Holiday Monday!

Today is Family Day or as it is called here on Prince Edward Island "Islander day". The new holiday was announced in the Spring of 2008, making Prince Edward Island the fifth province in Canada to create a holiday in February. The Island joins Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan which all celebrate Family Day in February. So no school and no work, YAY! But....we are all sick with that nasty cold flu that is going around, yuck. It's 9:47am and only myself and my middle baby River ( the 4 yr old) are awake. I am cuddled on the couch with a hot cup of coffee, my favorite throw and of course my laptop ;) and River is sitting at the kitchen table coloring and chatting to herself, or maybe an imaginary friend.

The peace and quiet is very nice, something that I do not get to enjoy often; but if I had it all the time I probably would not enjoy it would I?

We are almost completely unpacked and settled. And by almost completely unpacked I mean...90% of our stuff is in storage...for now. Our house in Shearwater, Nova Scotia had 3 floors it was not very big but it had 3 floors and over the 5 years that we lived in that house we had accumulated alot of stuff ( and went from having 1 baby to having 3 babies ). Now where we live for the time being is an apartment. It's an upstairs apartment above my parents. My parents own this house, it is 3500 square feet the dimensions are 26 x 70. My mom and dad are building a house in the spring down the road from here, and we are buying and then completely renovating this house. The apartment that we are living in now will then become our upstairs family room, the girls bedrooms and their own full bathroom. We are completely redoing the kitchen and master bath. The house is about 40 years old so it does have a little bit of character, there is brickwall fireplace in the dining room, which I am having a mantle custom made for; and original hardwood in the living room. I love to decorate and love looking for decorating ideas.

There is a lot of work to be done, but it is gonna be a big space when its all finished. We are very excited about it. And the best part about it all is.....we live on the beach!!! We can literally walk out our front door and be in the water in minutes. I can't wait to spend every minute possible down by the water with my girls this summer.

This picture is taken from the front door looking at the beach, the little hut is a shower/change house. There is also a lit boardwalk that runs parallel to the shoreline.