Whew! What a week! I am exhausted....
Last I checked in, Erin and I were heading in to the Children's Christmas party that my work puts on. I forgot my camera (of course), but we had fun. Erin did some crafts, had a hot dog, and we sang along with the band who sang some great Christmas tunes. Of course Santa made an appearance and even had a present for each of the boys and girls! Erin was thrilled to receive a personal talking book from Cranium. It's pretty neat. There are 'whiteboard' pages and markers and there must be an internal memory, as you can record a story for each page you colour! You can only record about 15 seconds worth of content, but Erin had a ball once she figured out how to record and replay (this took her about 10 seconds to figure out!) She played with it all the way into Ottawa, which was our next stop of the day.
We had a fabulous dinner with Jo, Chris and the boys. Aidan and Cole loved their presents, and well, Erin loved hers! The boys gave her a barbie Princess Jasmine and her horse, as well as a Hannah Montana DVD! All 3 of the kids sat down to watch the movie for a while and the adults even had a chance to visit! I had some left over ornaments that I brought for the kids to decorate and they made some beautiful ornaments that any tree will be lucky to adorn!!
Sunday we stopped over to give Aunt Elaine a birthday gift and have a visit while she was staying at Aunt Eleanor's. Afterward, we made a birthday cake for Daddy! Of course Erin picks out the sweetest cake and icing she can possibly find! She had fun decorating it though! We made a nice dinner and sang Happy Birthday to Daddy as he turned 40!
Then the work and school week started once again. Erin was beyond excited for Monday evening, because it was the dress up party for the Sparks, Brownies, Guides, and Pathfinders. She was floating on air and asking me every 5 minutes if it was time to go. I think I looked as forward to bringing her so I didn't have to tell her how many more minutes we had to wait!! The party was hopping when we arrived. I dropped her off and headed into Kemptville to pick up a few things. When I got back to pick her up, the girls were heading off to have some snacks, so a few of the other mums who were there sat and chatted for a bit. Those were some mighty happy girls who came bouncing in after eating yummy snacks! I think it was a great success for all who were there judging by the smiles on the faces!
Tuesday brought news that Gord's car was on it's last legs. We found out how much it was going to cost to fix it, so we decided it was time to get him a more reliable vehicle. That old Honda owes us nothing - you can't beat a 10-year old car with 450, 000 kms on it! It still runs, but only on 3 cylinders! Tuesday evening Erin decorated 2 dozen gingerbread cookies while I buttered 2 dozen buns for the Christmas lunch at her school the next day. I really wished I could have volunteered this year, but it wasn't in the stars. Hopefully next year.
I decided to work from home on Wednesday because I was going to be on a conference call for a good portion of the day - almost 4 hours - what a marathon!! Gord spent the day searching for the best deal on a new car. By the end of the day, Gord announced we were the owners of a new 2009 Honda Civic, that he was picking up Thursday. After school, Erin decorated more gingerbread cookies and I made some candy cane bark as we were heading in to see her Christmas concert with the daycare. They also have a yummy potluck buffet, so dinner was all set for us that evening. Check out the video below! The kids were awesome! The food was good and Erin and her buddies had a great play. Unfortunately for me though, when we got home is when I started to get really sick. I seem to have picked up a stomach flu and let me tell you, it was pretty awful!
Thursday I managed to drag myself in to work as I had a pile of meetings. I got Erin into daycare really early and started my day of meetings. I have decided it is just plain gross to be sick (to your stomach) at work. The nurse gave me some stuff that helped, but it made me pretty drowsy. I can't believe I made it to 4:00pm! That was it for me though! By the time I picked up Erin and made it back home, Gord was home with the new car. Very nice! He had snow tires put on it as well, so it is all set for the winter. We took Erin into Sparks in the new car too! She was excited again because she got to go to Sparks in her pajamas! They had another great night of fun and made some beautiful decorations for the tree! I think she will miss Sparks during the holidays!
Friday was a big day of singing and her class party at school. I was going to do some shopping that day while she was in school. My dad just got back from Florida (welcome to the snow!!) and much to his dismay, he couldn't find anything he wanted to get for Erin! So I picked stuff up for him! I was good with that, because there is no one I love shopping for more in the world than Erin!! (Especially with someone else's money!!!!!) As the afternoon passed, we got hit with yet another snowstorm. It wasn't really snowing all that much but it was really windy and the roads were pretty crappy. I picked Erin up from school and came straight home. Gord had a long drive home too, but was home safely as well. Unfortunately, Erin seems to have caught my stomach flu as she got really sick during the night. She has a fever and we are just laying low around the house today. She is of course VERY upset with me because she is not going into the parade today. She is just too sick. I told her that she should rest so she can be ready for Santa. Poor little thing is pretty rough, but she's keeping a brave face on.
So that's the week that passed us by and the weekend is expected to be pretty quiet as a result of illnesses. Sunday is our wedding anniversary, and it will be pretty low key. Monday and Tuesday we will be at work and Erin at daycare. She'll enjoy playing with her friends as they get more and more excited for Christmas! Hopefully she will be feeling better by Monday.
Enjoy the pics.
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