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Apr 15, 2008
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From a new angle.......a different scene from a week ago now all the snow has gone! Saturdays temperature was 19c and Sundays temperature was 24.9c!!!!!!!!
I thought I should add - for those of you not in Canada - everything here goes brown in Winter because of how cold it gets. the grass dies off and just turns brown....so if we don't get snow it still goes brown - so we either have a White Christmas or a brown Christmas!
Then in Spring the snow melts and everything is brown like this for a few weeks and it looks almost Fall like - and then all of a sudden over a few days it just greens up suddenly - we can already see green patches in places - in town today I could see a lot of green - and here in some places we can see green grass coming through - then a few days of warm weather and the trees will be reen and the grass will turn green and you won't recognise the place! But for now everything is brown!
It isn't like England where everything stays green all year long!
Laurie
Laurie helping clean up the yard at the weekend....and Laurie playing on his quad bike afterwards :) going through the side woods :)
fungus!
Another picture of one of those cute little toadstool things growing in the plant pots! I love my macro lens!!! I'm going to have so much fun with it outside this Summer - be prepared for close ups of bugs and all kinds of weird and wonderful things!
Sams boat
Laurence helped Sam make his little wooden sailboat kit at the weekend, and it went on it's maiden voyage across the big puddle! What fun!
Apr 14, 2008
Enjoying Springlike temperatures!
It was a glorious weekend temperature-wise. Sunday it hit almost 25c!!! We were outside all weekend long, tidying up the acreage, weeding the flowerbeds and just enjoying the fire pit and yard toys! We even had a bbq and made the first s'mores of the year on the fire pit :) YUMMY!!!!
Drama Queen!
A started drama classes today - she loved every minute of it - its a fun kind of class for 6 - 8 year olds....lots of games and improvisation. She has a script to learn for a play they are putting on for family at the end of the semester. They played a pirate ship game that she really enjoyed too!
All in all I think she loved every single second!
All in all I think she loved every single second!
Apr 12, 2008
Making Books
www.makingbooks.com/
I thought I'd share this useful link...you can sign up for a monthly newsletter on this page too and she also has a great blog. The newsletter includes an idea for a book to make with your child - thery sometimes include ways to make books with twigs or brown bags...all kinds of things! Fn ways to get children making books, writing stories, creating stories, keeping journals......just MAKING!!!!! :)
We like it anyway....
I thought I'd share this useful link...you can sign up for a monthly newsletter on this page too and she also has a great blog. The newsletter includes an idea for a book to make with your child - thery sometimes include ways to make books with twigs or brown bags...all kinds of things! Fn ways to get children making books, writing stories, creating stories, keeping journals......just MAKING!!!!! :)
We like it anyway....
Our week....
We have been out every day this week and haven't done much 'school work' really....but I'm sure a lot of learning took place! Certainly a lot of menu reading took place as we ate out every day!!! Lunch at Smittys on Monday with Jennifer and Soleil. A always chooses her own meals now and orders for herself so I leave her to it!
Tuesday S started his new preschool class in the afternoon, so A got to choose an activity for two hours. I suggested bowling or going to a new bead store to make a necklace - she chose the garden centre to choose a plant! She chose the most gorgeous Gerber Daisy in a salmon pink colour! We had coffee and cake by the fish pond and A also helped me choose some bee friendly Perennial flower seeds.
Wednesday we went out for lunch with Val and then went to the thrift store with Chris for a costume for his play Pinocchio...it's a pantomime so he is playing Mrs Gipetto.
Thursday my friend Tess came over for the day and we took a walk with our cameras. A also drew a picture of the owls we saw at the Raptor Centre (I will photograph it and add this) and wrote a thank you letter to the centre to send to the centre. It's the first chance we have had really.
Friday we were supposed to go the science centre but I wasn't feeling well so we cancelled and met Val in town instead and took a walk around Broadmoor Lake then we went to the mall for lunch and had ice cream afterwards :)
A has done quite a bit of drawing and colouring this week, some crafts, and spent some time on the computer. We also bought a Leapster from a lady on LP with 8 games so A played on that last night!
A has sent some Emails to her Dad and has added to her blog. She's watered her plants and done her chores. The weather has been good so there has been plenty of outside time which is ALWAYS a good thing :)
And her reading has come on in leaps and bounds!! This s not always a good thing as I find her reading over my shoulder when I don't always want her to (lol)
I find her spelling in her emails is really great now!!!! she rarely asks me how to spell words these days - although the words she chooses are still fairly easy words.
