  So Ron mentioned that he has been painting ... miraculously I managed to keep the kids outside for the entire day yesterday. We went hiking, to the library, to the grocery store, to 2 parks, we had picnics, went to Tim Horton's twice. We even found a librarian we know & gave him a ride home. He asked, "how long do you have to stay out ... until you run out of gas?".
Yup. I have a terrible sinus cold which has made me tired & hard of hearing. I have to blow my nose about once every 2 minutes (I'm NOT exaggerating). So it was a pretty hard day yesterday. I also slept through thunder & lighting and a rain shower. I haven't been sleeping well for the past few months (a sign of aging I suspect) but the last few nights I've slept like a baby.
It has been the kind of sleep where you wake up with your mouth open and a pool of drool on your pillow. When we woke up this morning one of the kids realized that the side door of our van had been left open. Let's just say this didn't make Ron happy. Since it poured rain in the night it was quite wet in there. After church we went to Chocolate Lake for a few hours. It wasn't that warm but the kids still went in the water.
Matt was telling stories about his restaurant & his army camp to the lifeguards. I heard him tell one guard, "anytime you see a GMC Safari parked in the parking lot, I'll be here to tell you stories". He charmed his way into a bag of potatoe chips. When Sam saw them he said, "Matt, where are MY chips". So they both headed over, batted their eyelashes & came back with some chips for Sam too. Last night at Tim Hortons they ordered 20 Timbits & the lady gave them 37. They are VERY charming. On the way home Sam started saying, "I'm Sam Dabarbanel". We thought this was very funny & kept asking him to say it over & over again. We can't figure out how he even made the connection that he had a last name. Sam's toilet training is going well.
On Friday night at soccer he peed his pants. When I asked him why he said, "there was no toilet". I explained that you can pee in the grass & showed him the stance. (I think I now understand why guy's backs go out. Standing in the pee position can NOT be good for your back). The only problem with Sam's outside position is that he insists on pulling his pants down.
So you can be sitting watching a soccer game, minding your own business and suddenly there is cute little 3 year old bum staring you in the face. This morning when he pood on the toilet he said it was a hammer & he made it especially for Daddy. Sam also picked some lupins (beautiful pink, purple & white wildflowers seen along roadsides in the Maritimes) I said that was enough but he said, "I need them to play princess". He held them & walked regally along as if he was in a royal procession. When he is 15 he is going to die from embarrassment from this story. 
