pt 2

last week we started an evening tradition.  every night we sit together and put on the christmas countdown, we read stories, watch crafts (then joey makes them on her own ha) and sing christmas songs together. i groaned at first but now i like it...its a fun family singing time. ha

singing

my girls all dressed up with nana's jewellery

so the boarders are closed.  we cant go to hali.  im NOT in the festive mood at all.  my sis and i had a wkend away booked last wkend in pei that was cancelled, next wk we were suppose to go to hali for quinn's play but that is cancelled and our plans for christmas in hali are also cancelled. i am NOT happy.  so we have gone back to facetime.  i HATE this stupid covid crap! 

i decorated this wkend (with an abscessed gum!) this yr is BARE minimal....voila

and my 30 min tree!  joey made the face

i freaking love it! it was SOOOOOOOO easy to do! 

voila. christmas!

i was having a poppy day on monday. mondays are SO busy for me...nate and i had a fight, i was running late for school, joey was emotional and i was just grumpy. this all before 11!  i walked into joeys room and found this.  i snapped the pic and took a few minutes alone to regroup and be thankful for what i have.  joey was crying and sad, nate heard her and went to check on her and asked if she wanted a hug, she crawled onto his lap...i am glad i home school

whats better than a good friend who drops off 3 POT plants for you. hahahaha thanks for thinking of me!....ive NEVER tried it. but what ever, they are plants...ill keep them till i kill them. ha

mon afternoon was "body class" my friend who home schools is also a nurse full time. i know she's amazing and she runs the web site for our home school activities....anyways! is running a 6 wk class on the body. her co teacher isnt able to teach anymore so guess who's helping? haha...me!  anyways monday was all about the lungs.  she managed to get 2 pig's lungs and heart for us to look at

mmmm yummy

and yes, i put on gloves and joined the fun!

then the teens had a turn

we made mock ups of how your lungs work

and this week i had a special student!  Heart Heart!  she joined us for joey's lessons

and is doing quite well with her reading. haha

ellie managed to write a story...school is getting done this yr...it really is! 

i made my yearly stop at Sage. i got my new oils for the yr!  LOVE them....i wear them like perfume!

making decorations for the tree

chris and i bought this fella for our yearly ugly christmas decoration.  can you believe this is #18?!

joey's tree decorations...

and that is a quick photo dump! 
 

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Posted by mel at 2:26 PM

remembrance day!

step and i hosted a paint class for remembrance day, it was a HUGE success!  i was able to connect with a few newbies and chat with my homies.  this time i taught the older kids.  i did 2 paintings and both turned out really nice...the kids did a great job on theirs as well!

even the guys!

check out this little artist!

after a drop off of the n and j, i took ellie out on a date.  because it was remembrance day, everything was closed so we settled with mcdee's. i turned to look at little miss ellie and saw this!  haha the one thing she does from me. everything else is my sister!

then we went for a walk along the boardwalk. she didnt pose for these pics, oh my!  she will be a stunner

my little ellie

us!

more pics.ha

we had a good time, i like spending time with each of my kids one on one. to get to  know them. they are growing so fast!  and soon they will be gone!

thurs i was doing school with joey on the couch and i looked over to see this.  yes, the girls were wearing shorts and tank tops in NOVEMBER! it was so hot last week!  anyways, little miss ellie sitting in my chair....

reading. haha

i let her finish and then kicked her out of MY chair!
 

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Posted by mel at 4:09 PM

cabin

chris took last thurs and fri off. we packed up to the cabin for a few days of relaxing. it was SOOOO nice. i loaded my ipad with movies and chilled. i slept, and enjoyed my family. i didnt spend the whole time cooking and cleaning, i had n and c step in and help. it was such an enjoyable weekend. we left feeling refreshed!

we decided to take a walk on fri on the upper back lot of our property.  a guy is clearing the trees and we wanted to see whats going on. i was blown away by how many trees he already cut. he also cleared the road so its walk able and i can snow shoe on it once the snow hits

we walked and talked

then heard the saws going so we stopped by and said hi! we met his son and had a great chat! 

then we went to find the rock and "eigenheer island"

my crew

the rock! we all have our initials carved on it.  i think this is one of my new fav pics. i love how nate is looking at his joey!

my 3!

moi

i LOVE this pic. typical joey, nate and ellie and chris putting up with them. haha

my lovelies and yes, nate is almost as tall as chris.  i now have to look up to talk to him. i told them the only thing missing from this picture is a dog. haha

love it!

my girls!

joey peeking

a huge leaf i found!

nate can not keep his shirt on! haha  the girls wanted in on his posing

chris too!

then nate wanted this pic after i took the pic we turned away and heard joey call, we look over to find this

JOEY!!!!  you goof! anything to make us laugh

ellie

on our way back, it was getting dark! we ran into les again and had another chat with him. he let the kids climb all over his tractor and wood piles

they had a blast!

sat was hair cutting day! nate had to get his hair cut for cadets.  i actually really liked his long hair! but the army says "cut!" so we did

thats his hair!

for some reason i dont have a full pic of his new short hair! then it was joeys turn

it took her 6 yrs to grow her hair this long. she has really fine, thin hair

so long!

she got a short bob with layers!

then ellies turn!

nice and neat

after hair cuts chris and i went in to town for a date. we ended up going to wendys. haha

ellie LOVES her little piggies.  she is forever with them.  we found her in the front room reading to fluffy! these poor pigs put up with a lot of handling! 

after the weekend we headed to the house for a BUSY week!
 

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Posted by mel at 4:08 PM