Cheating

Sav has been sick and we knew her dictee test would be tricky. Yet she came home with perfect marks?

- How did you manage that? I asked.

- I looked at Gabby's. She let me, Sav said, happily.

Hmmm

- That won't do, Sav, you'll need to tell Mme Jacket and apologise.

The next day, we asked whether she had told her teacher. Sav said, no. We stressed it was essential or we would write a note on Sav's behalf. And besides, she would feel so much better if she came clean.

- Why would I tell? I don't feel badly at all.

Hmmm

Classic Sick Mom is...

Classic Sick Mom is...

1. Glen leaving on a week long trip
2. Me getting sick the day he leaves-- very sick
3. Savvy and Mac getting sick and having to be off school/nursery
4. Savvy coming home and barfing from the front door, down the hall, all the way to the toilet WHILE Mac takes off his trousers and announces he needs the toilet as he pees all over the living room floor
5. Me trying to work while sick and with the kids at home, and taking Sav to a work meeting which I had moved to Starbucks near us, so she could colour in the corner in her PJs while I tried my best to be competent
6. Us leaving for a long weekend in Whistler, almost too sick to travel, but still committed to hitting the mountain in the morning, then getting even more sick because of it!

Ack. It was a hard week. Thank frick hubba hubba Glen is home!

Thanks to Nana, Lynnie and Lynnea for helping us through.

Tower vs Butterfly

Boys vs Girls

Boys went for the classic tower (laaaaame....even if there was a motorcycle hidden inside). Girls went for a butterfly (awwwwesoooome). The best bit came from Sav:

"Wait Mommy, the competition isn't over yet. First let me spray our butterfly with perfume for the finishing touch!"

Biased, or is that girl a creative genius!?

ps - Great Grandma, Nonno, Uncle Chris, Uncle Rick- this is the game we purchased with your amazing amazon vouchers, an idea stolen from the Vancouver Science World. Yes, we paid a fortune for 400 simple wooden blocks. But they are worth every penny! Thank you!

Some use a sleeping mask, and others...

This is what I found one night when I came into to sing Mac a song before bed.

Sardines

Not a great pic but does show full commitment from the troops in a game of hide and seek, sardine style. 5 in a tub!

MegaDob Goes Canuck

Thank you Uncle Fatty for welcoming Mega to the great white ice of your beautiful cabin. He came home from a weekend of pond hockey, bruised and broken, but, "not quire the worst player on the ice".

Monkey Business at Queen Elizabeth Park

The national geographic photographer who so beautifully captured the monkeys in their natural habitat. Right before they went to Starbucks...