Early Saturday morning a crazy rain storm moved it's way into Vancouver and settled for the weekend. We could literally hear sheets of rain hitting the roof for hours at a time without letting up. Water was pouring in the streets and it felt like it was perpetually ten o'clock at night. It was the kind of weekend that makes you want to snuggle up on the couch with a mug of hot chocolate and a good movie!
But duty called and, like all good soccer Moms, at 9am on Saturday morning I had my girl out on the field ready for this week's practice in the middle of the monsoon. She insisted upon wearing a raincoat that's a bit too small for her and her running shoes and within five minutes on the field she was howling "Mommy, I'm cold!" "Daddy, hold me!" Truthfully, both Paul and I were drenched too and I was secretly happy to pull the plug forty minutes into her hour long practice to take my babe home to warm up.
I was so proud of her though. She kicked and practiced all the while shivering and looking more and more like a drowned rat. She was trying to be tough and she did her Momma proud!
Later Saturday afternoon we snuggled up at Christianne's Lyceum for our first book club of the season. We sipped hot tea while the kids played and Christianne read books and told stories to the children all around this semester's theme, change.
After a snack and a quick circle time the kids did a craft inspired by one of the books we read and we promptly headed home to hibernate!
By the time Sunday morning came along all three of us were feeling quite content to just hang at home and get a few things done around here. I actually really love Sunday mornings like today. No schedule, no rush about anything, just do whatever you want and get things back into some sense of reasonable order. It feels good.
We decided to take Syd out midday to go for a swim just to blow off some steam and get a little exercise. It was a nice way to spend a rainy afternoon.
I made a couple of pumpkin loaves and a pot of butternut squash soup this weekend too, it's the start of comfort food season and I plan on embracing it whole heartedly!
Bring on the week!
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