We made the most of flying the kite this week during some VERY windy weather!
1 day ago
May 22, 2008
Growing
Watering the flower garden. A watering her plants - she won the little cherry trees two years ago on Earth Day. The catnip she chose at the garden centre last week. The Lupine is her Sisters and she is watering it for her.
Grade 2 workbook
Yesterday I bought a Grade 2 workbook for A. as she has finished all the grade 1 books we had bought for her and was bored with them all. Last night she did 18 pages! She loved it. Which now confuses us even more over what year to register her for next year. This year she was actually registered for kindergarten. We were officially going to register her for grade one next year. Now we are considering registering her for grade two.
What to do?
She is enjoying writing stories now - they are only a few lines long but it's a start. She is still loving to read and is now reading chapter books. She is reading a Dear Dumb Diary book right now. I have no idea what grade level that kind of book is but she picked it off the shelf herself and is reading it to herself at bedtime.
Her spelling is a little TOO good though and makes me laugh! Last week the gas company was here with their 'ditch witch' to trench a new gas line for us. and A. saw the ditch witch and said "you know, if they changed the first letter to a 'B' it would be a rude word' and I laughed out loud and said "You know, I had thought the same thing myself"!!!! This girl is six and she can think about changing spellings from witch to *itch!!!!!!! hahahahaha!!
This week S is sick and it is raining heavily outside so we are doing lots of reading, crafts, talking....and sitting out on the porch watching the chrysalises waiting for them to change (any day now!!!!)
Today A is drawing maps from places close by to our house!
I think tonight I will go through the grade 1 curriculum and check off the things we've done this year so we can see what we have and haven't done this year.....I think A has come on in leaps and bounds since September! Her reading, writing, spelling, drawing, math, science...all her basics.......
I ask her about the Fall and she says she definitely wants to do drama again with her friends. She is also hoping to do ice skating if the class runs. And I think I will put her in to Jennifers group at the library. I think that will be enough for her though. And definitely enough for me.
What to do?
She is enjoying writing stories now - they are only a few lines long but it's a start. She is still loving to read and is now reading chapter books. She is reading a Dear Dumb Diary book right now. I have no idea what grade level that kind of book is but she picked it off the shelf herself and is reading it to herself at bedtime.
Her spelling is a little TOO good though and makes me laugh! Last week the gas company was here with their 'ditch witch' to trench a new gas line for us. and A. saw the ditch witch and said "you know, if they changed the first letter to a 'B' it would be a rude word' and I laughed out loud and said "You know, I had thought the same thing myself"!!!! This girl is six and she can think about changing spellings from witch to *itch!!!!!!! hahahahaha!!
This week S is sick and it is raining heavily outside so we are doing lots of reading, crafts, talking....and sitting out on the porch watching the chrysalises waiting for them to change (any day now!!!!)
Today A is drawing maps from places close by to our house!
I think tonight I will go through the grade 1 curriculum and check off the things we've done this year so we can see what we have and haven't done this year.....I think A has come on in leaps and bounds since September! Her reading, writing, spelling, drawing, math, science...all her basics.......
I ask her about the Fall and she says she definitely wants to do drama again with her friends. She is also hoping to do ice skating if the class runs. And I think I will put her in to Jennifers group at the library. I think that will be enough for her though. And definitely enough for me.
Abigails Story....
One day I came home from school and found an octopus in my bathtub. I ran to Mom and she said call Dad. Then he said call the Police. Then I had to call the Police and the Police said we will be there as fast as we can.
The End.
The End.
In my thoughts......
Taras Daughter Kennedy is being admitted into the Stollery childrens hospital as I write. Kennedy, who is 8, has Cystic Fibrosis. She has been having some problems with her breathing - I think related to asthma or an infection.
Anyway, Kennedy will be in hospital for two weeks which is a very long time for a little girl - and a very long time for a family! Please keep Tara and her family in your thoughts - please pop over to the 'CFMommy' blog - link to the right - and let them know that you are thinking of them!
Tara if you need anything please just call.
Another family we know have a little boy with CF who is also in hospital there this week. Please also keep Tina and her little boy Connor in your thoughts too!
