Kyran's whirlwind tour into Toronto packed a heck of a lot of people and fun into 72 hours:
Reading at Harbourfront
If you look closely, you should be able to see Stuart McLean in the audience - really!
After the reading, nine of us headed a few blocks over to a condo I had "borrowed" for the evening. Driving rain swept away our umbrellas and within minutes we were soaked.
We dried ourselves off as best we could and spent the next few hours drinking wine, laughing and sharing stories about our lives.
The next day, Kyran was escorted around town for some interviews. I had my own special day that afternoon at the Elgin Winter Garden Theatre where I joined my Vancouver Olympic Ontario House team to receive the highest award given within the Ontario Public Service - the Amethyst Award.
I had to pass on joining the team for dinner to race to pick up Kyran and meet some of the family at home (that was Plan C...). It was great to have Kyran to ourselves for a few hours.
(Aunt Joyce - one of those books is yours, but somehow it has disappeared. You will get it soon, I promise!)
Later that evening, Carson had a few friends over. It was fun to see the expressions on their faces when they saw the books, the author picture on the dust cover and made the connection with the woman sitting next to them...
In a blink of an eye, she was headed back home. I was thrilled the next morning to see her book quoted in an article (about Target) on the front page of National Post. A feature article about her and the book will be published in the Post any day now.
Life returned to whatever passes for normal around here these days. Then yesterday I saw that one of our favourite GLEE characters was in town - and was available to meet and greet the first 300 people who bought his CD at the Eaton Center store. Within minutes I got confirmation that Evann and Carson would love to have that opportunity. On my lunch break I went down to the record store (are they still called that?) and bought some CD's.
The girls made it downtown - with only a bit of teenage angst and time-mismanagement - and got in line to meet Mr. Schuester aka Matthew Morrison.
Ev said that he was really sweet. When it was her turn to meet him, he stuck out his hand and said, "Hi, I'm Matt".
After that excitement, we made our way to Queen Street for sushi and shopping.
And tonight, out at Leah's basketball tournament. This was the third tournament of the season but the first time Leah was off the injured list and on the court. The girls made it into the finals - again. I only arrived in time for the last game, but what a game to watch. The girls won 19-7. Leah and her friend Chantel scored most of the points. About halfway through the game, Leah got 4 successive baskets - all within in few minutes. I had my new crappy camera with me and could not get a good action shot.
Or maybe she is just too fast
The crowd of parents had a good laugh watching Leah press the other team - she was a giant wall. A happy giant wall.
So proud! So glad Carson and Andrew were there too.
We celebrated with some ice cream.
A few more busy days ahead.