- written by Radelle

When the rush of the busiest part of our wedding season is over (may-end of Oct), and before winter weddings & destination weddings start….there is typically a few weeks in there of down time. Last week of October & Nov is usually a month where we can take a deep breath, read a good book, do a few fun things & re group for a lot of destination travel & edmonton winter weddings!

This week we had an extra reason to take a special day off & spend some time together (Kari & I) away from computers, publications, emails, photos. With me being due to have this baby (due on Halloween), I decided that I wanted to spend a fun day with my son….doing anything & everything he wanted to do in one day. Time to focus on him  & get some last cuddles  and laughs in, before the first few weeks of up all night….new baby…adjustment started. Being (just) 4 years old he chose Galaxy land & cinnamon buns as his “idea of things”. So cute. So, we invited Kari & combined our day out into a dual purpose day out. Oh the fun we had! No ride was safe from us! I even hoped on a few of the more low key ones (boat anyone?? no, not the upside down boat) to try to encourage baby along.

What really got the 3 of us though, were the arcade games. Growing up with 4 kids in the family, going to galaxy land was a HUGE (and expensive) deal. We cherished it! BUT, our parents were not willing to dish out $100 more so that their 4 kids could “waste” time playing arcade games when there were so many rides to enjoy. But, kari & I are adults now. So, with unsure movements & no clue how to play a single game, we made our way into unfamiliar territory. We had an absolute blast! So did my son! As we saw the ticket’s being dispensed with each good “hit”, we knew that we were in for a big prize. We were arcade masters.

We took our (whatwethoughtwas) huge stash of tickets up to the counter. We had 101. That qualified us for basically the equivalent of 2 kinder surprise toys. Because we have generous hearts, we gave all of our winnings to my son to enjoy & laughed at how we thought we were close to getting that remote control jeep set!

The day ended with cinnamon buns, laughter and a sleepy tired boy (and mom).