I was training Nicole to be my back up for payroll for when I go on vacation.
I like going there to see the ladies but it just such a different vibe over in that office.
We finished up the training around 11 so I just found a computer to work at then at lunch time, Nicole offered to take me to a nearby spot for lunch.
We went to a German donair place near the office called DK Donair.
Their ingredients were all really fresh, they made their own pita pocket things and you could do beef or chicken, it was actually quite good.
I worked until around 3:30 then I headed to Penn to look for a bra.
I tried on a bunch of bras which isn't very fun but I did end up getting 3 so that was good.
I also made a stop at Winners and they had the princess dresses I was wanting to get Eden for Halloween.
They had a pink one and a yellow one so I called Haylee on Messenger so I could show them to Eden and she could pick out the color that she wanted.
She loved them and said she wanted the pink one so I picked it up.
I had considered possible staying in St. Albert another night and working in the office here tomorrow but then last minute decided that I wanted to go home.
Jason got the cutest picture today of Paddington sitting in Eden's chair.
I got home right around 7:30 and nobody was there.
Shortly after though, Jason and Eden came in followed by Freya and Theia.
They'd all been down at the park.
Eden remembered about the dress and asked about it right away.
I showed it to her and she made this big O with her mouth and covered her mouth with her hand like she was in utter amazement, it was so cute
Of course she wanted to try it on immediately.
Her and that Victory sign.
She let me put her hair up in a bun and she just looked so stinking adorable.
When you have a dress like this you just have to twirl - I'm pretty sure it's a law or something.
I don't think she was really feeling the best again today because she mainly just wanted to sit with me and snuggle until Kody came to pick them up.
I was booked in to take First Aid training in Whitecourt this morning so I was up early and hit the road.
I did finally settle on a new book and I listened to it the whole way down.
It's also about an orphan just like The Calamity Club only this one is set in the 90's and it's a boy.
I'm liking it so far.
When I got there, I had to show them my certificate - if you get there to do your recertification before your certificate expires then you only have to do the one day instead of doing the whole 2 day again.
I thought I was expiring right away, like next week but turns out I'm good for another whole year so there was no need for me to even take the training today.
So I popped in at Walmart and picked up a few things (just to make the trip worthwhile) the I headed back to work.
It's been so quiet in the office lately, not many of us around anymore.
I did go home for lunch and I got out for a walk which felt good.
When I got home, I got to work right away cleaning and then trying to use up some of the zucchini we have.
I picked a larger one, hand grated the whole thing then made some zucchini loaf.
The girls came over and Eden got a hold of my phone and took tons of pictures of Jason
He was just working in the kitchen and she was being a photographer.
I don't even think he knew that she was taking them.
Then she took a bunch of Freya as well.
I ended up making 6 loaves all together.
Kody took one home with him when he dropped the girls off and the other we got into.
We had no kiddos this morning so we thought we were going to have a quiet day.
I had plans on getting started in the bathroom.
I want to clean it, paint it, put up wallpaper and then the new medicine cabinet and light fixture.
But then Crystal texted to see if we wanted to go to Prairie Gardens in Bon Accord for their Fall Festival.
So we decided that yes, we'd go and wait to do the bathroom on a day when the weather wasn't quite so nice.
Kody and the girls were also coming and I have room in the car so I suggested we all drive together.
Silly selfies in the car.
It was about a 2 hour drive - a little longer actually since we made a few stops along the way for coffee, then gas then bathrooms.
It was another gorgeous day - I think some of the best days we've had all summer.
We came to this place before and we really liked it.
They have it set up really nicely with all kinds of great photo ops.
Like this wall set up with all the old signs.
It was busy here today so we had to park in a second parking lot that took us in through the back way.
We could see into the back sides of these quonsets.
This one had all these tables and chairs set up in it like you could hold an event there or something.
There was this tiered display of sunflowers.
Another was full of pumpkins for sale, all different kinds.
I especially like these bumpy, odd shaped green ones.
