On a cold and sunny February afternoon...

Steve made Jordan a bed! And J helped put it together. It's amazing!

It feels like lots has happened since January's post... but at the same time, not much is going on! Well that's not true. We switched back to in-person learning and the kids' activities have started up again, so we are back to being relatively busy in the evenings which has been great. Alana is doing soccer once a week and ball hockey on the weekends with Hendrik, Hendrik is also doing a pitching clinic to get ready for his upcoming baseball season (yay) - and is sort of trying out for a soccer team (details are unclear, even for us - but he gets to go to soccer once or twice a week right now and is liking it, so it's a win), and Jordan opted to sit out of organized activities for now. I play basketball once a week and it is so great to get out and run (my body sort of remembers what to do!), and Steve plays hockey on Sunday mornings as long as he feels like getting up early. Phew! That sounds like a lot... but like I said, it has been great for everyone. School and work have been good too, though it looks like I might not be at the same school again next year. It's too early to say for sure, but I have no seniority at the school so I might be moving around (as new teachers often do).

We are inching closer to renovations, though still have lots of work to do and many decisions to make. I think the kitchen is close to being ordered (cabinets, appliances), so next up we'll have to sort out flooring and stuff for the two bathrooms. We are doing a big overhaul of our main floor (new, bigger kitchen, switching the direction of the stairs to the second floor, rebuilding the addition) and updating the second floor bathroom too. Jobs! It's going to be a big one.

We've been loving watching the Olympics! We've had them on morning and night, and were even inspired to have our old St James Olympics this morning. Organized by Alana, four of us competed in several events including luge, figure skating, speed skating, snowboarding and ski jumping (I think that was it). Winners were awarded bronze, silver and gold trophies that were cherished for several minutes. It was great! And now Alana is at Liz's, Hendrik is at a soccer game and Jordan is hosting a new friend for a play date - sounds like a pre-pandemic Sunday! We'll do up some treats for dinner - chicken wings, mozzarella sticks, fries - and then watch (or not watch) the Superbowl. And I actually got around to doing this so I feel pretty darn good about myself. Hope you enjoy the pics!