September Summer

The weather has been fantastic in Edmonton! It's in the high 20s all week so there's no way I'm wearing pants if I don't have to. Rode Pashley over to Old Strathcona to have a lunch of Vermicelli and Vietnamese coffee with Raffaella. Afterwards we strolled to the avenue to do various things like get music books, make deposits at the bank, acquire birthday cards for friends... just a bunch of random stuff.

I locked Pashley up next to a really cute Surly road bike. Judging by the proportions, I thought the rider would have been very similar in size to myself. Don't the bikes look like friends? I like how the Surly has a teeny tiny u-lock.






One of the moms at Dexter's mom & baby group is having a little Halloween party for the babies. I think it's just an excuse for the moms to dress up the kids but, I'm always game for a good costume! I've seen some baby costumes and uh... most of them are just really creepy. Not a little creepy. REALLY creepy. Who wants their baby to wear a gigantic smock that is supposed to make them look like Thomas the Tank Engine? 3-2-1 not it!

I like Dexter to wear things that look fairly basic. Too many frills and he just starts to look contrived. My first idea for a costume was for Dexter to go as David Bowie. Not knowing how baby was going to react to having eyeshadow applied to him... I've since decided baby D will go as Steve Zissou from Wes Anderson's Life Aquatic. A blue onesie and red cap should do it. I solicited Raffaella to knit him one so we stopped off at a nice little yarn store to pick up a few balls of bright red wool.






The card store had these mini nuns...






Same Miss Sarah and Pashley, slightly different location. I don't like buying a lot of jersey cotton because I get very sad when it starts to pill which it inevitably does. This dress has served me well all summer, and although it's expiry date will come, it wasn't today. Perfect weight and movement factor for riding a bike and being out and about in the sun.





Baby D is staying over at my mom's for an extra night. Very unfortunate news: Don's mom fell down the stairs a few weeks ago! Nothing is broken, but she is certainly not in any condition to babysit like she was scheduled to during this time of recovery and rehabilitation. Dexter stays overnight at my parents' once a week while I'm working (just saves on excessive driving back and forth) so instead of doing one night he is now doing two. It's not ideal because it messes with my milk production and more importantly, I just miss my little guy!

It's ironic because when Dexter is with me, my mom totally goes into baby withdrawal too. Just talked to her on the phone about how the day went and she's not complaining at all. Apparently in addition to going with grandma to lunch, shopping downtown, and getting paraded around his adoring fans, Dexter also quite enjoys sitting on my mom's lap while she plays mahjong on the computer. I hope he doesn't grow up to be an avid gambler!

Anyway, since baby is over there, I took the bike out this evening too to have dinner and a glass of wine with my girlfriend. Here's a picture of my bag in my basket while I'm waiting for a red light to go green at an intersection. Several trips on the bike in one day. It may be September, but it sure feels like summer!