A long time coming.

I posted these photos a while ago and am just now getting around the captioning them.  Not sure when they were taken.  Blog fail.

I went to a drama/dance conference.  It was an after school affair, and occurred during that period of time where I was getting migraines every day.  This is a photo of the line up to get dinner.  I'll let you figure out how well the night went.

It is fantastic to get coupons in the mail.  Also, marble slab now does unlimited "fixins".  It always annoyed me that I would have to pay extra for my caramel sauce.  

Haircuts

We went mini-golfing with Larissa and her family.  The kids chose to go in the hurricane simulator afterwards.  It might have been a little loud.

We brought Leo and Penny up to the Glen with us for a play date.  

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This is the part where they were rolling and pushing each other down the hill.  Boys are so weird.  And they are ALWAYS so shocked when they get hurt!

Our fort was destroyed over the winter.  Will have to rebuild this year!

James consider this a fantastic "getting along" moment (when they are sword fighting).  Perhaps we should re-evaluate our parenting practices.

Half way through the week

It's Wednesday!  The boys have tonight and then tomorrow night left for their swimming lessons this session.  Can't say I'll miss dragging them there every day.  Thankfully, James has been off for most of them, making it easier to make the 5 pm start time if I'm working.

On Monday, I picked Drew up early from school and took him took Dr Sapra in Oakville.  He's a dermatologist.  Drew's eczema has gotten quite bad this winter.  It was really bugging him and keeping him up at night.  The doctor told me that he will grow out of this, and was confident that the new products he was giving us would clear everything up.  He gave us a new soap to use, a new balm to put on his body and a prescription cream to apply to his sore skin.  I'm optimistic!

The weather has been beautiful, the boys have enjoyed lots of outdoor time.

Hunter with Tails

 After swimming, we've been going back to the new house.  On Monday night, Hunter and I played a game.

 Yesterday, I supply taught, so not much to blog about there.  I also had a meeting for a committee I'm on for Pineview.  Pineview is turning 50 this year and we're having a party!

Today, the boys had school so James and I headed to the new house to get some work done.  James put together our new entertainment unit and I battled the wall paper in the bathroom again.  We're getting there!

After school, it was time for homework.  Hunter is doing such a great job reading.  We're very proud of him!

In a few minutes, we'll be off to swimming lessons again and the another visit to the new house.  Happy Hump day!

Spring!

Finally!  It finally felt like spring today.  The boys and I spent hours outside, it was wonderful.  The morning was spent at home.  We played out in the mud/snow with Tails (our barn cat).

 We came in for lunch and some lego play and then headed over to the 3rd line.  Our friend Gillian's parent's own a horse farm just one line over from us.  We played and played and played there.  Hunter helped groom a horse (Drew wasn't interested in the horses), we watched FG cross a river to collect his sap for maple syrup (I thought for sure he was going to fall in!) and the kids played on some hay bales.  It was a fun (and exhausting) afternoon.

We're on the hunt for a new climber for Nana and Papa's house.  Hunter really liked this one.

After the fun on the 3rd line, we headed for a pizza dinner at Nana and Papa's.  The kids were so tired that we just hung out and watched netflix all evening.
Happy Sunday!  Here's to a great week.

The week in Review

This week I have been attempting to remove the wall-paper from this bathroom.  So far, the wall-paper is winning.

 My mom gave us a chair that she did not want anymore.  I love it, and think it fits in great in our living room!

We went to the Maple Syrup Festival at Mountsberg with the Gallo family.  It was cold, damp and muddy, but the kids had a blast.

We purchased and James has almost finished installing our baseboards in the living room.  

 We tried out the South Street burger Co. restaurant for the first time (and Hunter took a few selfies).  The burger joint was REALLY good!

 I've been trying to take photos of the farm, so I don't forget.

 Drew and Hunter started their 9 days in a row of swimming lessons.  So far, so good.  4 more days to go.

 Hunter missed a swimming lesson so he could go to Jack's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese (on Wednesday).  He was so excited for the party.  He had a great time.

My mom went to Drew's swimming lesson and then came to Chuck E Cheese with Drew so he didn't have to miss his swimming lesson (James' schedule makes it tough to fit everything in!  We're so very thankful for my parents).

