Wednesday, March 30, 2011

amazing what time away can do...

we went to Ottawa for March Break. 'we' being CO, myself and my 12 year old niece. We stayed with my aunt and uncle for part of the time and then my in-laws for the rest. I totally needed the time away. We did the sugar bush, museum, play group (the one CO used to attend), had play-dates with cousins, and just visited. CO got his much needed time with his grandparents. His bond with them is strong and he feels a need to spend time with them every few months. He also got to spend some good time with his aunt. The last two visits she has been busy with school (she is studying to be a nurse) but this time she finished up her exams while we were there and then she 'loved' on him like crazy. Which CO totally loved!
This time we drove down. I rented a car since I drive a crazy gas guzzler. CO is a great traveller. I admit I was nervous about being stuck with him in a car with him that long (I know frequent stops helps but when I am driving somewhere I just want to hurry up and get there). My niece helped on the drive down and I did it solo on the way home. (my brother took custody back of her on the weekend so she would not miss any school). On the way down we stopped twice (once to buy a cord so I could use my ipod...seems that new cars don't get made with tape decks so I couldn't use the tape/ipod cord that I have for my truck) and the second was for lunch.
He napped both directions so that was nice. He is really good at just watching things out the window (and talking non-stop about what he sees) and playing with his cars. His fav these days is a milk tanker. I bought it for the trip down (I've been buying one new small toy when we do trips like this in hopes that they keep him occupied for a chunk of time. Last trip it was a snowplow dinky car.)
Upon returning I am inspired to tackle my house! And I am happy that we've used the kitchen table all week for eating (it is usually the collect all of 'stuff') and the diningroom table has been used for doing 'school' and crafts.
Monday after swimming lessons, I returned to my father taking one of the bathroom cupboards out of the bathroom and put it in my bedroom. I am NOT looking forward to having bathroom 'stuff' in other rooms of the house while the bathroom gets rennovated but I AM looking forward to my new bathroom. The demolition is waiting for the snow to be gone and the weather to be a little warmer (since the house will be exposed to the elements once the demo begins). 

well I need to roll some pizza dough and get the pizza into the oven...

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