A Week of Events

Of course, the big news this week was Halloween. Jack had a ball going door to door for candy. Nervous at first, about 15 minutes into our walk he came out of his shell and started yelling trick or treat before we even got to the doors.

Jack also had his first trip to the dentist. He was quite impressed with all of the hygeniest's tools. She let him hold the water/air sprayer and feel the polisher on his hand. After some coaxing he let her count his teeth and do a little polishing. He was pronounced cavity free and was then free to run amok in their kiddie lounge. A good time was definitely had.
This morning we woke up to about 2 inches of snow on the ground. Right away Jack was shouting, "SNOW, SNOW!" This was quickly followed by, "I want to go outside." His two, hour long, trips weren't enough apparently and after dinner he wanted to head out again. Alas, with the time change it was dark outside so snowman building has to wait until tomorrow. It was fun to watch him play so excitedly. As an adult my thoughts and feelings when the first real snow falls are accompanied by inner groaning and complaining. Jack was simply full of joy, pushing his bulldozer around the yard, making the snow fly in the air. It was a good reminder of how I should be a little more often.

Our other big event this week was that we sold our car on Saturday. A couple from Saskatoon bought it, they were coming to Edmonton for the weekend anyway, saw the ad and thought they would check it out. I'm a little sad to see it go. I don't know why I'm so nostalgic about it really, maybe because it was the first big purchase that Darrel and I made together. Plus there's good memories in that car: our road trip to BC, driving to the hospital on the way to have our children born (well, labour isn't a good memory but you know what I mean), when we moved to Edmonton and Anne and I rode together. So, yes, I think I am in mourning a little but on the other hand I'm happy to have the cash in the bank. One thing about Darrel driving the Lebaron for a few more years, it's really not going to depreciate any more than it already has. Darrel puts on tons of km's just going back and forth to work, it would be kind of a waste on a good car. (Although if the Lebaron wasn't reliable we would have kept the Toyota, but that car will probably still be running 5 or 10 years from now.) So, adieu Matrix, I loved you, hope you are as good to your new owners as you were to us.