It is a wildly windy Sunday afternoon and Gord and Erin are outside for a play so here is my quiet moment in between loads of laundry to catch the past two weeks up!
Well Gord had a successful trip to Denver. Erin and I had a pretty uneventful week (week of October 16th). I had a business trip to Kingston on the morning of the 17th, which made it a bit of a hairy start to the day, as I had to do the whirlwind drop-off of Erin to daycare, then drive to Kingston for an 9:00 am meeting. I was there at about 8:40 am, so not too bad! Gord was home on the Thursday, so Erin was happy to see him! It was nice in that his flight was in fairly early in the afternoon and was actually on time to boot! How often does that happen anymore?!!!
We had our friends Elaine and Ray out for dinner on the evening of the 21st. Ray completed a black duck carving that I commissioned for Gord and it is amazing - I'll have some pics of it up soon - the battery on the camera quit on me, so it's charging up right now! All in all a good evening was had by all.
The next week brought a short business trip to Toronto for me. I was off on Tuesday afternoon by train for an HR Law conference on the 25th. What a fabulous conference! Believe it or not, but that was my first night away from Erin since she was born! Of course I have been out and not gotten home until after she was sleeping, but never a full night away. I have to admit (selfishfly of course!) that it was nice to have an evening all to myself. I stayed at the Royal York downtown, had fabulous room service and did a bit of shopping at the Eaton's Centre - for Erin of course!! As I said the conference was amazing! People laugh at me when I say that I had a ball listening to judges and lawyers talk about employment law all day, but it really was interesting! I took the train home that same night and met up with some great people and we chatted (and drank - gotta love Via 1) all the way back! I stopped drinking before Kingston though, because I did have to drive home! It was great to see Erin the next morning and she loved her little treats from Toronto.
So fast forward to Saturday (yesterday) and a big Halloween party that Erin hosted for some of her friends! We had 8 kids over (and their parents) and had a ball! Erin was Cinderella, and we had Varya as the little girl vampire, Rys as the friendly lion, Aidan as a monster, Cole as the dolphin, Shyra as a beautiful princess, and Emma and Erika as 'darn-tootin' cute cowgirls!! The house is all decorated with sensor-activated skeletons, spiders, and goblins, as well as a fog machine and a steaming skull, all of which helped make for a great evening! Gord gutted 8 pumpkins for all of the kids, and the highlight was the big carve-off - check out the pictures, the kids created masterpieces from the big orange gourds!! I also got a cookie decorating kit that brought out more creative genius in the kids - not to mention sticky fingers!! Another great night indeed!
Erin has a busy week ahead. There will be a Halloween party at her daycare on Tuesday. I will be picking her up early on Tuesday to bring her home to change - she is going to be a cat for the actual Halloween night - for the Halloween party at the community centre in Merrickville, followed by some trick-or-treating at select homes! Then if you can believe it, it will be November. Erin is already begging me to start decorating for Christmas as soon as Halloween is over. Someone is a little anxious for Santa's arrival this year!!
Anyway, I will take some pics of Erin the cat and the black duck carving to post next time. Enjoy the party pics and have a great week!!
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