Oh Canada

It's the first match int he Stanley Cup finals. The Oilers (our Oilers) are playing the Carolina Huricanes.....in Raleigh I believe....which could have been our home at one time.....

The boys are watching the match. We all stood and sang Oh Canada - I love singing that - it always makes me well up with tears which is kind of weird because singing God Save the Queen never made me feel that. I guess because this is my country of choice I feel especially proud and grateful to be able to sing it as my anthem. Laurie sings the anthem in sign language which I love to see!

I will probably watch some of the match. Lloyd is outside in the coop...it has been raining a little...came over very dark and earlier when we were on our way home from town. Then it cleared for a while during dinner but seems to be coming over very dark again....perhaps this means Lloyd will have to come inside soon.

It's driving me nuts that Blogger won't let me post pictures for some reason.....

Susie is playing with Sam...they are playinga game where they chase each other and then pretend to collapse on the floor and sleep...Sam seems very sweet playing it.

I can't find a watering can anywhere - I just want a large plastic cheap watering can...all I can find are nice turquoise shiny metal ones...that look like a piece of art and cost as much as one!

So I made the honey mustard chicken and it was an amazing success. Everyone loved it.

Oooh the Oilers have scored! Go Oilers!!!!

I served the chicken with brown rice and some vegetables as I couldn't get any new potatoes. It was so easy.

1 cup Hellmans Mayo
3 tbsp grainy Dijon Mustard
2 tbsp honey
2 chopped green onions
2 tbsp apple cider vinegar

Mix together. Cover chicken breasts well in sauce in oven proof dish. Cover with foil and bake...I baked it for as long as the rice took to cook - so about 50 minutes on 420.

Yum!

We are going to the curriculum sale at the homeschool group tomorrow. I am hoping they sell books etc and not just curriculum. R has offered to let me have her unschooling magazines from the last year.....I can't wait! Lots of unschooling Inspiration. I really like R...she just seems so relaxed and laid back.......oh how I wish I was that laid back and patient!!!

I got the last cheque of homeschool funding from my current schoolboard today.....and also the registration forms from Education Unlimited for next year...I think I am going to go with them for the next year and see how it goes. They are a non-resident home school board that specialises in assisting unschooled children to get into post secondary education.

C, another homeschooler at the local group has invited us over to her house tomorrow afternoon for lunch and a water fight for the kids...the boys will love that!

The children asked today if the schools were now closed for summer....it's funny how you soon lose touch with what the public schools are doing....it made me think how lucky my 5 are......they are able to enjoy the summer all the way through....they are outside playing whenever they want, at the splashpark and playing baseball etc when their peers are in classrooms. They will have really made the most of the good weather which is so important here!

I was reading about a lady in the UK who is having trouble with her LEA......I feel so fortunate to be out of that situation now...homeschooling is so easy and so supported here in AB. There is so much choice and so many fellow homeschoolers....so much to do....too much at times! I love living here.