We spent the last couple of days of 2007 having more fun! Jo, Chris, Aidan, and Cole came over for a mini-Christmas celebration on Sunday. We had some good drinks, good food, and the kids had fun sliding and watching Shrek the Third! I was having technical difficulties with the camera that day, so I'll post some pics of the day once I get them from Jo!!
New Year's Eve day was spent playing with Erin's Webkinz. She got one for Christmas from Santa - a pony who she immediately named Charlie - and she desperately wanted another one, so with her Christmas money, I took her out to pick one out. She picked another pony (same as the one Erika got from Santa!!!) who she named Blackie. They are quite the thing, complete with online adoption, their own rooms, ways to earn 'money' to buy things.... on the other hand, Erin is getting quite adept at using the computer now!!! I also went to work at taking down all of the Christmas decorations. I finished everything but the top 3rd of the tree - even with a chair it's a stretch for me to handle the top part of a 13 foot tree!!! We were invited to Richinda and Jamies' for dinner that night, so off we went. Great food, good wine, and lots of laughs were on tap for the evening! We left sometime around 9:15pm when Erin proclaimed that she was tired and wanted to go home. Of course she didn't actually get to bed until a little after 10:00pm!! Gord and I made it to midnight to bring in the new year. Erin decided to wake up early this morning, much to my displeasure (haha), but she did let me nod off on the couch along with turing a kids show on - yup, sometimes TV is a babysitter for me!!!
Today we were greeted with a snowstorm. We had made plans to have Emma and Erika over to slide. Of course we had to re-create the sliding hill!! The weather forcast was a bit off, saying up to 5cms of snow... we had that by 10:00am!!! They came over at 3:00pm and we managed to slide for about an hour, but my goodness the wind was nasty!!!
Although I am still on holidays until Monday, I unfortunately have to go into work tomorrow morning and Friday afternoon. Erin is going to spend these times with Emma and Erika, so she is in heaven about that!! On Thursday Richinda has to work, so we will have the girls over for the day. We are going to go into Brockville to see a movie - Alvin and the Chipmunks (everything has gone retro!!) - so that should be fun. We have nothing going on this coming weekend. That is wonderful!! I have to start getting Erin back in her normal routine as we head back to our regular schedules!!
As I reflect back on 2007, it was definitely a year of ups and downs. We had a great trip to Cuba back in February, a fun Easter egg hunt with lots of friends, and a great trip to Canada's Wonderland. We celebrated Erin turning 4 years old and saw our baby go off to school shortly after her birthday in September. Of course we had some downs over the year, with Gord's family losing both Jean and Lloyd in such a short period of time. There were also the trials and tribulations too complicated to get into here, but for all of the downs I truly believe we become stronger people. We had loads of play time with good friends and family all year, leading to the big event that just passed us by - Christmas! All in all, despite the challenges 2007 brought to our lives, it was filled with many special times and memories we will always cherish.
On this first day of 2008 I can only wonder what the year holds. Erin has started her countdown to the next holiday - Valentine's Day - and Gord and I are looking forward to our upcoming trip to Dominican, especially under all of this snow!!! We are also looking forward to our continuing basement renovations and making a nice playroom for Erin! When the warm weather arrives, we look forward to working outside to finish off the pool, and to of course get lots of use in it!! We are looking at options for a summer vacation with Jo and Chris and the kids, as well as a trip down to a waterpark in Jamaica with Richinda and Jamie and the kids! We also now have a nice option to use the villa North Bay Grampa recently purchased in Florida! We have plans to head down during Christmas holidays later this year and spend a few days at Disney World - this is a gift we told Erin we would give her when she turned 5. She turns 5 in 2008 - can you believe it?!!!
Happy New Year to you and yours. I hope the year holds wonderful memories for all of you.
Erin playing with her online Webkinz - check out the tongue!!!!
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