Kindergarten Class

Kindergarten Afternoon Class -- my that was a fast year!!

Soccer Photos!

This year we got in on the Marda Loop Community Association's Peanuts Soccer League.  Chance was on Team Navy (teams were named for the colours of their shirts, other options were Team Light Blue, Team Green, Team Yellow, Team Orange, Team Red, and Team Chocolate (brown)).  Chance's team really gelled and their coaches were awesome, too bad he will be too old for this league next year!  The photos are a bit washed out, the scanner settings I think, will mess with it another time.

Broken Arm Saga - lite

Chance broke his arm in late April.  All it took was a tumble on the sidewalk.  I told him to run back to the park to grab his forgotten sand bucket....yeesh Mommy guilt.  After 5 weeks, Chance's arm was deemed fit enough to have his cast removed.  He wore a splint for 4 weeks and then had a follow up x-ray and the doctor said things were looking really good.  Now it's 3 weeks later and so far he hasn't complained of any pain, but he scares me nearly every other day doing typical 5 year old stuff....jerking on his arm at the playground, whacking pillows (karate style) etc. 

Kindergarten Ducklings

Chance's kindergarten class had some special newcomers a few weeks ago: some duck eggs from a teacher's farm.  The eggs hatched (three of them) and the kids got to vote on names.  Chance's suggestion was successfully voted in: Sharktooth.  Must have been a biter.  Anyways, Sharktooth was a runty little duckling and unfortunately failed to thrive...must have been some sad kids in Kindergarten that day.  Chance has been having nightmares as of late about birds and ducks coming to eat him.  Not sure if that's related or not.

We are able to bring the ducklings for an overnight visit...still trying to decide if this is a good idea or  bad idea (considering the cat might try to eat them, and that by the time it's our turn to have the ducklings, they will be nearly full grown ducks - Chance's teacher has warned us that they are getting "quite" large).

p.s. we got the ducks a week early, and a good thing too!  A day after we had them, the stinkers figured out how to jump out of their plastic bin, and I am so thankful that I didn't have to wake up to duck poop everywhere in my porch!  They were pretty cute though...

Karin Says...

Mommy home me.  (Mommy will take me home)

I want my hewmet (helmet) . -- bike helmet.

I don't like this one dress.  I don't like this one shoes.  I want this one. (usually pajamas).

Nodda wan.  The other one.

Playing Catch Up, 2012

 Pony joined us at the table for many a meal in February-March...

 She gets her own carrot...

 Little Shutterbug.  He was taking pictures of birds checking out our birdhouse

(they didn't stay though, too bad!).

 I spy, over the edge of the tub.

 Zombie attack.

 Enjoying first nice spring days...out in backyard with their "horsies".

 Enjoying a painting session...

 Settling down for afternoon tea.

Easter bunnies!   Chance taught us how to make our own ears.

Endeavouring into Potty Training...we are successful in AM and before PM and can go for an hour or two without a diaper...just have to be disciplined enough now to make the effort throughout the day.

Chance broke his arm on April 20th.  He will visit the Children's Hospital and see if his cast is ready to be removed next Wednesday.

More Vocab...Karin at 2 1/2

Chance came home from Kindergarten and just HAD to get this stuff dumped out of his brain. We walked into the house and he started demanding construction paper and markers, urgently. He sat at the window and drew and drew and drew and then said I "had to come write down what he said right now" because he didn't want to forget.




I bought this dress for $3. It's a ladies dress but I think I can alter it to fit Karin. She calls it her princess dress.

Cookie time....

Cuddles at night..

"Knock knockwho's there" (knockwho's is all one word)

"I tired...."

"No Daddy!"

"Wanna watcha moobie" (movie)

"My poopy" (I've just wet myself.) When she's actually poopy...she's silent.

"MY DUMP TRUCK". As in, now!

Life very busy but looking like it will slow down a bit. Already had a solid week of taking lunch hours and going to the gym...feeling quite good about that. Cut another 2" of hair off....not much left now!! Someone told me today I look 2o years younger, not sure if that's exactly correct but I'll take it! No more Pill Pudding, I guess.

Chance's report card came in, he is doing well but still needs work on ABC's. Speech therapist wants (?) maybe to work with him on his "s" and "z" words. Phone tag with the gal is fun.

Karin's perfected the art of being two....hello tantrums, whining, shrieking.....all weekend long I heard at top volume: "Mummy? Mummy? Mum? Mummy??! MUMMY!!" Took to wearing earplugs by bathtime on Saturday. Sunday was a bit better, Chance had a friend over to play and so she was entertained by observing the boys, throwing mud and snow in backyard and building lego. Starting to really get a knack for that stuff, has stopped trying to ingest. Nice.

Sibling Rashalry

Karin seems to be just like her brother, prone to massive eczema breakouts. Looks like she gets them a bit easier though, as she went from just a couple of spots on her back to full body rash in 24 hours. Massive systemic eczema...we're supposed to rub her head to toe with Protopic, and put Fucidin cream on her hands and chin, where the spots have become infected with what looks like impetigo.

My poor beautiful daughter looks like she has chicken pox or something....she's pretty tolerant of the situation, but occasionally cries and says it's "owwie / itchy".

Photos coming when I find the camera cord....sigh.

Christmas Holiday Wrap Up

Had a great Christmas vacation this year. Everyone in our family was healthy, amidst many of our friends who had the flu. After last Christmas, we will never take being healthy for the holidays for granted again!

Enjoyed a good deal of time outside on the toboggan hill and got Chance out for a cross country ski. The weather has been very warm and we're nearly out of snow now, so glad we took advantage of the outdoor time over the holidays. Here is Karin sacked out after a sled hill excursion:

Christmas morning joys: cups of tea for everyone!

I think they were aiming at the cat when I took this photo...

I stuffed my first huge turkey for Boxing Day dinner with Cam's parents. Usually we stick with smaller chickens....so wrassling this thing was a bit of a challenge but it was pretty tasty. Got a little crazy and cut off all my hair a few days before Xmas....still loving having "easy" hair. I'm sure the "growing out" phase will drive me just as crazy as the long hair maintainance.

Cam absorbing the Christmas Mess....we really tried to keep things organized (red bag for wrapping paper, boxes for taking gifts up to bedrooms after opening, etc.) but it really didn't help much...haha.

We rang in the New Year with friends from home, it was a great time. Got to meet the latest addition as friends welcomed their daughter into the world just a few days before Xmas....babies sure are amazing little creatures. The kids made it to 11 PM and then were showing signs of getting wound up to the point of no return and/or critical meltdown, so we made the decision to go home and let the car ride settle them down for bed. Cam and I did our smooch on the couch watching the Calgary New Years fireworks on the TV.

Well now we've been back at work for the first week of 2012 and I can say there's a night and day difference in how I feel, so must mean we had a relaxing time. Cam started a new job and is having a good time so far I think. His new office is more centrally located, so it's making life a bit easier in the way of commute / getting together for lunch / going to the gym. Karin's birthday is just around the corner and so we're looking forward to a visit with my parents then, as well as hopefully some skiing out in the mountains and thinking we're going to introduce Chance to the bunny hill at COP. Chance is just dying to get back to school, he misses his teacher and friends there, so Monday will be really exciting for him.