Kaylee is a trooper when it comes to travel. She LOVES to go new places and stay in different "houses". I hope Hudson turns out to have an adventurous spirit as well. I can imagine taking the kids on trips during those times when Jeff has to work tons of hours and isn't around anyway. If Hudson is anything like Kaylee - easy sneezy!Our timeshares in Canada have a 4 person limit. The one we stayed in this weekend has only one bedroom with a hide-a-bed in the main room. It's snug and cozy. You don't really mind the small space until it's the middle of the night and you have one kid up and crying and you're just praying the other doesn't wake up as well.
Hudson had the best spot of all of us. His bed was situated in a bay window of sorts with a smackering of fall colored trees just outside.
Kaylee was so excited about a bed hidden inside the couch, she wanted to skip reading books and go right to bed. Of course, she was way too excited to sleep!
Here are some pictures we took around the village during our stay:
Oh, the gorgeous fall colors!
We like throwing rocks at water!
As you may have heard, Whistler is hosting the winter Olympics this year. There has been a lot of construction going on. The roads are pretty well done - and may I say - they are very well done! But in the village there are still many areas under construction. I was very disappointed when we came to the ONE playground in the village only to find it had been plowed over to make some kind of plaza... as if they don't have enough of those. Hopefully they'll put a bigger and better playground in there before it's all done, but I imagine it'll turn out to be something specifically for the Olympics. So below is a picture of a detour we had to take around what is no longer a playground. grrrrrrrr....
This cracked me up:
This little guy creeped me out:
We arrived at the Village house on Sunday afternoon and spent that evening walking around the village. On Monday we went to the Medow Park Sports Centre, which is 3 km north of our condo. They have wonderful swimming pools there as well as an indoor skating rink and "gym" facilities. The kids pool is enormous and goes from 0 to about 3.5 feet deep. When they have all the gizmos going, there is a "river", a whirlpool, and some sprinklers, but we've never been there when they had them all on. There is also a kid friendly hot tub that cascades warm water down into the main part of the pool. So Monday we spent most of the day there. That afternoon we returned to our condo, tried to get the kids to nap, then went for another walk around the village and found some water to throw rocks at. We got back to the condo in time for Jeff to heroically make dinner and a big pot of tea for me just before the power went out. Kuddos to my kiddos who didn't let the lack of light scare them. We tied a flashlight to the chandalier and had a very dimly lit meal together. Soon power was back on and things continued on as usual.
We tried to set the camera to take a family photo. Our first attempt was priceless: 
Kaylee looked after George. You gotta love those rubber boots! Not the best choice for hiking, as she soon discovered.
After this little hike we had a picnic lunch in the car then hit the road. It wasn't long before the kiddos were fast asleep. 
Kaylee was so excited about a bed hidden inside the couch, she wanted to skip reading books and go right to bed. Of course, she was way too excited to sleep!Here are some pictures we took around the village during our stay:
Oh, the gorgeous fall colors!
We like throwing rocks at water!
As you may have heard, Whistler is hosting the winter Olympics this year. There has been a lot of construction going on. The roads are pretty well done - and may I say - they are very well done! But in the village there are still many areas under construction. I was very disappointed when we came to the ONE playground in the village only to find it had been plowed over to make some kind of plaza... as if they don't have enough of those. Hopefully they'll put a bigger and better playground in there before it's all done, but I imagine it'll turn out to be something specifically for the Olympics. So below is a picture of a detour we had to take around what is no longer a playground. grrrrrrrr....
This cracked me up:
This little guy creeped me out:
We arrived at the Village house on Sunday afternoon and spent that evening walking around the village. On Monday we went to the Medow Park Sports Centre, which is 3 km north of our condo. They have wonderful swimming pools there as well as an indoor skating rink and "gym" facilities. The kids pool is enormous and goes from 0 to about 3.5 feet deep. When they have all the gizmos going, there is a "river", a whirlpool, and some sprinklers, but we've never been there when they had them all on. There is also a kid friendly hot tub that cascades warm water down into the main part of the pool. So Monday we spent most of the day there. That afternoon we returned to our condo, tried to get the kids to nap, then went for another walk around the village and found some water to throw rocks at. We got back to the condo in time for Jeff to heroically make dinner and a big pot of tea for me just before the power went out. Kuddos to my kiddos who didn't let the lack of light scare them. We tied a flashlight to the chandalier and had a very dimly lit meal together. Soon power was back on and things continued on as usual. Whatever we did up there, Kaylee was always anxious to get back to the village house. Over and over she'd say "I love this house!" I think it's great how much she loves new places. She'd be in total bliss if she could sleep in a different bed every night!
I really enjoyed having a lot of time together as a family. I LOVED being unplugged from the TV and other distractions so we could simply be together. It was so relaxing - even though we are now very sleep deprived!
On the way home we stopped at Brandywine Falls. It's a short and very lovely walk!
We tried to set the camera to take a family photo. Our first attempt was priceless: 
Kaylee looked after George. You gotta love those rubber boots! Not the best choice for hiking, as she soon discovered.
After this little hike we had a picnic lunch in the car then hit the road. It wasn't long before the kiddos were fast asleep. And now... that's just what I need to be doing. Good night!!
1 comment:
Krista-those photos are beautiful! How lucky you are to be able to visit such lovely places! It looks like you guys are enjoying your fall! We missed you in Kentucky!
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