After a FULL nights sleep (Thanks Rowan!!!) we were all feeling fresh and good as we headed to the city for our big holiday shop. We were as organized as we could possibly be, which was probably about 80% of where I would have preferred to be. But 80% is good! So we rolled with it.
We had gone to Walmart yesterday and had little success, but I ducked back in to grab some picnic blankets. They have these 4’x6′ blankets that are fuzzy on one side, with a waterproof underside, and they were just $15. I grabbed two. We hit Dollarama for sand toys and a couple flashlights, just for the kids, that we thought they might like to play with at the lake.
The kids were pretty much at the end of their proverbial ropes, but we decided to power through Superstore before lunch. They actually did awesome, and were patient while we fussed through aisle after aisle, trying to get just the right things without getting too many things. The cookies at the end were a good payoff, because they were starving, and they were cookies, but thankfully everyone was still plenty hungry for lunch.
After lunch, we quickly ducked back into another Walmart location in search of the things we couldn’t seem to find at Superstore this time. There are so weirdly elusive groceries today! We could NOT find shell noodles to save out lives, and we could only find a few tiny little containers of strawberries. So silly.
After looking in way too many places, we FINALLY found a floaty thing to put Rowan in at the lake! I called to get it on hold, and we had to cross the city, but we got one! Just watch now, he won’t buy it and it’ll just sit unused. Oh well. Options are good. But it seems like we’re late to the summer game. Almost all of the summer goodies have been bought up and restocked with school supplies or Halloween stuff. INSANE!!
A quick stop at Costco and we were finally on our way home. Sadly, both Dekker and Laela have been in pretty rough shape the last few hours, and went down right away. Lots and lots of tears. But now the work begins! We have to get as organized as possible, and then practice our music for tomorrow, because we’re up to lead music and this week has just gotten away on us! But such is summer, am I right? We have all of tomorrow evening to get ready, and evening Monday morning, since the place we’re staying has a decently late check-in time. So I’m not worried about getting things in suitcases yet, but I’d love to have some lists put together so we don’t have to feel like we’re scrambling.
All in all, I enjoyed the feeling of today, getting ready to go on a holiday, all five of us. Lake life, here we come!