Sleepy little girl....

I am having a quiet afternoon by myself today. Miss Erin is sawing logs on the couch after our big day! I'll back up and run through the week....

Remember, the daycare is closed for holidays for two weeks, so Monday brought Emily out to look after Erin for the week! Erin was bouncing off the walls, she was so excited. I think Emily must have really tired her out though, because Erin was darn cranky when I got home Monday afternoon, and fell asleep on the way home from dropping Emily off!!! She did not wake up until the next morning! Yeah for Emily!!! She was a bit better on Tuesday, but still fell asleep again. She did wake up after sleeping for a couple of hours and was, yes you guessed it.... cranky!!! My, my the girl has her moments!!!! Emily had to play soccer on Wednesday, so I came home early. Erin and I took advantage of the wonderful weather we were having (all week!!) and played in the pool for a little over an hour. Thursday came and my angel was wonderful!! We had a nice quiet Friday at home this week. It was stinking hot outside, so we did some crafts, watched a little Dora the Explorer, then went for a swim a little later in the day. Gord and a few of his siblings have been spending a lot of time with their mother since Thursday. She is not well, but he says she is not in any pain.

So Saturday has rolled on into the picture and Erin and I decided to take a little adventure to Valleyview Little Animal Farm in Ottawa. Of course we picked a rainy day to go! It really wasn't too bad. It was raining pretty hard when we got there, but we just ducked into the little animal barn where Erin was wildly entertained by feeding the couple dozen goats. Yes, this is where the love affair with goats began for Erin. By the time the feeding frenzy was over, the rain stopped and we walked around until Erin declared she had to go pee! We took care of that business, then decided to have a little snack before the puppet show began. We were the only people in the audience for the puppet show. Erin was delighted by the 10 minute show about working on the farm!! Next we went on the tractor / train ride around the field, then went to feed the sheep. The grocery store was our only other stop where Erin was super-social girl today!! She was hooting and hollering and laughing away while we shopped! The expressions on some peoples' faces are priceless! I always find it sad when people can't muster a smile for a little girl who is singing and laughing away. It must be tough living like that......

And here I am now. We don't have any other plans for the weekend other than maybe a walk and some swimming in the pool. I really love having nothing to do on the weekends occassionally!