Lazy Weekend, Somewhat

Saturday, Aurora and I headed to farmers' market and bought some delicious locally made soap and soy melts for our warmer - which means as soon as I remember to replace my burnt out bulb our house will deceitfully smell of mulled cider. And an amazing hand crafted wood top and spinner.

We also went to Rock Paper Scissors to get our hair did. And boy oh boy did we need it! As my hair grows at an unbelievable rate I always come out on the end of my six weeks looking a ragamuffin; and Aurora, with her opposite of mommy hair (thin and straight), always looks of ragamuffin-ness. But now we look lovely!


Both with some added red highlights to our hair; although Aurora REALLY wanted all over color. This is how her logic worked.

Earlier that morning:
"Mom, look a SQUIRREL!"

"ARGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

"Mom, why do you hate squirrels?"

"Because they are evil and they attack me."

"Why don't they attack everyone else? Is it because you look horrible and we look pretty?"

And which point I begin crying, but I think it was mostly with hilarity.

A couple of hours later, whilst Meg is coloring my hair:

"Mom, do I get color all over?"

"No, Aurora, you need those brain cells."

"But, Mom, the squirrels attack me, too!"

A nice bit of logic. And really, if she weren't so very young that argument would have been enough to convince me.

And I promise to not cut A's hairbangs by myself anymore. It just frustrates everyone, including our delightful and magical hair stylist. So I've already made an appointment for A's next trim. Yea for me.

Aurora, upon arriving home, played for hours with the top spinner. It is quite impressive. I am, at my best, uncoordinated, so although she can get it to spin upside down, add toys to it, run it into furniture, in the carpet, down stairs, and have it spin for hours EVERYTIME, I have only ONCE gotten it to spin.

And I got to spend hours crocheting, reading, occasionally writing, and watching random movies whilst she played at my feet. It was lovely. We even treated ourselves to fries and a shake from a local hamburger joint.

Sunday, oh what a rainy rainy Sunday, proved to be delightful as well.
We got dressed...
Well, actually I wore my sweats, so just Aurora got dressed in her usual finery.

Now, I realize it LOOKS like she's wearing the same outfit, but she's not. She just apparently is big into Pink tops, and happens to have two sparkly skirts (one is white and one is pink). And she, getting her fashion sense from her fabulous mother, couldn't pick the matching hot pink leg warmers in her drawer. Nope, had to go for the Yote stripes. That's my girl!

And went to the Sunrise. Great spot for rainy days, snow days, or hangovers. We spent a long time playing hangman, drinking coffee (or hot chocolate to which she wanted to add sugar - she got that gene from Tia Angel as I drink even my coffee black), eating lots of yummy sausage and strawberry covered french toast.

Talk soon turned serious, however, as she decided she wanted to know what would happen if there was a space shake. So, I delved into earth quakes and tetonic plates (using our dishes for demos) and how we couldn't do that in space what with no land. She didn't really buy it and thought if the whole world shook enough surely something would happen and my knowledge was at an end, so you know I really couldn't tell her and decided perhaps it was time for a distraction.

Fortunately, she had to use the restroom. She also insisted on going by herself. Ahhh, the inner mommy struggle. I do perfer for her to be independent (although this backfires an awful lot) and we live in an area I consider to be very safe, but still, mommy senses start tingling when the little one wanders too far. But I managed to let her go. And when she returned she proved she's my daughter through and through:

"MOM! I saw a cute boy! He's as tall as me and we both are wearing short sleeves!"

Yep, I know how those cogs are working. Clearly the fateful sign of similar length sleeves meant they were truly soul mates. Goodness, I know I'm not supposed to rush it, but aren't we going to have so much fun together when she's older? Think of all the boy terrorizing we can do!

Unfortuantely, as I had a meeting with a client Sunday afternoon, our rainy day ended far too soon.

But I'm up for singleton adventures this week which will involve hanging out a new church I'm trying on for size (tonight is their bi-weekly concert), having libations at my favourite place (Yep, the Hollow), getting to attend TWO plays, and I have a surprising amount of time on my hands this Saturday and Sunday, so some activities are as of yet unforeseen!