Ikea sure makes "family shopping" easy. Our 2nd run at the Swedish behemoth left us $360 shorter and only 3 things ticked off the original list... But Seb had an hour of fun in their kids' centre and we all ate well at their restaurant, and Seb and I galloped our horses up and down the warehouse aisles. So we have a lovely hall bench / shoe rack that can triple as a bench for dinner guests (the matching coat rack make take longer to get up on the walls as it didn't come with screws...), the larder has extra shelves and is groaning with all the goodies it contains, the kids will eventually have matching red bed linens (to complement the blue check duvet covers and curtains that hung in my childhood room). But we have to go again to return the 3 things that don't fit... M is positive that I will be able to drive there safely myself.
Not from Ikea but we have a new eco-friendlier toilet (City of Toronto will give us $60 back) and a fancy-dancy sit-on-the-counter sink. They are about the only things that Ikea doesn't sell.
Easter weekend was looooonnng with community centres, libraries, etc closed for 4 days. But we bumbled through, with visits to our friends with older kids in Oakville (and a big tent in their basement) and egg decorating with Xin, plus a peanut-free chocolate penguin and gifts on Sunday. We topped off the weekend with some baking and a "high tea" using my new bundt pan.
The big news is that Dewson elementary school will accept Seb into their early kindergarten class immediately as he will be going there in September for French immersion. It wasn't the plan as we thought moving him from French to English to French would be a bit confusing but he wants to go. And after some horrendous behaviour this past week, the structure and agemates might be a good thing for him and I know that Sophie and I would benefit from time alone. It would be afternoons, which would conflict with his footie class but hopefully we can change that. His buddy Xin would be in the same class and he would have a rare male teacher! We have till Monday to decide, until then I will press on with the application to the French language school.
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My theory on Ikea is that it's designed to make you lost. The only escape is to buy your way out.
360 bucks to see the sun again, but at least there's salmon and sparkling water.
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