Let the fun begin!

Wow - I cannot believe that it is the end of July!!

This past week I registered Madison for dance. She will be in a combination Jazz/Tap/Ballet class at Royal Dance South. This is the same company she danced with her first year, but a different studio, that is much closer to us. Madison is very excited to try Tap dancing. Mom is putting off buying the shoes. Every day I can put it off, is one more day of silence in the house LOL!

I also started Back To School shopping! (Ok, start of school shopping for us!) and I cannot believe Madison will be in Kindergarten in less than a month. Wow!

Annika will continue in daycare, though we are considering switching her to a different center that is more flexible on the drop off times.

I hope everyone is having a great summer!

Popular Tree

As the girls and I walk to daycare, we pass many different trees. Madison pointed to one and asked "Mommy, what kind of tree is that?". Now, not being very plant savvy, I had no idea. I told Madison that I didn't know what type of tree it was.

Madison paused for a minute and then said "I know, it's a popular tree!". I thought this was humerous and mentioned the story to our babysitter, Merina. Merina then said "Oh, a Poplar tree! Yes, I pointed that out to her."

I guess Madison knows more about trees than I give her credit for!

*~* CLICK *~*

I went and saw the movie Click last night with some girlfriends. Good movie!! It really makes you think about how you spend your day and where your priorities lie.

I told Allan he needs to see it because in the movie Adam Sandler is an Architect and in his office he has these chairs that Allan just *adores*. It was funny to see them in the movie!

Allan came home for the weekend and the girls were thrilled to see him. (As was I!) We went out to Mongo's Grill for dinner - yummy!

Allan's Mom will be coming tomorrow to stay with us for the week and watch the girls while I'm at work. Thanks again Joan :)

TGIF ... or maybe not!

With Allan's first official week at Stantec under wrap, he started the drive back to Winnipeg late Friday afternoon. Because I had to work Saturday, 9-5:30, Allan had to get back to be with the girls.

Friday night, 12:30pm, the phone rings - the caller id reads "MTS Payphone" and before answering I know this can't be good.

Allan is calling, he is in Russell Manitoba, at a payphone. Five kilomters outside of town the tire blew. Thankfully a police officer picked him up and drove him into town. However, until a tow truck & Auto Repair Shop could be found at 9:00am, Allan was stranded.

So, Allan found a hotel, okay motel .. at best. It's called the Jolly Lodger ;) and I emailed my boss on his blackberry to tell him I was without a babysitter for the girls ...

Saturday morning the girls and I head to my office. Unfortunatly nobody could cover for me and the girls were about to enter the working world. Thankfully 10 minutes after our arrival my good friend Anita was home and offered to watch the girls. My boss graciously offered to drive us to Anita's and all was well.

I admit - I really panicked when Allan couldn't get home in time. I didn't know what to do! However I have realized that even though we don't have any family in Winnipeg, we have a lot of really great and supportive friends. So if you're reading this - I thank you for that.

After dinner, the girls, Allan and I went to BDI for ice cream. MMM, yummy!

Have a great weekend all!

~Sarah

I Won!!!

When we were at the Exhibition 2 weeks ago I bought a ticket for the Kinsmen Car Raffle because I was in love with one of the cars on display. Well, I didn't win the car but I did win the 2nd prize, $2500!! YIPEE!! Lululemon, here I come :)

Allan is in S'toon now. He had his first "official" day of work today and it went well. He learned about some projects that he will be working on, found out the company has a 37 hour work week, and you basically work whenever you want, totally 37 hours, and that there is a lot of opportunity for growth. I am already researching Saskatoon neighbourhoods!

The girls had a blast at daycare today. They have so many summer events planned. Today was swimming pool & sprinkler day. They also had a McDonald's lunch. Lucky girls!! Tomorrow they are going to a pony farm to ride ponies!!

Well I have to be up at 7am so I need to pack it in. I couldn't sleep last night so I watched Oprah's 20th Anniversary episode until 2:00am. Since when are Oprah reruns on at 1:00am?????

Goodnight :)

Sarah

Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day everyone! I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend :)

Allan, the girls and I went to Assiniboine Park yesterday afternoon. We also went to the Zoo. Every year on Canada Day, admission is free. It was very crowded, but still fun.

We came home and tinkered around the house while Annika had a nap. Then at 8:00 we headed out to The Forks. They just opened a new Skateboard park there and Allan wanted to check it out. So we took a peek at the park, watched some bands and watched the Fireworks show. Annika slept through the fireworks and Madison was scared to death. I'm sure glad we hung out at the park for 3 hours for that ;)

Today we're getting ready for Allan to leave. He drives to Saskatoon Tuesday morning and comes home Friday night. Next week he'll be gone Sunday night to Friday afternoon.

Please post comments so I know how you are doing too :)