James and Hunter got a lot of work done at the house (ahem...if a nerf gun war is considered work....ha ha).  In all seriousness, James has got a ton of stuff done!

James has started building the kitchen cabinets!!!!!

Drew came home from school on Friday telling us/asking us about "Chucky" and "Bloody Mary".  A child in his class was telling him and his friends all about them, he even looked them up on the internet so he could show Drew and his friend pictures.  When Drew was telling us about them after school, he was laughing.....at bedtime it was not a laughing matter.  My poor boy was beside himself.  "I just can't get the image out of my head, mommy".  We are talking convulsions, tears, almost throwing up.  It was awful.  Hunter went right to sleep, thankfully.  After a while of sitting in his room with him, we got up and he went to the bathroom for a drink, almost puked and then James and I both took him to our room and cuddled with him in our bed while he cried himself to sleep.  It was heart-breaking.  This morning, I "made" nightmare spray.  We sprayed it all over the boys' room and it seemed to help a bit.  We still had to call daddy at work and speak to him through tears, but at least he went to sleep in his own bed tonight (only after asking me to spray the nightmare spray just one more time).  Here's hoping he sleeps through the night!

Today, the boys played store for the first time in a very long time.  They have been really into lego, and that's pretty much all they've played with....not sure why they decided to break the routine today, but it was super cute.  I'm sure it's because I was thinking of selling the cash register!  

On Monday, I'm taking Drew to a dermatologist to see if we can find some relief for his skin.  His eczema has been really bad this year.  Perhaps because of the extreme cold this year, or stress about moving?  Not sure, hopefully the doctor can help us!

March break - part 2

After our long day at Disney, we needed a low-key day (my body was SORE!).  The kids had never been to Disney quest before, so we headed there.  It's essentially like Playdium.  Lot's of video games, cool virtual reality rides, etc.  It wasn't exactly magical, but the kids seemed to enjoy it.  Most of the games were a little too old for Hunter.  We did find a level that was geared towards his age group.  Hunter and I spent the entire time there.  It was pretty much like Chuck E Cheese, without the tickets.  I think he was disappointed there weren't any tickets.  He kept looking for them.

After our afternoon there, we met Lisa and Julia at Animal Kingdom lodge for dinner at "Boma".  This was a buffet-style dinner that was SO yummy.  In typical Disney style, there was something for everyone there.  We all walked away with our bellies full.  After dinner, we walked out to one of the playgrounds on the resort and then headed to check out the animals.  Animal Kingdom Lodge backs onto Animal kingdom, so from the resort, you can watch the animals in the reserve.  We saw giraffes, zebras, flamingos and some other exciting animals that I can't think of right now.

Friday was to be our last day in Florida.  We had originally decided to leave Saturday morning, but because of all the crazy weather in the north, we thought we'd better give ourselves some more time to get home.  Friday morning was spent packing and playing at our resort.  The kids had fun in the park, on the basketball/volleyball courts and at the beach.

For our last meal in Florida, we headed to the Disney Boardwalk resort.  This is a resort I would love to stay at.  Not only is there beautiful views of water, but there is a fun boardwalk with lots of different restaurants and shops to explore (reminded me of Myrtle beach, which is what it is fashioned after).  We had pizza and sandwiches for lunch, along with some fun desserts and then we said our goodbyes.  Lisa and Norm were staying in the south for a few more days (so jealous of their longer march breaks!).

These little chairs are the cutest thing ever.  We had to fight with the children to get all 4 to sit at the same time.  They just don't value a good photo opportunity when they see one!!!  

We made it to south carolina the first night and then to west virginia the 2nd night.  We actually stayed at the same hotel going home in west Virginia as we did driving down (we LOVED that place!).

Indoor/outdoor pool!  yay!

On the saturday night, we had a lovely dinner in West Virginia at the olive garden.

It was a lovely trip.  Not relaxing at all, but neither of us were expecting it to be (I think we gave up relaxing vacations when we had children).  We remembered how much we love Florida/Disney (we hadn't been in 2 years!) and are already planning our next trip there.  The drive was actually really fun.  The kids did great and didn't complain at all.  We did have to stop at a Wal-mart on the Saturday while we were driving home to buy a few more movies, but that was actually fun too (trips to Wal-mart are always exciting!  lol).