Sunday, June 17, 2012

Happy Birthday Auntie Becca!

Yesterday (I know I'm late!) we celebrated Becca's birthday at the cottage. She's the youngest of all our brothers and sisters. And I'm the oldest (well, on Keld's side). In fact, I learnt today that if I had married as early as Aunt Leta, I could have been her mom !!! Anyway, to realize that Becca is not a teenager any more, somehow makes me feel really old...
She chose cheesecake (I guess it's a June thing). I think Keld took wonderful pictures (I just had to mention it wasn't me...).






Of course,  I don't have pictures of Becca when she was 10 years younger. The first pictures I have of her are the ones I took when I was in Young Women, and she's still so young that she doesn't look any different, but just for the tradition, here are some of them.








Joyeux Anniversaire !!!




Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Happy Birthday Uncle Jordan!

Kelden  asked me the other day to make him a cake for his birthday. I told him that it wasn't his birthday but that the next one would be Uncle Jordan's. Yesterday, feeling hungry for chocolate chips, he came to me and said: "You have to make cookies for Uncle Jordan's birthday." No, for Uncle Jordan's birthday, I don't. He prefers cheesecake.




Julia decorated it.




You see, Jordan, you wouldn't have to share your cake too much with us. Kelden wanted cookies and didn't even try the "white cake."






Julia only tried one bite. But she did eat the strawberries.






And Zack is really not sure yet...






And now, a picture of the birthday boy...






...10 years ago!

Last Pd Day

Well, technically it's not the last one since I think that school ends on a Thursday because the Friday is a pd day. Anyway, last Friday was almost the last pd day for the French Catholic school board and, since Kelden's program uses one of their schools, neither him nor Julia had school. It was therefore a very short week for Kelden but a very good one. He didn't cry and came home quite happy. The highlight probably was the crazy hair day. We're not crazy, so we didn't know what to do. We first thought we could just let him go with his normal hairdo, when he wakes up.





But since it wasn't going to last, we went to get some spray from Special.





Kelden really didn't like having his hair like that, but he was quite proud of the caterpillar he made that day.





But, let's go back to that pd day. It was a nice day and so we were able to go outside.







We ended up going to the park (or rather parks) with a neighbor who was babysitting her niece and grandson. Her grandson might be in Kelden's class in September. Kelden had played with another boy that might be in his class the other day at the park too (and whose mom is Australian!). Let's hope that recognizing some faces at the school will help him feel more comfortable.

Back (again) to the pd day. The craft for the day was making binoculars. I knew Kelden would like the painting part. Julia likes painting too, but it's more serious for her.









And here are the results:







Of course, we also did our normal chores, such as baking...





...which is Zack's favorite too!






Well, I have some baking to do today actually...

Friday, June 8, 2012

Sprinklers

When we go for walks, the kids slow down before the sprinklers. Yesterday, Keld set up ours.

Ready?

Go!




Wednesday, June 6, 2012

At the Farm

We went to see some animals last Monday. They belong to someone Keld met recently.
Zack was the bravest.








Julia tried to be brave, but Kelden was scared. He didn't even try to touch the donkeys!






We also saw a goat and her baby.





It was fun!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Kelden's Third Week

Kelden started his school week by saying that he would rather do school at home with Mommy ! He cried quite a bit his first day then, but he came back quite happy. They had talked about brushing teeth and going to the dentist. He even got a new toothbrush!






The next day he cried a lot less. That's the day they made edible necklaces.





No chocolate, it's still on the table.

Yesterday, believe it or not, he didn't cry at all. He did ask for his Mom a couple of times (lest I start thinking he now prefers school) but that's all. That day they colored some of his favorite people.







Today he was actually excited to go to school; it was pyjama day.






They got Smarties (chocolate-it was gone before Julia could see them, but I did get a picture) and they made kites that they were flying outside when Keld went to get him.







It was a good week. We saw some improvement. He's learning to participate and enjoy the activities. We're proud of him !!!