September Long Weekend in Yellowknife

Haven’t written for a while. Since Edzèa’s Daddy is working all weekend…we had to come up with creative solutions to amuse ourselves at home. We were planning on camping this weekend but Tim sent all of the employees out of town, so he’s on pager duty and hasn’t stopped working all day.  I invited Gina & Georgia and Amanda and Haydon over for the afternoon to keep out of Tim’s hair. The kids had a ball together.

Haydon and Amanda stayed for dinner and Haydon and Edzèa had their second bath together this week. Things are heating up for those two!!!

Plus, I’m attempting to potty train Edzèa. She spends a lot of time on the potty but no action. Has a baby doll who also has her own potty and so really likes to spend time around the potty but doesn’t seem to be able to do the deed yet. This is officially day 1 of potty training.

Also, oblivious to it all, we didn’t find out until later that the smoky smell we were smelling through our open windows was a HUGE fire that had broken out at the Yellowknife dump this afternoon. Everyone was warned to stay inside and close your windows. So the road out to the camp area was closed anyways. This was the message sent out on Facebook.

Friends in Yellowknife please close your windows. There is a fire at the dump. YKFD is on site and fighting it. City heavy equipment is being supplemented by RTL. ENR are working to enable an air attack. YKFD requests that residents stay indoors and keep their windows and doors closed until it is extinguished. Please spread the word.

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