Crew Trainer

 

This is a fun happening.

Stayed put for a beach day.

 

Fei came for the day. She offered Eric a night off.  She left in time to get Jia from work and stay home with him so we got to have Eric here for the night.

Eric arrived as we got to the nature house that is finally open again since covid. Jerry's Rangers are back.  Not the icecream though.  They're still working on that.  Bars are for sale at the gatehouse though.

Then to people beach.

Kai and I volunteered to stay off the beach with Poppy.

Fei stayed to enjoy sun and her feet in the sand while the rest of us did the ocean trail home for dinner.

It was a relaxing day.  Always sad to end trips. Home tomorrow. 

Parksville

 

Sos thrift store, McDonald's for $2 sundays, the park, which included Art in the Park, Sandcastles, Volleyball tournament, waterpark, playground, Inukshuks, kites, food trucks, buskers and of course the boardwalk and beach.  Oh my. The parking was brutal.  We had the Luk pass thankfully.  Then to A&W for dinner and finally to Little Moutain to show Mom.  

Kai picked out a Starwars puzzle and regaled Luk and I with movie names and dates.  Splinter skill.

Kai is a lot sometimes.  Making sure he doesn't somehow land on a sandcastle and destroy one is too stressful for me so we layed on a blankie while the others went through. They didn't take photos.

This was 3rd position.  1st one he was upside down and backwards with his foot on my head.  Haha.

Little Mountain 

Art in the Park.

Funny to hear her call them her little brothers.

It was a good day.  We're all tired so we must have done something right.

Lazy evening at the site. Mom in Cheese with a movie.  Kai in the trailer with a movie.  Luk inside on his phone.  Lili on her phone outside with me.  Me doing Sudoku and dozing on my couch until snack time.  Lili is staying the night but in her car.  We make too many noises and smells for her ;) All tucked in by 9.  

Port Alberni Day Trip

We went to the Port Alberni Walmart Superstore.  It's small but crammed.  We knocked off some back to school shopping.  Mom dealt with Kai and found him not one but two pairs of shoes.  You all know shoe shopping with Kai is much dreaded for me.  He was way better with Gramma.  We got to do school supplies too.  Love new school supplies. The boys hate shopping but they were troopers today.

Back to Pizza Factory to see if the amazing pizza was a fluke.  It wasn't.  This one was just as good!

Mom and Poppy agreed they're awesome pizzas.

When your Mommy buys you the world's best shirt.

It sparkles and has Marie's back. Swoon.

The Harbour Quay.

Cathedral Grove.

Always a nice, short trail walk.

Visitors.  There were two.  We sat outside and just chatted and watched them grazing.  They stayed a long while.  

So peaceful.

Called it.  Eric put the new shocks in Oscar first thing.  

 

Jeffington

 This post is funny but gross.  Fair warning.  Jia likes all seafood.  I do not.  Actually to my dismay, Eric and all five kids love seafood. I request that the family cook it when I'm not there. So in the middle of the night the following was just gross. Letting the kids be who they're going to be is hard sometimes ;)

Texts at 2:30 am with Jia.

Jia: baby crab in my mussels

Me: I don't even know what to think of that.

Me: Are you facinated? Repulsed? Intrigued?

Me: Did you eat the mussels? Did you eat the crab? How did you cook them?

Jia: i boiled them

Jia: they were good but i could've made a different sauce and pan cooked them to make them even better

Jia: i haven’t eaten the crab yet, i'm saving it for last

Me: Omg

Me: That tiny thing isn't food is it?  Isn't there a shell?

Jia: oh, yes theres a shell

Jia: it's very fragile but crunchy

Me: My tummy rolled over at the thought.

Jia: what should I name it?

Me: I don't think we need to name dead things.

Jia: caleb said jeffington

Me: Always interesting chatting with you.

Rathtrevor

Today was long.  It was complicated with a lot of moving parts.  We did it though!  We're here.  Eric met us at the mall for dinner after helping friends with a cement pour. He got both units parked in our site and set both of them up before he left. On to Lili's to pick up her little fridge she doesn't need in her apartment.

We all just stayed out of his way while he did the set up for both units.

Our set up for four nights.

Carpet between the units so we can go barefoot.

No fire set up this trip.  Early in for snacks and movies.

Mom is having fun aquainting herself with all things Cheese ;)

Oh, and Eric does have a long list of things to do but the new shocks for Oscar arrived today.  Who wants to guess what he'll do first?  Yard, shower, closet or Oscar?

Snacks on the fine china;)

 

Cowabunga Dude!!

 

 This was too much fun.

Someone was super excited.  

Ok, it was me.  Haha.

Raphael and Michelangelo.

Kai didn't want a hug.  Good choice.  I hugged Raphael and they're WET.  Turtles, so of course.  Duh.

Kai-Man is growing a mustache!

He thinks that's super funny.

Mall time with frozen treats.

Eric made a tik tok dinner last night.

Smash tacos.  

They were really good.  On the approved, everyone will eat it list.

Lili went to see Katy Perry in Vancouver with a friend.  She looked adorable.  They really enjoyed the show.

I stole this from the Easter Seal page from the dock ribbon cutting event.

We are enroute to Parksville, Rathtrevor.  I'm camping in the Falcon with the boys.  Mom is coming and staying in Cheese.  Lili and Fei are planning to visit.  Eric is happy to get to stay home.  He feels burdened by his long list of projects and chores.  Jia works all weekend.

Tiles

 

Day 3 of the shower project.  We went to the restore and they have a big section of tiles.  We finally found something we can live with.  Not a match but not a clash either.  Eric says it's mascara and lipstick.