TIRED

Yesterday was a full day:

• Out to one of the 1.2 x 10e7 nearby parks with the kids at 8.30am for a first-real-nice-day-of-spring bout of playing on everything. (One thing we love about this neighbourhood? Not only do we get to walk through the nearby rich neighbourhood without worrying about a tax bill, there are a ton of parks nearby -- including one that's 128 years old.) (Not that we went to that one -- that'd be too relevant.) Swings, monkey bars and that roundabout thing on an angle that Facebook invented four years ago.

• And then out to Abbotsford for the BC Gem show. Arlo came away with gold foil in a bottle and obsidian; Eli left with a ring and something else I can't remember. I got lost sixteen times on my way to and from, which ended up expanding the kids' vocabularies wonderfully.

• And then then to Eli's birthday party, a week in advance of his actual birthday. (He's thrilled it's on Easter Monday, but we decided not to push our luck with the scheduling.) Eleven kids, including our own, at a local gym/activity centre where they are run RAGGED. Clara pulled off an amazing birthday cake: cupcake cake from the supermarket, okay yes but also zombie Minecraft figurine + gummy bears == IRRESISTIBLY DELICIOUS SCENE OF MINECRAFT TERROR THAT KIDS MUST EAT.

"Whoah, you did all that in one day?" This from the incredibly organized mom who gave us a coupon for a local attraction we'll be visiting in a week because she never goes anywhere without a coupon book. I admit to being flattered.

It really was a fun day. Schedules have been busy lately, in a oh-god-the-errands-never-end kind of way. It has been a long time since I spent that much time with them, and I enjoyed it a lot.