And what a kick off indeed! You've gotta like great weather for a long weekend!
A very long and hectic week is now behind, and it is Sunday morning on the Victoria Day weekend. The sun is coming up and it looks like it's going to be another dandy day! The weather channel is calling for rain, but I'm not buying it!! (at least I'm not hoping for it!)
Erin and Gord had a big adventure this past Friday. Both took the day off from their respective job / daycare day and headed into Ottawa. They had to take my truck in for a 30 day inspection in the morning, so that left the rest of the day to enjoy a bit of lunch, and some shopping. Erin is the proud new owner of a new pair of running shoes and a new pair of pink crocs! Lucky girl!!
I didn't get out that day without a bit of fun of my own! I left at noon, headed into Brockville (okay, maybe not as exciting as it would sound!!!), got a haircut, did a bit of shopping, then had a great lunch with my pal Dee. There is nothing like comfort food with a great friend!!
Saturday brought great fun for all of us. Erin helped Gord outside a bit while I cleaned (that, by the way is not the fun part I was talking about). All that done, I had a nice, hectic trip into Smiths Falls to pick up groceries. You can always tell when it's a long weekend and the weather is nice. It takes you 10 minutes to get out of a grocery store parking lot in a town of 9000 people!!!! Okay, now for the fun part! We met up with Richinda, Emma, and Erika and headed in to the Agricultural Museum (http://www.agriculture.technomuses.ca/) for the Sheep Shearing Festival! We had a ball! Erin was pretty scared the first time we took her there 2 years ago (hey, she was only 1.5 then!!), thinking that the sheep were getting hurt. This time she and Erika laughed and giggled and all of the girls went down to see the fleece that was shaved off the filthy sheep! They all even got a precious piece of that fleece to keep!! I never realized how greasy sheep fleece is - full of lanolin. I knew that, but had never felt it before. We visited the horse barn, the cows, but the best had to be the small animal barn, where we saw the day-old lambs! They were precious!! We even saw one of them being bottle fed. You couldn't touch those ones because they were trying to ensure bonding took place, but much to the girls' delight, they could pet the older lambs and some of the baby goats!! They were adorable too!! Of course, we all know what happens to baby goats...... they turn into Minnie the menace!!!
I had all of the girls for the trip home. What a fun trip! I tuned in the kids station on the satellite radio and they were singing songs on the way home. Gord had a nice quiet trip driving Richinda's van home!!! Everyone came back for a bbq and a big play. I can't believe Erin didn't crash immediately after they left. She pretty much forced herself to stay awake until just before 10:00!!!! Of course, it is almost 8:00am now, and she is showing no sign of waking up any time soon!!!!
Of course I forgot to bring the camera to the agricultural museum, so I'll try to get a few pics from Richinda. A great day was had by all!!
Today bodes to be much quieter. I think there are plans for Erin to go and pick wild flowers with Aunt Elaine, but that's about it. Tomorrow we are heading over to Eleanors for dinner to celebrate Andreas turning 13. I can hardly believe he is 13 now. I still remember holding him at a day old....
Have a great rest of the long weekend all, and I'll check back in soon!!
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