So last night I got up to pee… what a start to a story, but no worries – general audience worthy. Anyway, I was getting up to pee and started to meander through the maze we call a bedroom when BAM I ran smack into the change table which, for some odd reason, is in the middle of the floor. OUCH shin in pain but luckily baby still blissfully unaware of the fact that her mommy is now hobbling to the washroom thinking words best left unsaid. In the minute or less it takes to get to the washroom and try and see the damage already there was a noticeable lump… a goose-egg on my shin – definitely a new one and an added incentive to GET OUR ROOM DONE! Seriously I need a flashlight and a ball of yarn to find my way back.

So to start our school day I gave each of the kids a piece of white paper and told them to draw something special for someone. Zander made a page for his Godmother (Darcy).

Zander's finished piece

…and Gavin made a page for his Goddaddy (Cory). These are added to the stacks they have waiting for the postal strike/lock out to end. I quiver in fear at the size of these packages as time goes on. The other option is to hold them until Christmas and do a parcel. It HAS been a while since anything has been sent down south.

Slurpees are involved in this one!

We managed to build our Dora themed Canada map AND start reading our Canadian ebook (I will share that info tomorrow). The Dora map is actually a favourite and a quick assembly.

Completed map

We pointed out ABOUT where we live now.

Or somewhere nearby

And then coloured flag themed bookmarks… the little ones did 2 each and the twins 3 – one for their godparent of choice and the other 2 for our lapbook project. I have the nasty suspicion that there is a really good Canadian story lurking in one of the boxes I have yet to open or find.

Bookmarks

We finished up our day with a chapter in our book. We learned about CAMP… briefly. The kids each drew their interpretation of the camp Louis the swan is at with his friend Sam Beaver.

Camp Kookooskoos

I took the big leap into insanity and CANCELLED NAPS! Instead we took advantage of temporarily sunny skies and blew up the little princess pool I got on clearance at the end of last season and dressed the kids in their swimsuits and let them go at it. We desperately need either our sprinkler (at old house until Wednesday) or to pick up a new, larger pool. I am hoping to have the spare cash for that luxury by the end of the month.

In her new bathing suit (another of last year's clearance finds)

"In" the pool

So lots accomplished, and hopefully a GOOD start to a productive week. I even found my bag of ribbons that go with the girls’ dresses for the wedding in August. Now I just need to ground myself long enough to get the bows started. I am torn, do I work on my basement or the bows… sadly I think the basement takes priority. I am dying to get my room done BUT it is going to take time around the naps of Miss Echo.

Echo boo

And the poster I forgot to share yesterday