but we were busy!
we started out the break by making a visit to our dentist. he really is the best. i taught 2 of his 4 kids. he or his wife (usually him) came to the school every Friday morning to help out. as personality goes, he is fantastic. i got along great with all of his kids and enjoyed my years involved with their family. really crazy to think that i taught his 2 oldest kids GRADE FOUR.....and they have now graduated from high school. yup! it is official. i am getting old. haha!!
anyways.
my kids are very lucky to have a family dentist who doesn't want to make his "millions" off of us! know what i mean? they enjoy going. they care about our teeth. we don't get scolded for not flossing 50 times a day.
no cavities.
to celebrate i made a stop at the Duchess Bakery. i know. the irony.
i think working in a bakery would either heal me or kill me. i am a sucker for all baked goods!
they sell these little macarons. this visit we tried Salty Caramel, Lemon and Coconut. they weren't the only treats we bought....so i chopped them into 3. being sneaky i gave myself the biggest pieces. one day i know that right will be snapped away from me. so for now, life is a dictatorship. as it turns out we each liked a different flavor than the other. next time we won't need to do any sharing. yahoo!!
we also have some passports to get, so that also added some more running around. everything is ready to be taken in on Monday and start the process.
a play-date at the new indoor playground. the kids enjoyed the chance to run around and play. to me a play-date means the kids get to play and the "other mom" and i can visit mostly uninterrupted. our kids are older, so we were looking forward to a nice coffee while we chatted. however this was not the design of this new facility. i guess they want you to actually actively play with your kids. we were disappointed there was no seating for us. couldn't bring our coffee into the room. had to sit on the floor while the kids played.
we had gone to the pool area and loved that part. all of it. except the change rooms. who is designing this stuff these days? we had thought it would be more like Millenium Place or the Tri-Leisure Centre. or even better. not so.
however it is the best facility within 15 minutes, so we will most likely be going back.
in other news....
next weekend is a BIG weekend for ALL of us. for the kids, it is their second annual AWANA Grand Prix car race. i wish i could say that they spent a lot of time on their cars. but between sickness, catching up on missed stuff and trying to keep up with the schedule....this got pushed to the side. i ended up doing most of the painting on their cars this year. the kids designed them. i just got to be the one to get my hands dirty!
this boy cannot make up his mind. it was going to be red. then blue. then both. ugh!! yes, this project was left to the last possible minute. i painted while he was at school, then he came home to plan where the decals went. he was not happy about the painting. apparently i used too much red. fortunately he got over his disappointment with me quickly.
yeah. don't look too close at the paint job. i have already made a note to have GOOD QUALITY paint brushes for next year.
i also used some black stickles (scrapbook glitter glue) for the windows. i was very proud of myself. until Aidan saw it and wondered why they were not white. talk about a communication breakdown.
this one was better.
i did the base coat over several days. she decided purple and never changed her mind. last year she would paint the entire car, then add a layer of stickers. then she painted some more! and then added more stickers. i think they had to remove more weight after all her stickers were added!
this year i painted and she supervised.
i had an idea to cover the entire car in Prima paper flowers. i had the perfect colour. then i realized that any chance it had for speed would be quickly removed if i did that. i asked her if she wanted a "pretty" car or a "fast" car. sadly, she said fast. left alone to my own ideas and wishes i knew i had a very good chance to create a pretty car. i even commented at one point that it would be easier to cover it in paper. i think that got her worried..."please don't!!" she cried.
Purple and Tiara Stickles came into play. as well as rhinestones and sparkly stars. then we added the crocodiles. only my daughter. sigh. but it is a very sparkly car.
i'm not sure if they stand much chance of their cars being fast either. they will compete. those wheels are not exactly even....
i am hopeful that these years will be learning years for all of us. i hope that the year that they are old enough to remember the cars, we will be smart enough to know what we are doing.
apparently it will help if they know what they are doing too.
i commented to Kristian that the wheels needed help. he did some fixing on them. only minutes later, Aidan picked up both cars and smacked their wheels against each other.
at least they can't blame EVERYTHING on us! ha!!
Kristian is on duty to be parent to both kids that morning. i'd love to see them too, but i have some fabulous plans of my own. yippeee!!! i will get the ENTIRE weekend to be an adult. on my own. with friends. scrapbooking adult with scrapbooking friends. oh. yeah. with some fabulous classes learning new techniques. from people i have "blog-stalked" for years....and now get to meet in real life. specifically one i am very excited to meet. and learn any tips possible in that short amount of time!
i think the kids understand.
they have been my side-kicks in my blog-stalking all these years. they know exactly who creates their favourite things!
yes. an exciting week all around.
i am partially happy to return to our daily routine. however it is nice to not have such a tight schedule too.
now if we can only do something about this snow and cold weather....
