So Much To Tell

When we left you last we were all recovering from a late night/early morning. It felt like a hangover day but without the headache. Before you now it, it's five o'clock and where has the day gone?
We had a very enjoyable evening Saturday with Auntie Cathy who is over visiting her sister Louise who also came over. We also enjoyed the company of Meredith and Dave who are a wonderful couple. We ate well, with Loo supplying homeade homous and salads, and the Ultimate Carrot Cake made by Merediths' capable hands. Fin was a little fussy but charmed his Aunt Cathy, who he had never met before. He recieved a lovely soft toy train from her that makes train noises, which he thought was great and rocked his body in time to the noises like he was riding right along on the ride. He also had fun watching and trying to touch the bubbles from the giant bubble bottle his Mum had picked up at the store earlier in the day. I had forgotten how much fun bubbles could be!
Sunday found us back over to Granny and Granda's so I could continue cleaning the van. Catriona came over and enjoyed an hour or so playing with Fin. He loved every minute of the attention he got from her. I'm not sure who had more fun. We came back home via an "open house" in a nearby neighbourhood. It was a quite, level street with newer homes. It would be nice to live in a place were we didn't have to do any renos etc. Character building stuff. It is nice having people visit who saw the place before we started any work and where we are now. Back home and the three of us worked on clearing an area at the side of the house that Ella had started last weekend.
Fast forward to today (leaving out the gory details of a 4:00 am session). We had Fin's first swimming lesson. It started at 9:30 and we had planned to leave around 8:15 to take care of traffic, change time and unforseen obstacles. Now past readers will have an understanding of my lack of early morning fluidness. Needless to say we left the house at 8:25, Fin just out of bed still in pj's and unfed. Luckily we arrived at the pool at ten to nine so had time to feed him in the car before we went in and got changed.
It's a wonderful facility with a family changing room. There are about ten different cubicles with their own shower and change table...top notch. Suitably attired and impressed we congregated with the other parents and kids waiting for lessons. Fin was taking it all in watching the older kids and bouncing in my arms with excitment waiting to get into the water. We started off by wiping water onto our ears, nose cheecks and forhead and then on top of the youngsters head. We then moved to deeper water and practiced the floating starfish on our front and back. Fin wasn't so keen on being on his back in the water but he did without crying. Then we put our face in the water and blew bubbles. We sang some songs and did the hokeey pokeey. We (Fin) jumped into the pool on my count 3, 2, 1, go. We practiced our kicking and spent the last five minutes in the hot tub relaxing. By the end of our two week session, depending on how the kids do, we will be jumping into the pool and going in over our heads. We may also get to do a short topedo swim, where the kids swim a short distance underwater from the instructor to parent. lots of fun though. Thanks shorty!
The other first today was Finlay finally cut his first tooth. Bottom middle right. Ella was very excited. Her little boy is growing up. This may explain his and our recent sleep depraved nights. It's a sharp little thing pushing through his gum.
Getting off the topic of Dad stuff, I was somewhat justifiyily attacked, gently attacked by members of my family who will remain nameless regarding my spelling and grammar. Both fair enough points, however I remember as a kid, Mum telling me when I did get around to writing letters not to worry about such things. The thought being, whoever read the letter would be just pleased that I had had taken the time to do so. So here is another disclaimer. Read at your own risk. Teachers and others who don't nag -beware. Poor spelling and bad grammer lye(just kidding) ahead. The author takes no responsibility for damage or injury occured by the afore mentioned spelling and grammer mistakes. I would like to state that in no way did his upbringing or current domestic situation are in any way responsible for such poor written english.
Also there was no sucking up last weekends blog. Spending time with my wife and child bring me much happiness and it is a joy to see the pleasure they bring to each other and me.
On another note. I'm trying to get back into my running routine; three times a week, slowly building up time and distance. The goal being to get up to 10 km. Inspired by Ella, who for those of you who don't know completed a 10 km run a couple of months ago, not having ever really run before. Visiting grand parents, hot weather, new routine,(sounds like excuses) have kept me from hitting the pavement, the last couple of weeks. Tonight, after chores and Fin going to bed, out I went. When I go out, I take the ipod which has a stop watch so you can time your walk/run sessions. I was running through the park, clearing my head of diapers, laundry, dirty dishes when all of a sudden I hear "I've been working on the railroad" coming through my earphones. I quite like the song but enough is enough. I did however listen to it just to see how close the version downloaded was to what we sing to the boy. The only problem in this version, the tempo picks up(steam) and gets obviously quicker and quicker. Makes it difficult to run to, when you are trying to paise yourself and run a nice easy pace. Oh well. pineapples pineapples pineapples. It doesn't seem to be working so mabye I'll give up on this...maybe