Well I'm late joining in this week but thanks to Susanne for keeping us reminded each week to look back and find things to be grateful for. Her site is here.
These are my 5 faves of the week:
1) Walks with Rory & Vinny - now that the weather has been better and Covid case numbers are dropping we decided it was ok to go for a walk outdoors with them. We hadn't seen them in person for ages so it was lovely to see them. On Saturday we went to their nearby park and Rory had a good runaround. On Wednesday I took Ella and my DIL over to walk with them. It was the first time the two babies (Ella & Vinny) had been together since they were born although Ella slept through it all.
The only downside was that Rory got really upset when it was time for us to leave.
His Mummy found a way to console him though:
2) Nathan started nursery
3) A walk down to the lake through the forest path. It was still quite muddy and I was glad of my wellies but it's the first time we've done that for a while as it's been so wet. We even saw some mandarin ducks for the first time.
4) Sunshine. The weather has definitely improved this week although it's still fairly chilly but the blue skies and sunshine have definitely lifted my mood.
5) Covid roadmap & vaccination booked. This week our PM outlined what they are calling the roadmap out of our current Covid lockdown situation. It's a cautious and gradual approach which, if all goes well, will see all restrictions lifted by the end of June. Numbers are falling in terms of new cases reported, people in hospital and deaths but they are still high. Hopefully this cautious approach will mean we can keep moving forward and won't have restrictions reimposed at some point. I think many people are fed up with being locked down and I'm not sure compliance would be high if another full lockdown was required in the future.
Fortunately the vaccination programme here continues to go well so that should help to keep deaths and hospitalisations down. I have my first vaccine booked for Monday. Hopefully this isn't another mistake and it will happen. Watch this space!
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Such cute pictures of the little ones in your family. So nice you could spend some time with them. My husband is getting his first Covid vaccine on Tuesday. Glad you are getting yours too. It will be great when we can all begin to live normal lives again, won't it. Hope you have a good weekend and enjoy the week ahead.
ReplyDeleteOh my. So many issues with people hoping for their vaccines and then being turned away and having to reschedule. I hope it all goes well on Monday.
ReplyDeleteYay for sunshine, blue skies, and walks!
It's so nice to see the little ones enjoying the outdoors. Keeping my fingers crossed for you for Monday!
ReplyDeleteThe ducks are beautiful. Thank you for sharing photos of them.
ReplyDeleteGood luck and keep us updated.
Hugs to those little ones. Thank you for sharing them with us too.
:-)
Alberta got a new plan for removing restrictions too all dependant on the number of people hospitalized. Step 2 was supposed to happen yesterday and numbers have actually dropped quite a lot but they still didn't open as much as they said they would and people are MAD! Oh the curly hair on your little grandson. So adorable! And so nice you were all able to meet outside and have some fun at a park together!
ReplyDeleteHow lucky you were to be able to see your grandchildren !Your vaccination program seems to work well while here nothing works It's a bit mess. I wonder when I will see Toby again life !
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