October Octet of Occasions (Part 1)

1. Visit to the Fanshawe Pioneer Village with Grade 3/4
...on the coldest, windiest, wettest day of the year. We did the guided tour, where we got to...
make a roof shingle

visit the Free Press and print a page to take home

try to churn some butter

and visit the schoolroom.

Then we had lunch in the (warm!) cafe, took a quick look at the animals, and headed back to school for hot chocolate! BRRRR!! The students would have stayed all afternoon, I think, but us chaperones were too cold.
2. Surprise 40th birthday party for a friend...


The cake

The surprise (she wouldn't come in!)


The cake and the birthday girl.
3. Allison and Amanda turn 8!
Goodbye booster seats - yay!
Who still thinks they look identical? In this picture, I really don't see it.

Waiting to open gifts...whoohoo!

New pj's from Grandma and Grandpa!
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4. Uncle Mike and Aunt Kathryn and baby Kylie come for a visit....
Somehow I have lots of pictures of this little cutie, but not so many of Mike and Kathryn. Hmm...

...to be continued....

Happy Birthday Tim!

And a milestone birthday it is at that! We are now officially parents of a teenager.... wow.

He was a bit disappointed when he woke up yesterday morning and .... didn't feel any different. No wiser, no more distinguished. Just Tim. I remember feeling the same disappointment on my 13th birthday. Somehow it seemed there should be some way to instantly tell... hey, that kid is 13 now.

He had a good day anyway. It's been a very busy week around here, so I didn't even get a chance to do birthday shopping til the afternoon of his actual birthday. I knew what I was getting him, just didn't get to the stores. I did supply teach in Tim's class on his birthday, so at least I got to spend lots of time with him. And we brought cupcakes.

Here he is with his favourite gift. Now if he could only play it....

He also got a pocketknife and a new Monopoly game. It's pretty neat.

Supply teaching for 2 days = no time to bake = Dairy Queen ice cream cake. Good thing we don't buy those every day! Very yummy, but not cheap!

Wow, those candles throw off a lot of light! Quick, blow them out before the ice cream melts!!

New look...

Two posts in one day??? What is this world coming to....

Deanna got her new glasses today, so I thought I'd post some pics of her new look. Especially for Bethany...

Here she is:

Looking WAY too grown up!

Side view, they are turquoise on the inside, I don't know if you can see that.

And she can SEE better too! She should be able to read the liturgy board at church

again, which would be a good thing...