Well, maybe not quite summer, but yesterday was steamin' hot. It was maybe 15 degrees C but with the hot sun it felt a whole lot warmer than that. We easily could have left our jackets at the apartment.
We went for a run in the morning at the little park near our place & there were tons of people (women mostly, wearing skinny jeans & high-heeled boots) partaking in a spring cleanup. They were sweeping & raking, so we just had to run around them. There's also a school that backs on to the park & the students were giving an outdoor concert/assembly. There was a music man there, so we were hoping they'd start doing a Kazakh dance.
We walked through town in the afternoon & went into the Reebok store. It's quite upperscale, it even smells pretty. The clothes are exactly our style, but we dropped them after looking at the prices. Actually there were some cute running shirts that didn't seem to cost more than at home. Our translator, Ainur, says the locals tend to buy their clothing at the bazaar where the prices are very good. It makes you wonder why a store like Reebok even operates here.
Ryan was NOT dressed for the weather. He came to the playroom wearing his usual touque & green fleece jacket with the hood up. Granted, Ainur does have to bring him across a playground to see us, but maybe it's a 15 second walk. They sure dress kids warmly here.
We entertained the little one with all kinds of silly games. Lyle would hide a ball underneath the edge of the area rug & then press Ryan's foot over top. The little ball would then shoot out & roll across the wood floor. Ryan was screaming with laughter! He also likes when Lyle holds him & I do ballerina twirls in front of them. The things you do for your kids...
Jean & Marilyne came over for our Manitoba Social last night. They were intrigued to find out the meaning of a social. Jean almost Googled it during the week, but Marilyne stopped him. It was hard to come up with the silent auction baskets, but we did a good job on the traditional "social" foods. We all went out for ice-cream later: 3 scoops for 60 cents. Lyle wants you know they were 3 SMALL scoops. I want you to know that too, I don't normally eat 3 scoops of ice-cream (even when I worked at DQ, I'll have you know).
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Wow what beautiful weather. Your social supper was a creative idea...I hope that a bit of money was made to help pay some of your travel costs ha ha. Things are finally melting over here as well. Ryan sounds so cute!
Hi!
I'm coming to KO in a few days for an adoption too! Any chance you could email me at rowingtheerie@usa.com.
Many thanks!
Darcy, when we worked at DQ you regularly scarfed 2-3 litres of ice milk per shift and I once caught you guzzling cookie dough directly from the bag!! You shouldn't lie on the internet :) Just kidding of course- you were always a model of self control around the Blizzard machine and its evil ice-creamy compatriots.
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