The very start of our trip. She wasn't excited at all.
Shopping for trucks on the ferry, she's such a Daddy's girl.
This is how I shop at Ikea, at least until the Ikea staff told Mom and Dad it was dangerous. ?
Princess Potty and her new thrown.
Mommy, please stop taking pictures and take me out of this darn pack and play!
We've travelled all over BC and Eric is always looking for Moose, he thinks it's pretty sad that he had to see his first Moose in a zoo. I'm just glad he finally saw one.
There were statues for the kids to climb up and pose on, they climbed on all of them of course.
Hang on Haley!
We even found one Jia's size!
Jade loved taking over with the baby while we visited with Cathryn and Marty.
Jia was thrilled to have a new friend.
Hey, this bunkbed is WAY more fun than my pack and play!
Captain Kids Adventure Zone.
To end the Spring Break we took the girls to the Zoo. We went with Penny and girls and they all had a blast being together all weekend. Jia did better in the hotel than we were expecting. We were planning to go to Scienceworld on Sat. and the zoo on Sunday, but it was supposed to be a rainy weekend and when we got up Sat. and the sun was shinning, we quickly changed plans and went to the zoo Sat. Which meant we were heading in the wrong direction re: reservations/ferries on Sunday so we changed our plans again and skipped Science World and went to Captain Kids Adventure Zone and then to a movie at the Colussus in Langley. We split up for the movies. I took Hanna, Lili and Fei to 'Mars Needs Moms'. I thought it looked silly but man was I wrong. One of the best Disney kids movies I've seen yet. Plus I got to have popcorn :) We're new to 3D, so that part was pretty cool too. Fei hung onto my arm the whole time, she felt like we were moving.The zoo was great. Love the Vancouver Zoo. Giant pens, natural settings, very clean, NONE of the animals look stressed. Jia was thrilled. She kept signing 'more', she pointed and babbled quite a bit. One of the squirrel monkies has a new baby, OMG CUTE, and when we were watching she flipped the baby off her back and cradled it in her tail and arms and nursed the baby! We also got to watch a racoon dig a hole and have a poop. Good times. The girls all walked for over five hours in there. They're all eager to go again.
On the Friday night we went to IKEA. My first time there. I bought a few things, but my list of items to pick up in the warehouse was huge. I scrapped the list and have decided I need to measure and plan more. There is a bus we can catch to take for a day trip. It's now on my list of things to do. The girls found stuffed rats in the kids section for .99 and all five of them bought one. Miles of entertainment from those little guys. Jia is still packing hers around, she tucks it in the neck of her shirt and gives it kisses over and over again.
We were worried about getting Jia to sleep in the pack and play. She wasn't keen on the idea and eventually we all just turned out all the lights and let her cry. She was asleep pretty quickly once she realized she didn't have an audience anymore. The second night went easier. She was exhausted. We're feeling better about getting her to sleep in the RV. It might work after all. She was pretty darned excited to see her crib once we got home! She went in happily and didn't make a peep for a couple nights.
We went and had dinner with friends on Sat. night. They adopted their second daughter Lian the same time as Lili. The girls had a great time visiting with Jade and Lian. Dinner was fabulous. Thanks guys!
Oh, and since we skipped Science World, Lili is on me to plan another trip! She isn't going to let that go. So, another day trip is on my to do list.
