The Oldfield 6

Something I didn’t mention in my last blog entry was the week D’Arcy left my boys were in a 1 week Bike camp. They had a blast Josh was in an all day moutain biking camping going through trails and learning tricks in the bike park. Braydon was also in a bike camp but for a younger age group, he spent the morning on the bike going through trails and playing in the bike park and the afternoon was spent doing different sports and just having fun. They loved it, both were up every morning waiting for me to get up and take them and every day I picked them up they had new scraps and bruises but no complaints. I think that was the best money I have spent this summer, and the bonus part was that they included a meal and 2 snacks so no foo prep required for me.

Okay back on track now, so I dropped D’Arcy off at the airport on Friday and Saturday the 4 boys, my Mom and me loaded into the van to head north to a cottage we had rented back to where both my Mom and technically I am from. It should have been about 5hr drive but with traffic and kids stops it was actually 6hrs, thank goodness for built in DVD players and a good supply of movies.

We pulled into the resort/camp/cottage grounds between 5 & 6 pm. The owners came over to welcome us and give us a tour of the cottage.  My first thought was not bad, because we walked into a nice kitchen but not amazing and then we walked into the open area, sitting/dinning/living room and it was amazing old wood cabin with old antique feeling, beautiful stairs going up to the loft and a large window with an amazing veiw of the lake. It was truely amazing.

Make a Smilebox postcard

That first day/night we pretty much just unpacked and relaxed, the older boys and I went for a walk around the park so they could get an idea where everything was and so they didn’t feel nervous about going places. I cooked dinner (I had made spagehti sauce before we left home) and we all sat down to eat at 7 or 8 pm yes late but that is what happens when you don’t show up tell late.

The next day sadly my Mom or I had to go into town to do the groceries, town is about 15mins away so it was easier to shop after we got there then trying to transport all the food with us. So my Mom went figuring it would be easier for me to watch the kids then her. So while she was gone I put the twins to bed for a nap and got the older boys to try and entertain themselves. Did I mention there was no TV at all so my TV/Video game junkies were at a lose for what to do. Luckily for them there was a scrabble game which Josh proceeded to kill Braydon with everytime they played.

When my Mom got back with the groceries a few hours later we quickly put them away just in time for the twins to wake up from their nap and then the swimming begin. The boys pretty much swam every single day we were there with a few interuptions for other things but they had a blast and the fact that my oldest was swimming without a life jacket, jumping off the dock and the floating dock into water that was so dark you coudln’t see the bottom so completely impressed me. I grew up in this area and swam in these lakes around there all my childhood and loved it and it is so nice to see my kids enjoying it too.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Tuesday, my father came out with his boat for a visit and a rid. Since we were up north we were only 30-45mins from my Dad’s place so it wasn’t a big deal for him to come out to say Hi for a few hours. The boys loved it as soon as he got there they jumped in his boat and helped to unload it and bring it to the dock by the cottage. Then we had a short visit and lunch and Allistar decided to fall asleep on Papa. So sadly we put him to bed and my self and the other 3 boys went for a boat ride around the lake, acutally to the other end of the lake. I have to admit it was really nice to only have 1 of the twins I am not sure what I would have done with 2 of them in the boat. Either way it was great, a little wind burned and sun burned but it was fun.

Make a Smilebox photobook

The one interesting/scary thing that happened was on Sunday night we had a visitor to our cottage who so kindly got into our garbage and carried the bag away. I told my Mom and soon as I told her that it didn’t rip apart the bag she knew it wasn’t a raccoon… Well later that day I went to clean up my dogs messes and I found a mess that wasn’t from my dog, wrong colour and size. Well wouldn’t you know we had a bear, it had gotten into a few garbages in the area and was a decent size bear considering the size of its scat(poo) that I found. The ministery was called and by Wednesday a bear trap was brought out to catch the poor thing and release it somewhere else. Never heard anything about it since but I got to see the bear trap, hope they found it.

Well again I must stop my blog to make dinner and deal with kids. But we have yet to explore the wild life the kids met and a visit to Science North. Be back soon.

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