Where did the summer go???

We ended the summer with a bang! This will be our last week long trip to CB but it was a good one. Last night we held a surprise 40th anniversary party for my folks. What a blast! They were completely surprised. My SIL said, "If they weren't buckled in, they would fell out of their seats." Earlier in the month, Andrea (SIL) called saying my brother Mike had this idea to have a party for mom & dad. She wondered if we could pull it off...why not? So we did.

The plan was to take our parents out for dinner then tell them we were going back to Mike's for a little get together...when really we took them up to the fire hall for a big reception. We had lots of nice surprises for them...like rose corsages, Dad's sister Brenda and her daughter (mom & dad's goddaughter) came from NB, blown up wedding pictures (one on the cake, one in a frame), a beautiful banner...it goes on and on. We had a great time, and even more fun sneaking around for the event. I told my folks that on Sat night we were staying over M&A's with the kids for a pizza party/sleepover. We made 20 loaves worth of sandwiches, 2 cheese trays and 3 meat trays. It was a busy couple of days but so completely worth it. Mom & Dad had a great time and received some wonderful gifts.

The rest of the stay was pretty uneventful. The weather was terrible so no beach days. E did go for one overnighter with my MIL to Ingonish...which was nerve racking!! I was afraid she would miss me or something would go wrong and I'd be too far away to do anything about it. In the end, she didn't want to leave. Oh, L started crawling...that's big news. She's babbling more everyday. She's eating more too. I thought I'd try giving her some of my peas & carrots from supper and she ate them!!! Gosh, she's growing so fast.

Well, that's about all my news...good thing cause I'm beat! Got to take E to daycare tomorrow and L & I have a chiro appt. Oh, BTW, DH worked on the towers for 1 wk and got called back to the Shipyards. He's on night shift which he likes (4-midnight). It'll be tricky when I get back to work but we'll figure it out. Anyway, gotta go. Nighty night!
~B