Another weekend comes and goes and with it… COMPANY! This time we had Ted and Sean over for Saturday afternoon/evening and much of Sunday. They had driven down to help Chris and Chris unload their things into their new home which is a smaller city just outside of town (about 10-15 min away). Though they also needed Ken’s help and came to collect him (no way we are taking van out of town right now) earlier in the morning so I had the kids solo for a large chunk of the day. We are finally seeing true Alberta winter weather which means being stuck indoors due to cold, so the kids were not in the best of moods… and in turn could not figure out a way to get along well enough to keep the house quiet and the baby sleeping. Poor Echo was up for most the day and NOT an impressed baby!
Quality time with Uncle Sean
We have been brainstorming ways to deal with Zander and his personality clashes with the rest of the family. I KNOW he can be an absolutely loving and compassionate child, a great leader and an amazing helper but… and that is the problem – BUT… he has not WANTED to be one lately. Time outs have not changed attitude, in fact he has had a time out and came back out complaining about the same thing that sent him in in the first place. BUT we have a plan! For the next little while Zander is going to do his math, his independent stuff and a special lapbook in the basement each morning with Ken’s supervision. I am hoping that a change in teacher and work space AND a special tailored to Zander activity will help a bit. I would love to have his love of learning back!!!
Everyone likes time with Daddy!
Chris and Chris came by and cooked hamburgers as a post move thank you but had to head back to unpack relatively early in the evening. So with a late night run to Walmart for a box mix for cheesecake and a call to Karyn to join us we made an evening of it. Cheesecake and wine (thank you Chris and Chris) and then some cheese later in the evening… we watched Ken play a computer game and then watched the newest episode of Big Bang Theory that Ken had downloaded. Good friends, fun tv and yummy snacks… what a great weekend!!! Oh and we used Skype on Karyn’s iPad to chat with Esther and I got to play with dragons on Ted’s so add in the technology too!! Ooo May is so far away!!
Cheesecake
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All 4 of our big kids went to Sunday School this Sunday. Talk about EXCITED… it has been quite some time since we had Sunday School and all of them really do look forward to it. Though Trinity was less than enthused when she realized that meant leaving Uncle Ted’s iPad at home. She has to miss next weekend as we will be with Cousin Veronika, but I think it is a fair trade off!
High 5 for playing frogs
I have started a new project, though this one should be sent off at Christmas to someone special. It is a combination of cross stitch and embroidery stitch… and a fairy! I will post pictures when I am a little further along! Ken linked me this video from Fydo. This Halloween when the Halloween store opens up I am so spending the 20.00 and getting myself some wings! I want to dress up too!!
Who was that masked man?