Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Winter Reprieve

This past weekend, Aunty C came for a visit here at the Campbell Castle. We were all so excited to see her and spend time with her - especially Peanut! She enjoyed playing, giggling and spending her days with her fun aunt.



On Friday, we went dumpster diving together for boxes! Apparently, one of the best places to go for free boxes is the local shoe warehouse. So, Aunty C waltzed in and inquired about us taking some off their hands, and they replied she could take all she wanted, but they were all in the dumpster in the back. When we drove around to the back, we discovered the boxes were laying pretty deep inside the dumpster, and the door was rather high. So Aunty C exclaimed "I'm going in!" and before I knew what was happening, she had dove into the dumpster! We laughed so hard; but don't worry, the only items inside the dumpster were boxes, no real garbage.

Saturday, we heard the forecast was supposed to be 45 degrees, so we planned a trip to the park to soak up some Vitamin D. We stopped at Panera Bread for lunch, and by then it had actually warmed up so much that we took our lunch outside and ate on the patio! Then we spent the rest of the day at Cherokee Park - a great place to go for a little nature in the city. We went for a lovely nature hike and took Peanut to play on the playground. The weather was so lovely, a true reprieve from winter. Since Aunty C lives in Chicago, she felt like she was visiting Florida or something! When we finally arrived back home, we discovered the high for the day had actually reached 56 degrees - no wonder our pasty winter faces were a little burnt!

6 comments:

Danna said...

Sounds like a wonderful day!

love: the vicious cycle said...

It was a great visit!! :)

Irish Italian Blessings said...

Your little one is ADORABLE!! What a face : ) Thanks for commenting and following me on blog frog!

Anonymous said...

What a sweetie pie! Sounds like you guys had a wonderful visit!

Jamie Oliver (@va_grown) said...

Your Peanut must be the happiest baby ever. She's got such a beautiful grin all the time! :)

Rachel said...

Va_grown - that must be because she spent the first 4 months of her life crying, LOL. I am definitely thankful and blessed by all her big smiles!