Fun to be Had, Despite All

Because the sun was shining on Saturday, we decided to try to have some fun and took the kids down to the Ocean Concrete Open House, down at Granville Island – even managed to find parking!

Adam loved it.  Caity wasn’t impressed and didn’t even want to climb on all the big trucks and diggers.

After that we wandered down to the market and waterfront for ice cream and some fish and chips.

Isn’t that the cutest picture?

Oh and then there is this..

This is them waiting for their sushi order on Main.   Are we not so freakin hip and cool parents???

We popped into ‘Granville Eyeland,’ this nice eye glasses store so Crunchy Husband could check them out.  Instead we found some great kids sunglasses for bargain prices!  The kids walked out with glasses, cases,  and the strings to hold them around their necks!  The lady even adjusted them and made sure they fit correctly! The kids were soo impressed.

After all that, we managed to pop in to see CH’s mom at the hospital.  That was a good visit.  We managed to speak to a surgeon there and get some answers.  He was quite positive about her recovery.   He wants her sitting there for six weeks while scar tissue forms around the tear in her heart.  Then he wants to go in and sew it up and send her home.  That cheered everyone up!  AND she is trying to quit smoking too!

We ate our sushi over at her house with CH’s grandma and my BIL.  He is more worried about her as she is old and a bit forgetful.  So they spent the evening making sure she was all set up and safe.  We all want to use this time to plan for her future, get her new eyeglasses and  dentures…..she has been a been a bit martyrish about this stuff and we can all gang up on her and get her all sorted.

Anyway, the outcome was that everyone was breathing a bit easier, as long as CH’s mom does ok for the next while.  Fingers crossed.

Today I am hoping to convince CH to help me with some yard work while it is dry.   I would like to get the yard ready for the spring and be able to sit outside again!