A starts drama on Monday. She is excited about that.
Tuesday S started his new preschool class in the afternoon, so A got to choose an activity for two hours. I suggested bowling or going to a new bead store to make a necklace - she chose the garden centre to choose a plant! She chose the most gorgeous Gerber Daisy in a salmon pink colour! We had coffee and cake by the fish pond and A also helped me choose some bee friendly Perennial flower seeds.
Wednesday we went out for lunch with Val and then went to the thrift store with Chris for a costume for his play Pinocchio...it's a pantomime so he is playing Mrs Gipetto.
Thursday my friend Tess came over for the day and we took a walk with our cameras. A also drew a picture of the owls we saw at the Raptor Centre (I will photograph it and add this) and wrote a thank you letter to the centre to send to the centre. It's the first chance we have had really.
Friday we were supposed to go the science centre but I wasn't feeling well so we cancelled and met Val in town instead and took a walk around Broadmoor Lake then we went to the mall for lunch and had ice cream afterwards :)
A has done quite a bit of drawing and colouring this week, some crafts, and spent some time on the computer. We also bought a Leapster from a lady on LP with 8 games so A played on that last night!
A has sent some Emails to her Dad and has added to her blog. She's watered her plants and done her chores. The weather has been good so there has been plenty of outside time which is ALWAYS a good thing :)
And her reading has come on in leaps and bounds!! This s not always a good thing as I find her reading over my shoulder when I don't always want her to (lol)
I find her spelling in her emails is really great now!!!! she rarely asks me how to spell words these days - although the words she chooses are still fairly easy words.
A starts drama on Monday. She is excited about that.
Apr 11, 2008
TGIF
It's Friday. Thank goodness. I'm so tired. I am so very glad the weekend is here. Lloyd will be home soon and we have no plans for the weekend except to hang out at home here and clean up the yard - play outside and just relax.
Chris is sleeping over at a friends tonight. He won't be home until after drama rehearsals tomorrow afternoon.
I was supposed to go to the science centre today. I was meeting Val and her little guy there but I had a migraine last night and was feeling tired and crappy and still so tired this morning so I cancelled. Instead we met at Broadmoor Lake and we walked around the Lake for a while - it was breezy but it was fun. The geese were noisy! It's so nice to see them back after the long winter.
After our walk we went to the mall and had some lunch together - including some ice cream each from Laura Secord! YUM! Vals little guy managed to stick his eye shut from the stickiness of a lollipop and my two were running about high from sugar so we knew it was time to go! I was so tired and not bothered about dealing with it so I just yelled at Val in front of everyone "Val will you please control your children"!!!!!!! completely denying they were anything to do with me :)
Despite feeling horrible and so sleepy it was a nice day. Now I am home and switching this off and going for a bath as my older two are about to walk in the door so they can supervise my younger two and I can pop some tylenol and go soak in the bath!!!!
Have a great weekend everyone - enjoy the good weather!
Chris is sleeping over at a friends tonight. He won't be home until after drama rehearsals tomorrow afternoon.
I was supposed to go to the science centre today. I was meeting Val and her little guy there but I had a migraine last night and was feeling tired and crappy and still so tired this morning so I cancelled. Instead we met at Broadmoor Lake and we walked around the Lake for a while - it was breezy but it was fun. The geese were noisy! It's so nice to see them back after the long winter.
After our walk we went to the mall and had some lunch together - including some ice cream each from Laura Secord! YUM! Vals little guy managed to stick his eye shut from the stickiness of a lollipop and my two were running about high from sugar so we knew it was time to go! I was so tired and not bothered about dealing with it so I just yelled at Val in front of everyone "Val will you please control your children"!!!!!!! completely denying they were anything to do with me :)
Despite feeling horrible and so sleepy it was a nice day. Now I am home and switching this off and going for a bath as my older two are about to walk in the door so they can supervise my younger two and I can pop some tylenol and go soak in the bath!!!!
Have a great weekend everyone - enjoy the good weather!
Tess!!!!! Grrrrrrr (lol)
Ok.....wanna see some more pics of yesterday..including a few of me (wah!!!!!) then you can head over to Tess's blog. My Daily Ramblings. Just click on the link in the list to the right!
