Yes, that's right, I am 30! Can you believe it? Me either! I'm too young, have to much to do still and most of all don't "look it" (did I mention modest?)
Every year that I can remember from about 20 on or so I would make a plan... XX (how old I was) things to do before I turn XX(next birthday). I remember trying to get most of them done, if not all. Some years, having a baby was put on and it was never crossed off but hey, it's worth a shot right? And some years, having a date night once a month, was totally doable!
This year I'm at a loss. I can't think of 30 things to do in a year. I just can't even imagine 30 things I would want to do every month or at least complete before I turn 31.
So this year I'm making it simple :)
I want to write on the blog 3 times a month.
I want to post pictures on the blog 3 times a month.
I want to have 3 meals a week I can make and not worry about.
See.. simple!
I'm finding my life is just getting more and more crazy, things are getting harder to do and I'm just so tired. I realize alot of that has to come with this little baby that's going to be arriving in 2013, but still.
So there you have it.. my BIG goals for being 30 :)
Friday, October 19, 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Do you blog? I... did.
I was going through my bookmarks today on my computer and I"m surprised at how life changes so much. When I first started to use the bookmarks everything was about, finding a house in Toronto, libraries, kid things, what to do with kids in Toronto, the weather, my online "family", and more.
Now things are coming around again. I find I'm starting to bookmark things that are about babies, what to do with kids in Toronto and my online families. But I'm also bookmarking things like sports pages (kyler), online games (quinton), wii games for kids (both boys) and so much more. Many more things that I ever thought I would.
I also went through my bookmarks of blogs. I personally LOVE to blog. I may not get to do it as much as I could but I love blogging. It kinda gives me a place to put my thoughts down and enjoy the fact that while they are private thoughts, sometimes they help people.
As I travelled through my bookmarked blogs I noticed alot of people stopped blogging. For example, a friend of mine from online. She last blogged in November 2011. It was a post about her family getting a new front entry way. At first, I was a little bummed that nothing else had been updated, but then I remembered how much her family has changed. She is now expecting #3. They have refinanced their house and had to do some work on it to complete everything. As well as with working as a nurse and her oldest starting school it's super busy.
Another favourite blog of mine hasn't been posted in for a few years. This mama of 2 girls and a boy is so busy with her photography business and her own work as well as taking care of those cuties, it's no surprise that the blog hasn't been updated.
One more of my well lurked blogs is a friend of mine who went to Ireland. She is there on a missions trip. With being so busy during the summer (like most people are) blogging has slowed down. I really miss her updates and her joys and struggles and well as prayer requests.
While I miss reading my blogs and seeing them updated all the time I can't make people do it :) But for now, I promise to try and blog a bit more. And yes, I'll try and include pictures :)
Now things are coming around again. I find I'm starting to bookmark things that are about babies, what to do with kids in Toronto and my online families. But I'm also bookmarking things like sports pages (kyler), online games (quinton), wii games for kids (both boys) and so much more. Many more things that I ever thought I would.
I also went through my bookmarks of blogs. I personally LOVE to blog. I may not get to do it as much as I could but I love blogging. It kinda gives me a place to put my thoughts down and enjoy the fact that while they are private thoughts, sometimes they help people.
As I travelled through my bookmarked blogs I noticed alot of people stopped blogging. For example, a friend of mine from online. She last blogged in November 2011. It was a post about her family getting a new front entry way. At first, I was a little bummed that nothing else had been updated, but then I remembered how much her family has changed. She is now expecting #3. They have refinanced their house and had to do some work on it to complete everything. As well as with working as a nurse and her oldest starting school it's super busy.
Another favourite blog of mine hasn't been posted in for a few years. This mama of 2 girls and a boy is so busy with her photography business and her own work as well as taking care of those cuties, it's no surprise that the blog hasn't been updated.
One more of my well lurked blogs is a friend of mine who went to Ireland. She is there on a missions trip. With being so busy during the summer (like most people are) blogging has slowed down. I really miss her updates and her joys and struggles and well as prayer requests.
While I miss reading my blogs and seeing them updated all the time I can't make people do it :) But for now, I promise to try and blog a bit more. And yes, I'll try and include pictures :)
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Wait, what's that? Right... quiet!
Our lives are slowly getting into pace. And I'm so thankful to God for that.
The first week in September Kyler and Quinton announced our "family secret".
We are expecting.
