Friday, February 28, 2014

2/28/2014

I LOVE Friday night date night (and using up gift cards from students!)

Thursday, February 27, 2014

2/27/2014

Squeaking these baking activity in before February ends...baking Hungry Caterpillar cookies inspired by Eric Carle.

Wednesday, February 26, 2014

2/26/2014

life in the van

picked up Kezia from home
dropped Kezia off at church
picked Kezia up from the church for soccer practice
dropped Kezia off at soccer practice
picked up Kiandra from church

picked up Kezia from soccer practice
drove home

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

2/25/2014

Parent meeting at school tonight....92 days until Kaden leaves for Quebec!


Monday, February 24, 2014

2/24/2014

Spent some time at the thrift store with Kezia this evening looking for the final musical costume pieces for the show. We found a few things as far as costumes go but also this haul: 2 shirts for Kaden, a pair of jeans in BN condition, and a shirt for Kiandra/Kezia. The grand total was $22.01 but I used my $20 gift certificate and only paid $2. (Notice how it was my gift card and the pile of stuff is for the kids…how does that happen? ;)

Sunday, February 23, 2014

2/23/2014

Kiandra and Kezia had a choir concert this evening. They sounded amazing!

Saturday, February 22, 2014

2/22/2014

Kaden's last regular season hockey game was this afternoon. It was an intense game and they were winning 2-1 until the final 0.9 seconds of the game when the other team tied it up!

Friday, February 21, 2014

2/21/2014

At least I could dress down today after being away sick for two days...pj day at school.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

2/20/2014

Hoping to feel better soon with a little help from these:

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

2/18/2014

It's spirit week at Kiandra and Kezia's high school and today was colour day. Each grade wears an identifying colour: Yellow for Grade 9, Red for Grade 10, Green for Grade 11, and Blue for Grade 12. Kezia was still getting ready when I left this morning, but I was able to snap this of Kiandra in her multi-shades of green:

(BTW...that tutu is from her Grade 3 dance recital!)

Monday, February 17, 2014

Sunday, February 16, 2014

2/16/2014

Go Lazers Go! (and they did!) Final score 1-0 for them and a spot in the playoffs tomorrow.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

2/15/2014

We were finally able to celebrate Kezia's brithday with her supper of choice: Take out Chinese!

Friday, February 14, 2014

2/14/2014

Date Night on the soccer sidelines at Kezia's first tournament game.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

2/13/2014

We may have found the shoes Kezia needs to wear for musical this year...it will be fun to see her walk and dance(!) in these because she's the kind of girl who would (and did!) wear flip flops to her Grade 8 Grad!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

2/12/2014

Kaden was "called up" to play for the Grade 8 basketball team this afternoon. It was fun to watch him play on the winning side of the game for a change.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

2/11/2014

It's sad that it's warmed up from the -30 degrees (feels like -40) that it was yesterday and it's still so cold!

Monday, February 10, 2014

2/10/2014

The "Connections" group at Kiandra and Kezia's high school created these "we need s'more great teachers like you" gifts for all the staff at their school.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

2/9/2014

Today Kaden wanted Tim Horton's for breakfast and I told him that I would drive him but that with lots of breakfast things in the house, he'd have to pay his own way. He was ok with that and so off we went. When Kaden returned to the van he had a surprise for me...a maple dipped donut.

Saturday, February 8, 2014

2/8/2014

Only 1 sports game this morning...and of course it was at 8:00 am!

Friday, February 7, 2014

2/7/2014

Olympic Winter Games Opening Ceremonies in Sochi, Russia. Go Canada!

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Tuesday, February 4, 2014

2/4/2014

School open house this evening and a chance to share why we love what we do.

Monday, February 3, 2014

Sunday, February 2, 2014

2/2/2014

Today, Kiandra and Kezia were the ones "dropping and dashing" as they left Conrad and me at the community centre and they went back to the church for a lunch meeting. We are still getting used to this new stage of our lives.

Saturday, February 1, 2014

2/1/2014

Conrad and I were able to sneak in a date night unexpectedly when both girls were off on separate babysitting jobs and then Kaden got called to a friend's house to work on a group homework assignment. Since we had a gift card for the dinner, our date night was free.