April - the easy month

Well, it's supposed to be. Of course Connor's team got into a late hockey tournament and won the B side championships on Good Friday (although who wants to get up at 7:00 to go to hockey on Good Friday?). And First Communion is this weekend so we've been practicing for that and finishing our workbook. And Delaney's dance recital is on Friday so we've had pictures, a concert, a group rehearsal, a dress rehearsal and the actual recital. I look at the calendar and we have 4 days this month with nothing written on them. Craziness!

And, soccer starts next week! Aidan and Connor are playing Mondays and Wednesdays and Delaney is playing Tuesdays and Thursdays. It will be a crazy two months - I've stocked the freezer with quick meals, but I don't think we'll be eating together too much!

Nana arrives tomorrow and the kids are really excited. Happily, it is one of the days when we don't have anything on the calendar so we're going out to eat. Friday is the big dance, Sunday the first communion, Tuesday the school operetta "Of Mice and Mozart" (Aidan has a solo line, he's one of the composers) and Nana leaves on Thursday. She sure picked the best time to come though, everybody has something special on that she'll get to see.

Our new fridge and stove and dishwasher are coming today. I just hope they fit....

Long Time No See

It just occurred to me tht I haven't updated this blog in ages. March was the craziest month every, I think. Even spring break was crazy, I felt like I needed a vacation after spring break. Connor was in the hockey play-offs (they were third in their division), Delaney's costumes needed finishing for dance and Aidan was finishing up speed skating with a bang. Then there were report cards, parent-teacher interviews (I missed them because I was in Atlanta), sickeness, dental surgery and my trip to Atlanta. Delaney and I were sick and I had the dental surgery. Silly dentist kept telling me that I might miss an afternoon of work but that I'd be fine. He forgot to tell me that I'd have packing in my teeth for 2 weeks and wouldn't be able to eat anything I needed to take a bite out of. He was a very nice dentist though.

We did have a nice spring break - went to the Festival of Fools at the Forks, saw a play and a movie and Sean and I saw Stuart MacLean and the Vinyl Cafe - that was a lot of fun.

Delaney has been wearing her diamond earrings and sparkling all over the place. We just got out of rubber boots and there was a huge thunderstorm last night (woke us up) so now the kids are back in them. Connor has done his best to ruin a new pair of pants I bought him by playing soccer without his splash pants on and kick-sliding into the goal. Aidan ruined 2 pairs of sneakers this winter so he got new ones with laces (a major step for our nearly 10-year-old).

Altanta was strange, but I got my paper delivered and I got home again. I also saw this amazing exhibit of the Quilts at Gee's Bend - very beautiful. And I bought a mug at the Margaret Mitchell Museum. Nobody walks in Atlanta though so the streets felt very deserted. And I was still kind of sick so wasn't in the mood for being social with people I didn't really know. I was very glad to get home to my family! That will probably be my only trip for work this year and I'm kind of happy about it.