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Back to Oakland

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The kids were really good about getting up before the sun came up this morning and the flight was uneventful. When we arrived in Oakland, the kids thought it was funny how the stroller and carseat came out of a little door off to the side.

We walked to the bus stop and Peanut thought it was funny that he looked like a turtle with his jacket worn over his backpack.

The bus was totally empty, as usual, and we were home in no time.

The early flight resulted in a good long nap for Peanut later that morning.

Mama also made a big pot of jook – always a great meal to have after so much travel. Thanks to Auntie Amy for showing Mama how to make it.

We had such a fun time in Vancouver and really made the most of Ski Week this year. We hope we can keep doing this every year and truly appreciate the Koo Family for hosting us, taking good care of us, and showing us a fun time again.

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Time to Go Home

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It’s our last day together and the kids had a fun morning before we had to pack up the car and head back the the U.S.

Auntie Amy packed us a whole bunch of snacks for the road and little did we know they would come in handy. We drove the quick 10-min drive to the border and found ourselves in a 2-hour line.

It really was two hours of inching our way to the border crossing. What made things even more stressful was that Peanut had to pee at one point. We tried to find a restroom but it was closed. Luckily he didn’t have to go so badly so we waited until we crossed and stopped at a gas station.

Once we made it across, we hurried to Seattle and tried to make our flight. Unfortunately, we were just 30 mins too late and ended up having to rebook to tomorrow morning. Our flight was the last one out and there wasn’t enough time to return the car, take the shuttle, check the carseat and stroller, get through security, and board the plane.

We ended up at a hotel for the night and a very early wake-up call tomorrow for the first flight out. We also had to pay a hefty price because our super discounted fare went to a full fare. No bueno.

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Cypress Mountain

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We went to Cypress Mountain today and Janie was ready to have a full day of long green runs. We managed to get Peanut a lesson and it turned out to be a private lesson because there were no other kids signed up. What a win!

Peanut’s snowboarding coach had such a great time with him and was impressed by how fearless he was. He said he was so fearless that they spent the whole lesson on the beginner run with a real lift.

After Peanut’s lesson, we all went up the lift together and had fun watching them shred down the hill. Peanut did a lot of crashing but he is so good at getting right back up.

We had a fun day as a family of four. We can’t wait to take them back to Soda Springs again when we get home.

We drove across the Lions Gate Bridge to Downtown Vancouver for dinner.

The kids slept in the car and Peanut kept sleeping at the restaurant.

We met up with Auntie Amy at Fanny Bay Oyster Co. and had a seafood feast.

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Rest Day

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We checked out of the hotel and returned to Auntie Amy’s house last night so we had a rest day. Everyone went to work and school so we just hung out at the house.

Auntie Amy gave them this cool new toy called PlusPlus and they spent a long time playing with them.

We also borrowed Amelia and Ellie’s scooters and went outside for a while. The kids rode around and around the loop out front, which had a nice hill.

For lunch, we went out for Japanese food and stopped at Tim Hortons because Peanut had slept right through lunch.

When everyone got home, we went out for dinner with the rest of the family and the kids continued playing with the PlusPlus pieces.

Before bed, all the kids read together in the bedroom. So cute.

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Mt. Seymour

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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!

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Morning

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Peanut and Mama were up early this morning so we went for a walk and found a fancy bakery/coffeeshop that was open (Nemesis Dope Bakery).

Then we took a walk to Tim Horton’s to pick up Peanut’s favorite Vancouver treat.

He was so excited to get his timbits in the little box.

He couldn’t wait to get back to the hotel to eat them!

When we got back to the hotel room, Janie was up so she had some of the pastries we brought back and was ready to go exploring.

We went to the end of the dry dock and ran around a bit.

Then Auntie Amy came down with the girls so we could find some lunch at Lonsdale Quay Market.

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Dinner and Ice Cream

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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.

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Cypress Mountain

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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.

What a fun day on the slopes!!

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