mercredi, mars 22, 2006

Adventure Walkin'

This week and next I am not day-caring Bridgette. It sure has been fun just to hang out with m'boys! There is definately more freedom in toting two kids around town in a buggy, as opposed to three! And the weather these past few weeks has been warm and sunny and wonderful to be out in.
We went on a great long walk around town on Monday- a Date! Zach had been asking that we go on "a date" sometime. So, at 9:30am we packed our day-bag and took off for an undetermined time and only a couple planned destinations. First stop took us to see some ducks at the creek:










After coaxing and then chasing the ducks, we headed further on our adventure walk. Our stops included "Quality Greens", my favorite local produce shop. After that, MTF to see what kind of discounted treasures awaited us there; I bought a small bottle of Nesquick drink mix- a treat I've never bought in my life!! (Zach, for the record, after trying chocolate milk, prefered the good old "straight up" white.)
After returning to MTF to give back the toy car Zach had snuck out without paying for, we carried on hoofing it to the bank to exchange cash for rolls of quarters- laundry day would be upon me before I knew it!
One destination I had planned on was the Golden Arches! Yes, I took my boys to McD's. It's the only restaurant in town with a PlayPlace, and so Zach, Ben and I split a burger and fries. A little goes a long way when you've packed snacks and drinks from home to suppliment!
After nearly an hour at the PlayPlace, and meeting new friends there (a Christian family with three little ones, and a nine year old girl who "babysat" Ben) we were ready to move on. We walked over to the main Mall- Orchard Park- and popped in to visit Grandma working at Chleo's. The store next door is a maternity store and, after trying on a few garments, I purchased myself a pair of slacks which transform into capri's, and a t-shirt on sale! (This was afforded outside of the budget due to a personal sale -of some of my Usborne books- which I made earlier in the week.) The boys were fairly patient during my clothing spree, but were eager to get out of the buggy and move on.
After another potty break, Zach found himself face to face with another opportunity for fun!

(*Here there is supposed to be a fun little photo of the boys riding a loonie horse together, but our computer is once again giving me grief!)

We stopped by the Marble Slab Creamery for a special treat. Zach got to choose a flavour of icecream and a mixin', which they smush into your icecream right in front of you... on a marble slab. Zach had bubblegum icecream with gummy bears smushed in, and I chose Keylime icecream with fresh strawberries smushed in. Ben puked after eagerly "schmeking" too much of both kinds! (oops on my part!)
The mall also has a playroom which we enjoyed for a little while while I sipped a cup of Cherry Hill coffee- local, fair trade coffee company.
The boys were getting pretty pooped by this time, as was I. But we still had a long walk home and a few other stops to make before we had nap time.
We buckled in to our faithful little buggy and off we went. On the way we spotted a couple of "wild" bunnies on the side of the highway. They are rampant here- in the middle of town!! (no photo; Zach was too eager to chase them to pose for a shot!)
Next stop Babies R Us to buy a little baby shower gift in the color pink! Then a scrap-booking store to buy a few sheets of card-stock for Ben's album I'm still working on. Then the Bread shop for loaves and loaves of "near expiry" toast bread. (I purchase 10 bags of miscellaneous bread bags for 7 dollars, and then I stock my deep freeze for a month!)
And then... I think we headed home at that point. We walked in our door at a quarter to 4pm, just shortly before Daddy arrived home from work. Yes, we were out-and-about for six hours or more! What a walk! Then it was time to unwind with Daddy, eat supper and off to bed!

(*And here, once again, I had planned to place a great shot of Jer cuddling with the boys as they sipped their milk and watched the evening news together. Dumb computer!)

And so ends my ramble for today!
Posted by Jeremy J Harnett :: 2:22 p.m. :: 1 comments

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