Last full day on Gabriola

Yep, tomorrow I pack my bags - again - and head eastwards once more. I'll be catching the evening ferry along with Bill Hawke and his assorted family members, and staying overnight with him, before flying to Toronto on Saturday. So I tried my best to make the most of today.

The weather was much better today than it has been for the last two, so we spent as much of the day outside as possible. Carly, Aylan and I went to the gardening centre and bought some plants and pots. We went back to the house and picked up Rowyn, fresh from her afternoon nap, and headed to the local coffee shop/gift shop for a browse. When we returned to the house a second time, Aylan helped her mom to do some planting, and of course in the process got filthy dirty. I was helping Aylan to refill her watering can at the tap. At one point she moved the can at the wrong moment and I sprayed her with water. (The horror!) She was NOT happy about being in wet clothes. But since it was nice and warm, Carly said it was ok for her to take off her pants and socks and walk around in her shirt only. Well, that lasted all of about 5 seconds before she'd shed all the rest of her clothes too and was happily splashing around in the muddy puddle she was making with her watering can. Gotta love almost-three-year-old logic: it's not OK to have wet jeans, but it is apparently OK to have wet muddy skin from chin to feet. And yes, I got some cute pics. Which I'll share at the cottage on the weekend. :-)

Carly's off at a "Moms' Night Out" dinner and Dave's just putting the kids to bed. Aylan once again pretty much fell asleep at the table tonight, but Rowyn isn't apparently all that interested in sleeping. Hopefully she'll go down soon. Dave's got a Wii and we're gonna play some video games tonight, once we get some 'adult' time. I can't believe it's already time for me to head onwards - this week has gone so fast!

Not sure when I will next get a chance to blog... I won't have email tomorrow or all weekend long, since I'll be at the cottage. Hopefully I'll put in one or two more entries next week once I get back to Ottawa before closing down this blog for good. I'm sad that this is coming to an end!