Week three of summer vacation was a relaxing week. This summer we decided to create “The Great Park Challenge”. Our goal is to try out as many different parks and playgrounds as we can. This week we added two new parks to our repertoire.
Sunday we enjoyed a lovely lunch at our favourite Lebanese restaurant, Village Pita. We always enjoy the meat pies, fresh baked pita bread covered in savoury ground meats, grilled and folded in half. These are truly fantastic! The adults also enjoy the cheese pies and olives. There are always an interesting mix of people in the store to watch. It varies from young party boys who are hung over, the devoted who are heading to prayers, and the local office workers who love the cheap and delicious food. In the afternoon, the kids headed off to do some bike riding.
Monday was a quiet day spent hanging out around home in morning and then we had a late lunch with DaddyJ! There was great food, beer with floating berries and ice cream for the kids. What more could we ask for? After lunch it was time to do a bit of shopping to get CubJ ready for sleep away camp in a little more than a week.
Tuesday we tried out a new breakfast food restaurant, Cora. CubJ had and enormous waffle covered in strawberries and custard! SparkJ had a crepe filled with Nutella, bananas and whipped cream while I had an omelette rolled in crepe covered in hollandaise sauce. Our food was fantastic, the service good and a place we would recommend. We have often seen the line to get into Cora to be very long, by going at 1:30pm, we were able to walk right in. After all of that great food it was time to find a new park to try out! We found a great park at a nearby school. It has the all important climbing structure, with the added bonus of a second level. The kids were in heaven playing right up until it started to thunder!
Wednesday we returned to the same park for a longer session. There were many kids to play with, the weather was quite hot and sunny and we hung out for almost two hours. To cool off we headed out for some icy summer drinks at Starbucks and to pick up some sushi for dinner. It was a very a great day!
Thursday, we got to have lunch with AuntieCR! It was a great chance for CubJ to see her after a few years, and SparkJ’s to meet her. Both kids really enjoyed their time with AuntieCr and the yummy sushi at Sumo. The food great, the company fantastic and the service all right. After lunch we went to fresh park near our local pool. This park proves perfect as there are bike paths surrounding the playground, thus ensuring that both little campers are happy. CubJ enjoyed riding his bike in loops, over the grass and under the bridge. SparkJ hung out in the playground climbing, digging and trying out all of the slides.
Friday we enjoyed doing little other than watching the Stampede Parade on tv and doing a bit of journaling to capture the adventures of the week. In the afternoon it was time for the boys to get their hair cut. Another pre-sleep away camp to-do item ticked off of our list. The evening was spent quietly hanging out at home watching a movie.
We wrapped up the week with DaddyJ and CubJ playing a game of pick up cricket, a trip to Dim Sum and a rainy day trip to Lic’s for ice cream. It was the perfect day to get a nice summer time trip to Lic’s in without having to wait in the line that snakes out of the store! SparkJ had rainbow, CubJ had chocolate chip cookie dough, DaddyJ had Mac toffee, and I had neopolatian. With everyone’s belly stuffed we headed home before the rain started.
Week three was the eating out week. We tried out new places, caught up with family and enjoyed our favourite things.
It was a great week with lots of playing. May week four be just as much fun with Stampede and Head Smashed In Buffalo Jump on our calendar of events. May this post find you all well and enjoying your summer vacation!
Best Wishes Always,
MommyJ
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