Anyway, Kennedy will be in hospital for two weeks which is a very long time for a little girl - and a very long time for a family! Please keep Tara and her family in your thoughts - please pop over to the 'CFMommy' blog - link to the right - and let them know that you are thinking of them!
Tara if you need anything please just call.
Another family we know have a little boy with CF who is also in hospital there this week. Please also keep Tina and her little boy Connor in your thoughts too!
May 21, 2008
Bugs everywhere
Sam was up all night last night. Turns out it's definitely NOT allergies Val - his fever peaked last night and he started hallucinating because of it. At 4am he was seeing bugs everywhere and screaming the place down. Wanted to be held but when he was held he was screaming because he could see bugs crawling on us....wanted to go down but could see bugs crawling on the bed.....poor little guy. I have only ever had two children hallucinate - Sam and Susannah - Susannah reacted badly to her meningitis C vaccination when she was a toddler and she started hallucinating about bugs everywhere too.....weird!
Last night we had to keep propping him up when he DID sleep because when he sleeps flat he gets so chesty and coughs so much he is almost sick - but he hates to sit propped up - he likes to sit flat with his legs up on someone.
NOT an easy night. Eventually the fever broke and he finally fell asleep on me. Lloyd gave up on falling back to sleep and just went into work early. I got a couple of hours sleep but not much and then spent much of the day reading and napping on the porch. I love sitting on the porch when its raining. We had blankets out there and the cats were out there too and we just enjoyed being snuggled up outside with the rain pouring down around us but we were warm and dry.
Sam fell asleep late this afternoon and Lloyd and I took the chance to run into town for some pet food as we had none for the dogs and cats. Grabbed a coffee out and a new book for me to read. Then home and Sam had just woken up so timing was perfect!
Now I'm going for a bath and Sam is coming in with me.....then early night for all of us to catch up on what we missed last night. Goodnight all :)
Tara if you read this I couldn't agree more - this rain is much needed - especially for the pee spots ;)
Everything is sooooo lovely and green out now. My bees may not be enjoying it but I am loving the rain - and the bees will enjoy the pollen it brings afterwards :)
Last night we had to keep propping him up when he DID sleep because when he sleeps flat he gets so chesty and coughs so much he is almost sick - but he hates to sit propped up - he likes to sit flat with his legs up on someone.
NOT an easy night. Eventually the fever broke and he finally fell asleep on me. Lloyd gave up on falling back to sleep and just went into work early. I got a couple of hours sleep but not much and then spent much of the day reading and napping on the porch. I love sitting on the porch when its raining. We had blankets out there and the cats were out there too and we just enjoyed being snuggled up outside with the rain pouring down around us but we were warm and dry.
Sam fell asleep late this afternoon and Lloyd and I took the chance to run into town for some pet food as we had none for the dogs and cats. Grabbed a coffee out and a new book for me to read. Then home and Sam had just woken up so timing was perfect!
Now I'm going for a bath and Sam is coming in with me.....then early night for all of us to catch up on what we missed last night. Goodnight all :)
Tara if you read this I couldn't agree more - this rain is much needed - especially for the pee spots ;)
Everything is sooooo lovely and green out now. My bees may not be enjoying it but I am loving the rain - and the bees will enjoy the pollen it brings afterwards :)
Kite flying....
Every few days over the last week we seem to get these strong winds blow through - so last night we decided to make the most of it and get the kite out. It wasn't long before the winds got TOO strong though and the kite wasn't built to deal with 40 - 50km winds and the kite ended up in Lori and Daves paddock next door lol! Thats actually quite far away so that shows how strong the winds were to carry the kite that far!
Lauries new ramp......
Laurie has been making the most of where Lloyd parked his trailer....by using it as his bike ramp for the last couple of days...
May 20, 2008
Val - thank you!
Thanks so much for the Costco reusable bag (LOVE IT) and all the clothes that you brought over in it!! Sam and Abby had so much fun going through it all this morning and you may have noticed Sam is wearing some of them in the pictures - he chose his outfit today lol not sure it quite hoes together but he picked it so there you go :) In fact I think the pants are too long for him as I think they are supposed to be shorter really! Liked cropped!!
