My week....

Sunday - We headed to South Edmonton Common to kit the kids out in new clothes and shoes for Spring and Summer. I even found myself a cute tshirt for Earth Day ;) The shopping was exhausting but fun! The kids loved it though! We had lunch out and then headed home. I took Chris to the golf course for his orientation session - he starts officially next week and thinks he's going to love it there :) Lloyd spent the afternoon emptying the basement ready for the work to start down there this week. Susannahs friend Madison came over to play. (Madison just moved here and has moved to a house close to our mail box which is really handy as its close enough that Susannah and her can play together regularly) Lloyd got a fire going and the kids made Smores. Lloyd and I had jacket potatoes on the fire for a late supper but the kids didn't want a supper after their lunch out and were happy with sandwiches and smores!

Monday - Abby, Sam and I had lunch out on the deck on Monday which was really nice - it's lovely and sheltered out there so that even when it's windy it is nice and warm and sunny. We can sit and talk and eat our lunch. Val Emailed that she had had some bad news, so I gave her a call and told her to come over for coffee (and some distraction and chat)!! We spent the afternoon outside on the deck and out by the sandbox while the kids played with the rocket launcher and in the sand, and then we took a walk round the back field and through the woods. The weather was warm except for the wind which was cold. I caught the sun - too much on my face - which is worrying me a bit. I seem to be catching the sun too fast already this year and my face is tanning waaaaay too fast! (The only part of me on show so far this year really - apart from a couple of days when I've worn a tshirt and then I end up with tshirt lines fast). So Lloyd is trying to find out if it's my drugs and the high dose I'm on. Whether they make you photosensitive and more likely to burn. Monday night Lloyd and I had to go to Home Depot and so we went to Starbucks too for a yummy London Fog and drove home the scenic route and stopped off to see a really old car thats for sale. It's beautiful on the outside but turns out the inside is just nasty......what a shame!Oh and I had made these special orange juice lollies in the holders Samantha gave me last year which have straws on them where you get to suck the melted juice at the bottom - they were a big hit!!

Tuesday - I took Abigail swimming while Sam was at PreK. She is practicing her swimming on her back and floating on her back. The weather was GORGEOUS 21c. After swimming and when we got home, the girls cycled to the mailbox together. Sam and I walked down to the pond together and sat there and watched the frogs swimming across the pond and jumping about and making circles and listened to them get quiet and then noisier and noisier....Sam got REALLY good at spotting them! This weekend we will get new nets so that we can go pond dipping again. Dollar store nets tend to only last one summer around here ;) Tuesday evening we were just outside because it was such a lovely evening - hard to believe the weather was going to change!!

Wednesday - Earth Day!!! I took 26 Juice Boxes to school for Laurence as it was our juice day at drama club and didn't remember until I woke up and Laurie had forgotten too! He remembered mid morning too lol but by that time I had already dropped them at reception ;) Then I took Sam and Abby to Save On Foods with their own Reusable bags including Sams from his book 'Me and My Bag' which Abigail continued to read again and again in the car on the way there......We tried to buy Earth Friendly items there but that didn't prove easy as I said they could choose something for lunch and sadly everything they wanted didn't come in earth friendly packaging (sigh)........BUT it was recyclable thanks to Strathcona County's wonderful recycling program so thats good I guess! We did ONLY buy what could fit into our bags or could be carried!! We came home and all that days 'schoolwork' was Earth Day based. In the afternoon we had some fun playing with some messy crafts though by building a volcano and erupting it with baking soda!! Wooooooooosh! Then Abby and Sam played with cornflour. Those pictures are all on the homeschooling blog if you want to see them! Susannahs friend Cassie came over after school and stayed for dinner. I drove her home around 7:30 and went in to see her new kitten 'Abby'. Very cute!

Thursday - Abigail started art classes at a local community centre. They are homeschoolers classes and she loved it! The first class was on 'acrylics' and they painted a colour wheel before painting a canvas. Each class lasts an hour and a half. While she was in the class I went to McDonalds with my friend Jennifer and her little boy. Abigail is going to teach Sam and I what she learned in the class, so we bought the materials yesterday. After her class we drove to Millennium Place and had lunch, then took Sam to PreK, but he knew we were going out for coffee and cake so he started crying (he's never done that before) and it was awful. He clung to me and in the end we decided that the teacher would take him and snuggle with him and if he was still upset she would call me but of course he was fine very quickly! He LOVES school and has never been upset before! It was just because he knew we were going out!! Abby and I went to Second Cup on Baseline and met Rhonda for tea and cake! We sat and chatted for ages....I got told I was as bad as her husband for not noticing her new glasses, hair colour and cut ;) Sorry Rhonda lol!! Ran in to Michaels for a few things...back to MP for Sam who was back to his happy self - gave him his turtle cookie :) Headed home......date night with Lloyd Joeys was busy, Boston Pizza was busy grrrr We normally go out on Wednesdays which is quiet AND we normally go early but the workmen left late so we had to leave later.....we ended up going to Kelseys but got a table straight away and the food was served fairly quickly and was fine so all was good! Popped into the scrapbook store (as it was soooo convenient hahahahaha - then ran to Winners and got myself a new swimsuit for Sunday. Finally went home where I decluttered the linen cupboard.

Friday - my plans so far are: lazy-ish day at home followed by Staceys party tonight!!!!! Susannah has a party tonight that she is going to straight from school. Hers is a camp out/ survivor party!!! Have to say I am VERY glad that Staceys party is NOT a campout/ survivor party hahahahaha :)