The goal of today was to just lay around at home as a family and be cozy. But in the later morning, we decided it might be wise to venture to the city in search of another fan. Its just bloody hot. As tends to happen, our list of things we “could also do, if we were looking for things to do.” So our quick trip that was going to be Costco, and then maybe one more place if they were sold out of fans, turned into Costco, Superstore, Wendys, Walmart, Canadian Tire, Dollarama, Tim Hortons, and home. My goodness!! But we did awesome!
We got a BIG fan at Costco, which I’m actually pretty excited about. We usually run a couple of tall skinny oscillating fans that are a bit more pleasing to the eye but don’t move as much air, so we bit the bullet and got one of the really fall ones with the big round fan at the top. Its promising to be better. Brady is assembling it right now.
Aside from that at Costco, we got Rowan a couple more sleepers, a few groceries, and a hardboard version of that hilarious family picture we took the other day.
I’m not sure I’ll ever NOT think this is a fabulous picture. Its way too good. And now its on display in our house.
I’ll admit. We went a little overboard at the next stop. Superstore was clearing out a number of wonderful things that I opted to take advantage of. Plus, I had wanted a few things the last time I went through there but had been an adult and passed them by. Brady said I should feel free to snag those things from the other, and also supported the other purchases. So besides our groceries, we came out with a few makeup products, a set of mixing bowls, my one and only glass bottomed springform pan, and a couple of little beautiful things for our gift tub. We got Dekker a couple awesome pairs of shorts for next summer too. Lots of big wins.
The kids did great at Wendys, as per usual.
Diaper changes in the van are made easier after the purchase of anything in a large van.
Walmart was next, where we didn’t get a whole heck of a lot at all. Beach towels for the kids and a bathing suit top for me. We’re going to the lake at the end of the month and since we haven’t been in a LONG time, and never with all three, we’re already thinking of what we need to have on hand and organize. Towels.
We were hoping to get a little wading pool type of thing for the kids at Walmart but couldn’t find anything, so we ventured across the street to Canadian Tire where we found a nice variety. We couldn’t fit the one we wanted in the van, so we bought a smaller one and made it work. We were hoping for two anyway, so Brady will pick up a bigger one this next week with his work van. But aside from that, we got a new set of rolly luggage. Ours is on the outs, and this was one of those wicked deals where the $200 set goes down to $65. So we snapped that up and Dekker “drove his lawn mower” all through the store to the till. Good kid. Ro was sleepy at Canadian Tire.
We did a super quick drop into Dollarama on our way out of the city for some glasses and a bit of medical stuff for Brady to refill his supplies that he brings to work. Then we grabbed coffees and headed home.
I should say here, we rocked the day with a new diaper bag! Made for us my a dear from by hand YESTERDAY!!! With all the action, I didn’t get to take really good detailed pictures of it filled with all of our stuff, BUT you can at least see how cool the design of the front looks anyway 🙂
That picture really doesn’t do it justice, but since we will DEFINITELY be using it again, I’m sure you’ll hear more about how it was specially designed for our family, how comfortably it carries, and how obviously trendy it is. Brady loves it a thousand times better than our other diaper bag, and Dekker would barely let go of it long enough for us to be able to pack it. BIG WIN! If you’re interested in something like this, let me know and I’ll connect you to the write girl 😉
It took quite a while getting everyone inside and into bed, much less everything else inside and put away. Half of it is still sitting on the counter, lets be real. It’ll get done. Its been a big but WONDERFUL day!!
However, we tried really hard to stay in today, and it just didn’t work out. But tomorrow is another day. We will, once again, try to hide out for the day. While we’re loving all the action and company and outings, a quiet home day is really important to keep our family running smoothly, and I think that day is tomorrow.