Or don't (which I'd probably much prefer because everyone seems to like the pictures that I don't like lol.......and Tess is pretending that she didn't get my email t NOT post the pictures until AFTER she posted them hahahahahahaha GRANNY Tess)!!!!
While you're over there you can also check out Tess's lovely new hair-do and also her wonderful scrap book pages!
Or don't (which I'd probably much prefer because everyone seems to like the pictures that I don't like lol.......and Tess is pretending that she didn't get my email t NOT post the pictures until AFTER she posted them hahahahahahaha GRANNY Tess)!!!!
While you're over there you can also check out Tess's lovely new hair-do and also her wonderful scrap book pages!
Puberty confusion!
Susannah is very excited at the moment - her class has been learning about puberty! Now we discuss all of this at home anyway, but because they are talking about it at school and she is with her friends, it is all full of giggles!! She says her friends are all whispering to each other 'you're hitting puberty'!!!! And then they all giggle! Sigh!
All week this has been her main topic of discussion - at all times! Even with Lloyd in the kitchen after supper she will be discussing periods and bras and boys and sex and....how will she know she's hitting puberty? and what will it be like? And will it hurt? And when can she date? (30!)
At first it was funny....towards the end of the week it has become boring and annoying (sorry Susannah lol)
But last night to be honest some fo the things she said made me mad! Not at Susie but at the school! I realise she is at a Catholic school but some of the things the school are teaching these kids is RIDICULOUS!!!!
A couple of the Moms are helping in class this week. Some of the Moms I know.
So Susie is talking last night and says that one of the Moms says that you can get pregnant just by having your period start - just like Britney Spears sister did. I asked what she meant and she said that she meant that Britney Spears sister didn't go with a boy but got pregnant by just having her period start!!!!!!!!!!
WTF?????????????????????
So we have another Virgin Mary on our hands???? Is this what they are teaching them????
Uh no Susie....I'm sorry but Britney Spears Sister had sex with her boyfriend and got pregnant. Anyone who gets pregnant has either had sex with a boyfriend or has been to a sperm bank or had IVF (and yes we have explained these things).
Yet Catholics are so against termination of unwanted pregnancies - so why on earth don't they educate their teens and preteens PROPERLY so there are less pregnancies in the first place???????
Susannah and her friends seriously though Britney Spears sister got pregnant JUST from having her period start - so if there are girls in her class whose parents do not tell their children the truth those poor girls might be scared that when their periods start they will have a baby!!!!!!! Can you imagine that fear????????? At ten years of age????????
My children are told the truth always - at a level suitable for their age and understanding. I think it is VERY important.
All week this has been her main topic of discussion - at all times! Even with Lloyd in the kitchen after supper she will be discussing periods and bras and boys and sex and....how will she know she's hitting puberty? and what will it be like? And will it hurt? And when can she date? (30!)
At first it was funny....towards the end of the week it has become boring and annoying (sorry Susannah lol)
But last night to be honest some fo the things she said made me mad! Not at Susie but at the school! I realise she is at a Catholic school but some of the things the school are teaching these kids is RIDICULOUS!!!!
A couple of the Moms are helping in class this week. Some of the Moms I know.
So Susie is talking last night and says that one of the Moms says that you can get pregnant just by having your period start - just like Britney Spears sister did. I asked what she meant and she said that she meant that Britney Spears sister didn't go with a boy but got pregnant by just having her period start!!!!!!!!!!
WTF?????????????????????
So we have another Virgin Mary on our hands???? Is this what they are teaching them????
Uh no Susie....I'm sorry but Britney Spears Sister had sex with her boyfriend and got pregnant. Anyone who gets pregnant has either had sex with a boyfriend or has been to a sperm bank or had IVF (and yes we have explained these things).
Yet Catholics are so against termination of unwanted pregnancies - so why on earth don't they educate their teens and preteens PROPERLY so there are less pregnancies in the first place???????
Susannah and her friends seriously though Britney Spears sister got pregnant JUST from having her period start - so if there are girls in her class whose parents do not tell their children the truth those poor girls might be scared that when their periods start they will have a baby!!!!!!! Can you imagine that fear????????? At ten years of age????????
My children are told the truth always - at a level suitable for their age and understanding. I think it is VERY important.
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