No! It is so cold here - it was minus 42 with the windchill this morning and exposed skin would freeze in under 2 minutes. Connor had an outdoor game, but I'm assuming it was cancelled! The school buses weren't running and the exhaust fog was unbelievable. Thank goodness we're getting a break next week! The last two winters have been really brutal. But it's strange, the last five before that were really, really nice. I know the year Delaney we didn't have snow until Christmas and I had her out in the stroller before she was six weeks old, and I didn't have a snowsuit for her so it must have been warm. And the same with the year Connor was born, it was really very nice. But the last two years - terrible!
Kids are doing fine. Connor has his birthday party this weekend. We're going bowling with the boys from his class (no girls invited this year). It's early for him, but he wanted it before we went away. And Delaney will have a party when we get back because she didn't really care. Hers will probably be at Fort Whyte.
Aidan is half way through the 300 page book he got for Christmas and pretty happy about it. I think he has been doing a lot of reading since they've had indoor recess after indoor recess since they got back to school. I think they might have been out one day. I had him at the doctor today and his ear infection is cleared up. So, he'll be able to go swimming in Florida (assuming we don't bring the cold weather with us - but the hotel does have an indoor pool as well as 3 outdoor ones).
Monday, January 17, 2005
Saturday, January 08, 2005
Back to the grind...
Poor Aidan had an ear infection this week. He woke us up at about 4:00 am on Thursday morning saying his ear hurt. He napped and whimpered all day and felt awful. When I got him to the doctor at 3:15, he had a perforated ear drum and was feeling pretty miserable. Seems better today. He's still pale, but is back to playing his imaginary games (choooo! whoosh! thump! thump!).
Connor wasn't too happy about having to go to school while Aidan stayed home Thursday and Friday! But he went, and has moved up 9 levels in reading! He was level 3 before Christmas and is taking books from the level 12 box now. He told me today that he only has 5 more levels and then he doesn't have to read anymore. Aidan laughed and told him he wouldn't do very good in grade two if he never read again. He's pretty interested in reading whatever he can now and is starting to read the signs and cereal boxes and stuff. Aidan seemed to learn to read by magic, and it's been more of a struggle with Connor, but he's gone from telling me "I'm not a kid who read Mom" to reading the signs at the pharmacy.
I had some good news this week too. My study leave proposal was approved, so I'll be working from home from June until next January. I'm pretty happy about it, but am thinking that it is going to be awfully hard to go back to work next January! After I take a leave I will owe the University the equivalent time, so will have to work for them until June 2006. A lot can change in that amount of time, so we'll see what we see. I also got pulled in to work on the Manitobia project, which is something new and really interesting for me. I'm helping with the metadata on that, so will be done by the time we go on vacation.
Sean is busy planning for his trip with his friends to golf this spring. Looks like he'll be making two trips to Florida this year. I'm glad he's gong, they've never done anything like this and I know he misses hanging out with them all. He's made friends here, but I don't know if you ever have friends as good as the ones you've known since childhood. And since they're all turning 40, they have known each other for a long, long time!
We're all getting pretty excited about our trip. I'm trying to get haircuts and birthday parties in the next 2 weeks so we'll be all ready. I've also got quite a bit of shopping to do. Connor is going to a birthday party this afternoon, so I'm taking the chance to go shopping after I drop him off. And I might just pick up something for myself with the gift certificate I got for Christmas (thanks Nana and Grandad!).
Connor wasn't too happy about having to go to school while Aidan stayed home Thursday and Friday! But he went, and has moved up 9 levels in reading! He was level 3 before Christmas and is taking books from the level 12 box now. He told me today that he only has 5 more levels and then he doesn't have to read anymore. Aidan laughed and told him he wouldn't do very good in grade two if he never read again. He's pretty interested in reading whatever he can now and is starting to read the signs and cereal boxes and stuff. Aidan seemed to learn to read by magic, and it's been more of a struggle with Connor, but he's gone from telling me "I'm not a kid who read Mom" to reading the signs at the pharmacy.