Abigail said the clothes smelled different to her clothes and you know how picky kids can be so I asked her if she wanted me to wash them and she said no way because they smell 'nice different' lol! So whoever washed them Abigail prefers their washing detergent ;) It does smell good I have to admit!!!
Sam marched around in a Winnie the Pooh sweater for ages before setting on Spongebob!
Thank you :) Sams room looks a bit like a teenagers bedroom this afternoon with clothes strewn everywhere!
Abigail said the clothes smelled different to her clothes and you know how picky kids can be so I asked her if she wanted me to wash them and she said no way because they smell 'nice different' lol! So whoever washed them Abigail prefers their washing detergent ;) It does smell good I have to admit!!!
Sam marched around in a Winnie the Pooh sweater for ages before setting on Spongebob!
Thank you :) Sams room looks a bit like a teenagers bedroom this afternoon with clothes strewn everywhere!
Watering the flower bed....
Abigail watering her catnip and Susies Lupine. And also Abigail watering her cherry blossom tree (she won two of these on Earth Day two years ago at Hawrelak Park).
Sam watering his Sunflower.
My orange Iris flowered today!
Both Irises are now flowering.....and of course Jasper had to get in on the act......he has to follow us everywhere we go!
Taking a rest from watering the tubs....
As you can see I have some grass growing where I seeded but I've been lazy with my watering some days...and some day lilies have popped up and I haven't the heart to kill them.......I am overrun with lilies here...millions of them. They'll get mown up soon or whenever or dug up and moved but for now I will leave them to flower....
Congratulations Louise!!!!
We did it!
Congratulations to Louise who took part in the Moonwalk for Cancer Research in England at the weekend. Louise and I were in the same class at Junior High (up to age 16) and is pictured above on the left.:
We walked the 13.1 miles in 3hrs 20 mins which we were really pleased with! Awful photo, doesnt help that my sister in law is young, slim and just got back from mexico with a sickening tan!!! But we walked the first 3 miles in our bras and then gave in to t-shirts!Kept warm tho as got a good pace going although the last mile took forever and I am sure it was more like 2!! Felt a bit of a cheat tho as lots and lots of woman doing the full moon at 26.2 miles....good on them and maybe one year I might be up for it............
Have just got home after picking up the boys from my brothers, 2 tired boys but have had a great weekend with their cousins. Its time for a long soak tonight, followed by a chinese and a glass of wine.....I burnt the calories off already last night!!
Great experience tho tinged with sadness as Beth was doing it with sarah this time last year.
Louise
xx
Well done Louise :) You did it :) How do you feel?
Victoria Day Weekend
I can't believe the weekend is over :( How come three day weekends go so fast? Lloyd woke me up this morning with coffee and at least he was able to have coffee with me before he left for work :(
Our weekend was kind of all over the place because of the kids.....we thought we had set plans but then the kids plans kept changing so our plans kept changing. Luckily there was nothing we had to do at set times so it all worked out in the end and we managed to do everything we wanted to to do :)
Laurence spent most of the weekend (two nights) in town at his friends home and went to see Prince Caspian at the movies. We went to the funfair at Millwoods. Chris went to the cinema with a friend and the funfair with us....he also got his phone and was happy....
Lloyd and I did gardening, did the hive inspections on the bees, lots of relaxing, nice walks with the dogs, playing outside, went to Dairy Queen where I was VERY bad and had a Brownie Earthquake and enjoyed every mouthful thank you very much :) I can eat it guilt free when the rest of the day I barely eat lol. Last night Lloyd made me weetabix at 10pm because we realised I hadn't had enough to eat during the day. These tablets are so weird.
Yesterday Val and her lovely family came over for a while. I hope they had as good a time as we did! The children always play so well together! A little too well together sometimes - in the end they ended up having a big water fight - thankfully just as the evening wrapped up and it was home time! Laurence got dropped in the pool fully clothed (twice! Two different outfits) and then Vals Son T did!!) but they were all good sports!!! We had the firebowl going (thankfully the fire ban allows fires within special firebowls that have lids) so we were able to have Smores - and we had some yummy desserts too......
