Everything, including the kiddies and (only!) ten toys for Rip into my mom’s car, and away we went.
We drove from our place in downtown Vancouver straight through to Bellis Fair, where Arwen got a whole schwack of stuff she’s really happy about at maybe 30% what she would’ve paid for the same things in Vancouver. Rip shared toys with other kids, and we saw a 8.5mo kid who’s already crawling (even up slides!) so now Tate seems very small. Still cute & happy as a clam though.
Now, we’re at the hotel in Kent, and watching the Cartoon Network, which makes Rip look like this:
Yes, those are toys all over the bed, but the commercials (omigod, commercials?) are totally flooring our kid.
Tate seems unphased, and started opening drawers (something he can’t do at home, ’cause they’re usually crammed full o’ clothes).
Work’s only *slightly* freaking out due to some things that were impossible to finish before I left, so I’m quickly feeling less like “leave me alone,” and more like “somebody ELSE can deal with it, I’m OFF.”
Tomorrow, we fly. Pray for sleepy and/or happy kids, so we’re not “those parents” with “those children” during the flight.
June 19th, 2006 at 10:38 pm
Am praying like Heck, Sir!
I hope you all have a fabulous time, and will be humming John Mellencamp songs in your honour till you get home safe.
June 20th, 2006 at 11:23 am
I hope the plane ride was OK and that you got the seats that weren’t made for Kate Moss sized ass.
Hey! did you know that you’re only 709km from me now???! That’s only like an 8hr drive, I could just stop by for lunch…. ahh forget it, have a grat trip guys and I’ll see you soon.
June 20th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
Now we’re sitting in the waiting area of Cincinati (we’re pretty sure saying “wkrp” will get you a nice punch in the nose), after eating at an Outback restaurant, which made, like, FOOD that doesn’t come in foil bags (hooray for veggies). I have to tell you about dinner last night ’cause it was intensely bad. To the point of comedy, and photo-taking.
Will tell more about it when I have an actual keyboard instead of typing with my thumbs on my Blackberry.
September 7th, 2006 at 9:28 pm
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