Fun stuff

Today we were 'babysitting' Marcus' niece. Or not so much babysitting, more keeping company. She's 5 years old and just needs someone to entertain her a bit. The rain stopped during the day and we took full advantage spending a lot of time outdoors - walked with Marcus to his (last) dentist appointment, stopped at the dairy, set up a tent at the backyard and played heaps of games. Ah, and we also had yummy ice cream in the (almost) sunshine! Mr Whippy a.k.a the ice cream van happened to stop outside the house and Marcus treated as all to sundaes. :) Mr Whippy is quite similar to Kotijaatelo that we have in Finland. They stop outside people homes here and play a little tune and then you can go out and buy the ice cream from the van. The difference is that here you can buy single cones, or sundaes, but in Finland you have to buy massive packets. I like the system here more. (Haven't bought anything from Kotijaatelo in about 15 years, to be honest I don't even know if they're up and running anymore...).

Anyway we had a fun day with the niece who by the way can read and write already. I'm impressed. She's only 5 years old! I don't think I knew how to read before we started school as 7 year olds..

E and her pink scooter out for a walk

Watching Scooby Doo with uncle Marcus

Mr Whippy sundae umbrellas are DA THING ;)

Matching nail polish

Tomorrow me and Marcus are going in to the city again to buy each other Christmas presents. There won't be any surprises on Christmas this year.. Oh well, at least we will get something we both want.
Four sleeps to (the Finnish) Xmas BTW!