And we are worried, scared, and frightened that after telling the boys, and our family, that something bad will happen. I think it's something you never get past after a miscarriage. I mean we SAW Baby Casey's "sac and egg". There was no denying that there was a baby growing in there and every day, every hour, every minute past the miscarriage date we praise God.
We thank him for our blessing growing inside me. We are excited, blessed, and so happy for this little one. Every morning and every night our little bean gets more kisses and hugs than I do! She/He is so loved by Kyler and Quinton (not to mention mom, dad, Nana, Papa, Grandma, Grandpa, and everyone else!).
We told family and friend at the beginning of the month about this blessing from God. We even got to show off a little photo of our bean! My ultrasound tech was AMAZING and let me have a picture of our little one early (9 weeks and 4 days) so I could show the boys where this little one was. And what does Quinton do with the photo? Runs back to his teacher and goes "Look what's in my mommy's belly!! And it's my Birthday Present!"
After that it was a free for all. I told the girls at youth group, my friends(family) online, Arnold told his work, we told the people who we talk with all the time and everyone is excited. We are surrounded in prayers for this little bean. And I know, more than anything, that we are blessed.
Kyler started school with Mrs. J. He loves her! He loves his class, his teacher, his friends, and the fact that things aren't *too* different from Mrs. B from last year (I will post pictures soon).
Quinton is an SK and he isn't learning much this week. He's informed all of us after school that this first bit of school is for the JK's and not the SK's. They aren't learning anything (haha). He loves that he has Mr. Brown again and that his friends are with him in school. I don't have the heart to tell him that one of his best friends will be leaving for 4 months + in a few weeks. I'm so worried about him and how he will react. But so far so good.
Arnold's doing alright at work. Still getting into the grove after being gone for vacation for a week and a bit he isn't happy all the time. But that's ok. September seems to do this to everyone. This weekend Arnold has headed up north with some friends from Church and is going to a men's conference at MBC. He is excited to be going and really enjoys the speaker.
Which brings me to me :) I'm doing ok. So far no morning sickness, however I do have some times where I'm *sure* I'm throwing up but nope :) Q and I had the flu last weekends so we are getting over that. I'm enjoying my days. I've got energy again (thank goodness) and I'm loving it. I've volunteered in Q's class about 4 times so far this year. It's alot of fun. On the days I don't have Ian or Dr's appointments/ultrasounds, I'm in Mr. B's class. I've also got an invite to help out the music teacher/librarian as well. It's nice. I'm enjoying helping out in the school. I've labeled all the workbooks, the bell work, anything that goes home, stuffed mailers, got the reading folders ready for the SK's, helped with snacks, the paint centre, backed bags and unpacked bags, as well as getting anything and everything I can to make Mr. Brown's job easier. Thankfully, it has been nice and easy and chilling out around the school. It's fun. Really.
Our typical day looks like this:
6am - up to pee, I swear sometimes it's earlier!
6:30am - Arnold's alarm goes off
6:45am - out of bed and upstairs
7am - News time! and breakfast
7:30am - on days that Ian comes, he shows up around this time
8:15am - Sophia comes over
8:35am - out the door and off to school
8:50am - everyone in school (volunteering if no Ian, if Ian, come home)
11:10am - head to school to get Q and Sophia
11:30am - home and time to clean up and have lunch
12:45pm - nap time for Ian (depending on pickup times)
1pm - TV/Movie off and kids outside or downstairs to play while Ian naps
2pm - back upstairs/inside and colour/read book time
3pm - off to school to get Kyler
3:30pm - home from school and Sophia picked up
4:30pm - time to make supper!
5:30pm - Ian picked up
6pm - eat! (earlier if we can)
7:30pm - bed time!
Mondays (in October) are Aqua fit
Tuesdays (first of the month) are the C&C/Young Adult dinners
Wednesdays are youth/mens bible study/school council meetings (oh yeah, Arnold got nominated for Treasurer:P)
Thursdays are swimming (in October) or Arnold's running around day
Friday we travel (if going somewhere) or we seem to have some plans that day. It keeps us very very busy!
Today the boys and I are home alone (as I said before Arnold is up north) so we have done some running around, cleaning, gardening, more cleaning, and had lots of fun...
Can you believe it... it's quiet! NO WAY! Yep... it's quiet in my house (hence the blog post). My boys are napping. Thank you Lord for little mercies like naps :)
My turn! Have a great weekend!
The first week in September Kyler and Quinton announced our "family secret".
We are expecting.
