Day 219

Woke up and once I was ready, I sat around waiting for the knock to come. When it did, I went downstairs with everyone, and ordered the same thing I ordered two days prior - A Yogurt Parfait and a Soy Cappuccino.

We finished eating, and headed upstairs. The boys got ready to go swimming, I dropped some stuff off in my room, and then took them down to the pool. Once I got Zach changed, we went out and the 3 of them played together while I spoke to another girl who's a Nanny in London and is "stuck" here without the family she works for. When she left, Nathaniel and Josh played, while Zach pretended to drown, and I'd have to "throw" in some imaginary saviour thing I made up. I spent the next 10 minutes reeling him in, roping him in, and pulling him in. He decided to play with the others again, Josh had a couple of tantrums, I handled it, and he went from bathing suit to clothes, back to bathing suit and got back in the pool. After they played for a bit more, they'd been in for probably an hour and a half to 2, so I asked if they'd want to go for a walk and an ice cream. Tim had walked in to see how much longer we'd be in the pool area, and I told him the plan. He said if that was the case, he was going to drop off some laundry, and would be back in about half an hour. I told him I'd knock on the door when we'd finished. He went off, and the boys got out to get changed.

A hair brush, and a quick trip up to my room (So that we wouldn't disturb Heloise) to hang the bathing suits to dry, and then we were on our way. We walked to the mall, and after going up and down escalators in the Bay, on a hunt for the skywalk, we ended up in the mall. We were walking past Starbucks, so I stopped to get my drink, and then we continued on to Perdy's, where I was getting the boys' ice cream. Nathaniel and Zach got Mint Chocolate Chip in a Sprinkle cone, and Josh got Cotton Candy (EW!) in a sprinkle cone. With 3 happy boys in tow, I left the mall. When we came out, I wasn't positive which direction we had to walk in. I took a guess, and to this minute, the boys still don't know it was the wrong guess. We took a bit of a detour, which was fine because the weather was nice, and I wanted to walk. On the way back we stopped at a park. We played Indiana Jones, and I was the "baddy". The boys were having soooo much fun! I was hurting (my tailbone), every time I ran, but their laughter was worth it. Each time I said we should go they pleaded and pleaded with me to get me to stay longer. "Just one more round" they kept saying. We did that about 3 times, and then eventually, around 2:30 I said we had to get going. It had been about 3 hours, maybe 3 and a half since I had told Tim we'd knock on his door, and I figured their parents would start to wonder where we were. I told them though, that after knocking, they'd have to come to my room and be quiet and watch TV or play a game or something so that Heloise could continue working.

When we got in the elevator, the doors were about to close, and we saw Tim. I held the door and he proceeded to speak to us from outside the elevator...He said they were wondering where we were, and mentioned the two of them were done work for the day. Heloise popped her head around the corner, the conversation continued, and eventually, they both got on the elevator with us. I told them we were just going to watch TV or something, and they repeated that they were done work. They said maybe they'd all go out. When we got upstairs, Nathaniel and Zach wanted to come into my room. They did. We emptied their shoes of rocks, and then played a bit of Ludo until Josh knocked on the door. Heloise was with him. They were all going out and said it was up to me if I tagged along or not. I said I would. Nathaniel wasn't moving unless food was involved, so he and Zach were promised street meat...aka hot dogs from a vendor.

We went to find a hot dog, then sat on a bench while those 2 ate, and we figured out what we were going to do next. We decided to leave the museum til tomorrow, and headed to the movie theatre. When we arrived there, we found out there were no early movies, and none of them were for kids anyway. We asked if there was another theatre anywhere close, but there wasn't. We went to the main floor, got the boys a drink, and they sat down while Tim searched the internet (on a computer in the middle of the mall!) for the Science Museum. He wanted to know how far away it was and when it closed. While he did that, I wandered into the candy store I had spotted. I thought I'd take a look around for some childhood memories. First aisle through, and the only thing that struck a memory were the chupa chups. Anyone remember when they came with Spice Girl stickers? I turned at the end of that small aisle, and there they were...TROPICAL FISH! I haven't been able to find them for YEEEEEEEARS!!! I was so happy! I scooped some into a bag, and walked up to the counter. I asked the lady at the cash if she had any of the big bags, and aside from "no", I'm not sure what the rest of the sentence was about. I said it was ok, and told her she made my day. I paid, and went back to sit down with everyone else. A few minutes later, the cashier came over with a scoop in her hand. She looked at me and said, "I only had 3 left, so here". YAYYYYY! I thanked her, let her put them in the bag, and off she went.

When we decided to leave, it was because, after sitting around for a while, Tim had received some sort of notification about BA flying again. We went right back to the hotel, and sat around in the lounge while we waited for him to check the internet. I told Josh I'd take him to the shops, and ran up to put my fish in my room. When I got back down, everyone was still sitting around, no one was really any wiser, although Tim thought he might know exactly why BA had done what they did, because they must have known they were flying flights out...(I don't know either...so just go with it :p) Then we all ended up walking up to the park. I only wanted to go as far as the Starbucks with everyone (Heloise wanted a Frappuccino, and the Sens game was about to start), but I thought that would be a little rude, so after getting our drinks, we walked up to the park. Zach and I were miles behind the others, but that was ok. We were doing our own thing. They were waiting for us at one point, but Zach didn't care. We stopped for a second, and then he said he wanted to go near the playground with me. We went towards it, then under the bridge to build "a squirrel's home". It was pretty awesome. After about an hour, Heloise came over to find us. Zach threw a mini tantrum, screaming loud enough for the park go-ers to hear that he didn't want to leave yet. We met up with the others, and went back to the hotel for dinner.

It was a buffet in the lounge. We sat there, ate, and watched the last of the 2nd period of the hockey game while a lady sat at the piano, played and sang. She was pretty good. After dinner, we all came upstairs, everyone went to their room, and I came to mine. I watched some TV, relaxed, and am now sitting here, enjoying "Glee" while my tailbone kills me, even though I'm sitting on two crazy puffy pillows. I also watched American Idol earlier. Crystal and Lee are still my 2 favourite, I don't like the way Siobhan talks back, and I thought it was so nice and sincere that Crystal cried. Anyway, that's my quick thought. Back to Glee, then bed. Good Night xx