Sam was thrilled to be able to use his new snow shovel today - he got a Diego shovel for his birthday and had fun outside digging today :)
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Jan 12, 2008
Snow shovel....
Sam was thrilled to be able to use his new snow shovel today - he got a Diego shovel for his birthday and had fun outside digging today :)
Fur coat....
Charlie is sporting a rather fetching hairy coat this winter.......she will lose it again in Spring and grow a mohican again ;)
In my thoughts...
www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=f1075afc-df4c-45b9-94a0-9a51a253a40e&k=22522
The families of those involved are in my thoughts tonight. Such a terrible tragedy. As the Mom of a 14 year old who plays for his school basketball team, and travels into town for matches at other schools, I just can't imagine what these families, and the community at large, are going through.
Just very sad :(
The families of those involved are in my thoughts tonight. Such a terrible tragedy. As the Mom of a 14 year old who plays for his school basketball team, and travels into town for matches at other schools, I just can't imagine what these families, and the community at large, are going through.
Just very sad :(
A mini album for my parents...
I can post these pictures now as FINALLY the parcel I sent my parents arrived! This was an album I made for them that comes in a little box...the chipboard album has Fall and Summer pictures of us all from last year.......
A New Year....
The new year has got off to a great start.
Monday we went swimming and out for lunch for S's birthday. It was a good way to start the week and I really like going on Monday BUT the pool was so much busier than when we go on Tuesdays so I'm not sure what to do each week....
This week A has done so much work....her reading continues to improve at such a pace....she is reading so well using phonetic approaches as well as sight words so she has it figured out in her head really well :)
She has also flown through a workbook on money and coins...and has started a section on measurement. She has worked on a few pages on telling the time too and seems to be doing well there.....so thats what we've been up to in math and reading....she has done a little writing - mainly in her reading workbook in which she has been focusing on beginning/ ending and middle sounds...
Craft-wise she made a sun catcher one day...
We have been playing card games BIG time.....Rummy, Crazy 8's, Go Fish......in fact it would be accurate to say that A is addicted to card games right now!
On Thursday we spent the day decluttering her bedroom - going through all of her clothes, underwear drawers, toy cupboards, book cases etc etc and we ended up with 4 sacks of garbage!!!!!!
A has also spent a lot of time on the computer this week - mainly on Webkinz which she just loves....it has helped her reading and math to improve greatly - she enjoys the games and working out how much money she needs to save in order to buy items for her horse.......she also worked out that she could sell certain items in order to save enough money to buy the items she really wanted!
We've been out sledding, took walks....and basically did our normal day to day things too.....it's been a great week and I think she's learned so much in just the last few days - not bad considering that Wednesday didn't really exist for me - I was in bed in the dark almost all day with a migraine..so Daddy got to be in charge all day and had the kids doing playdoh etc etc at the table...and A used the computer that day.....
Monday we went swimming and out for lunch for S's birthday. It was a good way to start the week and I really like going on Monday BUT the pool was so much busier than when we go on Tuesdays so I'm not sure what to do each week....
This week A has done so much work....her reading continues to improve at such a pace....she is reading so well using phonetic approaches as well as sight words so she has it figured out in her head really well :)
She has also flown through a workbook on money and coins...and has started a section on measurement. She has worked on a few pages on telling the time too and seems to be doing well there.....so thats what we've been up to in math and reading....she has done a little writing - mainly in her reading workbook in which she has been focusing on beginning/ ending and middle sounds...
Craft-wise she made a sun catcher one day...
We have been playing card games BIG time.....Rummy, Crazy 8's, Go Fish......in fact it would be accurate to say that A is addicted to card games right now!
On Thursday we spent the day decluttering her bedroom - going through all of her clothes, underwear drawers, toy cupboards, book cases etc etc and we ended up with 4 sacks of garbage!!!!!!
A has also spent a lot of time on the computer this week - mainly on Webkinz which she just loves....it has helped her reading and math to improve greatly - she enjoys the games and working out how much money she needs to save in order to buy items for her horse.......she also worked out that she could sell certain items in order to save enough money to buy the items she really wanted!
We've been out sledding, took walks....and basically did our normal day to day things too.....it's been a great week and I think she's learned so much in just the last few days - not bad considering that Wednesday didn't really exist for me - I was in bed in the dark almost all day with a migraine..so Daddy got to be in charge all day and had the kids doing playdoh etc etc at the table...and A used the computer that day.....
A birthday gift arrives...
Sam was happy to get mail this week from Grandma and Grandad Thorpe....some pj's with Thomas the Tank Engine and Bob The Builder on them! He was very happy.
Sam gets to ride the tractor!
Sam enjoying the tractor today! I think they are both hoping for a heavy snowfall soon so they can get to play and clear the driveway! That or an early Spring so they can dig in the mud lol!
Sewing....
On Tuesday I spent all afternoon cutting patches and sewing them together.....unfortunately the tension from my cheap crappy Fiskars rotary cutter gave me a really stiff neck and shoulder and caused a mega migraine (well, that and the fact I stopped my meds at Christmas sigh.....) Just goes to show there is no point being cheap when it comes to tools such as a rotary cutter.....
I LOVE my sewing machine - it was soooooo easy to use! So fast! OMG I couldn't believe how easy I found it! On Thursday night we headed to fabricland and bought material for me to make two pairs of curtains for the girls bedroom :) Yay!!!
In daylight.....
Lloyd on his new tractor - he looks so happy :) I think he's probably wanted one since he was about 4 years old lol! So happy for him :) He deserves it :)
Lloyds new toy arrives....
Lloyds tractor arrived this week. Sadly it didn't arrive until after dark so the pictures aren't good.
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