Happy Mother's Day to all the great mums I know out there!!I appear to be off to a decent start with keeping up the blog this month! Two in the same month seems pretty fair to me!! And it's early yet!!
Our week went by quickly as per normal. The sun has merely been teasing us, but has not really warmed us up too much yet. We are getting anxious though, as the pool is open and the propane tanks are full, so I think we are all itching to get outside. Of course we need some warmer weather for the pool otherwise we will go bankrupt pumping the heater full of propane!! We have had our fair share of rain over the past few days. The grass is ridiculously long but isn't dry enough to mow yet!
Erin and Gord have cordoned off a spot for a little garden this year. Erin is right into planting things right now. As you can see by one of the pictures, I received a total of 3 wonderful little pots for Mother's Day, filled with the hopes of flowers to come! We thought it would be a great year to do a garden again and Erin's a great age to take care of one. Corn is at the top of her list, and she is even going to let me plant a couple of tomato plants! It should be fun. There is nothing better than home grown veggies! Of course we need to include a high fence around it otherwise it will be a welcome feast for Minnie! Yes, in case you are wondering, Minnie is still around and is a very large goat now. Erin still loves her immensely though, and for that, Minnie is lucky!!
Let's see, what went on this week in the life of Erin..... I don't think I have ever seen her as dirty as I have on Wednesday of this week. Honestly, I had to clean the mud out of the velcro of her new sneakers with an old toothbrush! Yes, you read that correctly! It literally took me half an hour to clean her shoes! I don't even know where to begin with describing the state of her jeans that day! Many of us parents had some serious cleaning to do after daycare that day!!!
Thursday brought Sparks for Erin. The year of Sparks is almost over and I'm certain Erin will be very sad when it is. The year will be topped with the 2-night camping trip which Erin has already started counting down for! I know she'll anxiously be waiting for it to start up again this fall!
Friday I picked up Erin from school and we went for ice cream. We were joined by our neighbours' Bonnie and Amy which was very nice! Next I promised to take Erin to the shop that sold Webkinz toys so she could buy a carrier that she has been coveting for weeks now! Of course just our luck, it was closed. We decided to visit a couple of the shops in town and Erin had to have this stuffed horse. She has been doing really well with saving her money from her allowance and was pleased as punch to buy it all by herself! She even had enough money left over to buy the Webkinz carrier she wanted. Read: Happy girl!!
Saturday was gymnastic day and we started off with breakfast with Kacey and her mom. We have decided to ritualize the breakfast thing, and it's really fun and yummy to boot! The girls had a great time! Kacey's dad took some pictures, so when I get them I'll upload some to the blog! It's a great way for Erin to burn off some energy!
When we came home, Erin and Gord headed into Ottawa to do some secret shopping for Mother's Day. This meant I had a wonderful afternoon all to myself!!!! Yeah!!! I did a bit of cleaning up first, follow by cutting some glass and firing my kiln. I have had an absolute ball with the kiln! Dee and I will be selling our fused glass items at the Kemptville Farmer's Market starting at the end of May! If I get a chance I'll post some pics of my stuff! We are both pretty excited about that! Yesterday I made the base for a glass clock, and cut some glass to make daisy pendants that I fired this morning. They look like they turned out really well. I can hardly wait for the kiln to cool down so I can take them out!
Erin busily started working on her special present for me (see the jewellry box in the pics!!!), then we got ready to head out to the Mother's Day spaghetti dinner in town with the neighbours. This was a fund-raiser for the Girl Guides and Pathfinders and it was really well done. After dinner, we had Richinda, Jamie and Erika come by for a drink. The girls had a wonderful play and once Emma joined us, the fashion show began! You can see how glamourous the girls are in the pics!!! They were a riot!!
I could barely keep my eyes open after they went home and it wasn't long before we all crashed. Erin woke me up this morning so she could give me her gift! She also got me some pretty cedar planters complete with pots and impatiens! We all went out for a yummy breakfast at the Goose to follow! It has been the perfect Mother's Day!
Erin and I are going to head off to get groceries in a few minutes and we'll top off the day with a nice steak bbq. Too bad it's only 5 degrees outside today! I need some heat!!!!!
Well, the week ahead should be pretty routine, but as we all know, fun stuff can pop up at any time in the life of Erin! I'll check in again soon!!
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