All will be revealed shortly but this is the newest member of the family!
Friday, November 28, 2008
Thursday, November 27, 2008
So much to be thankful for..
this thanksgiving. I have a wonderful son and husband, fantastic family and friends and overall a pretty good life. We have had our ups and downs this year but if all goes according to plan it will end on a good note.
We have had a busy time since my last post, school work, and a variety of other things. I can't reveal all yet but watch this space. (not it isn't another baby or another puppy!).
We have had a quiet thanksgiving, though we did manage to make two pumpkin pies, a batch of chocolate chip cookies and guduruni. The best part is having either the pumpkin pie or the guduruni for bfast in the morning as they are both great cold the day after.
Hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving!!
We have had a busy time since my last post, school work, and a variety of other things. I can't reveal all yet but watch this space. (not it isn't another baby or another puppy!).
We have had a quiet thanksgiving, though we did manage to make two pumpkin pies, a batch of chocolate chip cookies and guduruni. The best part is having either the pumpkin pie or the guduruni for bfast in the morning as they are both great cold the day after.
Hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving!!
Monday, November 17, 2008
Time flies when you are busy learning and playing..
The last 10 days have passed in a blur of home ed, mystery jobs, play dates, ski lessons and parades. Schoolwise things are ticking over and we are both enjoying the work. Math is starting to come easier to sam and he has really been enjoying education city. He has now moved up to year 4 math and english, which isn't bad considering that if he were in school he would be in year 3. He has been fascinated by the election and we have had long discussions about the role of the president and the difference between that way of governing and the parlimentary system here. He is still of the opinion that the obama girls need a pack of dogs, not just one and thinks it should be a mix of akitas, bull mastifs and st. bernards-I hate to think about the mess that a pack like that would create!! He has also decided that he quite likes it when I listen to newstalk radio in the car and is often heard shouting his opinion from the back seat-half the time he is right.
The ski lessons are going well, he has had three now and is discovering that while skiing is fun it is not quite as easy as he thought. He is itching to get out on the big slope but won't be let loose there until he passes this level. He is going again on sat in an effort to get him there before we go skiing for real. Our weekends in december are looking quite busy so he may not get too many more opportunities before xmas.
He marched in his first parade the other weekend. His beaver pack took part in the annual veterans day parade that the town has. He looked so cute, especially as he skipped most of the route! Will post a pick of him in all his glory, there is even a short video if I can figure out how to upload it to flickr.
The ski lessons are going well, he has had three now and is discovering that while skiing is fun it is not quite as easy as he thought. He is itching to get out on the big slope but won't be let loose there until he passes this level. He is going again on sat in an effort to get him there before we go skiing for real. Our weekends in december are looking quite busy so he may not get too many more opportunities before xmas.
He marched in his first parade the other weekend. His beaver pack took part in the annual veterans day parade that the town has. He looked so cute, especially as he skipped most of the route! Will post a pick of him in all his glory, there is even a short video if I can figure out how to upload it to flickr.
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Remember, remember the 5th of November..
for more reasons than just the gunpowder plot!! Yesterday as everyone knows we elected a democrat to the white house for the first time in 8 years! The next four years are going to be very interesting for the nation and the world. Talk about inheriting a job with a few problems. Sam is very excited about the prospect of a first pet and wants to email the obama girls and suggest that they get an akita. Somehow I think they are after something a bit smaller that doesn't blow its coat twice a year. He is very intrigued about what life will be like for the girls and has suggested that they be home educated as there will be lots to learn by living in the white house. That is quite a sensible idea but I somehow think that the first couple are going to be a little busy to have the time to do that.
Guy Fawkes day was a bit of a damp squib weather-wise so we didn't even have sparklers. The bad weather meant that there were fewer fireworks going off which pleased rogue. Hopefully now things will be quiet until new year's eve.
Guy Fawkes day was a bit of a damp squib weather-wise so we didn't even have sparklers. The bad weather meant that there were fewer fireworks going off which pleased rogue. Hopefully now things will be quiet until new year's eve.
Monday, November 03, 2008
Halloween Boy
For the first time in 7 years sam agreed to dress up for Halloween. He went to his friend Joe's party as a commando-complete with the face paint. He had lots of fun at the party and has said that if dressing up is always this much fun he may do it again next halloween.
We had a busy week catching up with peterborough friends who were on half term. On tuesday we met up with the boys and they had great fun Wii-ing and playing in the backyard. On the way home sam was delighted to find white fluffy flakes falling from the sky. Sadly for him it did not stick but it was a bit of a shock to have snow in october. On wed we were back in peterborough again, this time to Sacrewell farm to meet up with sarah and the girls. Sam and Christina rough and tumbled their way around the farm and georgie kept everyone in line!! We went on a spooky tractor ride complete with a walk through a haunted barn. We were all a bit unnerved by the giant spider webs and equally giant spiders!!
This week is equally as busy-today we had home ed group. In honor of guy fawkes day our theme was tudors & stuarts and the children all had fun brass rubbing, making rockets, pomanders and fireworks in a jar. Sam spent ages making a hama picture of miko and for once did not spend the session running headlong around the hall.
In addition to normal school work we also have a free screening of Wall-ee to go to and three mini jobs to finis. Matt has downloaded Then Adventures of Tom Sawyer for us to listen to in the car-it will be interesting to see if sam likes it, it is a great story but there are no gadgets and gizmos.
We had a busy week catching up with peterborough friends who were on half term. On tuesday we met up with the boys and they had great fun Wii-ing and playing in the backyard. On the way home sam was delighted to find white fluffy flakes falling from the sky. Sadly for him it did not stick but it was a bit of a shock to have snow in october. On wed we were back in peterborough again, this time to Sacrewell farm to meet up with sarah and the girls. Sam and Christina rough and tumbled their way around the farm and georgie kept everyone in line!! We went on a spooky tractor ride complete with a walk through a haunted barn. We were all a bit unnerved by the giant spider webs and equally giant spiders!!
This week is equally as busy-today we had home ed group. In honor of guy fawkes day our theme was tudors & stuarts and the children all had fun brass rubbing, making rockets, pomanders and fireworks in a jar. Sam spent ages making a hama picture of miko and for once did not spend the session running headlong around the hall.
In addition to normal school work we also have a free screening of Wall-ee to go to and three mini jobs to finis. Matt has downloaded Then Adventures of Tom Sawyer for us to listen to in the car-it will be interesting to see if sam likes it, it is a great story but there are no gadgets and gizmos.
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