Tuesday April 26

So this is how the morning started, after some cloudy periods and some pretty peasoupy fog - so thick in fact that i had a hard time seeing Nona's house across the road.  And then, i in my infinite wisdom, decided after conversing with Rachel that it would be a good day for a trip to St Catharines.  Hmmm... maybe not the smartest idea since two minutes before i was going to head out to the car, the heavens let loose with a mighty deluge of rain which instantly saturated any unfortunate soul who happened to be out and about - this was the view from the inside of the car after a harried mad dash to escape the onslaught of water.  Amazing how much water can fall in such a short time!  But it also didn't last long either, by the time i hit the bottom of the Kenilworth Access, things had let up significantly and i only had to worry about not splashing the unfortunate pedestrians with the puddles which accumulated in the gutters (i guess they would probably have already been pretty wet so it wouldn't have mattered so much, but there's such a thing as adding insult to injury right?)

 By the time i hit Jordan, the weather had cleared up enough to allow the sun to start poking through and warming up the day.  Peter almost immediately asked for "a long walk" and so being a good accomodating Aunt, i obliged my dear fellow and we took Nate along with us for good measure.  We took the long way around the block to entice him to keep walking with the firestation as the lure!  It works wonders "Peter, do you see the firestation yet?"  "No, Aunt Dell.  Where is it?"  "Just a little bit further yet..."  Mindgames you can play with three-year-olds.

 Nate was all bundled up, but bad Aunt Dell let him travel for a block with his hat twisted over one eye - not having paid enough attention to what happens when he turns his head and twists the hat with it - i guess i should be more attentive eh?  No wonder that lady gave me a half smile as she drove by!

 Then finally we reached the firestation, just minutes before the firetruck pulled into the driveway returning from a call.  They were eager to use the good weather break to hose off their dirty truck. They even offered Peter a chance to spray the truck and help them wash it... but he suddenly became extremely introverted and other than a high five for the fireman, he wouldn't do anything - not touch the hoses, not sit in the cab, not anything except be extremely quiet - leaving Aunt Dell to converse with the extremely nice firemen...

 He did follow the one fireman inside to look at the boat ("it looked like a banana, Aunt Dell" since it was bright yellow) but that's about as brave as he got...

 All ready for the next job - just jump into the boots and pull up the straps of the overalls and you are ready to go!  Be a great way to get dressed in the morning - maybe i should see if they have a spare pair of boots and overalls!