I had some good news this week too. My study leave proposal was approved, so I'll be working from home from June until next January. I'm pretty happy about it, but am thinking that it is going to be awfully hard to go back to work next January! After I take a leave I will owe the University the equivalent time, so will have to work for them until June 2006. A lot can change in that amount of time, so we'll see what we see. I also got pulled in to work on the Manitobia project, which is something new and really interesting for me. I'm helping with the metadata on that, so will be done by the time we go on vacation.
Sean is busy planning for his trip with his friends to golf this spring. Looks like he'll be making two trips to Florida this year. I'm glad he's gong, they've never done anything like this and I know he misses hanging out with them all. He's made friends here, but I don't know if you ever have friends as good as the ones you've known since childhood. And since they're all turning 40, they have known each other for a long, long time!
We're all getting pretty excited about our trip. I'm trying to get haircuts and birthday parties in the next 2 weeks so we'll be all ready. I've also got quite a bit of shopping to do. Connor is going to a birthday party this afternoon, so I'm taking the chance to go shopping after I drop him off. And I might just pick up something for myself with the gift certificate I got for Christmas (thanks Nana and Grandad!).
Monday, January 03, 2005
Happy New Years!
Back to work in a few days! We had a very nice, very laid-back Christmas. I'm still fighting a cold, and Connor and Delaney and I seem to be passing it back and forth, so we took things pretty easy. Connor also had a hockey tournament (he was player of the game one day!) and we had a couple of feet of snow which slowed us down too.
The kids had a great Christmas. I still haven't uploaded the pictures, but I think they were all pretty happy. They are back now to playing with the pound puppies... although they do occassionally play with their new toys.
Aidan became a game-boy addict again, but we're back to limiting it now that school will be starting again this week. Until the Florida trip anyway. He can play it the whole way to Florida if he wants to... won't bother me a bit.
Connor did just fine as one of the angels on Christmas Eve. He dripped a bit of wax on the carpet, but I doubt he was the first to do that! We've also discovered that he is really competitive and both a sore loser and a bad winner. I'm not sure if it is an age thing, but he really likes to win every game we play. They got "Slamwich" and "SceneIt Jr." for Christmas, and he likes to play both - but only when he's winning! Mimi gave us a portable DVD and the "SceneIt" game which will be great for the Florida trip - as long as he keeps winning...
Delaney was happy with her toys although her favorite stuff is art supplies. Santa brought them each a kit on Christmas Eve at the Mason's that has markers, pastels, pencil crayons, glue, scissors, a ruler and a ton of paper. That has kept her pretty occupied over the holidays.
We went to brunch with friends this morning and they were showing us their pictures from their trip to DisneyWorld in November. They also gave us their "guide" which I've been reading all afternoon. We're really looking forward to this trip, especially after the three feet of snow we got on the weekend! Palm trees, swimming pools and Mickey Mouse, what more could you want in January?
The kids had a great Christmas. I still haven't uploaded the pictures, but I think they were all pretty happy. They are back now to playing with the pound puppies... although they do occassionally play with their new toys.
Aidan became a game-boy addict again, but we're back to limiting it now that school will be starting again this week. Until the Florida trip anyway. He can play it the whole way to Florida if he wants to... won't bother me a bit.
Connor did just fine as one of the angels on Christmas Eve. He dripped a bit of wax on the carpet, but I doubt he was the first to do that! We've also discovered that he is really competitive and both a sore loser and a bad winner. I'm not sure if it is an age thing, but he really likes to win every game we play. They got "Slamwich" and "SceneIt Jr." for Christmas, and he likes to play both - but only when he's winning! Mimi gave us a portable DVD and the "SceneIt" game which will be great for the Florida trip - as long as he keeps winning...
Delaney was happy with her toys although her favorite stuff is art supplies. Santa brought them each a kit on Christmas Eve at the Mason's that has markers, pastels, pencil crayons, glue, scissors, a ruler and a ton of paper. That has kept her pretty occupied over the holidays.
We went to brunch with friends this morning and they were showing us their pictures from their trip to DisneyWorld in November. They also gave us their "guide" which I've been reading all afternoon. We're really looking forward to this trip, especially after the three feet of snow we got on the weekend! Palm trees, swimming pools and Mickey Mouse, what more could you want in January?
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