Cornwall Chronicles: The Parks

Yesterday, we all ventured out to a little park with a big duck pond and playground. It was a great spot for the kids because we got to feed the geese and beautiful swans. I don't think the kids have ever been so close to birds like that except Grandma Stajniak's chickens. Of course, we were a little nervous about the kids by the water as one of the swans started eating Laura's knee
and the girls were just a little too close to the water when throwing their bread crumbs. It was a really neat experience though. Then, went over to the play structure, which had a huge slide. It was about three stories worth of climbing for a quick few seconds down.

Today we went to an amusement park called Flambards. It was a great little park with rides perfect for the age of our children, but also for older kids and adults too. There were train rides, tea cups, a rocket ship and small ferris wheel; however, the high point of the rides was the roller coaster. This wasn't a wimpy roller coaster by kids standards. It was fast enough with enough twists and turns to give us adults a good rush, but small enough for Riley, Brodie and Lochlan to give it a go without crapping their pants. The boys were super psyched about the roller coaster. The morning at the park knocked the crap out of them as almost everyone here except Fiona and I are sleeping. Clay and Mark were also feeling a little on the sleepy side this afternoon. They went out into town last night and came home relatively early but well on their ways in a very happy state. So, they needed naps today too. Infact, the tea cup ride made Clay look a little woozy, and he wasn't even on the ride!

Cornwall Chronicles: The Cousins

One of the greatest part about being here is having the kids all together to play with eachother. It is so awesome to see Lochlan and Miah again and to meet Olivia. Everone has grown and changed so much.

Miah - She is one of the greatest little talkers in the world. It's amazing how many words she can string together. She is barely 2. Her voice is the cutest part as it is deep and wraspy. She is absolutely adorable.

Lochlan - Still as cute as ever, he has already inherited one thing from the Cornish folk of Cornwall County. Lochlan has quite the accent. Mark and Laura don't hear it as much, but Clay and I have noticed. He goes to school every day in the morning so he is exposed to it a lot more than Miah.

Over the past few days, we have visited the town of Falmouth, the National Seal Sanctuary, and downtown Helston. It has been great. Mark helped Clay build a sandbox and the girls are getting really well acquainted. We have been up to a lot of touring around and fun stuff. And, although we have noticed a lot of things are super small, the fridge, oven, and roads, the bathtub was big enough to fit the five older kids. That's about it for now. More to follow.

Cornwall Chronicles: Church Cove

Yesterday, we visited Church Cove. It is a sandy beech layed between two towers of rock. On one side, there is a golf course, on the other farmland. As we drove to the place, it was amazing to see a farmer bailing hay on this chunk of land plateaued upon a high rocky ridge, bordered only by the ocean. You wouldn't want to fall asleep in the tractor here.

The beech was beautiful. There was a little stream that ran parallel to it about 300 feet from the shore. The kids had a great time playing in the ocean and the stream. Mark and Clay and even more fun trying to dam up the stream. It was an awesome morning, topped off by a picnic lunch.

We Made It!!!

Hi Everyone,

This is just a quick blog to let everyone know that after 24 hours of travelling, we made it to Mark and Laura's house last night at about 11 pm. That is equivalent to 4 pm Sask time and 6 pm Ontario time.

We had a really good trip. The kids were great and travelled well. Grace was the hardest to deal with but faired alright....mind you, I wasn't the one who had to hold her for the most part. Fiona slept through a greater part of the flight and did really well with the take off and landing.

So, now we are in beautiful Helston, in Cornwall County. We arrived so late that we last night that we couldn't really see much and it was raining beside. But, the view from the windows of Mark and Laura's house is quite beautiful. We are looking forward to more, that's for sure.

The driving was interesting, in that bad kind of way. Thank goodness it was dark and raining as I think it would have been worse if we could really see what was going on around us. Anyways, we drive on the wrong side of the road and the roads are all tight. It was a little nerve racking.

We took our first day to just settle in and work out the jet lag. It is 8:45 pm and we are hoping the kids will be off to bed. Riley, Brodie and Grace are sleeping in the same room. The boys on a blow up double mattress and Grace in the crib. Well, it was supposed to be like that, however, Grace already climbed out of the crib, onto the dresser and down from there and parked herself in bed with the boys. We'll see how that goes. Fiona will be a little harder to get back on track as she only went to sleep around two in the morning last night and just woke up from a nap about an hour ago.

That's it for now. i will keep posting updates on the blog and we'll see about some pictures.

Later from England, Evelyn