13 things..

1. whenever jack gets hit, or bugged, or hurt- he says "what the heck?" but isn't he handsome?

2. we got our pictures taken last night . thanks Kim! I hope some are okay. getting 5 kids and a husband happy at the same time- not easy.
can't wait to see them!

3. at the end of the first month of grade one, they always have a muffin morning, where the moms and dads, or grandmas, or whoever can go and have muffins and milk in the class room with the kids. kind of fun. that was this morning. good times.

4. this afternoon the elementary school is doing their Terry Fox
run/ walk. I am joining them .
a cool thing to do in tribute to a great guy who did a big thing to help find a cure for cancer.

5. the school has an assembly every monday morning, and at the last one, they had a presentation about Terry Fox, and played the 500 miles song by the proclaimers, and now my kids think that is a great song and play it all day.


6. for Sadies first tooth, the tooth fairy gave her a loonie, and for the second one she got 4 quarters. she was quite excited that she got 4 for the one tooth. that's way better than 1! kids are fun.

7. I got a call from the junior high this morning, apparently Ben got knoked in the head by a locker- or knocked his head into a locker- whatever, but he has a big goose egg. poor guy. I guess their policy is that they have to call home whenever there is a head injury. he must be okay, because he is still there. maybe I'll get a call later to come get him.

8. I scrapbooked! and posted a few at twopeas! look if you want to see!

9. Cory has been working more on my basement. yay!

10. Cory is doing a relay race with a team from work in Banff on a Saturday in October so our big plan is to take the kids out of school on the Friday and spend the day in Calgary at the zoo, then camp- in our trailer- with the heater(yay) and cheer him on in his race. I hope there isn't snow in the mountains by then. last year there wasn't snow where the race was, but I had by winter coat on!

11. I think it will be painfull to pay for the family to go to the zoo for a day- when we lived in Calgary wh e bought the season passes, and went all the time- they are a great deal- it si such a nice zoo, and with the pass, we could go for an hour, and leave, and not feel like it was a waste.

12. I do remember losing Ben in the dinosaur part of the zoo though- when he was little, that was scary- such a big place with many twists and turns.
but we found him, thank goodness- that is when you can't decide whether to ring their necks, or hug and kiss them and never let them go! kids.

13. If you had to take something that is your favorite to a party- one for everyone who is coming, and it has to cost under $3, what would you take?