Act Three

We had the F’s over on Saturday to celebrate K’s Birthday. K finally had a Happy Cake. I was quite proud of my decorating job, I think the characters were at least recognizable. Maybe I am actually learning something in the cake decorating department or I lucked out. It is no where near what others can do, but their accomplishments inspire (and intimidate) me.

Thank you everyone for the great presents and for coming. It is good to be so close to family and have you in her life.

We had a great Hallowed Eve with family. L helped make dessert; spooky cupcakes and skeleton cookies.

Then we went Trick or Treating with a knight, a horse and a ladybug.

I made L’s costume, but he decorated the shield all by himself I was very impressed.
K had a repeat of last year with her ladybug costume. Her aunty thought it awful that I had made something for L but not for K. I am sure the year that I have to sew a princess costume will make up for the this year.

But really she is just so cute with her little pixie face peeking out of her hood.

She may be 2 but she still loves her “Bee”(blanket). I had taken it away from her and tossed it onto the barstool, I guess that isn’t much of a deterent if you are looking for snuggles.

I was working this weekend so K hasn’t had a party with a Happy Cake, she will have to wait for that, but she did get to open a present. I made her a doll carrier. She was wearing her baby on her back with a scarf, I thought this might make her life a little easier.

I finally agreed with L that today would be a good day to make a jack-o-lantern. I finished his costume at the beginning of the week and so he wants to be all ready for Halloween. We even raked leaves today but he was very disappointed that I hadn’t found any of the decorated leaf bags.

L is back at school, but the whole move has disrupted his routine. He is finding it a little difficult to settle back into school and is suggesting most evenings that he probably shouldn’t go to school the next morning. We’ve talked with his teachers; L doesn’t struggle with his ABC’s but there are other parts of Kindergarten that L has to learn. K enjoys having L home in the afternoons.

Last Saturday we went to the pet store and bought Bubbles, he is managing to stay alive. I’ve never taken care of a fish before so I had some nightmares about my great fish surprise turning into a conversation about death.

As for the grown-ups of the household, I did up another batch of salsa today and Lowell is busy writing cover letters so that he can send away job applications.

As many of you know we gave our house a face lift. I am happy to say that the pile of dirt in the front yard is gone and has been gone for awhile now. Hopefully the garden that we made will look nice next spring and summer. The kids and I planted some spring bulbs and transplanted some perennials so that there would be something to greet us when the snow melts. It is hard to thing of snow and winter when the weather we are having makes me feel like I am living in Massachusetts again. Today is supposed to be a beautiful day so maybe we will spend some time outside again. The flower garden in front of the garage got destroyed by one of the painter’s ladders. I need to shovel up all that dirt and fix it, I didn’t want to do that yet since my impatiens look so good right now, but neither do I want to fix those 2×4’s when the snow is swirling around my head. L had a rough night which meant that Lowell and I had a rough night. Keeping busy in the fresh air will be a good way to clear some of those cobwebs from my head.

When we changed the front of our house we took down the deck that ran the entire width of our house. This left an area 10 by 14 ft that I have been planning on turning into garden space. My load of soil came yesterday and so I and the kids spent the entire day outside moving dirt around. I’m not finished yet, but I think that I have made significant progress.

Where are my kids?

Having a blast on their own “soil slide”. Well at least we all had a a good day. I just closed my eyes to how dirty they were getting.

We visited the Canadian Fossil Discovery Centre last Saturday. It had been planned to spend the day at Grand Beach with friends, but the forecast was for cold and rainy weather. I had a great time anyway which is good since it was my birthday.

We learned alot about the marine reptiles (not dinosaurs) that lived in Lake Agassiz and we met Bruce, the largest mosasaur remains discovered. The museum is very proud of Bruce and happy to have him housed inside a real museum instead of the old figure skating rink.

It takes about an hour and a half to make your way through the exhibits, after we checked out the grounds of the Morden Research Station. The kids burnt off some energy with the boys…

and the ladies checked out the roses.

We had supper at J&S’s complete with chocolate chocolate birthday cake. Thanks guys! L has been all talk of dinosaurs again. Today was his meet the teacher for school. He was supposed to draw a self-portrait for the first page of his portfolio he wanted to draw a dinosaur. Finally Lowell talked him into drawing himself beside the T-rex. When we got home he decided to draw more dinosaurs like he wanted to at school.

The Ichthyosaurs and the Elasmosaurs fighting over food.

Paleontologists believe that the Ichthyosaurs gave birth to live young, so here is Mama ichthyosaurs and her young.