another fabulous family day

i've blogged before about how much i love family days. we try to keep them on saturdays, but sometimes that has to change with our schedules. this weekend we decided to get up and head to vancouver for the day. we have decided that family days will be filled with adventures of exploring the communities around us. today we spent the entire afternoon walking the streets of robson, granville, and everywhere in between.

we departed at nap time (always do....baby k sleeps in the car the whole way!) and made our way to the starbucks drive-thru. the sun was shining, the air was crisp and cool, and i felt like trying a different drink at starbucks. i indulged completely and got a caramel frapp. it was so fricken good. i have never been so happy indulging as i was with the first few sips of the fresh, perfectly blended, frapp. ahh...

we made our way to vancouver, parked under pacific centre, and adventured out onto the streets. we were all feeling pretty hungry so we started off with lunch at milestones. we had such a good time there. we ate delicious food, enjoyed a drink, and shared many giggles with the little man. i have to say, kingston was a delight today. he did so well in the restaurant...he snacked on his cheese, oranges, strawberries, cheerios, and arrowroots. he hammed it up for the server and any ladies he could mack on with his gorgeous smile and cute dimple. again, totally a delight.

after finishing up at milestones we walked up and down robson, going in and out of cameron's favourite stores. he got a few things at banana republic, and a lovely sweatshirt from armani exchange. the sweatshirt looked fabulous on him, so i convinced him it was a must-buy. i purchased NOTHING....but i was more then happy to spend the day with my two favourite boys.

the air was crisp and chilly downtown, but so refreshing and lovely. to warm up we made a pit-stop at cafe artigiano. have you been? seriously....best.coffee.ever. cameron had an iced cafe mocha, and i had a warm one. holy smokes was it delicious. we've had artigiano a few times, and it's always amazing. they make awesome pictures in your foam and they taste like a million bucks.


we walked down granville to the water, walked through the new convention centre (which i was a part of the construction), and walked back up thurlow. we walked down robson again and then decided we would pack up and make our way back to a-town.

cameron made a spontaneous decision to stop at ikea to browse. he grabbed a few items he wanted and then back to abbotsford we went.

it was such a perfect day. we spent a good 6 hours walking downtown. such great exercise and you don't even notice it because all you're doing is walking around and having fun. such an amazing day.

hope you all had a lovely saturday. tomorrow is supposed to be a day filled with sunshine so i'm going to take advantage of it and take my baby to the park.

goodnight to my blog readers....xo

ps....did anyone catch the crazy-big-super-cool-supermoon tonight?? absolutely stunning!