Holidays are not for relaxin’
Christmas Eve to New Years Eve has been the busiest time for me this year, period. Four Christmases in 24 hrs (Ruth’s family for Dec 24th supper, our own family Christmas Dec 25th morning, my extended family for lunch, then Ruth’s extended family for supper) is a hefty toll. It involved a fair chunk of driving and Kaylah took a few days to recover. That didn’t mean however, we slowed down.
After the Christmas marathon, we went to the Toronto Zoo for Boxing Day. It was “half price” day, although we expected it to be “completely free” day. I guess the zoo gave that up years ago, sometime between Ruth’s adolescence and Kaylah’s childhood. Half the animals weren’t viewable to the public, so it wasn’t any better value than any other time. I got to try out a new lens I picked up on Craigslist and there were fewer crowds to deal with compared to our other recent Zoo trip in mid-November.
Dec 27th was another Christmas on the Greenwood side. More gifts exchanged. More family to see. Surprising to see how much in that little time Kaylah’s talking improved after interacting with her red-headed cousin Sinead.
Dec 28th we were back in Mississauga to purchase bathroom improvements. We found a nice vanity at Lowes that didn’t break our budget plus a couple of sinks. We have the faucets and I’ve picked up some other doo-dads to make the job easier. We’ve decided on the new bathtub (after seeing the nice one my brother put in) and now its mostly a matter of picking it up.
Yesterday Ruth, Kaylah and I all went to the Ontario Science Centre to view dead bodies in Body Worlds & the Story of the Heart. Although it was pretty clear these once were living, breathing people, I didn’t have the same life reflections I’d have at a funeral. They were sufficiently plasticized that it didn’t equate to fleshy dead people while walking through the exhibit. Kaylah had little attention for it and had much more fun in the kids section of the Science Centre. That building was made for kids – we’re considering getting a membership.
Today Ruth heads out to see some mommy-friends and I’ll continue to plan out my evolution of our bathroom. I have the hacksaws primed and ready.
Bring on the Destructicons.
