Brief and Boring Update

We haven't been doing too much recently because we're still adjusting to Jess and Karli being away, but life is still full!

::Our social engagements of this week were:

Sunday - a couple from Church came over to borrow tools for their new mail box, but ended up staying for dinner, dessert and a board game!

Monday - A friend came for morning tea and brought some yummy baking with her.

Wednesday - Robert had his final appointment with the dentist to reconstruct his front tooth.

Thursday - Mum took the boys and Lily to gymnastics, followed by grocery shopping and they (the boys) had their piano lessons.

Friday - I had my flute lesson and we had four people from church over for dinner.

::Yesterday - Friday - Rob found this cute little bird's nest near our strawberries. We think it may be a wren's nest... any ideas?

(Google Image)

::On Thursday we watched "Fantastic Mr. Fox". It was excellent! It is based on a Roald Dahl book, so naturally a bit... different, but it got a lot of laughs out of us. It also had great music, including a "Beach Boys" hit.

::Bek and I are doing an OUA course called "Creative and Professional Writing". I think Bek enjoys it a tad more than I do, I'm not as crazy about writing!

::I have finished the "Human Health" course, which I'm happy to be done with! I haven't received the over-all grade for the course though, but I think I got roughly 80%.

::The full-year course, "Academic Literacy Skills" is nearly completed! I only have one assignment and an essay left.

::Random, yet not random. Today Michael had a fancy to dress in Lily's clothes; when I took photos of him I couldn't say "Smile, Mike!" with an immediate result, I had to say "Show me your teeth." He's cute, as always!

A Little Man Has Turned Two!

Happy Birthday Michael!!

Blog Headers

If you have spare time to post a comment, I was wondering whether you would mind giving me your honest opinion.
I've been working on my blog header on Photoshop and came up with two worthwhile ones to be voted on for the permanent header. I also have a poll on the side of my blog, so if you don't get time to comment but want to vote then there's an option =)

Thanks!


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Gone.... For Six Weeks.....

Celebration

Today is Grace's 6th birthday. It is also Michael's 2nd birthday on the 16th, and Jess and Karli leave very soon to go overseas. For a last family celebration, before the girls go, we went to the Ruby Restaurant for lunch. One of our very good friends, Amy, came also.

Jamie and Dan.

Amy and Jess.

Mum and Dad.

Dan using chopsticks.... and hands :P

Amy and I were the only ones who lasted the whole meal without using normal cutlery =) We were very proud of ourselves!

All of us at the table (s).

The entire family. We haven't ever been able to get a family photo with Grace, but Amy made it possible by being our photographer.

Michael + Crayon = Disaster

He has been told time and time again: "Only draw on the paper!" and yet he wanders off to whichever wall is not out in the open and he scribbles all over it. He knows the consequence, too!

Punishment was sure to follow, but this time we couldn't help laughing (behind his back!)..... "Harold and the Purple Crayon" had turned into "Michael and the Purple Crayon".

Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius ~Pietro Aretino

(stars).


(my breath in the cold night air).