And we are worried, scared, and frightened that after telling the boys, and our family, that something bad will happen. I think it's something you never get past after a miscarriage. I mean we SAW Baby Casey's "sac and egg". There was no denying that there was a baby growing in there and every day, every hour, every minute past the miscarriage date we praise God.
We thank him for our blessing growing inside me. We are excited, blessed, and so happy for this little one. Every morning and every night our little bean gets more kisses and hugs than I do! She/He is so loved by Kyler and Quinton (not to mention mom, dad, Nana, Papa, Grandma, Grandpa, and everyone else!).
We told family and friend at the beginning of the month about this blessing from God. We even got to show off a little photo of our bean! My ultrasound tech was AMAZING and let me have a picture of our little one early (9 weeks and 4 days) so I could show the boys where this little one was. And what does Quinton do with the photo? Runs back to his teacher and goes "Look what's in my mommy's belly!! And it's my Birthday Present!"
After that it was a free for all. I told the girls at youth group, my friends(family) online, Arnold told his work, we told the people who we talk with all the time and everyone is excited. We are surrounded in prayers for this little bean. And I know, more than anything, that we are blessed.
Kyler started school with Mrs. J. He loves her! He loves his class, his teacher, his friends, and the fact that things aren't *too* different from Mrs. B from last year (I will post pictures soon).
Quinton is an SK and he isn't learning much this week. He's informed all of us after school that this first bit of school is for the JK's and not the SK's. They aren't learning anything (haha). He loves that he has Mr. Brown again and that his friends are with him in school. I don't have the heart to tell him that one of his best friends will be leaving for 4 months + in a few weeks. I'm so worried about him and how he will react. But so far so good.
Arnold's doing alright at work. Still getting into the grove after being gone for vacation for a week and a bit he isn't happy all the time. But that's ok. September seems to do this to everyone. This weekend Arnold has headed up north with some friends from Church and is going to a men's conference at MBC. He is excited to be going and really enjoys the speaker.
Which brings me to me :) I'm doing ok. So far no morning sickness, however I do have some times where I'm *sure* I'm throwing up but nope :) Q and I had the flu last weekends so we are getting over that. I'm enjoying my days. I've got energy again (thank goodness) and I'm loving it. I've volunteered in Q's class about 4 times so far this year. It's alot of fun. On the days I don't have Ian or Dr's appointments/ultrasounds, I'm in Mr. B's class. I've also got an invite to help out the music teacher/librarian as well. It's nice. I'm enjoying helping out in the school. I've labeled all the workbooks, the bell work, anything that goes home, stuffed mailers, got the reading folders ready for the SK's, helped with snacks, the paint centre, backed bags and unpacked bags, as well as getting anything and everything I can to make Mr. Brown's job easier. Thankfully, it has been nice and easy and chilling out around the school. It's fun. Really.
Our typical day looks like this:
6am - up to pee, I swear sometimes it's earlier!
6:30am - Arnold's alarm goes off
6:45am - out of bed and upstairs
7am - News time! and breakfast
7:30am - on days that Ian comes, he shows up around this time
8:15am - Sophia comes over
8:35am - out the door and off to school
8:50am - everyone in school (volunteering if no Ian, if Ian, come home)
11:10am - head to school to get Q and Sophia
11:30am - home and time to clean up and have lunch
12:45pm - nap time for Ian (depending on pickup times)
1pm - TV/Movie off and kids outside or downstairs to play while Ian naps
2pm - back upstairs/inside and colour/read book time
3pm - off to school to get Kyler
3:30pm - home from school and Sophia picked up
4:30pm - time to make supper!
5:30pm - Ian picked up
6pm - eat! (earlier if we can)
7:30pm - bed time!
Mondays (in October) are Aqua fit
Tuesdays (first of the month) are the C&C/Young Adult dinners
Wednesdays are youth/mens bible study/school council meetings (oh yeah, Arnold got nominated for Treasurer:P)
Thursdays are swimming (in October) or Arnold's running around day
Friday we travel (if going somewhere) or we seem to have some plans that day. It keeps us very very busy!
Today the boys and I are home alone (as I said before Arnold is up north) so we have done some running around, cleaning, gardening, more cleaning, and had lots of fun...
Can you believe it... it's quiet! NO WAY! Yep... it's quiet in my house (hence the blog post). My boys are napping. Thank you Lord for little mercies like naps :)
My turn! Have a great weekend!
Saturday, September 1, 2012
You Can't Make Me!
