Aidan's Goodbye

On Monday we went to visit Aidan's Squirrel teacher, Mrs. R.  It was a bittersweet goodbye for me.  Aidan is moving to a new school and all that that brings.  It was sad too, because he has been there for the past two years and it has been a building, good experience for him.  Thank you Mrs. R for your care and concern for Aidan.  We knew he was in good hands.

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Brothers

On Saturdays we try and do something to fix the house and I decided that it was time to turn the boys bedroom around.  We put Jesse on Aidan's bed.  After a while he started to moan.  Aidan jumped onto the bed and started to talk to him.

He calmed right down and listened to his big brother talking to him.

Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.  ~Marc Brown

It snowed last year too:  I made a snowman and my brother knocked it down and I knocked my brother down and then we had tea.  ~Dylan Thomas

It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on!  ~Author Unknown

My Birthday

My birthday was on the 28th.  I was SO spoiled.  Logan said that he didn't have a present for me because he wanted to take me shopping BUT when I woke up on my birthday there was note on the desk with a laptop underneath!  Kyle gave me a bar-one (a favourite from when I was pregnant with him).


In the afternoon I took the children to Lara's house.  We share the same birth date and it was really nice to sit and watch the children swimming and enjoying each other's company.

Especially for Carol

It was a little chilly on Saturday night and I took the opportunity to let Jesse wear the beautiful jersey Carol made for him.  Thanks again Carol!!

Aidan the director.

Aidan was so cute tonight.  We had an impromptu sing-along concert after scripture reading and Aidan was telling everyone who they should be.  I was Mary, Orin was the angel, Kyle was the donkey and then he said, "Dad you can be Joseph and build a carpet because Joseph was a carpenter."  It was so hard not to laugh too much!

Home Photo Shoot

New Blog

I have started a new blog. I am trying to post one photo a day. You can find the link in the top right hand corner under "365 photos"

Favorite photo from last week:

The weather in my neck of the woods:
Very dry, waiting for the first rains. All plants starting to bloom.

One of my simple pleasures:
Hanging up the washing with the smell of jasmine in the air


On my bedside table:
Box of tissues, scriptures and a children's story book

On my TV:
Bee movie

On the menu for tonight:
Toasted cheese and tomato sandwiches

On my To Do List:
Finish folding washing and sweep the floors. Rest

New Recipe I tried last week:
Microwave fudge. It was so good we had to try it three times more.


Looking forward to:
Logan coming home

Homemaking Tip for this week:
Always clean up children spills straight away otherwise they become dry and crusty and take double the time to clean up :-)

Jesse has his first cold

Last night Jesse woke up with an awful 'croupy' sounding cough. Even after having 4 children I can't stand the sound and it sends me into a panic. I couldn't even ask Logan to give Jesse a blessing because he was on patrol with the local Community Policing Forum from 2am -4am. So I took him to stand in the bathroom with the shower running. (Didn't really think about keeping the earth green when my child couldn't breathe).

This morning I took him to the doctor and all was fine. Let's see how tonight goes......