The Boy, J and I drove down to my parents’ house in Cobourg on the Friday night. Great drive, no problems, plus we did our traditional stop at McDonalds for dinner to be eaten in the car on our way. The driver is also traditionally fed by the person in the navigator seat. "FRY!" :) We had brought the Boy’s bike in the truck so as soon as we got there we had him out and driving around my parents’ cul-de-sac for about an hour. It tired him out really well, although it did not with his sleep during that night. He had a really bad tummy and was up crying a couple times so I ended up sleeping next to him for half the night. Not a bad deal since when J and I sleep there we are in a double sized bed. The next day was cloudy so we headed out to the Roseneath Fair early. It was about 10am when we arrived. The Boy went right in the first barn and started getting acquainted with all of the baby animals. It was at this point that I started my cross country trip. We had brought a limited amount of cash to try to budget our trip. Little did we know that it would cost $14 just to get in the park! I walked from one end of Roseneath to the other looking for an ATM before was told it was at a gas station at the other end of town. At that point I had to hop in the car and drive there, get the cash, drive back and find the boys. They had been fine this whole time because The Boy had gotten to hold baby ducks, chickens, and bunnies. This is when the fun started. We perched our boy on a pony for a $3 ride,
the 200-year-old, fully-restored, carousel for the first of THREE rides for the day, 
the baby roller coaster, 
the two-storey Farris wheel, 
and finally the Scrambler. 
Not one moment of fear was had by my son! J only went on the Merry-Go-Round with him for two of the rides, while I did the other ones. We also watched a black smith demonstration and had a bite to eat. On the way back to the car my Monster saw the mid-way so off we went to do Skee-ball, the water-gun race game where we won a turtle for the kid, and finally the ping-pong ball toss to win a $5 gold fish. We talked the Boy into letting the fish stay at Nana and Poppa’s house so that it could go to Nana’s school and live with the other fishes. Monday morning we received this email: “am sorry to announce the death of CHARLIE THE FISH at approximately 7:25 am this day the 2nd day of October, 2006. He went towards the big light in the aquarium in the sky. Those attending the interment in the downstairs toilet were Paul Alexander Dean and Brigit Dean. Grama Dean did not attend as she was too overwhelmed and had to got to work. We will keep special memories of Charlie in our hearts forever and ever.”
I love my Mom! She’s silly! So over all it was a $60 day but the memories that we made we worth it! Dinner that night with my brother, his wife, and Josh. My dad made Mike Dunn’s recipe for baked beans…yes, there was a VERY musical night after that! Anyway, headed home on the Sunday to prepare for my first week without Marshy being with me in the office. Turns out there was a major lawsuit thing happening so I had to go to meeting with a bunch of VP’s and then spread the word about what was needed to get the information to the lawyers. I felt very self important. Also, I left the whole thing in Marshy’s lap while I went on a week’s vacation to Fredericton! Tee hee! Ah, the satisfaction is sweet!
Anyway, See following posts about the vacation.
TTFN!
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