End of May.....

Sparks Advancement Ceremony - honest, that's Erin in the background!!!!

Mmmmmmmmmmm................Cupcakes.............

Check out the hair on the girls!!!!!

Puppy Dog buddies!!!!!!

Too much sugar on a stick!!!!!!

So here we are. It's the last day of May and good grief I am awake at 1:00am! I have been puttering around getting ready for the first day of the Kemptville Farmer's Market and the first day Dee and I are selling our fused glass and stained glass (well, this is Dee's territory!!) jewellry and gift items. I think we are both very excited about it. I know I am looking most forward to the chance to have a nice diversion from the challenges of work, and I'm pretty sure Dee will say the same thing. Of course we both secretly hope that we will get rich from this, but we know that is only a secret hope, so we'll settle for the nice diversion!!!

The week was a fun one for Miss Erin - as usual!!! Wednesday marked the end of the Sparks season for Erin (except for the camping trip coming up in June!) as the entire group of Guides celebrated the annual Advancement Ceremony. Erin was thrilled to receive more badges, although she told me she was scared to go up on the steps to receive them from Sparky!!! She was all smiley though, so I'm not sure how scared she really was!! All in all, great kudos go out to the Sparks leaders for a really well run program.

Gord had a few days of trade shows this week, which meant long days and evenings for him. I haven't seen his foot so swollen in months - way too much standing. He seemed to survive, but he crashed pretty early tonight. I am pretty sure exhaustion has set in for him!!

Friday was supposed to be my day off, but as it turned out, I spent the afternoon at work. Such is life. Erin and I did have a doctor's appointment each in the morning and I just couldn't be more proud of Erin and how well she behaved with the doctor, and how well she handled getting her booster shot. Of course when I picked her up from daycare later on Friday afternoon she had a steady stream of complaints about how sore her 'needle' was, but she did handle herself well. She marvelled at the process of the nurse taking blood from my arm (just some routine bloodwork as part of a checkup!!) and she actually asked the nurse to adjust how she was doing the task so she could see it better!! Friday also meant we had to make cupcakes for the Village Social at Erin's school on Saturday. Erin picked out the rainbow flavour kind (yes..... I used a mix...... don't judge me..... I'm busy......!!!!) with the gooey rainbow chip icing. Not my cup of tea, but appealing to kids nonetheless!!!!

Saturday was just a plain whirlwind of a day. I woke up later than I'd hoped I would, but I still managed to get 2 loads of laundry done, the dishes put away, 2 dozen cupcakes iced and decorated, and get Erin up and ready for gymnastics. Oh, did I mention I did this in the time span of less than 45 minutes? I am the multi-tasker! I think I broke a few speeding records to get into town to meet Kacey and her mom for our usual breakfast. We enjoyed some good chat time while the girls giggled away before dropping off cupcakes to the school and heading into Smiths Falls for gymnastics. The girls enjoyed themselves as usual, then we were off to the Village Social. As you can see by the pictures, the girls had FUN!!!!! We spent a couple of hours there before heading our separate ways. Erin and I headed into my work for a little while so I could get a few things done. We hit a couple of quick stops in Brockville before heading home. I had a few pieces of fused glass jewellry to drop off to Richinda, so Erin and popped by for a few minutes. That of course turned into a few hours as Richinda and I chatted away and the girls played away, including having a 'tubby'!!! We didn't get home until close to 10:30pm - Erin crashed right away, and I fired my kiln again!!! Can you tell I'm obsessed with the glass fusing hobby?!!!!

So, it's Sunday and I actually have to be up in about 5 or 6 hours. I guess I should go to bed. I have managed to get almost everything ready for tomorrow. Erin is really upset she can't come with Dee and I for the day. I told her she can come with us most Sundays, but this one is just going to be too long a day. Gord is going to bring her by in the afternoon for a visit. She's quite the negotiator too. She has decided that she should pick out a few pieces that I have made and sell them herself and keep the money. We are so in trouble........