Kalinda's Birthday

What do you get the girl who has everything....? ok not everything but lots of things.... answer: A night out.  But that requires a baby sitter.    Ahh Check.. got that figured out. Lydia Burgess, she can drive. and she brought a huge bag of garden items.
What can be done in Cold Lake on a week night/ school night.. Ahh

Lets try an escape room. And dinner. 

Kalinda is so keen on using her new bike that we had to bike around for the evening. 

Stop 1: Dinner at OJs. Ok this means sweet potato fries and dill dip no question, followed by 3 or 4 other appetizers... all of which were delicious.

Stop 2: Off to the escape room... Our friends the Ellis showed up to help add fun to the night. The owner, who opened up shop for us, because he had nothing else going, on was super awesome and he showed us all 4 rooms and  gave us the chance to choose. We had to choose "Violet's Room"

Violet and her family disappeared decades ago from their home, and the mystery continues to haunt the town. How did they vanish without a trace that fateful night and who or WHAT was responsible? Many feel the answer lies right here in Violets room, but it was locked for fear it will curse any who enter. Visitors flock from far and wide to attempt to unveil the mystery, to lift the curse of Violets room once and for all.

It was so well done up with very creepy props and trap doors, latch's, hidden doors, black light effects.  it was awesome. We had a blast, but we needed some hints to help us get going.  There were some very tricky items to figure out. Good exercise for the brain. Cant wait to go again.

A SPECIAL VISIT

All Summer long Macie and Wade have been collecting cards from the Peace Officers here in the town of Cold Lake. There was a total of 6 that we needed to find. Anytime we saw a Peace Officer the kids would run up and ask them for there card. A couple times we lucked out and got 2 at the same time. One of the Officers was even nice enough to come to our house after we had helped him move a heavy rock that was stuck on the road. He didn't have any of his cards with him and so he drove to our house later that night to bring us his card and some fun colouring books. It was such a fun part of our summer and finally last week we got our 6th and last card. The Officers ended up surprising Macie and Wade buy coming to there school and pulling Macie out of class and giving them a certificate and a stuffed animal and a cool touque. It was so sweet and our kids absolutely loved it. We are so impressed with the Peace Officers here in Cold Lake, they are always finding a way to make our community a better and safer place. 

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!

Summer is over and it is time for back to School. Macie was not scared but sad to not be at home with Mom and Dad all day. She put on a brave face though and had a very successful first day of school, even had a special visit which I will talk about in my next post. Wade was worried all summer long but last night something changed and he was so excited this morning to go to school. He went inside with no hesitations and came out grinning from ear to ear and the end of his first day. Macie's teacher Mme Sarah seams awesome and we already know Wade's teacher Mme Valerie is superb. So excited for these two and all the knew things they are going to learn this year.

SOMEONE'S WALKING

Well she took a little longer then our other two, but she has been wanting to do it forever. Finally last Wednesday night me and the kiddos were hanging out in the family room and she just started doing it. She had been walking for quit a long time but she always needed to hold our hand or use her walker. So when she finally started doing it on her own she was a maniac. She was practically running. For almost over an hour that first night she went back and forth between  Me and the piano bench just laughing and smiling and feeling so proud of herself. Since figuring out this whole walking thing it is all she wants to do now. She is pretty darn cute when she does it and still so proud of herself.