Well some VERY good news today – first off – back two entries ago I wrote about my dad – well I talked HIM this morning and he sounds great! He is ready to go home by tomorrow and is aware of the lifestyle changes he needs to take on once he gets there. I was so glad to be able to hear is voice and give him the “Daddies Need to Look After Themselves” lecture. I cannot tell you what a relief it was to actually talk to him… to hear FROM HIM that he was ok. I hope to talk to my whole family down in South Carolina when dad is home safe and sound. Thank you everyone for your positive thoughts, prayers and love! 

The finished cards

With the above message comes the OTHER good news – we are back on the grid! Phone and internet duly connected. If  you NEED our house number please Facebook, Twitter, comment here or email rosereinsch@gmail.com and I will try and get it to you! There was a bit of an issue this morning as when they made our appointment for hook up they did not make it all the way! So Ken had to go and call (on the cell phone OUCH) and sit on hold and bark them out… thankfully he got results and potentially some cash off for the first month as that certainly cost us a bit on our cell phone. Hold for 2 min meant hold for 24!! Can you imagine how NOT happy Ken was?  With the usual “Ken is involved so there is a fuss” fuss we are now hooked back up… oh the nirvana of being able to check my email, go on Facebook, etc etc all from home again.

And the family is settling back down to where we should be… Math was done this afternoon with two VERY focused little boys!  Our morning PRE internet and phone was spent in a dance frenzy… one of the toys that plays songs on one of its settings was found during my silent home cleaning and was put to GREAT use… I love the action pictures! There was dancing solo, group dancing, bums wiggling, arms flailing… it was FUN! 

Dancing

With spinning

In the afternoon the kids went out and made what they were calling a ladybug world. Apparently they are out full force and the kids are not the least bit scared of them. I did have to call Zander in after he once again talked to our neighbour in the next building over. It is a combination of him almost harassing the poor neighbour every time he steps out of his door AND Zander so willingly chatting away with any stranger he meets. Although it may not help that the man has an uncanny resemblance to my dad! I am trying to work with him on focus and concentration… he chatters so that he gets tuned out in the end and as an outlet will talk to ANYONE. So we are working on saving things up and waiting til there is moment to chat and THEN talking. It will take time we just need to be as patient as possible and explain to him until he understands the dangers of talking to strangers.

So many ladybugs

Gavin worked really hard today sitting side by side with yours truly while we worked on our craft projects – me cutting out the needed parts for 3 Felties and him on his cross stitch. He finished it! Zander worked on his as well but is not there yet… I am a VERY proud Mommy. After all they are BOTH interested in a craft that is near and dear to me.

All done!

Now that we have our internet back Ken is back to working at home which is a relief to the entire family. Trinity quite seriously told me that she didn’t like Daddy leaving to work as she missed him. We are a family that works best together, though we CAN handle being separated. I think that is one of the reasons that homeschooling works so well for us, we all love to learn together!

Tomorrow should be another busy day. We have to start calling all the places that need our new phone number, I am determined to get more tidying done… start the boys back with a more regimented schedule AND start back on my research. We have possums to look into after all. I hope to have some more Feltie pictures to share this weekend… I have finished a nice selection and hope to take some fun photos if I can find a spare moment and a good patch of sun.

Enjoying the music