Pics of the visit

Stanley Park - shells galore. "Queen of Farts" is in the glittery pink dress. Seth is camouflaged & blends in with the scenery. Q of F ran along the edge of the wall (which freaked me out a bit...) for a while & then when she went in the water later her shoes almost floated away!

Steveston - Seth is grumpy 'cause there's no shells here but I really enjoyed it & Q of F ate Salmon with me for lunch.
Victor holding a Red Tailed Hawk (Frodo I think?) at the Radical Raptor presentation at the Zoo.

The fam & the goats at the Zoo. This was pre-tantrum...

I also got them into Buffy & Supernatural. Does that make me a bad Aunt? I don't think so. Anything but the Hulk which I will never watch again - we watched it at least 20 times.

Children

As some of you may know, the children are visiting. Victor & the kids got here Wednesday and are leaving Saturday I think. There have been some tantrums and irritation, but it's also been good getting to know them and there have been some really awesome moments too. Most notably with Seth it was a search for 'mountain rock'. We headed up the mountain and after climbing cliffs and a 10 + foot rock he was determined to go back home through this bush & I told him there was no way through but he was stubborn & jumped into some blackberry bushes. He yelled for rescue & I had to pull him out. It was HILARIOUS! He swears he did not jump - it was a "booby trap". But, generally bushes don't lay booby traps so I'm thinking he's just a nut. I had to carry him all the way back with all the rocks we collected in my pocket and listen to him complain about all his injuries and get smacked in the head with his shoes. He got home and wrapped up his leg in a tenser bandage like a mummy and I had to pick thorns out of his hand (his Mom did the butt). My favourite Charlotte moment is at Cultus and playing in the shallow water, spinning her around until I was super dizzy. My heart also melts when she runs up to give me a hug.

I am also VERY content to be single and only live with a cat. But, I am really glad they came and if we can avoid a meltdown or tantrum tomorrow I will be thrilled to death. But the weather needs to cool down too, and I'm not sure what the forecast is. Here's hoping for overcast and 25 degrees...

FRIDAY

I left work today at 6:00! And I have been leaving at about 7:30 earlier in the week - versus the usual 9:00/9:30. I have done absolutely nothing useful with that extra time but it's been quite nice. There is still a big pile of stuff to do and 790ish e-mails to sort through by end of day Tuesday but really, who cares? Not you I'm sure. Cousin Victor & offspring will be visiting soon and I made a todo list in preparation - but habits die hard and I am such a procrastinator. It's now FRIDAY and I still need to do everything. But, I will persevere somehow.

On a side note my Amazon.com shipment came - yippee! I have now officially finished the X Files collection, and have the next season of Supernatural, and the full collection of Farscape. Hopefully I won't get too carried away & still get all the cleaning done...