March Break/Easter Re-cap

Hi!

I'm finally back to the same ole routine!  

Yesterday was the first day back to school and work for everybody.  Even I had to work!

However, there was a wind storm (with a bit of snow and ice) so school was let out at 11:50 and work was cancelled at 1:00.  I was working in Kensington, so I ended up just driving the 15 minutes to Summerside to wait out the "storm" at my in-laws.  I had a nice visit and got home around 7:00.

We ended up going to Halifax for a couple nights over March Break.  We stayed in Bedford with Ken's Uncle and Aunt.

We woke up early (6:45)  on Thursday morning and got on the road around 7:15.  K drove and everybody else slept until we stopped at the Irving Big Stop in Aulac, NB for breakfast.

We drove to Dartmouth, NS where we had lunch at the Wooden Monkey at the Ferry Terminal.

See the wooden monkey head just to the right of N's head?

Since we'd eaten breakfast not too long ago, it was just a light lunch!

Here we are waiting for the ferry to go across the bay to Halifax.

It was everybody's first time on the little passenger ferry!

Up on the top deck.

We walked up to the Halifax Central Library.

       

Then we walked to the Museum of Natural History.

K and C are checking out some frogs. 

Here's N.

This is the almost 100 year old tortoise named Gus.

This was a neat installation that showed how water flows around sand.  It was done by a projector.

Here's a quartz crystal.  I told C how my dad used to go to Crystal Island at Camp Yorktown Bay near Hot Springs, AR to hunt for crystals like this.  Then I noticed that it was from Hot Springs!  Funny!

Back on the ferry.

Here the kids are checking out the new playground equipment in Bedford.

We made it home Saturday around 4:00 and decorated Easter Eggs after dinner.

These are C's eggs on the left.  She got into Emojis this year!

(The ones on the right are ones K or I made.)

These are N's on the right.

N and C after hunting eggs on Easter morning.

Now, we're all back to school and work after a great break!

Have a fantastic day! :-)

March Break!

Hi!

It's March Break (from Friday March 18-Thursday March 24) and then Good Friday and Easter Monday are holidays, too!

There was snow on Friday.  I took a long icicle and stuck it on the ground.

We got more snow Monday.  Can you still see the icicle?

Because of the snow, we had to delay a trip to Halifax...

And we're having a pretty home-bound break so far.

C had a friend over yesterday and went to spend the night with her last night.

Speaking of C, here she is doing her 4H speech on Cats.

She is the alternate for the provincials, so basically she came in second!  Way to go C!

Hope you're having a great day! :-)

Weekend Update

Hi!

How was your weekend?  It was "Spring Forward" on Sunday, and we're all feeling a bit tired this Monday morning.

I finished up a bit of shingling in the master bedroom.

(Still need a few plugs installed!)

Here's how it looked before.

Here's the top part.

And Before.

A couple weekends ago in Charlottetown, we stopped by the Habitat ReStore and I got a new globe for the hall light.  Before, it was a clear glass cover from an outside "jam jar" style light.  (I bought the light many years ago at the Summerside ReStore.  It came with a pretty white bubbly glass cover, but it got broken so we had been using the clear cover.)

It more matches the kitchen lights.

I did this when K was on his trip and he still hasn't noticed I changed it! 

When we started re-doing the master bedroom, I needed to move the rug out so it wouldn't get dusty and painty.  I put it under the kitchen table.  I kinda like it here, but the ends roll up a bit so not sure if it will stay.

I put the rug upside down!

In other news, C started gymnastics last Wednesday!

She's been wanting to do this for a while.  She went to her first class and loved it!

We have a busy week with activities every night this week.  Friday, March Break Starts and the kids are off school until March 29!  No plans yet...

Have a great week! :-)

Walk in the Woods

Hello!

This winter has been so nice!  Last year at this time, the side of the house looked like this.

(That drift is about 8 feet tall!)

This year we've hardly had any snow at all!
Because there's so little snow, K and N were able to go for a walk in the woods behind our house this past weekend.

They took some really nice pictures, that I'd like to share!

Crossing a bridge.

A little chair!

Have a wonderful day! :-) 

Master Bedroom

Hi!

Are you tired of reading about my master bedroom yet?  Well, it's (almost) done!

I have a few mouldings to put up, some plugs to install and a light fixture to modify and install and I think that's it....

But for now, the big reveal!

(I guess I'll keep the nook and jewelry holder up for a while.)

I started the painting the trim on Friday.

(See the red Tuck Tape in the corner?  It needs a 1x3 to cover it.)

I got called in to work at the Summerside Library on Saturday, so I started painting the walls on Sunday.

Here's after one coat of paint.

I put the second coat of paint on Monday morning.

Here's that corner, in progress.

After the paint had dried a little bit, I cleaned up.

Done

In progress

Done- notice the crown moulding!

And another in progress...

The paint color is High Tide by Orbit.

It covers well, but does require 2 coats and smells a little (it's low VOC).

I used a No Voc Primer by Beauti-Tone from Home Hardware.

The trim is CIL Realife Door & Trim from Canadian Tire.

The bedroom looks nice, but the front room is a mess!

And so is the hallway.

I'm going to cut a couple more boards this morning- the 1x3 and an angled 1x6 (!) and then I'll start the clean up!

Have a great day! :-)