My Day-To-Day Photos

The kids have been back at it (school) for a week now. Things are going well. It's odd to see them getting on and off the bus together, but nice. Sad to think it's their last year living at home together though. Heartbreaking for me actually, and I try not to dwell on it too much. Instead, I'm cleaning house and finding all sorts of housewares for Kaitlynn's eventual apartment. The homework load has been light thus far, and Jared starts piano today. He's really not super excited about that, but I know he'll fall right back into it. He writes his Grade 6 theory in December.

We picked up Ethan and Elise in Yorkton on the 25th of August.  The plan was to spend lots of time crafting with Elise while the boys did their thing - video games (mostly). We succeeded in the crafting department and sent quite a few items home with Elise. I spent a lot of time getting her started on learning to crochet. She had brought some shells that she had recently picked while visiting her Auntie Jonie, so we scoured the yard for a few rocks and I fashioned a mobile connected with wire for her. We made paper worms and had "nermal races". We included the boys in playing a board game every night. Three nights of Carcassonne and 1 night of King of Tokyo. Elise doesn't take to losing easily, but in the end, she handled it okay. We all piled in the car on the morning of the 26th to take Jared to his school to get registered, so it was fun for the kids to see that. On the 27th we went out to the lake to visit Auntie Booboo and treated ourselves to some ice-cream. Th...

It has been an odd day. Back to school for the kidlets - Jared into Grade 7 and Kaitlynn into Grade 10. The morning came and went as quickly as the summer. Time - could you please slow down a little? I went into town to check out the grocery store which is under new ownership.  I picked up several groceries and wished Deb and Kurt well.  It sure is nice to see friendly faces in there and I genuinely hope they succeed. It was a strange feeling on my walk from there to the post office. A sidewalk I've been down a thousand times as a kid. There was no one around and I remembered Grandpa. I thought of stopping in to visit Dad, but reconsidered and decided that was enough for one day. I got home, called my sister Amy who announced she is coming for a visit this Thursday. She plans to come to my plance in the morning and then Dad's towards noon and they are going out to the farm for something. I offered to pack a picnic and join them. I'm really not sure wha...