ten on tuesday

1. It really is Tuesday. I cheated last night and did ten on Monday!

2. Caleb had a much better day at preschool. Thank you for all your prayers and sweet words.

3. The boys played hockey on the front driveway tonight with the neighbourhood kids (and their dad).

4. No, we don't have any snow yet. :)

5. Matthew had a substitute teacher today. Her name is Mrs. R. because her real name is too hard to say.

6. Matthew's class went to the gym for an assembly... or maybe a liturgy. We're not too sure. There was a song that he's heard at Church before... Hmmm. Maybe it was a singing practice for the liturgy that takes place on Friday! (I'm like a detective)

7. It's picture day this Friday at my school and I don't know what to wear.

8. I scrapbooked! Yay!

9. I'd still like to do a challenge Katy (and everyone else). Let me know what you'd like to do.

10. I'd better get to bed while it's still Tuesday. I've been staying up way too late for last little while.

Goodnight!

ten on tuesday

1. Caleb is having a tough time getting used to preschool. It's getting better, but it's still hard for him. He goes today. Wish us luck.2. Matthew is really enjoying Kindergarten right now. It's amazing how much French he is learning.

3. Here's a little peek at my classroom (this is me singing "bonjour mes amis" with some students in my class):

4. Except now we have this carpet:

(so the kids don't have to sit on the floor anymore-it arrived a day late-the day after that photo was taken)

5.And we have these little carpet squares to put on the big carpet:

6. And these shape/number carpet squares too!7. Here are the curtains that I sewed to cover my bookshelves in my classroom:

8. I've also been busy making a felt board and felt board characters. It's more fun than I thought. Today I made a turkey with various coloured feathers. (Canadian Thanksgiving is just two weeks away--gobble, gobble)

9. I mailed out my cards to Chrissy today too. But I forgot to take a photo of them. Mine are the pink and black ones :) It was nice to do some card-making again. I really should scrapbook again. Anyone interested in a scrapbooking challenge?

10. Please keep little Caleb in your thoughts and prayers. I'm sure this will get easier. I am very thankful that he has such a kind and caring teacher. Thank you.

PS. I'm actually posting this on Monday night, but just pretend I did it on Tuesday, okay?

:)

ten on tuesday

1. Caleb is so cute, he calls grilled cheese sandwiches, "girl cheese".

2. When we went out for lunch on Saturday, Caleb asked:

"Is it called 'girl cheese' because a girl made it for me?"

3. And now, I fear he may never call it girl cheese again, because I had to explain it to him. Didn't I? That was the right thing to do, wasn't it?

4. We let Matthew ride his bike (with training wheels) around the block with a friend and his dad, but without us. He's growing up.

5. I bought some new clothes on the weekend.

6. We are having nice warm weather, but we still need to cover our plants at night because of the risk of frost. I'm not a big fan of that.

7. I did a bit of sewing. But didn't quite finish my project yet.

8. Matthew's preschool graduation is coming up soon. I can't believe he's almost in kindergarten.

9. The show and tell theme in my class this week is "occupations". The kids can dress up if they like. It's my favourite theme of the year. Today, we had a science teacher (he even brought an experiment!), a ballerina, a mom and a teacher.

10. I'm planning a "Cars" (the movie) birthday party for Matthew's fifth birthday.

That's it for today. Have a great week!

ten on whatever day it is today :)

Hello!

1. I"m still here. We've just been really busy.

2. Caleb's Buzz Lightyear birthday party is on Saturday.

3. Thank you to my mom who helped me sew 10 rocket fabric drawstring bags for the Buzz Lightyear party.

4. It's hard to tell who is more excited about the Buzz Lightyear party: Caleb, Matthew or Mommy :)

5. I worked all day today (convention day) and I'm taking tomorrow off!

6. Caleb will only ever wear sweatpants (I think it all began with the potty training), but he tells me that he'll wear blue jeans to his party. Do you think he actually will? (I told him that Woody wears blue jeans) Don't worry, I have a back-up pair of sweatpants that would be acceptable.

7. Matthew fell at skating last night and has a little bruise on his chin. He's okay.

8. By the way, somebody knocked Frosty over last weekend.

9. All future snowmen will now be made in the backyard.

10. More details from the Buzz Lightyear birthday party will surely follow. Stay tuned.

ten on tuesday

1. It's actually Monday night :) Is that cheating? Most of you won't read this until tomorrow morning anyway.

2. Thank you, Susie for posting this photo of yourself on flickr. I looked at it before putting the boys to bed and then as soon as Cale was asleep, I was off to the YMCA. "I bet I look just like Susie," I told myself as I treadmilled while watching Rules of Engagement. Thanks for the motivation, Susie!

3. Swimming lessons started on Sunday. We decided to have Caleb repeat the Bubblers class even though he passed it before Christmas (that's the class for 0-3 year old and their moms). We just didn't think he was ready to move on to the Bobbers where he needs to go without his mom (or dad). Matthew moved on to the Gliders. And his teacher was one of my former students!

