I left my moms on tuesday the 29th of July and headed to Nelson BC where I grew up… We left at 6:30am and started driving and only made a few stops on the way… We got to Nelson, eager to get out of the car and stretch at about 5:30pm…
In Nelson we stayed with my godmother and godfather… it was a bit weird staying there… both of them are very abrasive with kids… at least with younger kids. My godmother works with at risk teens and knows all about attatchment and has read many of the same books, she uses attachment to get through to kids and get them on a better track and I know that she has done some amazing work… but she can’t seem to get that attachment needs to be worked on with a small child also… I did get her to see that time-outs are not the answer for certain (all) children as they hinder attachment which is the reason that they work…
I wish I would have talked to Annie more while I was there because talking with her gave me a few ideas of what I should have responded… I was in awe though that she could understand everything so well for older kids but not realize that you have to work on the attachment when they are young so that they do not end up like the teens that she works with.
Anyway… we camped out in their backyard and everyday did something different… went to the beach, went shopping, to parks and saw friends.. over the weekend of the 2nd there were a series of parties that were a reunion of sort of friends that met in Nelson in the late 70’s… 3 parties to be exact that were all pretty cool…
Then the rest of the week was meeting with other friends and beaches and more parks and fishing and canoeing and amazing sceneries…
On Friday we left Nelson at about 6:30am and headed back to Vancouver… well… we decided that it would be easier to not stop in Vancouver but head directly on the island to Nanaimo to Annie’s… after traffic, a wrong turn and waiting one sail we got the 7:30 ferry to Nanaimo…
Now I am at Annie’s and loving it!!! and I have internet access again!
A bit of a relax time before Simon heads home without us on Thursday (which I am completely nervous about!)…
I should be able to update a bit more often now and I need to get more pics up again!
