Family Day

Monday was a holiday - "Family Day".

Of all the holidays in all the world, I'm betting "Family Day" is the most boring-sounding, vanilla,  yawn-inducing holiday this side of Arbour Day. You don't get the spookiness of Halloween, the excitement of New Year's or even the romance of Valentine's. There is family. And it's on a day.

But hey, it's time off work and that's fine with me!

My brother J and his young family, E and L, came up for the weekend. The last time they came up at this time of year was 3 long years ago. Compare this:

We were supposed to be doing our "sad" faces. Margot was ...almost sad

To this:

Margot is definitely not the little toddler she was back then. No sir, she's a wisened 6-year old who has some of the makings of a great babysitter. She really took care of her little cousin, L.

The speed of the person walking is inversely proportional to their height

It was pretty cute to observe. This being the last weekend of Winterlude, we did lots of touristy family folksy stuff of course, like see ice sculptures...

and go for a winter walk.

Responsible AND efficient parenting

All in all, we had some nice days. And they were full of family.  Mission accomplished!