Here in Ontario we just experienced our first “Family Day” holiday. I’m not exactly sure what that means, but heck, I’ll take a day off to hang out with the kiddies. There was a lot of confusion around this day. Was it a stat holiday or a public holiday, and what is the difference anyways? Why were some government folks working, and others not? I think the thing to remember is that it was a promised day off in the middle of February during an election campaign. Obviously it worked, but I’m thinking a little consultation with the business community and different levels of government might have helped eliminate the confusion around this holiday. But you Mommas out there know that ‘day off’ is a very relative term. I have more than one SAHM friend whose husband had to work, and nursery school was cancelled so it just meant Momma had to work even harder. Some day off, eh?
We took our gang to that place I have a love/hate relationship with: Great Wolf Lodge. I hate it because it requires re-mortgaging the house to go for a day. The entire time I’m in the pool I can’t stop thinking that I’m having a kid pee bath. At one point they closed the hot tub and I tried to protect myself from finding out why. I’m one of those cheap Mommas who brings the cereal and canned dinner so that I don’t have to give the hotel any more of my money. Long and short, they’re bandits and taking us all for a very expensive ride. The only reason I love it is because the kids do, but that’s enough to keep us going back. Can you say “sucker?”
Whether you spent your Family Day in a germ infested pool, hanging with your kids around the house or going for a skate or a movie, we Mabel Mommas hope it was a good one, and one that kept you far, far away from your office!
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