Today the kids and I slept in after the long drive to Victoria from Courtenay. When we got up we walked to Caffe Fantastico down the street for breakfast (see photo to the left). I got a black coffee, each of the kids got a muffin, and Bobby got a hot chocolate with some toast and jam as well. The cashier was a really bubbly blonde who took great care of us with extreme attention to details. I told her that I rarely give a tip when I’m ordering something at the counter, but I would in this case. If I ever open a coffee shop in Victoria I will be looking to hire her!
We then walked back home and dropped Bobby off so he could play some video games and drove to Whole Foods for soup supplies. While there we also scoped out a number of gift items. After Whole Foods we drove to Michaels down the street so my daughter could pick up some art supplies.
Back at Kristina’s apartment Katie and I prepared the soup. We chopped up all the veggies and put them into the Instant Pot with some stock. We then placed some chicken breasts on top and hit “go”. In under an hour we had a hearty soup to last a number of days!
Next up was finding a movie to watch while we munched away. We decided upon Mrs. Doubtfire initially, but it would not stream right, so we ended up with “Back to the Future”. Katie loved it. So much in fact that she said it was possibly her favorite movie of all time. Bobby retreated to the bedroom about 1/2 way through to play some more video games.
In a bit we decided that we would head out for dinner. Bobby wanted to eat at the Beacon Drive-In we ate at last night, but itching for a change Katie decided upon the ole Spaghetti Factory as she really wanted spaghetti. Since we had a hard time finding a parking spot we drove just north of Kristina’s Apartment to the “White Spot Restaurant”. Everyone was happy! Katie could have her spaghetti, Bobby could have his burger and brownie sundae, and daddy had his black coffee!
As we were getting into the car there was a Chinese mother with her daughter leaving for their car as well. The girl had a “Kirby” shirt on, so I told her that I’m Kirby too… I showed her mother my driver’s license and she laughed with delight. That little girl had such a delightful look on her face! I think I made her day!
We then drove home and called it a day ourselves!