Aug 24, 2008

I haven't been on in a while, but nothing much has happened in my life worth writing about.  Kiddo finished his swimming lessons, got a sticker badge for it.  Signed him up for swimming lessons for September for the next level.  He really seemed to like it.  Hope he does ok this time around.  In the summer they go every day for two weeks.  In winter it's once/week for 10 weeks.   I am going to invest in another pass for myself so we can go swimming once/week so he can practice what he learned  since we don't have a pool ourselves.  We went to the beach(lake ontario) yesterday.  I was surprised how warm it was!  I know it's August, it should be warm, but the amount of rain he have gotten this summer I was surprised that it was as warm as it was.  Kiddo did really good swimming, he is getting quite confident in it now, and making me less worried about him.  Don't get me wrong I still worry, but not as much now :) 

 We are hoping to go to Downtown TO this week.  Get some touristy stuff done with my sister.  She is up for the week and wants to go to ROM/CN Tower/Eaton Centre and maybe do some searching to see if Kenny & Spenny are out and about.  The long weekend (labour day weekend) is coming this week.  Want to go to the County and maybe do some camping, but not sure of the weather yet. :P  Though Kiddo might like it in the rain.  He's been camping once, but I don't think he really remembers it.  He was just over 2 when he went.  Should go visit family too since we are down in their neck of the woods.  

Supposed to do something with my brother and his girlfriend(and rest of my side of the family) this week, depends on his schedule.  I might try to post some pictures of any adventures we take this weekend.  Though we might just be camping in our backyard :P

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(Kiddo starts Junior Kindergarten in 15 more days!)

Monday, Aug 18th, 2008

Holy crap I'm on for the 2nd time in a row, very rare :)

Today Kiddo went to daycare for the day.  Hanging out with his little friends and having fun.  He only has this week and next then he's done till he starts school on September 8th.  Summer has gone by way too fast.  Starting to notice that it's getting darker earlier.  Aren't getting as much play time at the park.  Though last night it was the bugs that drove us out of the park.  Flying ants EVERYWHERE!!  Driving us nuts, climbing on skin, shirts, hair, glasses, shoes, on everything.  Uggg.  I grew up in the country and am used to bugs, but this was a little bit too much for me.  We went to a neighbors for a freezie treat afterwards.  They have a little girl who is about a year younger than kiddo.  They have lots of fun playing Monster.  (Monster is just them running up and down the sidewalk saying that a monster is chasing them)  Tonight he has swimming lessons, every afternoon till Friday this week.  Not sure on what class he'll be in, will know once he gets in today I guess.  Other than that this week is going to be a slow one.  No appointments or special things to get. Pretty quiet.  Went back to school clothes shopping today.  Got some good stuff at a good $$ at Old Navy and Zellers.  Now we just wait and see what time/date for the first little visit to his class and we are all set.  That's about it in a nutshell.  Nothing much out there today that is making me want to go hmmmmmm.  If there is, I'll be on later if it needs to be discussed.  

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Aug 17, 2008

Well.  Let's see.  I have been totally slacking on this blog stuff.  Total laziness on my part.  I do admit stuff when it is my fault, sometimes :)

I have had a good summer so far.  I quit my job in retail at the end of June.  Had enough of the drama surrounding the place.  Was going to stick it out till the end of the Summer, then quit so I could be home when kiddo goes to school.  I had enough.  I can tolerate a lot of things, but it just got too much ,even for me, to handle.  I saw more maturity out of my 4 year old than some of the people I worked with.  

Anyways, enough about work.  What else have we done this summer?  We went to the ROM.  Saw the dinosaur bones exhibit.  You tend to forget how big these things were until you see them on display.  Saw a sea turtle fossil which is was amazing, about the size of a VW Bug!!  Been to the Beach in Cobourg a few times this summer as well.  Went to their Rib Fest yesterday.  Awesome food and some pretty good local bands there to entertain the hungry crowd.  Kiddo went on some of the rides, slides and merry-go-round.  And what day is not complete without going to the beach just to get your feet wet (undertow was so strong yesterday I didn't let him go in past his ankles)  We have been at the park behind us a lot, playing with his 1 friend.  They get along so well, it's amazing!  Kiddo has also been in swimming lessons this past week and going again this week.  He passed last week so I am not sure on what 'badge' he's working on this week considering we signed up for two weeks of the same one :P  I have tried my hand at scrap booking.  Did a couple of them that turned out really good and others that are just duds.  Going to try and get into a class sometime soon now that we have a casual babysitter.  

Kiddo starts JK in the fall.  This is quite an exciting time for him, well more for me I think.  I am the one that seems to get kind of a smile on my face when school is mentioned.  You invest a lot of time in the first 4 years in a kids life and then they go away from 830-3 every other day.  I find that I do get bored when I'm home by myself.  When Hubby is away for a couple of days with work and it's really lonely then.  

We also got another cat to join the family.  His name is Walle.  He's the best cuddly kitty ever!  He's awsome with Kiddo!!  I have yet to see him use his claws for anything.  Even when he's scratching the couch (instead of the scratching pad) u can barely hear his nails digging.  He was really well taken care of and I just adore him.  Hubby does too which is really good.  His other cat was put down over a year ago this past March.  So seeing him getting attached to this little guy is great.  We are more cat people than dog.  I do love dogs, but like it if it's someone else's :)  We still have Princess.  She is my special girl.  I love her to death.  She is a total Diva when it comes to attitude.  She doesn't like Walle, hisses or growls when he walks by, but it's getting better.  Only been a week since we got him.  She is cuddly when she wants to be, but only when she wants too.  She likes to come to bed with me but the other cat follows her up and she gets all freaked out by it.  So she doesn't come up now unless she can ditch him along the way or sneak up without him noticing.

Well that's about it for a update for now,  I'll try to be on more often. 

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