We all had dinner together this past weekend. Sharon was up from the big smoke, and Erin, G and the girls came by to have dinner at Nana & Grampie's house. As always, they were quite entertaining. Zoe had immediately decided that Nana's house was too "dark and spooky" to spend the night in. Jasmine, thus far, seems unfazed. I'm sure it has to do with the whole ET fiasco. Who knew one pretend alien could cause such problems. During dinner, Zoe began telling us about her walks with Nana and Jasmine down the path behind our house. She warned you have to be careful not to go on Vladamir's property - because he does not like that. She was very adament. At one point, the phone rang and Mom got up to answer it. She looked at who was calling and looked back at us wondering whether or not to answer it. I guess the uncertainty on her face spoke volumes to Zoe. She leaned forward and said "Oh no - is it Vladamir??". We all cracked up. Later on, she also threw out "Oh for God's sake" which almost made me spit up my drink.
After dinner, Zoe gathered up her things and headed home with her parents. Jasmine stayed behind and enjoyed being the full center of attention, as I'm sure Zoe also had with her parents! Jasmine was full of beans and had fun putting together some puzzles and sharing stories with Sharon and I. She gathered up some books and started heading up to bed with Sharon. As she went, I reminded her that we could put on a surprise breakfast for everyone! Sharon didn't know what that was, so we explained and then Sharon offered to help too. "No" was Jasmine's immediate response. She turned to me and said "only Fandra helps". That's how we roll. An hour later, I had settled the dogs and was heading up to bed. I peeked in on Sharon and Jasmine, but evidentally Jasmine had moved over to Nana's bed. I peeked in there and Jasmine was lying against a pillow looking at a book. As I walked in, she looked up, put down her book and said "ummmmmm - Fandra - me and Shawon and Nana are doing the 'prize begfast now". As she said this, she scrunched up her face and looked down. "What?" I said shocked. "So what - I'm kicked out of the suprise breakfast club - just like that? What happened to you and me dude?". She just scrunched her face and said "ummmm no - you can't". It was hilarious! Nana came in to put some more of her aloe cream on her lips. She said to Jasmine "here - I'm going to put some on your little face too" since Jazzie had a scratch. Jasmine fought back saying "No - No Nana. It's not foe my wittew face, it's foe my wips" as she spread some over her lips. She is such a character!! "You're in my bed" I told her "where amI supposed to sleep". She moved over and patted me to sleep next to her. "What about Nana?". So we decided that Nana and Sharon would sleep together in the other room, and me and Jazzie would sleep in this bed. I went to the bathroom and came back, and somehow Nana was next to Jasmine. So I went on the other side. Surpisingly still awake, Jazzie was telling stories and reading books. So I packed up my book and went in with Sharon. After 15 minutes, Jazzie came in and crawled next to me, then decided to jump into her little bed. I tucked her in and went back to the other room. Musical rooms as always!
The next morning, Zoe called to say she would like to come by for breakfast! Erin dropped her off and we ate some brekkie, then got dressed and headed outside to gather some moss for baby Jesus' crib. On our way out, Zoe had to point out the picture of her great great grandfather. "Do you know where he lives, Auntie Sandra? He is here. In my heart." She says this while holding her hand over her heart and looking so sad. She blows me away.
After gathering moss and decorating the creche, we did some adventure walking and then headed to HYC to put the cover on the boat. The girls played in the park and then played 'shadow catch' with Auntie Sharon.
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