The Sunday After...

Well it's been a bit of a whirlwind week for us, so I haven't had a chance to catch this up. I was expecting to have to work one more week, but to my surprise (and delight!), they gave me the option of not coming in next week, so I will actually have two weeks before starting my new job. Sweet! It was still a bit of an emotional day for me this past Friday, especially near the end of the day. The company posted the news of my departure in the early afternoon, so I received some really wonderful and thoughtful messages and wishes from some of the many terrific people I have met during my five years with the company. That's what I will miss the most. But onwards and upwards is how that saying goes...

Erin's dance lessons are all through now, so I am on the search for another spot to bring her because she tells me she still wants to dance. The place I took her this spring offers them, but not at times I can bring her. Her swimming lessons are going really well though. She is in transitional lessons, which means she took half of the classes with a parent (dad in this case), and half with the instructor. She was a little apprehensive about going on her own this week, because it was her first with only the instructor, but as we expected, she did great. There was just Erin and one other little girl in the lesson this Saturday, and they both had a really good time. Because she was such a trooper and did so well by listening to everything her instructor told her, we are going to treat her to a visit at the wave pool in Kanata.

Yesterday we were at our nephew William's birthday party. I can hardly believe he is 17! I can still remember this happy-go-lucky 3-year old chatting me up about Thomas the Tank Engine when I first met him all those years back! Erin was her wild and entertaining self, which although can be both amusing and exhausting to watch, also means that she crashes quickly and soundly, both of which happened no more than five minutes after leaving William's party!

So today is Sunday and Erin is out playing with Minnie and helping Gord do some work around the house. We are going to pick up Erin's playstructure this afternoon and Gord is hoping the rain holds off long enough for him to assemble it. I am going to keep Erin at home with me tomorrow so hopefully it's a nice day and we can spend it together outside.

Well I guess that's it for now. I'm sure there will be some interesting stories that come out of the playstructure installation, so check back in early next week (I'll keep the profanaties out of it!!).
I have posted a couple of great pictures that my neigbor Richinda took from the girls all playing together last weekend plus a couple of good ones of Minnie. Richinda has her own photography business, so if anyone likes the pictures, let me know so I can hook you up with her contact information!

Awwwww, Erin just brought me a bunch of daisies and buttercups! She really is my sweet little angel!