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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
An update to the update...
The boys brought home very nice progress reports from school yesterday. Dylan's grades ranged from 90-96 in all his courses; Sean had a couple of B's on his but had the honor of bringing home the highest grade...a 97 in English. So all in all they're doing well and we're very pleased.
Last night Dylan had a concert for the Kwantlen Wind Ensemble so Haley and I went. It was really good (again). After the concert Haley and I went to the grocery store for a few items while the musicians did some cleaning up, and then we met Dylan and some others at Dairy Queen for a little frozen celebration.
This morning Don and the boys were up and out the door by 8 to go cut and bale trees down at Radnai's. They put in an 8-hour day. While they were gone I watched small children, did 10 loads of laundry, and cleaned Dylan and Sean's room as the smell was beginning to get to me. I love Febreeze.
Cheers!
Cathi
Last night Dylan had a concert for the Kwantlen Wind Ensemble so Haley and I went. It was really good (again). After the concert Haley and I went to the grocery store for a few items while the musicians did some cleaning up, and then we met Dylan and some others at Dairy Queen for a little frozen celebration.
This morning Don and the boys were up and out the door by 8 to go cut and bale trees down at Radnai's. They put in an 8-hour day. While they were gone I watched small children, did 10 loads of laundry, and cleaned Dylan and Sean's room as the smell was beginning to get to me. I love Febreeze.
Cheers!
Cathi
More cute pictures
Good thing I got these yesterday, considering what Nick looks like today!
This is the very cool ball that Grandma Edith bought for Nick when we were visiting this summer. It's still a favorite toy! 
This is the very cool ball that Grandma Edith bought for Nick when we were visiting this summer. It's still a favorite toy! 
My very shy and reserved daughter. We're hoping she'll come out of her shell soon : )
Owie!
This afternoon Nick was pushing around one of the girls' little princess chairs. He came a change in the floor height. The chair stopped but he didn't. He toppled over the chair and hit is forehead on....something. Not sure exactly what.
The cut was pretty deep so I thought we better go visit the clinic in case it needed to be stitched. By the time we got there and got seen the cut had already started to heal, so the doctor asked me if I wanted him to reopen the cut so he could stitch it, or did I just want butterfly bandages. I opted for the butterfly bandages. He said if Nick was a girl he would probably go the other route just so she wouldn't have a scar on her forehead : )
Here he is in all his glory:
As you can see, the doctor gave him a sucker, so he was happy at the end! On top of the butterfly bandages the doctor placed a waterproof bandaid, and then he wrapped his head because of his huge goose egg. The wrapping was off before he was even finished with his sucker.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Update...
Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I'll use the usual excuse. I have good intentions but no time.
I'll try to bring you up to speed on our goings-on:
I have a new day care kid! His name is Avery, and he is in Patience's kindergarten class. He has an older sister who is in Grade 4 at their school, and they have an afternoon nanny who works from the time school gets out (2:30) until the parents get home from work (6:00). So I take care of Avery from the time kindergarten gets out at 11:15 until the afternoon nanny starts working. It's a bite-size job that fits well with our schedule and life, and I'm thankful to have it! This is obviously a great season to be earning some extra money : )
Dylan just wrapped up his volleyball season and can now focus on academics, university, and, of course, Haley : ) He is back to applying of the Regular Officer Training Program in the Canadian Forces, so we'll see how that all pans out. The best-case scenario is that he'd have his books and tuition paid for and be able to get the music degree from UVic while getting paid a monthly salary from Canadian forces.
Sean is still doing well with school and cadets. He just bought himself a paintball gun and is now looking forward to getting out with some good friends and shooting them : )
The Littles are all fine and healthy. Nick has a single tooth on the bottom. He's very cute : )
Don is busy harvesting Christmas trees. He sold LOTS of trees wholesale, which is good. Now comes the part where he has to cut, bale, tag, sort, and deliver them! He does have some good help and Dylan and Sean are going to help him this weekend. My hope is that after this year Don will have only a few hundred trees left to care for and sell next year. There is just too much work for one person.
On the financial front, Don and I are on track to have Sean's braces completely paid off by the new year which will be huge relief. In the mean time, things are so tight that we are squeaking. Christmas tree season could not be coming at a better time : )
The weather is very cold and wet. We are paying for our warm and beautiful October.
Love,
Cathi
I'll try to bring you up to speed on our goings-on:
I have a new day care kid! His name is Avery, and he is in Patience's kindergarten class. He has an older sister who is in Grade 4 at their school, and they have an afternoon nanny who works from the time school gets out (2:30) until the parents get home from work (6:00). So I take care of Avery from the time kindergarten gets out at 11:15 until the afternoon nanny starts working. It's a bite-size job that fits well with our schedule and life, and I'm thankful to have it! This is obviously a great season to be earning some extra money : )
Dylan just wrapped up his volleyball season and can now focus on academics, university, and, of course, Haley : ) He is back to applying of the Regular Officer Training Program in the Canadian Forces, so we'll see how that all pans out. The best-case scenario is that he'd have his books and tuition paid for and be able to get the music degree from UVic while getting paid a monthly salary from Canadian forces.
Sean is still doing well with school and cadets. He just bought himself a paintball gun and is now looking forward to getting out with some good friends and shooting them : )
The Littles are all fine and healthy. Nick has a single tooth on the bottom. He's very cute : )
Don is busy harvesting Christmas trees. He sold LOTS of trees wholesale, which is good. Now comes the part where he has to cut, bale, tag, sort, and deliver them! He does have some good help and Dylan and Sean are going to help him this weekend. My hope is that after this year Don will have only a few hundred trees left to care for and sell next year. There is just too much work for one person.
On the financial front, Don and I are on track to have Sean's braces completely paid off by the new year which will be huge relief. In the mean time, things are so tight that we are squeaking. Christmas tree season could not be coming at a better time : )
The weather is very cold and wet. We are paying for our warm and beautiful October.
Love,
Cathi
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Random shots of cute kids
Nicky naps
This afternoon Nick fell asleep on me as the kids and I watched Extreme Home Makeover. At the end of the show I wanted to start dinner so Patience offered to hold him while he slept : )She did a great job.
When I was finished with the dinner prep I asked if she wanted me to take him. She politely declined. It sounds like we have another babyhog in the making...
Monday, November 09, 2009
Dylan's tuxedo
What do you get your 17-year-old son for Christmas when he doesn't really need anything? Why, a tuxedo of course! Now, he doesn't have to rent one for his many musical appearances! Merry Christmas, Dylan. : ) 
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