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It’s been a busy week; we’re a little late in getting posted.
On Tuesday, I gave Mami a break and took Wil and McKinley on a trip to Canada, up to the IKEA in Burlington.
We like IKEA. The two closest are Burlington, Ontario, Canada (1.5 hours) and Pittsburgh, PA (3 hours). So, we usually travel to Canada whenever we’re wanting to get something from IKEA. 
Seriously, I think we’d outfit our whole house in IKEA; we just might, if we ever build it.
So Wil, McKinley, and I enjoyed our roadtrip, and mami enjoyed a day with Izzabelle. While at IKEA, the kids loved climbing on all of the furniture and going into all of the rooms.
If you’ve never been, they have 5-10 mock setups of each type of room (kitchens, living rooms, bedrooms) to display their product as well a whole other floor carrying their miscellaneous individual items.
They also have a section devoted to children’s rooms. It includes a some toys. They like getting to that part so that they can play around with the different IKEA toys. Out of it, they both wanted a set of markers (I was getting off cheap, lol).
But I also bought McKinley this ceramic tea set she’d been playing with. Bought them an easel for the living room, too, dry erase on one side, chalkboard on the other, and a roll of drawing paper sits on it, too, so if can function like a drawing “table” with paper. Good stuff.
I made sure to take lots of pictures of the kids just having some fun. It was a good little trip, though it’s always a challenge to take the kids on a long car ride alone.
1.5 hours is about their max.
Grandma/Grandpa Wilson: Oh boy, the ornament clusters brought back memories; I can remember Lonni and Jody doing the same thing. And of course, we too had to sneek around when they weren't watching and spread them out...lol. I'm sure as you continue the traditions at your house, they will have wonderful memories of them as they grow and then raise their own children...and the legacy continues! Have a wonderful Christmas, we absolutely wish we could be there, but alas, we do love snow---only from a distance this days. TV, mountain tops viewed from our valley, and lots of your "snow" pictures are
Melodia Wilson: Thankfully, no one had to give up a Lazy boy. Amazing but true, we were able to keep all three chairs and the kiddie table in the living room! LOL! It's a tight fit, but we managed. Hehehe.
ang: The tree looks great with only one thing missing - snowflakes! FYI: Born and raised in snowbelt country and there is no beating the true Lake Effect machine. Try sitting by Lake Erie watching the clouds roll in and the snow blanket all around you---that is a true WNY experience. We know it can snow any time even after a 70 degree day in mid March! Glad to see the kids enjoy the snow it is a true icon of this region try out the huge hills at Jamestown Community College--when they are about 10! As an adult it was
Lala: Mel you outdid yourself! Great job!
Lonni Wilson: C'mon, that candy thing isn't all me. Besides, that's how I was raised... my dad was a connoisseur of candy. Oh, and understand someone, I was buying bulk candy in junior high and taking it to school in a tupperware box in my backpack... yeah, a regular "candy man" and I loved it! So c'mon, jokes all around about the candy guy.