Happy Mother's Day!

I want to wish all the mothers out there a very Happy Mother's Day! I hope you've had a good day!

My day started out with a tasty breakfast cooked by C. He cleaned up afterwards so that made it extra nice! Then I wanted to head out to see the bison at Buffaloland Provincial Park. So we loaded up the car and headed out for a 40 minute drive to the park.

When we got there we saw signs that the buffalo had been there recently - signs that made the kids giggle when they realized what was all over the ground. But we couldn't find the buffalo. We even trekked through some sloppy mud to see if they were in an upper pasture but no luck. We got back into the car and left. As we were driving down the road next to the park I thought I saw something big and brown in the woods at the bottom of the pasture. So we turned the car around and pulled into the parking area there. Sure enough, there were buffalo there, including a couple of little ones. C got a great picture:

I was teasing C about the picture because I swear that it looks like the one buffalo is giving him the stink-eye for taking the picture. The kids had a great time seeing real buffalo. Afterwards we stopped and had a treat at Tim Horton's. I tried their chocolate hazelnut donut - yummy!

This afternoon we went out for a late lunch/early supper at the local seafood restaurant. I had the seafood chowder (theirs is delicious) as well as a scallop burger. The scallops were small but very tasty. Afterwards we walked down to see the first cruise ship of the year:

It cruised out of port shortly after I took the picture. The kids were disappointed that although the cruise ships have started coming in, their favourite ice cream place isn't open yet. They can have an ice cream sandwich later. :-)

Since it's Sunday, the second clue for my Game of Thrones MKAL came out. The clue still has no indication of what our finished project will look like. It's a short clue and I had time to work on it between buffalo and supper so I'm almost done with it. I should be able to get it done before the show comes on tonight. Although GoT may have to wait until tomorrow night because the Caps play tonight and if they beat the Rangers they advance. I'd like to see that happen! It would be a great way to close out a very nice Mother's Day.

Early Mother's Day celebration

Wednesday night around here is Sparks night for S. Sparks is the beginning level of Girl Guides in Canada. S and a few of her buddies from our street are all in Sparks this year. Tonight the leaders asked the parents to drop off the kids at their normal time but then asked the moms to come back around 6:30. When we went in at the appointed time the girls sang us songs and gave us very cute cards they had made. Here's the one I got (with her name blurred out):

After getting our cards the kids all served their moms punch and treats. S asked me what I wanted and I said for her to surprise me. She came back with a chocolate chip and a chocolate cookie. No fruit, no veggies, nothing but two cookies. It made me giggle. Once the parents had their treats the kids were allowed to get something. S came back with a chocolate chip cookie, a single baby carrot, and two mini cheddar rice cakes. The things that girl chooses!

The girls also decorated little biodegradable flower pots and planted seeds in them. I'd take a picture of it but right now it's just a brown pot with two hearts on the side filled with dirt. Not too exciting but I will do my best to get it to grow. I have no clue what kind of seeds they put in there so it will be a mystery until they bloom (if I can get them to that point).

I have to say, it is wonderful that the weather has finally turned to spring. The kids come home from school and immediately head outside to play. We live in a neighbourhood filled with kids around S's age so she has lots of friends to play with. I think this summer is going to be fun with all the yard hopping that will be going on.

Yesterday I mentioned that I frogged a knitting project that I had started because I just didn't like the yarn/pattern combo. I found a pattern today that should work better for the yarn. It's a simple pattern that will show off the cool gradient colouring of the yarn. Since I just got started on it today it doesn't look like much. I'll work on it some more tonight and post a picture of it tomorrow.

Woohoo! My friend just sent me her spinach-banana muffin recipe, otherwise known as the "Green Muffins". She made some the other day and the kids loved them. My daughter, Ms. Picky, ate them. So now that I have her recipe I will have to get the ingredients I don't have and make some this weekend. I don't eat bananas so I will have to trust the kids that they are good. :-)