It's June already....

So two more weeks have flown by and here we are well into June. Here's a recap of the past couple of weeks:

Saturday May 26th - we spent a fantastic day at the Village Social at Merrickville Public School. I took Erin and our neighbour's little gal Erika to the big shin-dig. The Village Social is a fundraising event for the school, and it was our first. Erin is going there in the fall, so I thought I would get right into the swing of the event to see what I will be volunteering for next year!! Erin, Erika and I all went to have a snack at the coffee house in Merrickville before walking over to the school. The two of them had a blast! There were games and events for the kids to enjoy, not to mention sno-cones and cotton candy! Both Erika and Erin had a sno-cone, two - yes two - gigantic sticks of cotton candy, and hot dogs. I can't believe that I was happy Erin ate a hot dog - at least she got 'some' form of protein!!! I was actually quite surprised that Erin did not absolutely drop from exhaustion after spending almost five hours running around on a sugar high! She pushed it to about 9:00pm before falling asleep. I was begging her to go to bed because I was exhausted trying to keep up with them!!!!

The next day was quite a bit tamer, with us just having a quiet day at home. It was actually quite a nice day for the Village Social, but Sunday was cool and rainy. The week was a regular week for all of us, with the exception of myself spending the first day of June at an Unfair labour practice mediation hearing. I continue to have great opportunities to advance learning more new skills and gaining experiences in my new job - although, I guess it's not new anymore as I head toward my 1st anniversary with the company!

Gord and I spent June 2nd at an anniversary party for my boss. He and his wife were celebrating 25 years together. It was a nice evening and it looked like they had a great time. We had Emily come out to babysit Erin, but she had one of the easiest evenings yet, as Erin was sleeping at 6:30pm!!

June 3rd sent Gord and his brother Andrew for a skeet shoot competition in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. Erin and I were invited to Aunt Eleanor's birthday party that same afternoon, and that evening was another early one for Erin falling asleep - me too!!!

This past week marked my first week working four days. Today is of course my first Friday off and it was simply wonderful! Erin and I slept in to 6:30am (hey, I'm usually at work by that time, so I'm not complaining!!) We had a nice breakfast together then went into town for storytime at the library, which was excellent! I can't wait to go back again next Friday! Erin and decided to next go and have some ice cream, so we were off to Dairy Queen for small sundaes! We ran into Aunt Eleanor there, which was also very exciting for Erin - she is quite a little social butterfly, isn't she?!!!! We then went to spend the afternoon with Erika and her mum Richinda. All in all a terrific day. Erin is sleeping already (check out the pic taken just moments ago!!!). A very early night generally means a great day for Miss Erin!

I'm not sure why we do it to ourselves, but weekends in summer just seem to be full all of the time. This weekend is no exception. Tomorrow we are off to Aunt Dee's parent's 40th wedding anniversary, and Sunday we are planning on going to a fair in Kemptville with Erika, her sister Emma, and mum Richinda.

Those who know me, know I wouldn't have the busy times any other way!!!!

By the way, I thought I would mention that Jean (Gord's mother) is not doing very well. The cancer has been aggressively spreading. Cancer is really a cruel joke on humanity, isn't it....