March

Hi!

It's March already!

We've had a few storm days.  This happened back on Feb. 15 and 16.

There was no school on the 16th and 17th.

 

C built a fort.

  N got out too!

Have a great day! :-)

Valentine's Day

Hi!

We are finally getting some winter here!  

We had two more snow days on Monday and Tuesday

We're expecting another 25 cm (9 inches) overnight tonight! 

Funny snow drift in the front corner of the house. 

C and I got our Valentine's stuff out on Monday.

I didn't have a special meal planned for dinner, but with a table cloth and the nice dishes, the fish curry turned out nice. 

During the snow days, I got into making some cards.  This one, I made the outside in 2012, 

But, I did the inside this year! 

Actually, that was just a test one, but it turned out ok, so I gave it to K. ;-)

When I did cards for the kids, I kept the outside simple.

So the inside would shine!

(FMI (for my information) I used watercolor paint for this and found it was a bit runny.) 

Enjoy the rest of your week! :-)

Update

Oh, hi!  

I hadn't realized it had been so long since I've written!

We had a couple "ice" days with no-school or work, on Jan 25 and Feb 8.

Those were both Wednesdays. Feb 1, another Wednesday, was a no-school day (for Teacher's Professional Development).  N has after school Senior Band on Wednesdays.  With 2 cancellations and those no-school days, he hasn't had band since before Christmas!  Although, he does still have music class during school, so he hasn't been completely without!

We took a trip to Halifax on Jan 29th to get C's passport.  We stayed at K's Aunt and Uncle's and had a great visit.

We went to the Emera Oval.  It's an outdoor ice skating rink close to downtown Halifax. 

K and C went skating. 

You can borrow skates for free and it's also free to skate! 

C's skates weren't very sharp and she found it hard to skate.  K thought his skates were pretty comfortable! 

He's on the lookout for new ice skates, since the ones he currently has are uncomfortable. Too bad he couldn't have bought those!

We got some snow last night from Storm Niko- about a foot. 

Today is a Professional Development day for the kids (no school anyway) and K's work is also closed.

K is clearing the driveway.

C is clearing the steps!

Have a great weekend! :-)

Christmas Tree

Oh, my goodness!!!  It's almost Christmas!!

We finally our tree on Sunday.

Here's K fixing up the tree. 

Decorating! 

Each year the kids get an ornament from K's parents.  Here they are looking at their collections. 

All lit up! 

I got the front wreath done. 

And we got some snow. 

(Notice the table.)

(I moved the table for easier snow removal.) 

Last week we had a lot of snow days.  School (and work) was let out 2 hours early on Monday; had an hour delay on Tuesday; let out 2 hours early on Thurs (along with work); and everything was closed on Friday with blowing snow and temps down to Neg 30C (Neg22F) with the wind chill!  

Winter has begun early this year! 

N had his Christmas concert last Wednesday evening.  Here he is (on right) with his friends after.

 C has her school concert today.  

The last day of school is Dec 22.

Have a great day! :-)

First Snow!

Hi!

Hope all those in the US had a great Thanksgiving last Thursday!

We had our first snow overnight!

We were kinda expecting it, but not really so much!

The kids had an hour delay for school today, so that was nice.

Last Sunday the kids were out raking leaves, 

and here's what it looks like now! 

Pretty!

Also, last Saturday, we got the last bit of raspberries from our bushes! 

This is the latest in the year that I remember getting berries.

I expect this snow will melt away in a bit, although we may get some more snow tomorrow!  The yard was cleaned up and ready for winter, except for a few things over by the courtyard that need to go to the Waste Watch. Maybe I'll get that done sometime this week....

Have a great 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! :-)