Yesterday was SUCH a beautiful day. The temperature rose to 17c which is something like 14 degrees above average!! The breeze was warm and it was just too good a day to spend indoors! Abigail had her art class in the morning, and homeschool gymnastics in the afternoon, so while she was occupied, Sam and I made the most of the lovely day and headed to the local park and lake.
We spent a quite a while at the playground. I expected it to be busy - with parents and their little ones making the most of the good weather and lack of snow - but it was EMPTY!! The park itself was surprisingly quiet too. Another Mom and her two children eventually arrived, and even she commented on the fact that there was no one there.
Before we know it, the parks will be unusable for months of winter, yet here we are on a gorgeous November day and no one was there to make the most of it!
Sam and I walked around the lake and he had great fun balancing on anything there was to climb on, and sitting on the rocks and benches to watch the few geese that have yet to leave for warmer climes...
We had fun jumping and stomping in all the fallen leaves that had gathered at the edges of the steps. Sam would run through them, kicking as he went...and then he crunched them all with his feet yelling "Let the wild rumpus start"...
We watched the workmen up in their little crane putting the Christmas lights in the trees ready for next weeks 'Celebration of Lights'...
Sam made me laugh when he asked me to take a picture of him 'dead'....and he lay down on the ground pretending to be dead while I snapped this last picture of him:
I think we've had a little too much 'Halloween' at our house lol!!! ;)
It was a gorgeous day anyway and I'm so glad we made the most of what could be the last really warm day of the year....we came home and I went for a walk by myself with my camera (the above pics are all on my iphone) and we tidied up some of the yard outside ready for the big bin that arrives on Saturday.
Last night was date night and it was still 15c after dark when we went out - and 12c when we got home!!! We went out for an Indian meal at our favourite restaurant - so nice to walk in and wave and find our own table - and have them come and say hi and make jokes and rattle off our usual order because we go there so often they know us..... :) AND they had my two favourite desserts!! :) I was happy!!
After dinner we had a couple of errands to run and then we ended up sat in Starbucks chatting over our drinks for ages before we headed home. It was a lovely evening of talking...oh and I met a lady from Bathgate in Scotland!!! She has only been here 18 months and is quite homesick....we chatted for a long while with her and reminisced about Bathgate and Edinburgh, Livingston etc etc....so nice to meet someone from there :) Her Brother and Sister in Law have been here the same length of time as us and love it here so she is hoping to settle down and love it too....
Thursday was a great day - I felt 100% better compared to the day before and it was so good to get out and get some fresh air and burn off some energy!! So glad I felt better as I was really looking forward to meeting my friend Val the next day.....we had plans to meet Friday so that I could hear all about her very exciting trip.....
