pizza and then brought James to get his hair cut 🙂 Saturday we visited friends and Sunday we relaxed! 🙂
The kids were tossed outdoors on numerous occasions to take advantage of the HUGE snowfall (Sunday we were locked in until about 8pm when the snow removal finally made its way to our streets – and took 90 minutes to clear it!!). James finally finished reading LOTR Return of the King so we let him finally watch the last movie 🙂 Also, we gave him The Outsiders to read and he finished it quickly enough that he was allowed to watch it with Chantale and I on friday night.
This past weekend, Chantale and I finally opened that Heineken mini-keg that I had since New Year’s and enjoyed some cold beer, hot pizza, and Across The Universe! 🙂
We also started clearing out our basement in preparation of continuing the renovations! On Thursday morning I brought my parents my old kitchen table and chairs for them and on Friday morning I brought my best friends an old changing table for their son who’s about to become a father 🙂 Is there anyone who would like a 10-gallon aquarium by any chance? I’ll eventually get a smaller 5-gallon one but I don’t want to just throw out the 10g (although I will if no one claims it).
All-in-all, it was quite a full week 🙂 We haven’t fully recovered from it, that’s for sure!