Muddah's Day

My aunt Donna gave me a night in a hotel for my b-day, so Alan and I decided to take the kids and go to the Science Centre. The kids play area there was fun for Olivia - she splashed a little, ran a little, danced a little - all in all a really good time. Dan had fun in the toddler areas - loved the abacus. Olivia found all these little animal tracks on the floor and every time she would see a line of them, she would stop and say, "Hey! Come look! It's a mystery. I better follow them..." and off she would go. It wasn't long before she had other kids chiming in - "Hey! A mystery! Let's go look!"
After the Science Centre, we were off to find some dinner - I drove a little out of the way so the kids could have a little nap. Unfortunately that made them a little cranky when we finally decided on Boston Pizza, so they were both in poor spirits when we went in. But, after feeding Dan some crackers, he cheered up. Olivia stayed sad, saying that she was thirsty...repeatedly. I was also thirsty and, sadly, was to remain so. We waited for 15 minutes for someone to come take a drink order, but it was not to be. It was especially frustrating that there were only about 10 other people in the place and the staff was all in view at the host stand pointedly ignoring us and our stares. So we left, and it will be a loooong while before I return.
We went in search of a guaranteed hit - McDonald's, but as the hotel came into view we both agreed that room service would be a good idea. (Man, we did NOT call that one correctly, but I'm sure they'll get the pizza sauce out of the white duvets.)
After dinner, we headed down to the pool for some splashing. Dan gave some very clear signals that the pool was too cold for him. So, he and I checked out the hot tub (really just a very warm tub), while Olivia and daddy played and splashed in the pool. Dan loved the hot tub - he was wall walking all over the place.
Next was bed time. Our kids cannot sleep while we are awake, so even though they were pretty excited and it took some extra doing to get them down, we were all asleep by 10.
Pretty good night tho - one or two wake ups and i somehow ended up in the bed with Olivia at 4 a.m. The next morning we decided to take a trip to the zoo after a really nice breakfast (thanks Auntie Donna!).
The zoo was fun and it was a really nice day for it. Olivia got to see almost all the animals and Dan really enjoyed being outside. It was a great way to celebrate mom's day - just the four of us in no rush at all.
Thanks Al, Oliv and Dan!
Take care,
V