I promised Val some plants for her garden and said to bring a large container.....of course her idea of large and my idea of large are completely different hahahahaha and the amount of day lilies I gave her would NOT fit in her containers.....(or her garden I am thinking lol and James was asking WHERE are we going to put all these??????
oops!!!
The kids were playing on the bikes and basketball and we sat around the firebowl chatting and it was just a nice relaxing evening :) Thanks Val and James for coming over :)
Poor J (Vals Daughter) ended up having an asthma attack last night though brought on from allergies maybe from the trees in the area and the smoke etc so that meant a hospital visit. She's doing better this morning thankfully! But we send her lots of love and get well wishes!!!!
And so today is a work day and a school day here. Laurence isn't at school as he had a migraine this morning - too many late nights at his friends house mixed in with a change in the weather - theres a low coming in - maybe some thunder storms this evening and some rain coming in tomorrow after all this hot weather we have had over the weekend.....so he is home for the day. Sam is full of either a cough and cold or allergies from all the trees and blossom that is finally out there, so he isn't at preschool today.
So after I finish catching up with my blog I plan to relax and finish my book 'The Secret Life of Bees' which has taken me ages to read - FANTASTIC book (thanks Heather for recommending it) I just never seem to have much time once the good weather is here.
I hope you all had a great weekend.
Our weekend was kind of all over the place because of the kids.....we thought we had set plans but then the kids plans kept changing so our plans kept changing. Luckily there was nothing we had to do at set times so it all worked out in the end and we managed to do everything we wanted to to do :)
Laurence spent most of the weekend (two nights) in town at his friends home and went to see Prince Caspian at the movies. We went to the funfair at Millwoods. Chris went to the cinema with a friend and the funfair with us....he also got his phone and was happy....
Lloyd and I did gardening, did the hive inspections on the bees, lots of relaxing, nice walks with the dogs, playing outside, went to Dairy Queen where I was VERY bad and had a Brownie Earthquake and enjoyed every mouthful thank you very much :) I can eat it guilt free when the rest of the day I barely eat lol. Last night Lloyd made me weetabix at 10pm because we realised I hadn't had enough to eat during the day. These tablets are so weird.
Yesterday Val and her lovely family came over for a while. I hope they had as good a time as we did! The children always play so well together! A little too well together sometimes - in the end they ended up having a big water fight - thankfully just as the evening wrapped up and it was home time! Laurence got dropped in the pool fully clothed (twice! Two different outfits) and then Vals Son T did!!) but they were all good sports!!! We had the firebowl going (thankfully the fire ban allows fires within special firebowls that have lids) so we were able to have Smores - and we had some yummy desserts too......
I promised Val some plants for her garden and said to bring a large container.....of course her idea of large and my idea of large are completely different hahahahaha and the amount of day lilies I gave her would NOT fit in her containers.....(or her garden I am thinking lol and James was asking WHERE are we going to put all these??????
oops!!!
The kids were playing on the bikes and basketball and we sat around the firebowl chatting and it was just a nice relaxing evening :) Thanks Val and James for coming over :)
Poor J (Vals Daughter) ended up having an asthma attack last night though brought on from allergies maybe from the trees in the area and the smoke etc so that meant a hospital visit. She's doing better this morning thankfully! But we send her lots of love and get well wishes!!!!
And so today is a work day and a school day here. Laurence isn't at school as he had a migraine this morning - too many late nights at his friends house mixed in with a change in the weather - theres a low coming in - maybe some thunder storms this evening and some rain coming in tomorrow after all this hot weather we have had over the weekend.....so he is home for the day. Sam is full of either a cough and cold or allergies from all the trees and blossom that is finally out there, so he isn't at preschool today.
So after I finish catching up with my blog I plan to relax and finish my book 'The Secret Life of Bees' which has taken me ages to read - FANTASTIC book (thanks Heather for recommending it) I just never seem to have much time once the good weather is here.
I hope you all had a great weekend.
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