It's bright and early Monday morning and I am in week 2 of my impromptu holiday before starting my new job. Gord just left with Erin about 20 minutes ago. I have a bunch of errands to run today, so being off has really been a savings grace for me!
Well there is a lot to update since this past Thursday when I last checked in. We managed to finally get our hands on the play structure. Gord started to do a bit of work on it Thursday after work and took Friday off to finish it. I have to download the pictures yet, but I will post the pictures of the help that Minnie gave to Gord. I guess it was pretty comical, but Minnie decided that supervising the proceedings would be a good job for her! Gord found humour in it all and is convinced that she will figure out how to climb the rock wall before long! At any rate, when I brought Erin home on Friday the playstructure was ready to go and she couldn't have been more giddy! She christened the playstructure by sliding down the wave slide in the drizzling rain giggling all the way. It really is great to have something right off the patio for her to play on whenever she likes.
Friday for me was running around picking up last minute stuff for the baby shower we were having for my very good friend Patricia and her husband Ashley on Saturday at our place. We hosted a pretty unique afternoon party for the parents-to-be. Strangely enough, the men outnumbered the women (yeah, why would we do a conventional baby shower!!) and there was gunplay as a feature! Gord took a couple of the boys out for some skeet shooting. Gord thinks Patricia is pretty lucky, because she will have a great story to tell for the ages - how many other people feature skeet shooting at their baby shower! Erin had a wonderful little girl to play with, the grandaughter of my good friends Patti and Gilles. Emma is going to be 3 in a couple of days and the two played all afternoon like they knew each other all their sweet little lives! My neice Emily was out to entertain the kids and as always the kids loved every minute with her! Despite the weather not cooperating I think Patricia enjoyed herself and it was nice to see everyone I so enjoyed working with over the past few years out for some good drink, food, and conversation. After everyone left, it reminded me how much I will miss them.
Sunday was a much quieter day, spent on the playstructure for the most part. Stay tuned for some pictures of Erin and Minnie enjoying the playstructure coming in the next day or so.
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Thank you again for the wonderful party and gifts. I have the basket set up in the middle of the living room and keep walking by, giving it a little rock and smiling contentedly to myself. Cats haven't even sniffed at it yet which is a good sign, perhaps they may just ignore the fact that something is changing in the household.
I'm with Gord, the story of this baby shower will certainly be a keeper, but when did Ashley and I ever do anything traditionally!
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