Mini Vacation

Matt had to go away for work again this week, Tuesday - Friday so . . . we decided to go with him! We asked his work if they minded if the kids and I crashed in the hotel room and they said no, so I loaded up the kids Thursday afternoon and headed down to Calgary to break up the long days of single parenting!

The hotel Matt was staying at has a really great pool area with slides, a toddler pool and hot tubs. Vaughn got to go down a water slide for the first time and he loved it! His first water slide experience was quickly followed by his first injury on a waterslide, he bumped his head going down the fast one and has a nice purple bruise. He picked himself up and headed back up ready to try again! Supper was at Boston Pizza where we hung out with Uncle Andrew and watched the Canadians Women's hockey team win gold, with Vaughn yelling "They scored!" every time the crowd got excited. It was a pretty fun evening capped off with Matt and I watching women's figure skating on the computer in the hotel bathroom so we wouldn't wake the kids up (don't know if Matt wanted it published that he watched women's figure skating but he did it for me because he's a great husband). Good memories!

Friday morning Greta decided she was actually going to start crawling (she's been flirting with it for weeks (1/2 rolling and 1/2 inch worming her way around) as she attempted to crawl off the hotel bed. Her crawl looks more like a wounded solider but that's all Vaughn ever did so we call it crawling in our house. I also discovered that Greta LOVES swimming if you do it at the right time, we where in the pool for almost an hour in the morning and she was all smiles while her brother jumped in and splashed her.

We ended our mini vacation with a trip to the Chinook Mall for lunch and Vaughn's first trip to Build a Bear. He picked out a frog to build and he did the whole thing, put his foot on the pedal, kissed the heart to fill it with love, brushed him, dressed him and helped fill out his birth certificate (gotta love gift certificates you save for just the right occasion).

This mini vacation was just what the dr. ordered! It was quick but full of fun and good memories!