Weekends Come and Weekends Go

Weekends here are like weekends everywhere else, they tend to get eaten up very fast. Last weekend was a little different. After the Friday and Saturday two weeks ago when we just seemed to go out every night and visit with friends then stay up too late, this last weekend we were more reasonable. I think it made both Jane and I happier and more tolerant with Isabelle and Maggie. Plus, we got up relatively early and got things done. Friday night was the Fall Fair at Isabelle's school. It was fun. I worked the "Pin the hat on the turkey" booth and Jane did face painting. We were so busy we didn't even manage to get any pictures. Isabelle dressed up in her elephant suit an played with her friends. She even got her hair painted blue. (You should have seen the bath water that night!) Saturday we got up early, had a little breakfast, and headed for the YMCA. Jane did Yoga, I did a cycling class, and Isabelle had some time in the care center (cartoons, colouring, drawing, & books). Afterwards Isabelle and I had a swim and did some shopping while Jane hit a local book sale. By lunch it felt like we had done more in five hours than we do in some weekends. Sunday we went to Sky Top Orchard (check out the pictures on their website). It wasn't like the apple orchards in the Valley back home, but the view was incredible. The road to get there was pretty intense too. We picked a few apples, had a snack of apple cider donuts, and bought our pumpkins for Halloween. On the way back we went to the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair. It was the biggest bunch of knitters, spinners, dyers, and general animal fiber lovers I've ever seen. Jane had a great time and kept raving about how her mother would love it. I enjoyed looking around but I can only get so much out of wool and yarn. Isabelle was enthralled. She didn't want to leave the spinners. She would just stand there and watch. I don't think I've ever seen her so into something as much as this. In the end she was given a small spindle (used to spin thread) and some yarn by two of the vendors. Now she needs to practice. We'll see how it goes.