4. Skating lessons started for Matthew too. He skates all around the whole rink! What an improvement from last year! (sorry, no photos or footage from this year yet)

5. We celebrated Rick's birthday this weekend too.

6. So, of course, we needed to decorate.

7. We also went toboganning!

8. I think my favourite Christmas gift (besides the box of love, obviously) has to be my dustbuster!

9. Is that weird? Well, maybe it's not my most favourite, but I sure do use it alot :)

10. Is anyone else super-excited for Jenny L. to have her baby? I am! Good luck, Jenny!

ten on tuesday

the "where have I been?" edition

1. I've been taking care of two sick kids.

2. I've been evaluating my students.

3. I've been having parent-teacher interviews with 20 sets of parents.

4. I've been watching the Riders win the Grey Cup!

5. I've been making construction paper hats for Caleb (like, probably 15 of them!)

6. I've been making large lists of things for Matthew to do.

7. I've been playing scrabulous blitz. It's highly addictive.

8. I've been shopping here and there for some clothes for myself.

9. I've been wrapping a few Christmas presents.

10. I've been busy, but I've been thinking about all of you. I hope you are well :)

ten on tuesday

1. I have a headache tonight :(

2. I bought Caleb some new pirate bedding but I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it.

3. I also got a bit of Christmas shopping done today.

4. It's Education Week. We are having parents come in as guest readers and also having a book swap. It's busy, but fun.

5. The boys are going crazy over Mr. Potato Head lately. And thanks to Grandma, they now quite an extensive collection of accessories.

6. You should hear Caleb say "accessories". It's so cute!

7. Caleb helped feed the bunnies outside of Matthew's preschool and almost got a lesson on "the birds and the bunnies". If you know what I mean...

8. I still have a headache. :(

9. I was sure had more stuff to say and now I can't think of anything else.

10. I'm off to bed. Have a great week!

ten on tuesday

1. Matthew's birthday is in a couple weeks and we are planning a pirate birthday party. Argggg! It's lots of fun! Anybody have any fun ideas?

2. We were blessed with a visit from Maya and Auntie Faye this weekend. I'll try to post some pictures soon.

3. I have been drinking (at least) one rootbeer float a day since Saturday night when I got the clever idea to buy vanilla ice cream and a 2 litre of rootbeer. Yummm.

4. Matthew's farewell for preschool is on Thursday. I think I'll make tarts again and bring them for the potluck.

5. I'm a little bit worried about weighing in at my weight watchers meeting on Thursday night (due to the rootbeer floats and cherry tarts)

6. Caleb's imagination is developing like crazy and he pretends his crackers are people talking to each other. And then he eats them. It's so cute.

7. We have a new computer! And it seems to be working!

8. I made these grilled chicken wraps for supper yesterday and they were quite fast and yummy. :)


9. Matthew was excited to borrow this book from the library today.


10. And Caleb wanted a pirate dvd and found this one. Arggg! (practicing my pirate noises)


Thanks for checking in on me! I'm predicting that I'll be quite busy for the next month or so, but then I'll be on summer holidays! Yippee!

remember me?

Hello! Remember me?

1. I've been computer-free for almost a month (well, except for a few peeks at school and at my mom's) and I'm a new person.

2. Not really, but I do get alot more done around the house :)

3. I finished my cards for the card swap last week! Really, really early for me.

4. Don't ask if I've mailed those cards yet.

5. We have been having some very beautiful weather around here lately. Hooray for May!

6. Yikes I just realized I didn't even show you any pictures from the wedding last month. Well, actually I didn't get very many good ones. But here's one of the little ring bearer (Matthew) taking a nap between the ceremony and the reception. He had soooo much fun at that wedding.



7. Some other things that we've been doing are:

playing outside




and going to the park (sorry no photos)

8. We actually made butter one day too! (like shaking cream in a container. really. we did)

9. Today we went to a petting farm with Matthew's preschool. It was so much fun.

Can you tell that it was fun?

10. Caleb was so excited at the farm too! (he's been so shy lately) But he was talking like crazy "Hello cow! I Cale. You cute." It was adorable and he said it to every animal (the llama, the horse, the turkey, the sheep, the goat, the bunnies, well you get the picture)

ten on tuesday

1. Last Friday, I went for a massage after work. Ahhhhh. It felt so nice.

2. On Saturday, I spent almost the whole day shopping with my mom. Also very nice.

3. I know that two year olds are supposed to say 'no' alot, but Caleb has recently started saying 'yes' a whole lot and it really couldn't be any cuter.

4. A few weeks ago, I bought Matthew Easy Reader Phonics Kits 1 & 2 at really great price. Well, now he wants Easy Reader Phonics Kit 3 and the store doesn't have anymore. Yikes.

5. I bought a cookbook for my mom and now she's letting me borrow it. :) Thanks mom. Maybe I should have bought it for myself.

6. We miss baby Maya. :(

7. Matthew's big April Fools Day trick : Tell his grandma that he ate chicken. He's so fussy, he doesn't even like chicken. Weird and unhealthy, I know. We're working on it.

8. Less than two weeks until Rick's sister gets married. I bought my dress. (not on ebay, that's just the only place I could find a photo of the dress)

9. I scrapbooked again!

10. Have a happy happy Tuesday!

ten on tuesday

1. We've all been sick for way too long. No need to feel sorry for us, I've got that part taken care of :)

2. Caleb's talking is really taking off. My favourite words of his

snack (nack)

Matt

Cale (Cay-el)

chocolate (chawquat)

please (peeeeze)

3. Probably not a coincidence, but Caleb's totally into reading books lately. His favourites:

anything Curious George

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? (he loves the teacher)

Baby Einstein Book of Words

4. Matthew is learning about nursery rhymes at school this week. Today at lunch he recited:

There was a little girl,

Who had a little curl,

Right in the middle of her forehead,

And when she was good,

She was very, very good,

But when she was bad....

I don't remember the word, mom.

5. His fingernails were also all black. Something to do with a craft involving blackbirds (sing a song of sixpence..., I'm guessing)

6. Did I mention that we are starting to go a bit crazy from being stuck in the house for such a long time (due to weather and sickies)?

7. Hug or headlock? What do you think?

8. We did actually venture out of the house for awhile yesterday afternoon. It was, after all, the very first family day. We went to the museum.

9. Fun in the dinosaur sandpit at the museum. And pretending to sleep on a bison fur.

10. Back to work for me today (I missed all last week) My class missed me and it was good to be back :)