The Duck Pond

On Thursday both kids woke up with a miserable cold and I knew they would both need a lot of sleep for the day to be passable for me. I decided to go for a drive with them in the morning so they could nap and ended up heading to Winnipeg (about 1.5 hours away).  Since the day was sunny and warm I took them to a park with a duck pond for a picnic to pass the time until they were ready for afternoon naps on the drive home.  We had a great time watching the ducks and geese!

What could have been a wasted sick day at home turned out to be our best day of the week.  I feel like I turned lemons into lemonade!  We had so much fun that I think we'll try little day trips like this more often -- it's refreshing to have a change of scenery.