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Family Day 2019

February 18, 2019 By Annette1 10 Comments

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Today was Family Day. We were able to show our student a good time today. We did horse-drawn wagon rides, darts, pool, a movie and fireworks. It was a rather busy day but it was a good day.

Family Day 2019

Family Day is not a statutory holiday, but it is only observed in New Brunswick, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Saskatchewan and in British Columbia. PEI also has a February holiday called Islander Day, and Manitoba has Louis Riel Day holiday.  Since it is not a federal holiday, federal employees still need to work (total bummer).   I was concerned that my darling wouldn’t be able to join us, but….  his work CHOOSES to celebrate Family Day so he got it off.  WOOT WOOT!

Anyways, Family Day was originally created to give people time to spend with their families.  The date in February was chosen because it provides a day off between New Years Day and Good Friday.

We were promised a classic snowmobile show so we headed off to the Rec Centre to check them out but… No snowmobiles.  What a bummer!  They did have a guy there handing out free bananas and apples.   

Family Day 2019

After the wagon rides we headed off to play pool and darts.  Oh.. we laughed!   I used to play pool fairly frequently, but you’d never have known based on how I played today.  Hubby on the other hand played well.  The lad learned quickly, and our student well.. let’s just say that some things got last in the translation.  Pool was a bit beyond him but we laughed a lot!  🙂

I am so happy that our current student doesn’t let the unknown stop him from trying something new.  🙂  

Family Day 2019

From there we moved to darts.  This is a fairly individual sport, so after the gentlemen on deck showed the boys the basics of how to shoot with an elbow at 90 degrees. 

Family Day 2019   practicing darts

We watched the Movie Inside Out at the Elementary School. 

We went home for supper where I tried out a new dish.  It was kinda fun to play around making up a new recipe.  I’ll have to share it with you later.  🙂  Huge hit with our student!   Then we headed off to the fireworks.  

Wow!  It was SO pretty watching them over snow.  I didn’t expect how wonderful they would look.  I would have taken a longer movie of them but my hand started to freeze (it’s rather cold up here). And the video doesn’t do them justice over the snow, but it was a really nice show.

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  1. Rach says

    February 19, 2019 at 9:30 am

    We don’t have Family Day in Quebec but it was a Ped day so my daughters were off of school. I miss family day (we just moved here from Ontario this September). It was always a time where we would go sledding or when my brother was with us, he’d bring his daughters to my place for a visit.

    I LOVE pool and darts!! I’m a big games fan. Glad to see you had such a lovely day!

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    • Annette1 says

      February 21, 2019 at 10:07 pm

      Thanks Rach! It was a great day. You need to get your politicians of yours in order! Tell them family day is a must! it’s such a lovely day to spend with family and friends. 🙂

      Reply
  2. Melanie says

    February 19, 2019 at 11:13 am

    Wow! What a fun day! I love Inside Out! Such a great message.

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    • Annette1 says

      February 21, 2019 at 10:06 pm

      it was a great day Melanie! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Mother of 3 says

    February 19, 2019 at 5:01 pm

    This sounds like such a wonderful holiday and it really sounds like you all had a wonderful time together.

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    • Annette1 says

      February 21, 2019 at 10:05 pm

      we did have a good time. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Lori says

    February 20, 2019 at 11:39 pm

    How lovely. I’ll bet pool was interesting from your student’s perspective, as well. The fireworks were pretty over the snow.

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    • Annette1 says

      February 21, 2019 at 9:54 pm

      I was telling hubby that I much prefer frieworks over snow to seeing them go off in the summer. Part of it I think is the smaller crowds, and the rest is how amazing they look with the white background and the dark sky.. Just very pretty.

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  5. Karen says

    February 21, 2019 at 2:56 pm

    I think every month should have a family day! 🙂

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    • Annette1 says

      February 21, 2019 at 9:42 pm

      ah, but then it would get rather old and not be so special anymore.

      Reply

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