You Can't Make Me go back to reality, not yet at least :)
I'm writing my blog post from my parents house in Sarnia. Last Saturday we headed out from Toronto, 4 little kids in tow and drove to Amhurstburg Ontario. We left the house around 10:30am or so and arrived at our "cottage" around 4:15pm. What a trip! We had lunch, and 2 potty/walking breaks. And when we arrived we loved it!
This place was a castle! It had 1 master bedroom with a king size bed, a view of the beach and an ensuite bathroom/shower/walkin-closet. The room next to it was a queen size bed. Then a bathroom, which could be closed between the sink and the shower/toilet side. Then another room with a double bed and finally the room Arnold and I had. A King size bed with a beautiful view of the beach.
The main level had a family room/dinning room. A large kitchen with a mini eating area there (table with 4 chairs) and then another area for sitting and watching TV (number 2) and a few sitting chairs. Sliding doors to the deck and then a mudroom/laundry room with a door outside and a bathroom. And still another bathroom and a den with a pull out couch.
WOW what a house!
Outside was a deck off the sliding glass doors/mudroom door and then 2 steps down. You walked to the back yard and another deck with a picnic table and umbrella and 4 chairs to sit on. Then a few steps down to the beach and you had wonderful sand to play on, a mini layer of seaweed that had washed up on the shore then the wonderfully warm water (which got cooler as the week went on). It was a beautiful beach, beautiful cottage, just beautiful!
We spent time on the beach, in the house playing games, a trip or 2 into walmart, out on the fishing boat we borrowed, sleeping/napping, and 1 day out at a little play area/animal farm/greenhouse.
All in all a wonderful vacation. I managed to read 3 books, nap, take some pictures, nap, never cook (THANK YOU BECCA!!), nap, play on the beach, nap, and just enjoy myself!
This will be the last vacation like this!
Now we are at my parents house. We head out tomorrow morning after breakfast and drive up to Owen Sound to deliver the boat we borrowed. Arnold and Lisa LOVED the boat, so much. It was well worth it.
Our plan is to get home to Toronto Sunday night and use Monday to prepare for school.
Our life will be changing this September. K and Q are back in school, we have a new daycare girl for before and after school care and we have Ian, until December when his mom goes on mat leave. I'm hoping to work at the school at least 1 day a week and help out in Mr. Browns class.
I hope to update with some pictures soon. For now... You Can't Make Me go back to reality :)
I'm writing my blog post from my parents house in Sarnia. Last Saturday we headed out from Toronto, 4 little kids in tow and drove to Amhurstburg Ontario. We left the house around 10:30am or so and arrived at our "cottage" around 4:15pm. What a trip! We had lunch, and 2 potty/walking breaks. And when we arrived we loved it!
This place was a castle! It had 1 master bedroom with a king size bed, a view of the beach and an ensuite bathroom/shower/walkin-closet. The room next to it was a queen size bed. Then a bathroom, which could be closed between the sink and the shower/toilet side. Then another room with a double bed and finally the room Arnold and I had. A King size bed with a beautiful view of the beach.
The main level had a family room/dinning room. A large kitchen with a mini eating area there (table with 4 chairs) and then another area for sitting and watching TV (number 2) and a few sitting chairs. Sliding doors to the deck and then a mudroom/laundry room with a door outside and a bathroom. And still another bathroom and a den with a pull out couch.
WOW what a house!
Outside was a deck off the sliding glass doors/mudroom door and then 2 steps down. You walked to the back yard and another deck with a picnic table and umbrella and 4 chairs to sit on. Then a few steps down to the beach and you had wonderful sand to play on, a mini layer of seaweed that had washed up on the shore then the wonderfully warm water (which got cooler as the week went on). It was a beautiful beach, beautiful cottage, just beautiful!
We spent time on the beach, in the house playing games, a trip or 2 into walmart, out on the fishing boat we borrowed, sleeping/napping, and 1 day out at a little play area/animal farm/greenhouse.
All in all a wonderful vacation. I managed to read 3 books, nap, take some pictures, nap, never cook (THANK YOU BECCA!!), nap, play on the beach, nap, and just enjoy myself!
This will be the last vacation like this!
Now we are at my parents house. We head out tomorrow morning after breakfast and drive up to Owen Sound to deliver the boat we borrowed. Arnold and Lisa LOVED the boat, so much. It was well worth it.
Our plan is to get home to Toronto Sunday night and use Monday to prepare for school.
Our life will be changing this September. K and Q are back in school, we have a new daycare girl for before and after school care and we have Ian, until December when his mom goes on mat leave. I'm hoping to work at the school at least 1 day a week and help out in Mr. Browns class.
