Against all odds we got everything on the list done. Phew.
The moho is packed. The birthday is fully sorted. Kai and I had a sit down meeting and made a list of the food he wanted. So cute. His choices were cereal with the marshmallows (Lucky Charms), McDonalds for lunch and mac and cheese chilli dogs for dinner. No cake, but chocolate ice cream cones with candy in the cone and sprinkles on top. Blue balloons to play with and NO BEACH. We're at Rathtrevor it will be hard to avoid the beach ;) I did buy Hostess cupcakes to be on hand lest there be a moment he is sad about no cake.
Lili hosted a games night for 9. She did the food. Eric and I helped her get the house ready.
School for the boys is all laid out. All laundry is done, folded and put away.
Eric took Isabel to have her toes done.
The exhaust issues on the moho were fixed but the leveling system still isn't working. The kids and I won't notice but it will likely drive Eric nuts for five days.
Lili and I had a full hour meeting about the logistics of us away, her moving out, Jia needing to come home for two shifts, Eric moving the heavy stuff, Mom driving out to Parksville and the birthday. Yowzers. It's complicated, we had to write it all down but if we follow the plan it should all work.
Six of us made ourselves scarce last night so Lili could hang with her friends. We went to Wendy's for a quick dinner. Hit Dollarama for a new Sudoku book, they didn't have one but we still spent a hundred. Kai had a blast picking out candies for goodie bags. Then to Walmart for camping groceries, a few groceries for Fei at home and birthday gifts for Kai from Gramma.
As a complete surprise Luk and I found paper lanterns on clearance. 3 cute critters for 3.50! Joy. We're set for Autumn Moon Fedtival!
The burning question of the day is which Jeep did we pick? Well, neither yet. I feel paralyzed with indecision. I like both. I love the color of the green. I love the condition of the reddish/brown. I feel like after years and years and years of wanting a fun Jeep this should be an easier choice. We are test driving the green one on Thursday.
