bliss
i haven’t written, and it’s not because i haven’t had access to the internet.
but we have been so busy.
it has been wonderful. the girls and i have been visiting with charmaine and her kids two or three different places a day, one of them always a playground. (a small side effect is that i am sick of swings). we have been to the beach, springbank park, two spalsh pools, various playgrounds, port stanley, a railroad trip, the cinema (wall*e and kung fu panda), and garage sales!
unbelievably…the kids have gotten along really well. i can’t believe it. if my kids had to share their home, parents attention and toys for a whole week, they would be very cross, i suspect. but mac and maddy have been so accommodating. charmaine and i look at each other and are realise we are pretty lucky.
charles arrived yesterday (poor fellow) and the boys immediately ran to the atv’s charmaine and jim have, and they jumped on and began driving around. what a welcome! sebastian and mac went canoeing with their daddies after dinner, while charmaine and i were in charge of putting the youngest four to bed.
the girls were thrilled to be reunited with their male counterparts, and i was greeted with “hi tess!” from jasper and “hi mummy, i want to ride that” from sebastian. i feel so necessary to their lives.
it is good to be with charmaine, and it is tough to look across the room and know i won’t be doing this for a while. it was good to have jim and charles finally meet, i just wish that charles was a little less stressed right now. the boys were apparently not on their best behaviour while they were in toronto and that led to some hurtful comments and tough times for charles. oh well, the boys have been relatively good while they have been here (i say relatively because jasper got up from bed four times last night, and then in the middle of the night, he joined us. all very bad behaviour).
so i apologise for the silence. it has been so hectic, but it has been so great. the kids have loved being here. in the house, they can run up and down the steps, jumping is allowed, two long yogurts at a time if they like, we have baked banana bread, and there are always fun excursions planned. we went to an organic farm and picked veggies one day.
we’re all tired at the end of the day.
tomorrow, we leave for kelowna. stage three of the holiday begins.
will post more soon. again, apologies.
xo
