This afternoon, in the middle of the sermon in church, Natalie (whom I thought was asleep on my lap) looked at me and said:
"I really wanted to be a mermaid. But...I'm a girl. With legs (as she pointed to the offending appendages). I'm not a mermaid".
And she heaved a mighty sigh and laid her head back down on my lap.
Don't you just wonder how their minds work sometimes?
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Harsevoort Sinterklaas 2008
I know, it's not even December yet! But since we were all going to be together for family pictures anyway, we thought we'd combine it with Sinterklaas.
Callum taking after his father :)
The Story of the Red Hat
Once upon a time, there was a red hat. After outliving it's fashion heyday (sometime in the 80's, I believe) it was relegated by its owner to a thrift store. It gained new life a couple of years ago when it was purchased by my mother to wear to a Red Hat Lunch for my aunt. After this event, it was given a place of honour in the dressup box downstairs.
Yesterday, it was the most popular item in the house! Proof:
Amanda, Natalie, Deanna and Jonah all had a turn.
Even Uncle Pieter looked dashing in his nouveau chapeau! Let's hope nobody had head lice :)
And some more memorable moments:
Aunt Kathryn, I was sitting here first!
Callum taking after his father :)
Uncle Art getting his baby fix
Kim enjoying a frosty beverage....
Aaron setting the kids table - so helpful!
Caleb taking it all in.
Callum likes his new book!
Uncle Rick had a nice hat too!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Well, it snowed...
...about 6" so far.
This afternoon I went to the school to teach P.E. (as I do every Thursday afternoon. I have Gr 3/4 for an hour, and then Gr 1/2 for an hour at the end of the day.) When I arrived, the entire school was in the back yard building snow forts! Even the staff - it was great!
Lunch recess is supposed to go til 1:00, but nobody wanted to go inside, so we all stayed out til 2 rolling giant snowballs and building them into forts. I think Mr. Meinen (the principal) rolled the most snowballs! Gr 7/8 used their snow to build a large ramp at the top of the backyard slope. Then they slid down it on Crazy Carpets. I really really wish I had brought my camera. It was something to see! The older kids helping the younger kids roll snowballs, or climb the ramp to slide down.
At 2, the teachers decided they should do some work yet, so Gr 1/2 and I were left with the ramp to ourselves! It was fun Phys Ed! We also played Cops and Robbers (using the snow fort as the jail), before we went inside for a few minutes at the end of the day.
More snow is on the way.... Tim might have a lucrative weekend (shovelling driveways)!
This afternoon I went to the school to teach P.E. (as I do every Thursday afternoon. I have Gr 3/4 for an hour, and then Gr 1/2 for an hour at the end of the day.) When I arrived, the entire school was in the back yard building snow forts! Even the staff - it was great!
Lunch recess is supposed to go til 1:00, but nobody wanted to go inside, so we all stayed out til 2 rolling giant snowballs and building them into forts. I think Mr. Meinen (the principal) rolled the most snowballs! Gr 7/8 used their snow to build a large ramp at the top of the backyard slope. Then they slid down it on Crazy Carpets. I really really wish I had brought my camera. It was something to see! The older kids helping the younger kids roll snowballs, or climb the ramp to slide down.
At 2, the teachers decided they should do some work yet, so Gr 1/2 and I were left with the ramp to ourselves! It was fun Phys Ed! We also played Cops and Robbers (using the snow fort as the jail), before we went inside for a few minutes at the end of the day.
More snow is on the way.... Tim might have a lucrative weekend (shovelling driveways)!
**UPDATE**
Friday was indeed a snow day. Although the sun was shining here, just west of us in Strathroy they got dumped on! Up to 75 cm in some areas.
This is how much snow we got here, just about a foot:
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