Squeezing in some fun

Ryan has been busy at work so we decided the weekend before heading to the states we'd take the kids to Disneyland again. We went the night before, did a couple rides then enjoyed the evening fireworks show. Then in the morning we went back. We were the first ones in the park which was pretty cool BUT we headed straight to Dumbo which ended up being under construction. The kids had a blast and slept nearly the entire way home. I guess that's what happens when they only sleep 6 hours at night and are running around in the sun.

Mulberry Bush

We've all heard the song "Round and round the mulberry bush, The monkey chased the weasel, The monkey thought 'twas all in fun, Pop! goes the weasel."  But do you actually know what a mulberry is?  I didn't until yesterday when one of my sweet friends brought me a bag (someone else had given her some they brought back from a recent trip).  Here they are:

When she pulled them out, my first thought was the last time I tried something from a song it ruined the song because they were nasty.  That would be "Chestnut roasting on an open fire..." Hot roasted chestnuts are nasty.  Anyways, I gave the mulberries a try and they are sweet like a raisin and are pretty addicting.  If you have a chance, give them a try.

FHE

Our little munchkins LOVE Family Home Evening (FHE).  Every night Kherington gets started talking about who is in charge of lesson, song, activity and treat and I have to explain to her that we only do it on Monday nights.  We do try to read the scripture each night though so she thinks that's an okay replacement :).  She is most excited that when we get to the end we get to go to the pizza place that Dana and Guillaume took her to when they came to visit.

We've now tried to go downtown to get these delicious looking chocolate filled waffles three times.  The first time I couldn't find the place.  The second time we took the bus as a family and found it...but they had closed 20 minutes earlier.  Then we tried again for FHE the other night, but two buses were not running so we wouldn't have got downtown before it closed.  Some day we will get to try them, but for now, Kherington has a list of places we can go get treats (frites, ice cream, kebaps) if we go and the waffle place is closed again.  They went for frites the first time :).