Amelia comes for the weekend. July 19 - 21

Our fun continues.

As we had caught an early ferry, once in Nanaimo we did a bit of shopping at Costco and then the mall before having lunch at Driftwood Restaurant which has a delicious Chinese Buffet. 

Once done we headed to Jason and Kristi's. Jason installed Amelia's carseat and we headed over to her daycare to pick her up and take her to the lake. She was happy to see us. We were home by 2 pm.

It was kind of hard to unpack with her underfoot, so other than unloading the car into the house it was "playtime". First up was filling her pool for the sundeck and adding hot water. She was happy to play there for an hour or so. It was quite hot outside so we stayed under the umbrellas outside before coming inside at dinner time.

Warming up after the swimming pool.

Saturday morning after a good night's sleep by everyone, Amelia was up and running at 6:30 am. 

After some cereal, Amelia and Papa went outside so Amelia could ride her scooter while I got dressed and start breakfast, eggs and sausages with toast. Papa says she goes really fast. lol

After getting dressed, next up was going to the Duck Pond Park

After the park we stopped at Fields to get a bathing suit. Daddy forgot to pack any for Amelia or water shoes. We were able to get a bikini that fits and Amelia also picked out a dress she wanted. No shoes though.

Putting on her sunscreen.

With no water shoes she will have to swim off the dock. We put a outdoor mat down to prevent slivers. First up a snack and playtime before swimming with Grandma.

Learning how to use the dock stairs.

She loved being in Grandma's tube.

Fascination with pool noodles.

Back up to the house for lunch and then for dessert we took her to Mountain Man Ice Cream. She is sporting her new dress.

Watching the TV screen showing all the flavours lol.

Back at home she was playing in her pool, but it was so hot on the deck, Ray and I were going to take turns to jump in the lake and then back to deck. Once she saw Papa going swimming that was it, she wanted to go again. :) Back into her bathinsuit and back down to the dock. It was really hot outside at 30C so a little cooler on the dock. Unfortuately, she had an accident earlier after coming home from ice cream and her shoes were soaked and needed to be washed. Daddy, also forgot to pack any extra shoes, so I had to carry her down to the dock.

I taught her how to go down the stairs by herself, how to hold onto the stairs and then kick her feet. She also had to hold her pool noodle and float. She did really well. By next year she will be jumping off the dock herself.

After all the swimming she was done for and had a half an hour nap in the chair. Ray had to carry her back up to the house.

Another good night's sleep and we were all up at 6:30 am. Lots of playing with Papa and only able to ride her scooter in the house as we have no shoes. lol

Since playing outside was very limited with no shoes and no sweater as it is much cooler today, we opted to take her to A&W for breakfast and then take her home.

Don't take my picture Grandma!

After breakfast Papa carried her to the car and we headed to Nanaimo. She was happy to see her parents and her puppy Olaf. After walking through Kristi's garden, we decided to take them out for lunch .... back at the Driftwood, Amelia's favourite. It actually started to sprinkle and was a very cloudy day. The car works well taxiing the whole family at once. lol After lunch we dropped them off and headed home. 

Ray and I arrived at 2 pm and after putting a few things away, decided to sit outside on the front driveway as it was still fairly cloudy and windy on the lakeside. My gardens are blooming and are looking great.

At 3 pm we invited Roy and June over for a margarita. A lovely hour or so catching up. The sun had broke through by the time they left so we moved to the back sundeck for the rest of the evening. We had so much lunch no one was hungry for dinner.

The end of a very busy week.