i don't blog: March 2009

Seb's turn

Today was Seb's turn to show off Koda. He was so excited he couldn't stop smiling. he was so proud. It made me so happy to see the little guy so happy :)

And Koda was awesome again - she was so good and gentle with all the kids. and she got lots of treats so she had fun.

oh yeah... and today was pajama day at school. Seb doesn't wear them to school every day... although he'd like to.

cheeks

Nikki gave me this idea. It's not Seb's birthday but this was still fun.

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March 2009

grindin'

Kids got skateboards today. I should have known better, but I gave them to them at about 6:30 tonight, after a day full of playing and a birthday party. They were tired before they even started. I was pretty impressed with their motor skills - they were both able to get on and shuffle around a bit, but Seb kept putting more weight on one side of the board so it would always turn in one direction. This made him VERY upset and frustrated and we ultimately had to take the board away from him and take a break until tomorrow because he was throwing a tantrum every 2 minutes. In any case, I got few pictures taken before the meltdowns began. Hopefully tomorrow will be a bit more fun for everyone.

On another note. This is the first weekend in about 3 months that I haven’t had to work on the weekend. I am so happy about that. When I work on the weekend it just feels like I don’t get a decent break to recharge my batteries. I have been feeling pretty burnt out at work so this was a good thing for me. I think that by the time Monday rolls around I’ll be all set to go again.

Going down the driveway

Thank God for wristpads

Here they come

The Boo

Starting to be more confident

In a happy moment

She’s cool

Here’s another way of doing it

Seb being a poop!

Jordana

I took this picture yesterday. I just can't get over how darn adoarble she is. i could eat her up.

2 of my 3 favourite people in the world

Where the hell are the kids

This is based on the "where the hell is Matt" videos. We visited a number of places in our neighbourhood and the kids danced. I don't know how to merge videos, so this is the best I could do. It was a super fun day. Cast: Rachel, Big Sebastian, Sophie, Mackenzien and Little Seb.

pictures

we went to the Maple Syrup Festival this afternoon and met up with ANdrea and Jordana. I love these pictures. Jori is so darn cute. and I was also able to get that sparkly eye thing going on... total fluke but I love that look in pictures.

what better way to end a great day....

than a party and a sleepover....

One trashed basement....

the girls

the boys

Courtney

one trashed room... Koda is chewing a sock, not bleeding profusely from the mouth.

sleepover synopsis....

- 4 kids fell asleep at 10:30
- Seb came to my bed at 11:00
- Kenzie came to my bed at 12:30
- I went to guest room at 1:00
- CJ came home at 1:15
- Kids woke up up at 6:00 am

Kenzie's day at school

Kenzie had a great day at school. First off this morning, the school had a Breakfast and Read event for the students and parents. They provided breakfast and we were supposed to read to the kids. We didn’t do much reading but it was fun to have breakfast and hang out with friends.

Then we moved to the auditorium where they had audio/video stories. The kids and adults both enjoyed that.

Then there was the Book Launching Party. All the gr. 1 and 2 students wrote short stories and made an illustration. The stories and pictures were consolidated and published in a book. I have a copy of the book. A copy of the book is also available at the Library of Canada now J So our Boo is now a published author! Today was the book launch party. They showed pictures of all the kids’ illustrations on the big screen in the gym. They also made a short video of some of the kids explaining how it felt to be a published author.

This is when kenzie’s page came up on the screen.

here is our author

the parents and students at the “launch”. Kenzie is in the back row. Her head is blocked.

After that we went back to the classroom where each child read his/her story to the class. They we all had cupcakes.

Here is Kenzie reading.

Kenzie at her desk waiting for a cupcake.

This is the book

and here is her story

She was happy to have me at school with her.

Kenzie has wanted to take Koda to school for “show and share” for quite some time. I got a note home from her teacher yesterday saying if we wanted to bring her by today we could do that. So of course I did. It went great. Koda behaved so well and the kids LOVED her. She got lots of treats and lots of hugs. And Kenzie was so proud.

It was an exciting day at school and a great start to March Break.

spring?

It was unusually warm out today. So despite me feeling like death, I took the kids & Koda for a walk outside. It was quite fun. Kenzie rollerbladed and Seb rode his bike. I was amazed at how well the Boo is blading now. I guess all that practice in the house over the winter has paid off. :)