Great Great ....

..... Auntie that would be ME.  My Sister, Jeanne, and husband, Cecil, arrived last night at her daughter Joanne's place, along with my Great Niece, Erica, her husband Tamber, and their 5 month old daughter, Aryia.

Joanne had to work today, so the rest of us made plans for them to drive up to Wiarton so we could lunch together at the Green Door Cafe.  Thank you to Erica and Tamber for treating us all to a lovely lunch.

I hadn't seen my Great Great Niece Aryia for a couple of months, and she has grown quite nicely since then.  She was very good in the restaurant, even having her lunch from her Mama before our lunches arrived.  She has started teething and did get her "bottom lip out" for a wee bit, taking after her Mama apparently.  Very bright sweet and just wonderful she is.  I was very happy they came up to see me.

It was the first time I seen Jeanne and Cecil since they were up from Nfld. last Year.  I am sure I will see them quite often now they have moved back to Ontario after being gone over 25+ years.  I was surprised my Newfie Brother-in-Law brought my Sister back home ... as I am certain it was difficult for him to leave his home after all this time now.  

Before Erica left, we made plans for when she comes back up that we go see my Mother, Aryia's Great Great Grandma, so we can get a 5th Generation Photo of them all.  A very nice keepsake I would think for her daughter.

This afternoon I truly did not do much of anything as I had been so tired.  I actually had a "cat nap" sitting up, if you can imagine that sight !  Oh MY !

I was thrilled that my friend, Pari, was able to go for a walk with me tonight.  And I was even more thrilled that we broke our 5km record and went 6.73 km in 1.27, burning 452 calories (that should have wore off the cals I had from that baby sized ice cream cone I had after lunch today).

It is suppose to rain tonight and tomorrow.

I am hoping to get some things done in the house tomorrow.  Finally I got the Patio Doors cleaned, another thing that was driving me nuts, and that is only a "drop in the bucket".

I am sweaty and sticky from the humidity and the big walk we had, so I am thinking a nice shower will be the order of the evening before my bedtime, Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard.

The Three Nieces

Today did not start out too great for my dear Rob.  He was left and gone up the road about 7 am this morning when my phone rang, "come and get me".  His Crabby Cabbie vehicle had a flat tire right on top of the North Hill.

By the time I collected him, we collected the early morning fare, and got back home he was off in the other Taxi to get his next fare.  The flat tire vehicle had to sit on the side of the road until he got back later this morning.

I had errands to do this morning as well.  By the time I got home it had been 11:30 am, and my Company was already here.

My Niece Joanne, my Great Niece, Erica, and my Great Great Niece Ariya.  I was happy I got to see Erica open the Baby Gift I had gotten her in person.  Grandma Jo, is one pretty happy Grandma, and me? a very proud Auntie.

Bandit loves babies too, and was being quite curious about our Ariya, and I LOVE holding babies.

We had many laughs together.

We had a couple serious talks about being 13 days old.

The sleepy moments were "priceless".

Eventually like all my past subjects it was "Please, enough with the camera already !"  

I enjoyed having my three nieces here for the most part of the day.  I am pretty certain I will be seeing this little girl on a regular basis as time warrants it.  Ariya will be travelling up to see her Grandma from time to time, and I am certain I will be making the odd trip to her home when Grandma travels down there to visit.

Once the girls had headed South down the road, I got the laundry folded and put away, the lunch dishes done up, however I still need to get my bed made before I head into it after MasterChef Canada is over this evening, Just North of Wiarton & South of the Checkerboard.