I hope to update with some pictures soon. For now... You Can't Make Me go back to reality :)
Friday, August 24, 2012
Money, Money, Money MOOOOONey, MONEY!
Got to love Money, right? WRONG!
I hate how money runs our lives. But it's still there and we still have to make it work every month.
My husband works. Alot. And makes good money for us. I'm always so thankful when he gets paid. Not because I know our bills our paid but because I know he is supporting our family. I make a point of saying thank you to him every 2 weeks when we get his pay cheque.
The government gives us money for the boys. We have money from Q, for being under 6 years old. We get $100.00 a month from them for child care costs and then a bit more for having kids under 18.
I make money as well. I provide daycare for a few children. Currently it's one child. I have a little boy who comes on random days. His mom is a nurse so I don't have him 5 days a week. For example, this week I had him 2 days.
My family has been working on budgets for a while. This is the year of the budgeting in our extended family. We need to budget and make it work for our own families.
Well this month I took a hard look at our budget and I took out any income I had. The little boy I have for daycare, his mom is having another baby in January. I will lose my income in December, or maybe before. I am bringing in a new little girl for after and before school care but nothing compared to what I was bringing in before. But with my income being so random we have taken it out of the budget and will be using it for certain repayment sections.
We may not be able to save as much for things that we wanted to before but we have a very realistic view of where our money is going. For example, we have to get our Christmas/Birthday budget back up. After the boys birthdays in April we somehow manage to "forget" to take that money out, or spend it elsewhere. This year we need to keep it going. SO now our budget that would have been spread over 11 months is being crammed into 3 months. Since our budget couldn't possibly make that work normally we will be using some of our budget money and some of my income to make it topped up. Say hello to the mason jar with Christmas ribbon on it! That's how we are saving this time around.
Every 2 years we have a big "vacation" in our family. Last year, Arnold and Kyler went to Alberta for a week. They got to visit family out there and really have a great time. It was Kylers graduation gift from going from SK to Grade 1. And Kyler got to remember being on an airplane.
Next summer (2013) Quinton and Arnold will be going. You never realize how much tickets cost until you are buying them yourself! So our budget is $2000.00 for the tickets and spending money. This means we have to save alot and have it saved up in time to get a good deal on tickets. Quinton is SO excited to go on an airplane and to see his family. This time around he wants to go and see some dinosaurs. They are his new love.
So not only do we have Christmas/Birthday budget to fill and our Trip fund to fill but we have our normal expenses. We have to stay current on all our bill payments and make sure we have everything under control.
This is easier said than done. I always used to joke that I would love to get all our money for the year at the beginning and let me spend it as I need but I know it would never be able to do it all like that.
So this year (as my life revolves around school years) we are going to be super careful how our budget goes and where our income is placed. So for now we are under strict budgets. Hopefully we can make this work :) As always, only if God allows us to use the money He has given us in the places He wants.
I hate how money runs our lives. But it's still there and we still have to make it work every month.
My husband works. Alot. And makes good money for us. I'm always so thankful when he gets paid. Not because I know our bills our paid but because I know he is supporting our family. I make a point of saying thank you to him every 2 weeks when we get his pay cheque.
The government gives us money for the boys. We have money from Q, for being under 6 years old. We get $100.00 a month from them for child care costs and then a bit more for having kids under 18.
I make money as well. I provide daycare for a few children. Currently it's one child. I have a little boy who comes on random days. His mom is a nurse so I don't have him 5 days a week. For example, this week I had him 2 days.
My family has been working on budgets for a while. This is the year of the budgeting in our extended family. We need to budget and make it work for our own families.
Well this month I took a hard look at our budget and I took out any income I had. The little boy I have for daycare, his mom is having another baby in January. I will lose my income in December, or maybe before. I am bringing in a new little girl for after and before school care but nothing compared to what I was bringing in before. But with my income being so random we have taken it out of the budget and will be using it for certain repayment sections.
We may not be able to save as much for things that we wanted to before but we have a very realistic view of where our money is going. For example, we have to get our Christmas/Birthday budget back up. After the boys birthdays in April we somehow manage to "forget" to take that money out, or spend it elsewhere. This year we need to keep it going. SO now our budget that would have been spread over 11 months is being crammed into 3 months. Since our budget couldn't possibly make that work normally we will be using some of our budget money and some of my income to make it topped up. Say hello to the mason jar with Christmas ribbon on it! That's how we are saving this time around.
