Our September Long Weekend

What a weekend! It was productive, yet relaxing.  We spent the weekend getting things ready in the house for our move and spent some quality time with the girls.  

Kyle had the day off on Friday.  We were going to go to the park in the morning but it was raining so we headed over to Chapters instead.  Claire enjoyed playing in the kids section and I of course bought myself a tasty Cinnamon Dolce Latte from Starbucks.  The girls and I had lunch together at home while Kyle went to meet some friends for lunch.  He decided to go check out the house and speak with the site foreman to see how things were progressing.  We may be looking at a later possession date than November.  Only because the electrical hasn't been approved by the city yet and then after that drywall will go up but will take 2 weeks.  Once drywall is complete we are looking at another 2 months before it's move in ready.  I just hope everything is complete before Christmas.  We don't want to be moving with two kids at Christmas time.  Yikes!! 

Claire helping make a fire!

Friday evening after dinner the rain had stopped so we took both girls outside and made a bonfire.  We bought some ingredients to make smores.  Claire was a sticky mess after but it was worth seeing her have so much fun eat the gooey marshmallow and chocolate.  It was a cool night but at least there were no mosquitoes.  After the girls went to bed for the night Kyle and I headed back outside to enjoy the fire some more.  It was a fantastic way to begin our long weekend! 

Roasting the marshmallows

Oh boy the chocolate is out!

Claire took her time eating, savouring each bite

Saturday, was a gorgeous day!  We made plans to head to my sister's place in the morning for a swim but it was sunny outside but still too cool so we made plans to head there after the girls nap in the afternoon.  In the morning Kyle took Makena and Claire to the park in the morning.  Makena was so hot she decided to lay in the sandbox.  She's silly sometimes.  After the girls went for their nap I headed out to the gym while Kyle stayed home to watch the girls.  My cousin Greg came around 2 to paint our basement.  The mudding and tapping had been done as of Wednesday.  He took only a couple hours to paint the whole basement.  I picked out a colour and he even went and picked it up from Dulux.  The colour I picked was called Snowfield, a grey with a blue undertone.  He will come back once the ceiling and carpet is complete to do a final coat.  

I love the colour in the basement!

Makena cooling down from a walk to the park

When the girls woke up we packed up and headed off to my sister's condo for a swim.  I had baked mini lemon cheesecakes with fresh berries for dessert.  I also whipped up a small batch of No Bake Energy Balls.  I had to sneak one before packing them up!  It was so refreshing to go for a swim.  I couldn't believe it was our first chance going for a swim at their condo this summer, there was either something that came up that we couldn't go or the weather didn't cooperate.  Claire and Abby both loved the water.  I was so happy Abby was able to go for a swim before we had to put her down for a little nap at 5:30.  Erica and Derrick prepared a delicious dinner for us,  marinated chicken and vegetable skewers with rice.  So tasty!  It was a lot of fun visiting with them.  

Claire playing out on the patio at the condo

Me and my Abby swimming

Claire playing in the water with her Auntie Erica

We drove home to get the girls ready for bed.  Once the girls were in bed I headed out to Joey's to meet Janeen and Crystal for coffee and dessert.  I ate sweet potato fries instead of dessert but they both enjoyed something sweet.  We chatted up a storm and had a great time catching up since we last saw each other at Crystal's wedding back on the 15th.  We reminisced about University, Grand Forks trips, and camping, oh we had lots of fun together. We also talked about babies and the fun of being a mom. Crystal is expecting this February with her first.  

The girls about to chow down

These were so yummy!

Sunday, it rained all day so we spent the whole day inside.  It gave us a chance to pack and get things finished around the house.  I finished saving the documents on our desktop computer onto our iCloud.  We took out the old computer desk from upstairs and brought up the Ikea desk and chair.  We got rid of the desktop computer.  The space feels more bright and open.  I love it!  I wish we would have done it sooner.  Kyle watched the Bomber game in the afternoon.  Unfortunately, they didn't win so that was disappointing.  Apparently they haven't won against Saskatchewan in 10 years for the Labour Day Classic.  Maybe next year!  Kyle and I rented a movie in the evening on the iPad.  Wolf of Wall Street, (I know, I know that is such a old movie now, but we haven't had time until now to watch an adult movie) As of today we still haven't finished watching it.  It's really long and so far I'm not that impressed.  Leo is a great actor in it but it's missing a storyline.  

I don't know why we didn't do this sooner!

Monday, Kyle and I spent most of the day cleaning the house from top to bottom.  He vacuumed while I cleaned the bathrooms.  I packed up somethings in the office our books and dvd's.  I also purged some more stuff for charity and packed up the girls toys and stuffed animals.  I left them some toys to play with but got rid of a lot.  Kyle took a car load of stuff to his grandma's to store in her basement.  Tyler and his girlfriend Jenn came over to visit and stay for dinner.  We ordered pizza from Santa Lucia.  So delicious!  Claire sure warmed up to Jenn fast even though it was her first time meeting her.  She played in her kitchen with her, baking cupcakes and icing them, it was so cute!  In the evening we went outside to have another bonfire.  We each had a gooey smore and enjoyed the last few hours of the long weekend.  

Some packing done, plenty more to do!