In what would have been a comedy of errors if it hadn’t been so frustrating for all of us, my parents and I had been trying to get together for ages with no luck. You would think that we lived on opposite ends of the country. Let’s put it this way – they still had Easter stuff to give to the kids (and to George and myself, woohoo!), so it had been going on that long.

My mom called me yesterday while I was making supper and asked if it would be okay for them to come by for a few hours today. I glanced over my shoulder in minor panic. We had been out for part of the day and when I got home I was utterly lazy and hadn’t done a single thing in the way of housework beyond washing some dishes so that I could serve supper on them. Then I shrugged, realized my parents weren’t going to do a military inspection of my home, and said of course they could.

I was up at a reasonable hour today anyway, so I did some quick cleaning to cover the basics – tidying, vacuuming, mopping, dishes, bathroom – and then they arrived shortly after I was done so that was good timing. We sat and hung out on the balcony for a bit until George came home with some lunch stuff. We just had hot dogs with some potato salad and macaroni salad, but no one seemed to mind a simple lunch.

The kids were really excited to open their Easter stuff (and I am currently typing this while pausing to grab a few candy-coated dark chocolate eggs, so yay for delayed Easter goodies indeed). My parents left pretty early since they knew it was a school night for Hayley so I cleaned up the kitchen and played with the kids until supper time, then got them into a bath and ready for bed. They were obviously worn out since they both fell asleep really quickly. Pearl was a very happy Beagle and had a blast playing with my mom and dad, so she has also spent most of the afternoon and evening lazing around – tired puppy.

It was great to have them over. With our building not having an elevator and our apartment being on the top floor it’s a giant effort for my dad to visit but I’m glad they did! Maybe one day we’ll live somewhere on a ground floor so it will be easier.

Breanna had a very serious conversation, telling my dad all about her Curious George monkey.

Both Hayley and Breanna were disappointed that my parents had to leave so they rushed out to the balcony to wait for them to get downstairs just so they could scream “Bye Mimi! Bye Papa!” as they made their way to the car.

Today was a good way to close off the weekend. The U.S. may be celebrating Memorial Day weekend, but we Canadians had our long weekend last week so for me tomorrow means back to the grind!