Friend visit

Last night Ratty came over and spent the night!  :)  I know it doesn't sound like a big deal, but for this Momma it sort of is!  Having Lucy potty training and being sick we haven't really been anyplace since my parents for Christmas... so to have somebody come to us was a real treat.  And, of course, who doesn't like a nice little visit from our friend Ratty?

It was something that we were all looking forward too... kids included.  Dude was just asking us if he was going to have a visitor soon, and then we hatched this plan for her to come over... and she was on the top of his list of people he did want to visit.  She came over after work, we had some dinner, a new recipe which was good and it grew on you the more you ate it, but definitely not something that is going to make the rotation.  Then, we just chatted, gorged ourselves on some snacks and drinks and had a good time.  After awhile Gaetan did some chemistry review with her (another reason for the visit) as she is hoping to start a nutrition program and wanted a refresher course on some things before she jumped into classes.

This morning the kids woke up rather early... it was actually kind of nice because that gave me an opportunity to hang out with them for a bit, and make sure they got their bath in before we really had to start the day.  She had to leave around noon as she had some other engagements back home, so we wanted to capitalize on the time we had with her!  We went out to breakfast, stuffed ourselves silly there, and came back and played with the kids.  Dude is all about coloring now and was having a blast coloring different things with her.  And she's such a champ... very patiently coloring the things he wanted colored a certain way.  :)

Coloring some dinosaurs

This is color by alphabet that he did!  I thought it was really good!

Since the kids woke up early around the time she had to get going was about the time they started to melt down, so it worked out.  We had a nice little visit, but as always, they're to short.  Looking forward to the next time we can hang out.

JVG