People, places, and things

We are back after almost 2 months away from home. I have to admit, as much as we enjoyed our trip and all the visiting, it's nice to be back home with our own stuff. Here are some memories from October and November:

People

We saw lots of family and friends on this trip. We started out with Grandma and Grandpa K., whom we met in Disney World. Then, of course we saw lots of characters at WDW! Back in Saskatchewan we stayed with Grandma and Grandpa N., and had lunches, coffees, suppers, and overnighters with everyone else!

Places
The first place we stopped was Ottawa - just me and the boys for a couple of days until Craig caught up. Due to Ottawa being shut down in October (our impression, anyway!), we went to the Museum of Science & Technology and the Aviation Museum. While in Florida we took a day trip to Daytona Beach. We didn't stop, except for bathrooms and snacks, but we drove past the home of the Daytona 500, lots of biker hangouts, and some very big waves. Back in Saskatchewan, Liam and I went to the RSM to see some dinosaurs - including Megamunch - after the last of three (!!!) dental appointments. In Saskatoon we took a drive through the Christmas light display with Grandma K.


Things
The boys were so excited to see fresh fruit, grass, flowers, and leaves that they spent a lot of time gathering treasures. Our meals for the first couple of days were all the goodies we picked out at the grocery store - the most perfect apple ever, fresh buns, grapes without mold. In WDW there were, of course, many rides. Liam has grown so much since March that he can go on the grownup rides now, like Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Railroad. He took advantage of that by going as often as possible! Logan remembered "his" rollercoaster - the Barnstormer - and we went on that quite a few times, too. While trying to get tired kids to eat we discovered that chopsticks are the way to go. They're pretty good with them, too! And of course we celebrated Hallowe'en in Regina with a clown pumpkin, a Bumblebee Transformer and an Optimus Prime Transformer. There were even a couple of early Christmas presents to open.