After lunch, we piled into the minivan and headed up to Mt. Seymour for some afternoon/night snowboarding.
We didn’t get lessons for the kids since the beginner run was a gentle slope with a magic carpet.
We had a fun time but the grown ups were exhausted following the kids around and picking them up.
We went to the lodge for a snack and the kids ate quite a bit.
The sun started setting but the Janie and Amelia were ready to go again. So, Peanut and Ellie stayed with Auntie Amy while Mama and Dada took the girls down the long green run.
They were so excited!
Janie did great making it down on her own and fell only twice. So fun!
After our snow day, we went back to the hotel and the kids had a fun time taking a bath in the really cool bathtub. They also use the bath bomb that was left for us.
We had dinner at Fishworks and we feasted on some really good seafood. Janie and Amelia shared a platter of raw oysters and were so happy.
Then we walked over the Earnest Ice Cream around the corner.
It’s Family Day in Canada and President’s Day in the U.S. We went to Cypress Mountain today and it was particularly busy because of the holiday. The kids got geared up and registered for their lessons.
Janie took a higher level class today and learned a lot!
After lessons, Mama and Dada took Janie up the bigger green runs and she had the best time!
Look how grown up she looks!!
It was fun to take her up the really high ski lift.
At the end of the day, everyone was too tired to keep going but Janie begged Mama to take her up a few more times. There was a lot of waiting but she entertained herself with snowballs.
After lunch, we drove to North Vancouver to check in to our hotel. It’s a great location close to the local mountains and a fun place for good food too!
Auntie Amy booked us a suite that was complete with kitchenette, pull-out sofa, and a giant bathroom. The kids liked the birdcage chair.
Just outside the hotel is The Shipyard (a fun little shopping/dining area) and Burrard Dry Dock that has a great view of the Downtown Vancouver skyline across the water.
This morning, we met up for dim sum in Richmond. With a novel coronavirus ripping through China, the town (dominantly Chinese) is deserted and this restaurant was empty. They even had a sign out front that said that they had disinfected the restaurant. Not sure what to think of all this yet.
Well, everything was very clean and we even got a private room today. Peanut also had a fun time passing things to and from people with the never-stopping automatic lazy susan.
We are headed to Vancouver, BC for ski week and the journey from Alameda to Surrey took a lot longer than it should have. It started with 8:30am bus ride to the airport. Peanut drew a map for us.
Once we arrived at the airport, we received a text update that our flight was an hour delayed. That one hour quickly turned into 3 hours so we had a lot of time to kill. The kids were really good about the wait and figured out ways to entertain themselves.
This is Peanut asking when we could get on the plane.
They especially enjoyed the airport store that had a bunch of Paw Patrol pups, including a brand-new Rubble.
When we finally boarded our plane and took off at 2pm, the flight was short enough for a few cartoons and a snack (2.5 hours).
We finally landed in Seattle around 4-something and were so relieved to be closer to our destination.
The next part of our journey was a bus ride to the rental car area. Getting the car was not problem but when we got in, the car wouldn’t start. Turned out it was a brand new car that had come off the truck and was not drivable yet. It even had the clear stickers covering the A-frame and dash. The rental car guys had to look up on YouTube how to install the fuses and change it from shipping mode to driving mode.
Our drive to Surrey took about 2.5 more hours and we got to the US-Canada border around 8pm. The drive to Surrey from there was quick and we arrived at Auntie Amy’s house around 8:30pm. That made our journey a total of 12 hours long!! Crazy.
The whole family was there waiting for us and we arrived in time to have birthday cake for Uncle Jay’s birthday.
The kids were up late and had a blast playing together. I love how they can pick up from where they left off last summer.
After Dada and Janie left for their dinner and dance, Peanut went on a scooter ride with Mama as she ran. We went all the way around the lagoon and rode through his school to show off his scooter to his teacher.
Before dinner, we stopped at Toy Safari where they sell lots of used toys. Peanut picked out a submarine for the bathtub.
Then we had dinner at Tomatina where he ordered the kid’s Caesar salad and ravioli.
After dinner, he was given the choice of getting ice cream at Tucker’s or going to the arcade. He chose the arcade and had so much fun. He tried Excite Bike, a driving/racing game, and Street Fighter II.
