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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Fireplace update

I'm not a huge DIY person.  I love to watch the shows where they do the projects but I don't translate that into my own home very often.  Maybe someday . . . Hoever, here is a little project that I did a while back. It was very quick and easy to do but I like the look of the finished fireplace. I've never really like the shiny gold on the fireplace so with a can of flat black heat resistant spraypaint, the gold is gone!



Before

After

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Day #1 for Kid #2

Today was Owen's first day of Kindergarten!!  He was very excited, or at least we are pretty sure he was!  He is not quite as outwardly expressive as his older sister, who I think was more excited about Owen's first day than he was!  He did very well this morning getting his backpack ready, lining up outside and getting his inside shoes on! 





After a quick kiss goodbye from mom, he was on his own!  Very proud of my little man!

Skating

In Grade one at ACS, the students go skating 10 times.  At this age most kids are just beginning to learn to skate and this provides them with the practice they need to really learn and succeed.  Kendra was very excited about 'another fun thing' that she gets to do being in Grade one!  She had a great time and by the end of the hour was skating without the helper bar.  It will be fun to see how she is skating by the end of the skating season.



Smile!!

Younger sister Jocelyn, however, did not think that being at the skating rink was so much fun.  So, she just decided to have a nap!!


Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Grade One - Day One!

Today could not get here fast enough for this 6 year old!  She was very excited for her first day of Grade One.  Finally, she gets to go to school every day - something she is quite looking forward to.  It was so fun to see her so eager to get to school, see her friends, meet her teachers and just be in school ready to learn all kids of new things.  My little 'keener' - but I sure do love her!!




One last beach day!

We decided to try to get in one more 'day out' before school started. Kevin had too much school work to do to get ready for his first day of University teaching, so Grandma and I packed up the kids and headed out to Harrison for the day. The sun was shining, the sand was perfect, the water swimmable and the ice-cream was delicious. A great day of relaxing before routine sets in again!