The kiddos started school last Thursday! Summer went by super fast. I wasn't quite ready for them to go back. But it will be good for routine.
Emily was pretty nervous to start Grade 2, but I think it is going very well. She was put in a Gr. 2/3 split class. Kaelie is in Gr. 5, she has a male teacher and seems to be enjoying it all quite a bit! Sydnie officially started Kindergarten today! She is soooo excited, and confident. It didn't even bother me one bit to leave her today.
One little guy left at home with me. Although there will be babysitting days that aren't too quiet! LOL
Monday, August 31, 2009
First Day of school 2009-2010
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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Pay it Forward!!
Back in April I did a post "Pay it Forward" and the idea was from another blog Lucy's Life. She had posted that the first 5 people to sign up she would send a random gift to throughout the year, and then those recipients would then pay it forward to other people. Well at the beginning of August I received my gift from Lucy!! It was a beautiful Willow Tree Ornament ("praying angel")........something I have recently started to collect. I was very excited, surprised! I am looking forward to paying it forward!
And a challenge to you......maybe just randomly send a little something to someone....it will brighten their day!!
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Monday, August 17, 2009
My oldest baby turned 10!!!!
Kaelie turned 10 years old this past week. So hard to believe! She is turning into a beautiful inside and out girl. It's neat when your kids get older......conversations change, etc...... We have our moments but we are really enjoying her! I think she had a pretty good birthday....... although Rolland and I were in Regina for his hand surgery for most of the actual day. But Kaelie and the other kiddos got to spend the day with Grandpa and Grandma.......I am pretty sure it was a pretty good day. When we got home, we let her open a few gifts, and she chose to watch a family movie together, then the girls slept in the living room that night. This isn't the best pic of her, but it is just after she opened her new Nintendo DS. She was pretty excited!
She chose a Willow Tree ornament from Grandma and Grandpa H.....neat gift I thought. Neat that she chose something like that.....girl after my own heart! She recieved some lovely gifts from Grandpa and Grandpa B as well as Uncle Dan and Auntie Tara, too! Thanks so much!!! She was super pleased with everything!
And then..........
We really partied................... on Friday.
These are my chef helpers, making pizza dough!Isaac, Sydnie, Kasenya, and Emily
When Kaelie's friends arrived they played a game of Life. Their choice. It is a neat age, too because they entertained themselves a lot!
Making their own mini pizzas The Hannah Montana cake....... lesson learned, I really could of saved a huge chunk of money and made my own "simple" cake like this! BUT it was good!! :)
The girls slept over that night......and they didn't get much sleep. The turkeys stayed up super late......we kept going down to tell them to go to sleep. Kaelie said she finally fell asleep around 4am, and I am sure there were a couple of others that remained awake! :)
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Niece and Nephew came for a bit of a visit!
Oh this summer has been so busy, FUN, but busy. We have spent many a day out at the camp. Which I actually love. Yet, now that I am back in reality, a routine would be nice to get back into. But I will try to catch up with some blogging!
Korbyn and Delanie came for a week to visit. It was the week of Girls' week, so I took Kae, Em, and Delanie to camp, and Rolland had Korbyn, Isaac and Syd. We all had a good week....but it went by so fast. We were sad to see them go.
Auntie Alex bought all the kids the matching outfits! Too fun, too cute!For Girls' week we got to go to the waterslides, so Rolland brought the three kiddos to join us in the couple hours of fun! I think they all enjoyed it!
Isaac wasn't into going down the slides that day.....but jumping in the little puddles was good enough for him!
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