Monday, December 13, 2010

A New Experience

Every year, Art's sister graciously agrees to babysit our Girls for a Saturday in December so that we can go and do all our Christmas shopping.  In a day.  It's a fantastic was to go!  This year, she had a great idea of asking The Girls if they could have a sleepover at her place.....um, yah!!

So, Saturday morning we headed out to drop them off.  We of course, had to stop at Tim's for a very healthy breakfast.  When we drove up to pay, we found out that the car in front of us had paid for our food.  What a great way to start the day!

We dropped the Girls off at about 10 am, and didn't have to pick them up until the next day around dinner.  So, off we headed.  We did our Christmas shopping, meandered around, have fun conversations with complete strangers, went for a yummy dinner at the Keg, did some more shopping... It was pretty much a perfect day.  Well, my feet didn't think it was perfect, but that was minor!

Our oldest daughter will be 10 at the end of the month, and we had never been home without them for a night, or evening, or really any amount of time!  It was quite a bizarre feeling, really, but one that I totally appreciated!!  The funny thing is that as much as we all want a "break" every once in a while from our (wonderful) children, when we are apart from them, all we end up doing is talking about them!   

The next day, we slept in and lazed around for a bit, and them went for a drive down some backroads that we've never driven.  I love driving around the country, because you never know what you'll see!  Look at this beauty!
An old well pump, maybe?  Anyhow, I really wanted to take it home, but we all know that my conscience sensitive husband wouldn't let me steal it....how rude!  Just kidding...I wouldn't have taken it, probably!

After our leisurely drive, we headed back into the city to pick up our Girls, where they were exhausted and elated to have had such a great time with their beloved Auntie.  Thanks, Auntie Frieda...from everyone!  Hopefully, she's recovered!

1 comment:

lindakatee said...

Sounds like a great time you had...I well remember doing that when our "kids" were still in our house...and to see that pump...your mom wants one of those pumps...and I have one!!! Some day you will have to ask your Uncle Eddie about the story of the pump. Any bids on my pump? It is red in color.