Trip to Winnipeg

Our trip to Winnipeg/ Hillside Beach was a good and busy one.
So on August 11th I ventured out to Winnipeg by plane with the 2 girls alone. I wasn’t sure what to expect but how bad can it go. So it started out with an hour delay at the Toronto airport, so I cracked open the DVD player earlier and Lilo watched Backyardigans and Isla fed and chilled.
The flight it self wasn’t too bad. Isla slept the whole way and Lilo was fairly well behaved. She was antsy so I was trying to keep her busy and not bugging the person in front of her too much. But at the end of it I decided it was better to piss one person off then the whole plane by her screaming as I tried to keep her seated. She was up and down – sitting on the floor, tray up and down and at least I got her to kick the side of the plane rather than the seat.
We were finally in my brother’s truck by 10:30pm that night and Lilo fell asleep right away.
The week was filled with visits with friends and family. The first 2 days were rainy but the rest of the week was hot.
My aunt Kate and uncle Greg came out to my parents on Wednesday. It was great to see them – Kate was off to Vietnam that Sunday for at least 6 months. Thursday some of their friends came to visit for the day. Then on Friday Joe, Kathy and Hudson came out. We played in my parents yard - they got a bunch of fun toys for the kids to play with.
Saturday we made it to the beach – it was a beautiful day. I forgot how beautiful Hillside Beach is – the sand is so nice. It was also my mom's birthday while we were there so we had a little dinner with friends.

On Sunday we went in the city to check out the Backyardigans on stage at Assiniboine park. It was a stinking hot day – 33 degrees. They had bouncy castles and face painting but the lines ups were so long. We found some shade to eat the lunch we brought and then headed to the center of the mess to see the show. Lilo loved it and Hudson was trilled to see big Elmo. And surprisingly there was no line up for ice cream – the popsicles were so delicious and messy.
After a bbq dinner at Joe and Kathy’s we went back to the cottage (parent’s house). Monday we went to the beach again but the water was green. So we built sand castles for Lilo to stomp on instead of swimming.
And then on Tuesday we were off again. The flight back was pretty good too – Isla was a little more restless but still pretty quiet. All in all the flights with both kids weren’t that bad and I might do it again.
The trip was fun. It was good to see everyone. Hudson and Lilo had fun together and more comfortable with each other since they had seen each other only 2 months before. Isla was a happy baby like normal, charming everyone with her smiles. She did have one grumpy day but I think she’s teething so she’s allowed one day.
So we are now trying to get things into some type of normal schedule. Rob was super busy at work last week as it was the week before students move in, and he worked all weekend. Neither kid has been sleeping well but since we have been barely home and sleeping in our own beds this past month I can’t blame them. Hopefully they will be better soon especially since their nap schedules haven’t been overlapping much so I’m pretty tired.
We are looking forward to a long weekend in the city, planning on checking out some stuff going on in the city – it should be fun.