I've been looking forward to today for so long. WHY? Because the weather-people said it was going to be SUNNY and 19 degrees. 19 DEGREES!! That hasn't happened to us for half a year!! I dropped everything today-housework, grocery shopping, you know....all the stuff I do...(oh yeah that's all I do). Got my kids ready, got some lunch from Subway (no, I didn't even take time to pack a lunch) and drove to the park. We were going to spend HOURS there!! Well, I got out at the park, it was still cloudy and cold. I thought, it'll burn off in a half hour or so. Well...we froze. It was bearable and I thought, we're staying out here no matter what. We are going to wait until it gets warm. So we went to jump in puddles. And you guessed it, Jesse fell in. Needless to say, we went home. For the rest of the day I wandered around cloudy-eyed not knowing what to do with myself. I wasn't about to do the housework I had so courageously put aside for the sake of my children! I did get these cute photos of Breanna and Jesse playing with their fruit rollups. Breanna named her fruit rollup "MR PANTS" and referred to it by that name ("I'm going to eat Mr. Pants now) until "he" was gone. Jesse's somehow morphed into a mask, which he wore.
But I would be amiss if I didn't mention the beautiful end to my evening! I don't know if I've mentioned how much I love the 12 & 13 year old girls I work with at church. Well, I love them. Tonight we went to the Beverly Care Centre and I organized a talent show for the old folks who live there. It went SO good. My girls are amazingly talented, like one of them does Scottish dancing and sings she's brilliant at it, one of them plays the guitar and sings and writes her own songs and another one dances ballet and jazz and she is unbelievable, like she'll go on SYTYCD someday I'm sure of it. Plus they're all just so charmingly adorable. Needless to say the old people loved it and my girls had so much fun! I still have the best feeling right now knowing we touched their lives. Not only that but afterwards I sat down and talked to one of the men in the audience, who didn't seem that old, and we hit it off brilliantly and had the most wonderful conversation I've had in a long time. I'm so happy! That's what life is all about!
Those girls will remember that activity for a long time, good job Sarah!
ReplyDeleteThat IS what life is all about! You should have come to High River - it was super warm here. Lucky kids that their mom would drop everything and play.
ReplyDeleteThe lake is fabulous. I can't wait until it is warmer out and then I plan on living there between 10 & 5!
ReplyDeleteDId Jesse fall in the lake or just a puddle? I remember going sledding when I was 6? after a wonderful spring blizzard and when the sled ran out onto the ice it was so thin it went into the water instead. BRRR!
Friday is supposed to be a cool one. Want to ditch housework again and watch Princess & the Frog with us in the afternoon?
That's where we should of gone on Monday instead! You won't believe the mud chunks still sitting by our back door!
ReplyDeleteHa ha! No doubt. I will always remember our little walk though, and it's nice to know I have someone who's up for adventure just down the road! :)
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