When I woke this morning my immediate thought was "oh no, it's the 12th and raining" how boring will this post be? That was quickly followed up with Caden running into my room, with my camera, insisting that I should wake up immediately as it was the 12th. I've created a monster! So, here is how our day went:
See? Wet and gray. This is the view of my bed to the window. The way our neighbourhood is designed, it's really quite private, and I have a thing for open spaces. This is the view from my pillow.
My sweet girl got in very late from the Marianas Trench concert last night. I'm green with envy! But I'm old and could never have stayed up late enough :)
Not that I needed the reminder. My computer day started pretty early, but also ended early. There were so many other things to do :) The most important was getting the youngers ready for their last day of school before Spring Break at 3PM. Breakfast made, bags packed, papers signed, a bit of silliness!
I almost forgot to sign off on all of the upcoming field trips. The paperwork and funds were due today. Nothing like cutting it close! At least now both Chloe and Caden are assured of seeing the King Tut exhibit at the AGO and and orchestral performance at Roy Thompson Hall.
Doesn't my boy have a thoughtful older sister? He had a hockey game in Hillsburgh last night (Cole's Ranger team won 7-2) and there was no way he'd be able to see one of his favourite bands. The next best thing? A T-shirt.
Oh, surprise, look at that! A load of clothes in the dryer.
What does a boy do on a rainy day during Spring Break? Well, he eats popcorn and watches the Lord of the Rings Trilogy for the 497th time.
While Cole was upstairs watching movies; Claire was stirring, slowly; I was playing in the basement putting together layouts and designing sketches for Sketchapalooza 6 over at Feeling Scrappy.
When the boy gets home from his workout at BTNL the first place he heads is the fridge. Now that I'm looking at the photos I'm hoping he didn't wear his goofy 3-D glasses to his workout! He got them this weekend at Alice in Wonderland. Between it and Avatar, we'll never need to buy glasses again.
The rain did not let up all day. At one point it was coming at the house sideways. The lake was so loud you could hear it in the house, you can almost never hear the crashing waves in the house! No choice but to collect the youngers from school today.
We had Caden's favourite butter chicken for dinner. I'm doing my best to make sure there is always a vegetable, really a lot of vegetables at each meal. We've even foregone the much loved Friday Night Pizza & Wings for a home cooked meal. I'm actually quite enjoying it, but with our fluctuating schedule it becomes a puzzle to what to make when!
That is Louis taking off with Cole to pick up Aidan. They're going to watch the AA team play the Kingston team. Cole learns better from watching boys his own age rather than the "pros" on television, so it's nice to have so many playoffs, with players he can relate to, coming up in the next couple of weeks.
What did I not capture today?
- A photo of Chloe, I don't know how that is possible, she's such a chatty beast and showed off all of her projects brought home from school today.
- A photo of me taking Claire to her friend Marley's house. They're taking singing lessons and are going to perform at some fair this summer. Hmm. Maybe I should get the details!
- A photo of Caden and Cole's antics while on Skype. Yes, my kids have me on Skype. Are you on Skype? If so, let me know!
- A photo of Cole at BTNL with his trainer Dan. Dan resembles a very ripply wall of muscle. And he's a lovely young man with a wonderful sense of humour. THAT is a photo shoot I could enjoy!
- A photo of me ... folding laundry, or me ... folding laundry.
- A photo of a few very lovely notes received today. My girls must have known I needed a bit of love :)
- A photo of my terror watching Ghost Whisperer. Why do I watch that show?!?
- A photo of my scrapbook projects underway, but that would be giving away too much! They'll all be seen soon enough.
But I did capture an extra photo. Just in case you think my children are in some way junk food deprived:
The largest helping of ice cream and syrup EVER!
Do you participate in 12 of 12? Recently I saw that the blog had been disassembled and re-located to Facebook. I'm not familiar with the new locale, but I have to say that Susan Keuter is lovely and it's been a joy to have her in my life. I've really enjoyed this project, as have my kids. That's the whole point, right? I'll get on the layout tout suite!
