School's out for summer!! And we've had an amazing first week. It feels like I will be going back to something soon (work), like it's just a long weekend... but it's not! YAY! The kids are finished school (Hendrik just finished grade 3, Alana finished grade 1) and I'm finished work, and everyone has thoroughly enjoyed the first week of summer holidays. It's actually been kind of busy with errand-y things - doctor's and dentist appointments, some coaching, and meeting with electricians and pool maintenance people at the new house (we take possession mid-August but the owner is being very kind and accommodating) - but we have balanced it out with some solid summer activities. Highlights include swimming at Thames pool, spending Canada day out in Komoka (where we watched the parade and then hit the splash pad), and today's trip to Pinafore Park in St Thomas, where the kids played and splashed for FOUR hours... I had to convince them to hit the road (the sun was HOT today, 39 degrees with the humidex). Our summer plans are still a work in progress, and I'll chalk it up to moving house (I still need to get a good picture of our new place - and post it!); it's been difficult to plan. I am hoping that we get out to BC (if not now then at Thanksgiving), and I am also hopeful that I'll be able to scoot down to Denver to visit my sister and her hubby and their new baby (when she comes - any day now). The kids have been so happy to have the balance of out of the house activity and in the house blob (TV), and we are so far so good on a balance that is mutually agreeable / satisfactory to all.
Updates! I could do a family post but I don't have much more brainpower sooooo I won't. I celebrated my birthday a few weeks ago now (time is flying), and it was great to feel the love from everyone! My last few weeks of work were busy with straightening out the library and making sure records matched up, books were in their homes etc. etc., AND it was so nice to feel the love from the kids in our last assembly. Steve has been through the ringer with a recent bacterial infection in his toe. He had to go to Emerg, and was sent home with an IV to self-administer antibiotics for a few days; thank GOODness his toe/foot responded... it was ugly. They're not sure what it was but we were on high alert as our neighbour was hospitalized with a Strep A infection in her leg and was close to losing it - !! So very shocking. He recovered just in time for an annual golf trip (GTA - local) with his friends, and is away for a few nights with buddies. AND! We celebrated 10 years of marriage yesterday! That warrants a post on its own, no? I'll throw in a few pictures - we went out for sushi and the kids didn't eat much (Hendrik did, Jordan and Alana didn't - though J ate lotus root...!?). There's more, but it's late and I need to shut down. More soon... for real!
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| yay, 10 years!! |
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| our audience |
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| a few pics from july 4, 2009 |
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| this afternoon |
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| with the crew at Thames pool - snacktime! |
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| saving the best pic for last here - look at the POSE! |
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