Thursday was busy

Madeleine had a tea party with three friends and I am told it was a great success for the kids and neighbours. Will and I went for a nice walk in the woods for about two and half hours to go see Begbie falls. He did very well only needing to be carried for about fifteen minutes. We also had a boys lunch out where we got to sit on a ski lift for our chair, eat french fries and then go look at the toy store after we finished. This toy store also turns out to be a sports memorabilia store too with cards old and new. That night we were invited out for dinner where there were seven other kids and a great yard to play in. After getting home and Cecilia in to bed the remaining four family members stayed up to watch the meteor showers. I also got a new job as a bartender in a pub. What a busy day and it was all fun.

Josie and Lisa made it back safely from their excursion, and they had a lot of fun. Josie had not done something of that nature for many years and was glad to back to it. I am quitting a job already and should have another lined up soon. Madeleine is having a tea party with her friends today and Will and I will do boy things. Biking hiking and beer drinking is the plan

Will was at Mt. Revelstoke NP on a short trail in yesterday's picture, you can actually drive most of the way up. Josie has actually been up there since nine this morning on a park walk to Eva Lake to celebrate something, 100 yrs as park maybe. She is not back it is four now. The bowl behind Bren and Mad is where Josie and Lisa went. All is well here CC is asleep, She went to sleep with the hiccups and only needed a bit of rocking and singing. The other two are ferrying trains around in larger vehicles, reenacting our ferry crossing last week. Slocan Lake Storm from Summit Lake and CC having her 1 year cake are the others.

Fun is different now that I work

I have started a full time job for August that was only supposed to be part time. I am serving tables and no too thrilled about it. It is good money and the food is good so I will give it some time and see. So this means summer fun has got to be adjusted, I need to keep track of the time and groom myself a bit. Neither is too fun. The kids really don't notice as we went to three Valley Gap yesterday and visited a ghost town and a cool train museum/collection. They had a tonne of fun and were exhausted. Cecilia has done a four step walk, a three step walk, and a two step walk this week and still prefers to crawl. She is completely recovered from her malady whatever it was. the prognosis was swelling in throat and ears some sort of virus. I must go to work.

Trailer time

We stayed at Summit Lake near Nakusp our first night after an extended trip. The water was great and the spot was all we could imagine needing for the kids to play and us to relax a bit. That means we chatted and drank beer sitting down doing nothing else while the kids all slept for about a total of one hour, maybe. More later if I get to it.

CC and camping

No further word from Josie. They are being taken care of by the fine staff here at the hospital, Josie assured me they are going to be seen quickly unlike in Alberta where they may be back for breakfast. We just returned from camping and I am sure there is a lot to tell but I will just post a picture of a ghost town from a logging road for now. The first picture has the cut from where the second came from in the background. The kids were intrigued by the old stuff more than the idea of a desserted town.

Cecilia is ONE

Today is Cecilia`s first birthday and we are having company over for the occasion. It is also the first time we have had guests at this house. I hope it goes well and CC has some fun. She took two steps last night but that is it. We will see how she does today. She woke up a bit grumpy so it may be a challenge with the crowd and the mood.
It is nine hours later now and Cecilia is on her first trip to the Revelstoke Hospital. She was primarily grumpy with about an hour of grace after some baby Tylenol and cake and milk but after her party she went right down for a quiet sleep. A hour later she was writhing throughout the bedroom, looking like a candidate for exorcism. Completely out of character and no strange foods or incidents. Josie has just phoned and she is asleep but whimpering, going to emergency regardless.
The birthday party was a lot of fun and we all had a good time. Great times especially for Will, who had so much fun he had to have a cool out session in the house and don't forget all the kids in the pool and sandbox. I hope the other parents had as much fun as I did cleaning kids. It was her craziest party ever I hope.