There were just interesting things to see everywhere that you looked.
I love how they added the pumpkin head to the skeleton then painted it all orange.
Great spot for a picture.
Eden wanted to head straight to the goats.
This guy was on the roof just watching everything that was going on.
King of the castle.
I love this old weather vane.
This was the garbage can.
Jason twirled Freya in this cozy tent swing thing until she got dizzy.
I could spend an afternoon in one of these reading a book.
Pig crossing.
The pigs came running out at one point and they were oinking all the way over to the fence, it was so funny.
They had a section with a bunch of different slides.
Both girls spent a significant amount of time here.
Helping Eden go down.
She loved this one and went back to it time and again.
They were doing face painting and Eden wanted her face done.
Sitting nice and still to get it done - that's quite the feat for her.
She wanted to be an orange kitty.
Aww - so cute.
Another cool set up in the back of one of the quonsets.
A spooky dinner party.
They just had these really cool vignette's all over that were really well done.
They had different craft stations and one of them was making a fairy house which was right up Freya's alley.
The girl there that was doing the crafts with the kids was really sweet.
Freya's finished house.
These tomatoes looked so good.
The apples not so much.
There was a little gift shop with some cool looking mugs.
More pumpkins.
The creepier the better in my opinion.
I wish I had a spot to display a bunch of these.
I love fall decor but we normally have snow by the time Halloween rolls around so it doesn't seem worth it to decorate when it's likely going to be covered in a few layers of snow.
Kody took Eden over to make a fairy house too.
She put a bunch of mini dinosaurs on hers.
More great Fall photo backdrops.
Falloween.
This was a giant metal heirloom tomatoe.
The old trucks full of pumpkins look so nice.
We eventually made our way over to the actual entrance.
More photo back drops.
This was the haunted house.
The girls went through it several times.
Freya made Jason go with her the first time but then she was good to go,
Eden even went through a few times.
Jason had to take her through the first time but then after that she became Miss Independent!
A skeleton in an old claw foot tub - awesome.
They have all these little buildings that you can go in and they are all set up.
They really put a lot of work into it and it looks amazing.
Skeletons everywhere.
Pumpkin house.
There was another station where you could paint a pumpkin.
Freya painted a face on hers and a couple little fairies.
Old wooden witch sign - I love how old and worn it looks.
This guy in a pot.
This garbage can would close then it would pop open and this racoon would pop out kind of screeching.
It was right beside the pumpkin painting station so we got to hear it a lot!
Big old bat.
Freya still working on her pumpkin.
Freya's fairy - turned out good.
Of course Eden wanted to paint a pumpkin also.
Zombie crossing.
Jason took Freya to the gift shop and she tried on a few hats.
A spiderman type one.
Another spider web but this time white and black.
This one was white with a black web design.
She ended up getting the red and black one - it looked cute on her.
Eden checking things out.
They had let their pumpkins dry for a bit and now they were back for round #2 of painting.
There was a whole field full of scarecrows.
Eden threw a handful of dirt at Jason, luckily he had his sunglasses on so it didn't get in his eyes but he was pretty dirty.
We were trying to get her to leave and she didn't want to go.
We stopped at a restaurant in Legal for supper.
It took a long time to get our food and it wasn't that good but you win some you lose some.
I thought for sure that Eden would fall asleep on the drive home but no, she hung in there.
She was entertaining as usual with her funny faces and comments.
She's started calling everyone Bro or Bruh and she also does this boy voice that's really deep and it sounds hilarious when she does it.
The sky was looking pretty on the drive home.
It was 9 pm when we got back to town.
We dropped Crystal and Zepplyn off then Kody.
The girls came to our place for the night because Kody has to head to work at 4 am so we will get them off to school in the morning.
I ordered some curlers for Freya and they came in so she wanted me to do her hair.
I put them all in, it took about 15 minutes or so - it was fairly easy to do.
I'm excited to see how it turns out, if they actually will curl.
Did not make my step count but it was a very good day.
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