Over the weekend, my sweet friend Marci sent me an impromptu invite to join her for a few days in Saskatoon. She (being in Regina) was flying solo with her boys for the week and decided to go stay with her parents and thought I just might like a little getaway from Eston and my four walls just as much. She was right and a little trip sounded just perfect to break up the "winter is lasting forever and I don't remember how to leave the house" blues. So on Monday, Avery and I hopped in the van and joined her and the boys and the Conrad family.
Avery was delighted to have a houseful of new (to her) toys to play with as 'Grandpa and Grandma' Conrad have six grandkids and their house is perfectly set up for children and all their wants or needs. She declared a wooden play kitchen stocked full with dishes and food "mine" and that made me SO sure she will love having her own play kitchen someday. It was also such a treat for her to have new playmates for a few days - Ethan and Eli and their three Saskatoon cousins are so much fun. She played her typical shy role at first, but by the second day she'd inducted herself as another grandkid.
It was a super treat for me to have a break from cooking and cleaning - and to be well fed with tasty home cooked meals, lovely teas, muffins and snacks. Consider me inspired to get my making-meals-act together again (we've been in a bit of a slump around my house). The best part was spending time with Marci and her parents. What a wonderful family! Even though we didn't leave the house much (thanks to a blizzard on Tuesday and kids that would have to be dragged out into it), it was still so nice to have a change of environment and sweet company!
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