August 2020
Like nearly everyone, we changed our plans for our summer vacation. Despite not doing what we had originally thought, (Climbing in Colorado for Chris, Dollywood and Tennessee adventures for Melissa and the boys), we were able to have a great time!
We started off the month celebrating British Columbia Day. Most holidays are similar to the ones we celebrated in the states except for a few such as BC Day, Victoria Day, Remembrance Day and of course Canada Day.
We joined some friends for a day at the pool and BBQing. A positive side of COVID-19 means that there is less capacity at pools to allow for social distancing. This was Nash's first time in the water and he enjoyed himself quite a bit. As did Nolan. Zero entry pools are a major plus for littles!
I started a daily preschool program with Nolan at home. "Playing Preschool" is a great resource to create some structure and add some fun back into our days. This month we learned about colours, nursery rhymes and clothing. Next month we'll be learning about apples and food. We will definitely plan a trip to an apple orchard.
We spent a morning at Kidtropolis. Kidtropolis is an indoor pretend city that is kid-sized. It's part children museum, part playground. We had a blast!
On August 11th, we celebrated 10 years since our first date! We always celebrate this milestone every year and probably because our wedding anniversary is a few weeks after Christmas, we tend to celebrate this anniversary more.
To celebrate a decade of being together, we headed up to Whistler for a family vacation. Although as moms know, "family vacation" is an oxymoron. There is no vacation with two kids under two. For any parent really.
It was nice not having to deal with the stress of flying on an airplane and just having a two hour drive to handle instead. We also discovered being used to flying made us very efficient packers.
The trip was definitely not all roses and rainbows, I felt overwhelmed at first. The kids didn't sleep well the first night in a new place and I remember telling Chris, "Why are we doing this? I can just be tired at home."
Thankfully we all slept better the last few nights and made some great memories.
We loved our little AirBnB, ate lots of yummy ice cream from COWs, enjoyed seeing Nolan loving the playground and just being together. A change of scenery was exactly what I needed.
A funny story on our last day, Chris was picking up toys to pack and saw a creature under the couch. It was a plastic lizard from a previous guest. It certainly gave us a laugh and I was really glad it was only plastic!
Some big news from our little guy....he started solid food this month!
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