Friday we all hopped in the car for a drive out to see seals at Cape Palliser. Our little portable DVD player came in quite handy on the long drives. Poor Ben was squished between Eden and Sam’s car seats. He was such a trooper. We were on quite a windy road and no windy road is complete without carsickness. Poor Sam threw up. We stopped the car and basically hosed her and her car seat down. Everything cleaned up fairly well. She likes traveling in her underwear anyway.

We stopped for lunch at a great little cafe and then carried on to the coast. We passed a cute little town with tons of tractors. We stopped at a lighthouse and climbed a bunch of stairs up to it. Then we went searching for the seals. Wow! We found quite a colony! There were so many of them lounging about and playing around in a tide pool. They let us get really close. The photos were fun to take! We could have stayed and watched them for a long time. Eden had a blast climbing around the rocks.

On our way back we stopped at a beach and the kids had so much fun playing in the sand. Eden stayed pretty far away from the water. That worked out well since I was holding Alden and Chad was playing Jenga with the big boulders trying to get a fallen sippy cup. We stopped on the way back for some excellent fish and chips while the kids played in the local park. The kids just barely made it to the end of the day. The last hour they were pretty sensitive.

Saturday was pretty rainy and gray. It was a perfect day to lounge late into the morning and play games. In the afternoon we went to the Te Papa museum. We ducked out of the rain and had a great time snacking on a bunch of the local yummy treats.