(that’s my stage manager voice)

We have just returned from Picton for the last time. We arrived home on Sunday morning, did chores, had a birthday party for Annechovie and Uncle Matty and started work on Monday. Arras is flying solo in the shop since his awesome boss is on vacay. I am flying solo in the office because that’s how I roll. As soon as Arras uploads all his pics from the summer I will have much to show and tell but for now, I have just returned from a board (bored) meeting and must drink a g + t.  And quick.

Tomorrow: speech with Cameron while Jo watches Jackson, and then more work…I am hoping to blog tomorrow night but who knows. A little more of life might take over. God knows I won’t be updating my prompt script for archives because my attempt last night resulted in my losing all the computer files. Typical given how the summer went. But I won’t get into that.

Bear with me folks, we’ll be posting regularly from now on.

My babies have grown. Jackson is HUGE. Cameron is a little boy with conversation and questions and statements. While I’ve been away the boys seem to have developed a kinder way of existing with each other. They seem more like brothers now than opponents. I can see a gentler side to Cameron and a tougher side to Jackson.

Arras is exhausted. His first week alone with the kids and he had something on each night as well. Whether it was a Arcade Fire at the Blues Fest or having friends over, he’s been burning the candle at both ends. He’s sleeping in now and then I think we’ll go out for breakfast…before I come home and do chores. Sweet sweet chores. I think I’m probably the only person who likes doing laundry and cleaning the bathroom.

My family makes me so happy.

Don’t be confused by the emotion expressed in the title; I really am excited to go but I’m really sad to be leaving my boys. With all the change they’ve encountered in the last few months, Arras and I decided it would be best for them to stay in their familiar environment with their usual caregiver Jovana looking after them in the days, rather than come to Picton and start a new daycare, only to start another new one in the fall. So we’ll miss each other greatly, but this is better for the boys.

We rehearse Sunday through Friday with a Saturday day off which means I’ll be back on Friday night, but the next few days are going to be very interesting. We’re rehearsing in a barn for the first two weeks, and then I don’t know where for our last week. But we open to HOARDS of adoring theatre patrons on August 4th in a tent with no tech. Curtain is at 6:30pm so we’ll perform our musical lit by the sunset in Prince Edward County, much like Arras performed The Outdoor Donnellys back in Blyth.

Click here for more information on my show; and keep checking in on these boys because Arras will be taking over the blog while I’m away.

And some of this:

A little of this:

and some of this (minnows):

There were:

And:

By day we would:

And at night:

And one day, when someone was supposed to napping, he got into the diaper cream:

Ah, discoveries.