Abigail comes to stay

Well, after spending the day yesterday swimming in Azar's Pool, much to the enjoyment of Ayla (and Tanya and Ralph, too), today was much more of a chore type day. Ralph and Ayla flaked on the sofa and watched Ayla's first James Bond movie - Licence to Kill. I worked. Big surprise! Ayla and I put together a great chicken salad for lunch and then we planned our weekly menu and Abigail and Sarah arrived just in time with dessert - home made cupcakes - yum! Abigail and Ayla headed off to unpack and then off we went to do groceries. the girls picked out the own fruit and the veg place and then pushed the cart around no frills, much to my dismay and I am sure that of the other shoppers. The novelty of the quarter for the cart will wear off in a few weeks, I'm sure. After unpacking and sorting groceries and fruit, we walked down to the beach and had a small riot in the scrap book store! The girls are now equipped to scrap book their week and were very excited to get started as soon as we got home. Of course, that was after they sat at their OWN table at Starbucks and chatted and had just SO MUCH FUN, according to Abigail.
Note to Sarah - there was only one mention of you "wigging out" because her dad brought her to a race track, but because the races were not something either Ayla or I were familiar with, the conversation soon moved on to other topics. Though there was a special sparkle in her eye when she discovered there was off track betting right around the corner.