We recently took a trip with our friends, Liam and Sam, to Salt Spring Island. Salt Spring Island is a small funky little island off the coast of Vancouver Island. It is either a 90 minute straight ferry shot or a multi ferry, multi stop situation that takes over 3 hours. We took the 3 hour ferry. It was a long time to be on a boat with four small people.
Our kiddos were fascinated by the entire thing and loved watching the islands go by. Do note that Jamisen brought his safety cones with him and set them up everywhere he went.
We stayed at Liam and Sam's grandparent's home. It is a lovely home, within walking distance to the water. The kids loved exploring the seashore. Salt Spring Island is a former (current?) hippie commune so there were farm stands along the side of the road everywhere and an incredible Farmer's Market on the island with kombucha and kefir on tap, sauerkraut makers and kale chip artisans. Yum!
Jamisen found many bones and proudly declared himself a paleontologist. He also brought the bones home (over the border, in his backpack, unbeknownst to us; no deceit on his part. He just didn't know about border rules) and brought them to school for show'n'tell. He had elaborate stories about his dinosaur bones and even tried to tell us what animals they came from. Adorable.
Our friends Heather and James watched the kids one night after they all fell asleep and Chris and I were able to take a short walk. It was lovely though surprising to find ourselves having uninterrupted time to talk. With little kiddos at home, that is certainly a luxury.
Sweet little Lily is learning to potty train and was so inspired by friend Sam on our Salt Spring Island trip. When she uses the little potty, we say things like "Great job, Lily! We are so proud of you!" The other day, she sweetly looked up at me and said, "Mommy, I'm proud of you and Daddy too!" and when I asked, "Why is that Sweetie?" she said, "Because you wipe your butts every day!"
We did lots of fun stuff on our weekend excursion, like visit a goat farm, a lavender farm and multiple parks. It was a fun experience but certainly not anything relaxing when there are that many kids! =) I'm thankful for the weather, for friends and for the time to spend with family.
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