July 20th, 2011
her crazy get me out of this car face..
I am throwing in the towel.. the summer towel.. maybe by doing this.. the sun Gods will hear my woes and grant me a freakin tan!! I am about to go spray over here!! and I hate those.. well actually me bedsheets and clothes hate them.. and the smell all night hates them too.. but you get the point.. gross
we headed up to Canada for some events.. and it was rainy weather.. and I packed summer clothes for me and the girls.. I thought I had rocked out the one suit case for the 3 of us.. but alas.. I had no clothes in there for me.. and I never factored in the stop at my mamas house.. I was planning on stealing my sisters clothes once I got there.. so I was the in-denial person running around abby in my flip flops.. and one token pair of pants I brought.. awesome..
I thought that by heading to the Okanagan I would get my sun.. I had the trip cancelled until literally the morning of.. the ironic part was.. it wasn’t B who was giving me sleep troubles.. it was Olive.. up twice a night! crying.. wanting me.. NOT sleeping. the night before we literally pulled an all nighter.. except from 3-5am.. I have never had that loss of sleep before.. except when I was 21.. child free and drinking at Bostons until the wee hours of the night.. (cementing my Haffner last name ;) but the morning of.. my mom came in to say bye.. they were leaving.. and I got that twang of jealousy.. that feeling like in high school when I would be too scared to go to a party on the weekend at the gravel pit.. (I think I just confirmed I went to school in Mission.. this statement seems normal) and then in the morning I would beat myself up all week about not going.. (I hope my daughters are like this.. haha)
so I woke up.. threw everything in the car.. fed the youngest.. and left.. and didn’t tell anyone I had changed my mind.. which was hard.. because the whole morning I received text messages asking how I was.. are the girls ok driving home.. and do you have post poartum!? lol.. I made up the last one.. but they were thinking it..
when we arrived.. I did my signature horn honks the whole way up their long drive.. and it was a fun celebration..
my favorite part of the drive.. that first stretch of blue water.. and pulling into westbank..
I love westbank.. correction.. west kelowna! I wish they weren’t trying to make it into Kelowna though.. that place is growing like a weed!
the girls were amazing.. we did the token diaper change on the front seat.. feeding at a brake check song and dance.. and I clearly watch too much CSI because I always think as I am bending over someone is going to attack me and steal my car full of babies!! its horrible.. and I need to stop wearing lazy lounge clothes on drives.. I ran into someone I knew and I look like a hot mess..
the weekend was filled with fun.. kids activities.. and thank you Judy for spoiling the kids rotten!! it was perfect.. when Olive would get antsy on the way up.. I would promise bubbles.. sidewalk chalk and colouring.. without of course having any of those things.. and Judy pulled out these giant bags for each child filled with these exact treats!!
classic egg on spoon game! used to be my favorite at sports day..
for the first year EVER in the Okanagan.. we were able to have a fire.. aka.. no burning ban.. it really changed the dynamic of the night.. smores.. marshmellows burning.. the heat.. it was so precious to see Olives first campfire.. it made me want to take her camping..
white rabbit white rabbit..
I am so glad we went.. because the way she played with her new idol Dayton and Heidi was amazing.. to just have free run in a yard made me want to move.. she was wiped.. had long naps.. bed early.. she was KO’d.. and her new word.. compliments of Mr Dayton himself..
"aweeeeeeeeeeeeeeesome
everything is “awesome” and “cool”.. and “remember mom”..
I enjoyed some paralysers.. and lots of yummy food.. and if my baby would have actually napped.. even ONCE for an hour.. I would have relaxed in the warm muggyness of clouds and got a cloud burn.. I will take anything at this point..
my new favorite outfit courtesy of Superstore.. found in the baby aisle.. haha.. but fits her like a glove! I love my blue stripes ;)
thankfully I think I possess another little baby driver.. can I get an AMEN! of course this was just our first venture.. and it may have been a one off.. but it gave me hope.. with the exception that Olive fell asleep MINUTES before the Merritt info center.. aka my bathroom break.. and I man’d up and kept driving.. two sleeping babies was not worth stopping for anything.. until she woke up seconds after passing it and by then we were already on the next part of the highway.. but thankfully she passed right back out.. and it was worth the trauma ;)
we are home now.. and it feels amazing.. I think I should go away once a month like that.. because it makes you appreciate the little things at home.. the lamb swing.. the microwave.. the comfort of a routine you didn’t know you had until you left it..
ahh..
home sweet home..
this is the view from my sisters porch..
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