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The last Monday in May before the 25th is called Victoria Day in Canada.  It’s a holiday that we’ve set aside to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday and to ring in the summer season.  My Victoria Day was pretty full and busy to say the least.  I got up and finished the laundry that I started and then helped my kids with their Pokemon DS games.  Then we all piled in to the van to go and grab some veggie and flower plants for the gardens.  Several stops later we had all the plants, soil and mulch that we needed.  I’m not much of a gardener, that job falls on my wife.  I’m just the help in that department.  Once we got home we set to work putting it all in the ground.  I specifically helped my kids get the flowers they picked out in to their little flower area at the side of the house.  Oh, I also mowed the lawn too… and weeded the beds.

After all that we treated ourselves  to some soft ice cream before we headed off to see some fireworks.  We went to a different place then normal and it was pretty cool.  They seemed to go on for ever.  I think it was about 40 min worth of “Ooooos” and “Ahhhhhs”.  Getting out didn’t take too long as I was able to scoot in to an adjacent parking area and leave probably 30 min earlier then if we stayed in our current line.

Phew… it was a long day but lots of fun.  Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to have a shower and then go to bed.  How did you spend your Victoria Day?  What?  You didn’t have one and had to go to work?  Haha!  Suckers. ^_^