Every 2 years we have a big "vacation" in our family. Last year, Arnold and Kyler went to Alberta for a week. They got to visit family out there and really have a great time. It was Kylers graduation gift from going from SK to Grade 1. And Kyler got to remember being on an airplane.
Next summer (2013) Quinton and Arnold will be going. You never realize how much tickets cost until you are buying them yourself! So our budget is $2000.00 for the tickets and spending money. This means we have to save alot and have it saved up in time to get a good deal on tickets. Quinton is SO excited to go on an airplane and to see his family. This time around he wants to go and see some dinosaurs. They are his new love.
So not only do we have Christmas/Birthday budget to fill and our Trip fund to fill but we have our normal expenses. We have to stay current on all our bill payments and make sure we have everything under control.
This is easier said than done. I always used to joke that I would love to get all our money for the year at the beginning and let me spend it as I need but I know it would never be able to do it all like that.
So this year (as my life revolves around school years) we are going to be super careful how our budget goes and where our income is placed. So for now we are under strict budgets. Hopefully we can make this work :) As always, only if God allows us to use the money He has given us in the places He wants.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Little Blessings
This week, along with our whole summer, we have learned to watch for little blessings. They can be anything from Quinton learning to snap his fingers (yeah!!!) or my grandfather coming home from the hospital (double yeah!!)
Sometimes little blessings are hard to find. Other times they are so easy. If I looked hard enough I could find a little blessing every day.
For example, today's little blessing include:
Ian being able to play on his own
Uncle Jack playing with the boys so I could get some things done
Me BBQ'ing and not burning anything (it's a first)
Arnold being able to stay home a bit longer this morning to help me out
Q learning to snap his fingers, and
K learning to whistle more (much to some of our dismays!)
I know this isn't all of them but it's just a "smattering" of them.
God grants us with little blessings. It's just a matter of looking for them every day. I believe I may challenge myself to do that for a while. Find those little blessing and be grateful for them.
So, for now God, please keep sending them my way. And please remind me to look for them!
Sometimes little blessings are hard to find. Other times they are so easy. If I looked hard enough I could find a little blessing every day.
For example, today's little blessing include:
Ian being able to play on his own
Uncle Jack playing with the boys so I could get some things done
Me BBQ'ing and not burning anything (it's a first)
Arnold being able to stay home a bit longer this morning to help me out
Q learning to snap his fingers, and
K learning to whistle more (much to some of our dismays!)
I know this isn't all of them but it's just a "smattering" of them.
God grants us with little blessings. It's just a matter of looking for them every day. I believe I may challenge myself to do that for a while. Find those little blessing and be grateful for them.
So, for now God, please keep sending them my way. And please remind me to look for them!
Monday, August 6, 2012
1 more month!
Can you believe it's only one more month until school starts? The boys keep asking when is school coming, or if tomorrow is a school day. Every time we try to explain how much longer we have to go but I think at 7 and 5 they don't quite understand.
We made an effort in July to be working on some school work but as things went on it didn't get done. We did a week or so at my parents house when they both did work but after that things lagged.
I'm going to try and fix that this month.
We have started our "get ready to go back to school" routine already. Yes I realize this may seem crazy to some people. I mean really we have 1 whole month before we do go back to school but I need to know things are ready.
Last night we spent about 1 hour going through the boys clothes, the ones in their drawers, the ones in our "too big box" and anything we could find. We figured out just what the boys need for school and added it to our list of shopping for the new year. Thankfully it's not that crazy!!
In the next few days we are going to head out for our back to school shopping and get the boys ready for Grade 2 (oh my gosh!) and SK!
I'm going to be heading to the school soon to get some more gardening done there and eventually get my pass for volunteering in the school. Hopefully we can get it done soon :)
We made an effort in July to be working on some school work but as things went on it didn't get done. We did a week or so at my parents house when they both did work but after that things lagged.
I'm going to try and fix that this month.
We have started our "get ready to go back to school" routine already. Yes I realize this may seem crazy to some people. I mean really we have 1 whole month before we do go back to school but I need to know things are ready.
Last night we spent about 1 hour going through the boys clothes, the ones in their drawers, the ones in our "too big box" and anything we could find. We figured out just what the boys need for school and added it to our list of shopping for the new year. Thankfully it's not that crazy!!
In the next few days we are going to head out for our back to school shopping and get the boys ready for Grade 2 (oh my gosh!) and SK!
I'm going to be heading to the school soon to get some more gardening done there and eventually get my pass for volunteering in the school. Hopefully we can get it done soon :)
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