Report card day...

It's only 3:30pm and I'm exhausted and I still have to go out tonight....its been a good day but BUSY....lots of errands to run!

We got up and went into town to Parentlink. It was a good morning - time flies there!!! Samantha gave me a gift when I got there - a pig that 'oinks' a Christmas song!!! Lol she knew I was looking for a friend for Charlie! Too funny! She also gave me such a pretty thank you card for Friday night - with a wonderful message inside :)

Today the story at circle time was The Hungry Caterpillar and Samantha had this apron that she could stick all the characters to! It was really cool! Snack was apples with cinnamon sprinkles, cheese and goldfish :) My two were very happy :) The craft was 'Gak' which is really funny because we had planned to make some at home this afternoon anyway! But we will make it tomorrow now! Sam spent most of his time building with the huge wooden blocks. Samantha invited me to quiz night tomorrow night which I would have gone to except I have a meeting at the hall to go to :(

After parentlink, we drove to Walmart to deliver a letter...then to the mall to return some dvd's for Samantha and to pick up some chocolates from Laura Secord for the Christmas party. Ran into Chapters for some magazines and then back to the car....drove to Costco to collect a $50 gift card they gave us for the party.....LOVE Costco!!!! So many stores have stupid policies when it comes to donations but Costco are great!

Then we headed home finally - checked mail to find my Creating Keepsakes magazine...yay!

The kids got home just after us and we have been doing a few chores.....Chris has been phoning round various businesses for me...they brought their report cards home with them - Susannahs is FABULOUS - she got excellent in everything and her teacher said she felt blessed to have her in her classroom.....that Susannah is a leader in her class (this shocks me and shows that her year at home really worked wonders for her confidence!) Laurences report card didn't surprise me (sigh) he got honours in a couple of subjects and then got 63% in a couple of others....his teacher said he is capable of more and she is soooo right about that! Chris too - he got honours in a couple of subjects and 70's in other subjects and he is also capable of much much more....but I also know that junior high is a time for social lives and fitting in and so I am hoping that they get this out of their system and then buckle down and study in high school.....Basically though, none of them are struggling and they all have positive things about their report cards.....all have their teachers saying how much they enjoy having them in their class and thats very important too!

I slipped off a seat at parentlink today and now have a big lump on my arm....what a dork lol - luckily the only peole to see were Sam and Abby and they're more than used to seeing me being a dork ;)

Tonight is date night...we're doing some Christmas shopping and Lloyd said something about him wanting a new jacket.....so maybe we will look for one for him.

Chris is over the moon because we measured him on the wall and he is almost an inch taller than me!!!!

At Costco I bought a big bag of sugar - their bags are HUGE.....with baking and everything else it doesn't last long! This bag for sure won't last long because it leaked all in the car and then leaked all through the house while I carried it in.....sigh.....

I'm tired and as much as I am looking forward to an evening out with Lloyd, I would be just as happy to curl up with a good movie and a box of After Eights! I'm not at home now until Saturday night as tomorrow I have a meeting all evening and Friday its movie night at the hall....Laurie is going to a sleepover birthday party on Friday and Chris is sleeping over at school as Friday night they are doing a 24 hour fast for charity - raising money for the school in Africa that their school supports....

I haven't been for a run today....I could go now and get it done before I go out, but I am drained, so I think I will just not do it today....

Tomorrow we are making sugar cookies and Gak! Probably staying home...Lloyd will be home early as Sunshine's (from LP) DH is coming over in the afternoon to give us a quote for electrical work....and Sunshine might be coming over to say hi and meet Charlie!