Our August Long Weekend

My favourite pic of the weekend!

Friday morning I headed off to Super-Lite to finalize our light fixtures for the house.  Kyle stayed home with both girls so I could have a break.  I stopped and bought a coffee and enjoyed picking out lights. It was a relaxing morning.  On the way home I stopped in at McNally on Grant to do some shopping.  I love that store, so much to look at. 

Our pendent for the kitchen island (there will be 2 of these)

Our sparkly light for the powder room

Friday afternoon the girls and I played outside with the sprinkler.  Claire watered our flowers and Abby and I hung out in the shade on a blanket.  Kyle went to play golf with a client for work. (Rough life eh?) That was our fun Friday. 

Claire watering our flowers

Saturday morning we packed up the car early and headed out to Kyle's grandparents farm in Fraserwood.  It is about an hour north of the city on highway 8.  The land has been in his grandparents family since 1936.  The original house is still on the property that his grandpa grew up in as a child with all of his siblings and parents.  Kyle's brother Scott and wife Susie were out there with their two kids Evan and Emily.  They just put in an above ground pool as of this spring so we were excited to go for a swim.  It was cloudy when we were driving out so we were worried it would rain but luckily the sun came out and it turned out to be a hot day.  It felt so great to go for swim.  Abby was able to go for her first swim, she loved it.  After both girls woke up from their naps we all went for a dip.  It was great to go out to the farm and visit with Kyle's family and of course go for a swim too.  We drove home after dinner so we would have enough time to put both girls to bed.  We would have stayed the night but because Abby is still leaning to sleep on her own we wanted to stay consistent with bedtime. 

Abby's first swim

Dad and both girls

The whole family in the pool

Sunday morning we decided to take both girls strawberry picking out in LaSalle.  Claire woke up not feeling well, she had caught the cold Abby had. She had a runny nose and was a little grouchy.  We decided to go strawberry picking anyways.  Both girls had fun, Claire loved picking the strawberries and putting them in the basket.  After we stopped at Crampton's farmers market on Waverly and Kenaston to grad some lunch.  Man their cookies are delicious! I wish I had bought some more.  Claire woke up from her nap feeling worse, she had a fever and wasn't breathing very well.  We gave her some Tylenol and tried to get her to eat some dinner but weren't successful.  I just didn't like the way her breathing sounded and her temp got up to 103.  I told Kyle we should take her to the hospital just to make sure things were okay.  We got both girls in the car, Kyle dropped me off at Emergency with Claire and he drove around with Abby waiting for us.  It took about 2 hours total.  The doctor said she had croup, strider breathing.  He gave her steroids and said to watch her breathing.  We brought her home and over night it got worse and Kyle drove her back to the hospital at 3 am.  They gave her a mask to wear to help with her breathing.  Kyle had given her Tylenol before he left home so that helped bring down her temperature.  What a night! Our poor Claire, it's terrible listening to her laboured breathing, I felt so helpless.  I was so glad Kyle took her to the hospital and they gave her the mask.  She seem to sleep a little better once she got home. 

Claire at the Strawberry Patch

Claire and her basket

Abby loved the hay and leaves

Family time at the Strawberry Patch

Monday we spent the day taking care of Claire and making her comfortable.  She watched a lot of Caillou. She had no appetite, though we were able to get her to drink some fluids through out the day.  Her temperature went up in the morning again so we gave her some more Tylenol.  While both girls were napping in the afternoon Kyle and I went out to the front yard and did some gardening.  We had to pull lots of weeds out of the rocks along the side of the house and beside the driveway.  After we went through the kitchen cupboards and got rid of things we didn't use anymore, like glasses, cutlery and other things.  It was great to get rid of stuff before we have to move into our new house. It was a productive day.  Claire started feeling much better half way through the night when Kyle went to check on her around 1 am.  Her breathing was so much better and her temperature was normal again.  I was so relieved that she had gotten over the worst of it. 

Stuff we cleaned out of the kitchen

Claire watching her Caillou

We had a wonderful weekend hanging out as a family.  I wish both girls weren't sick but I guess that's just the way things go sometimes when you have two little ones.  Next weekend should be better because they should both be over their colds and we can plan some fun stuff to do as a family.