Monthly Archives: April 2011

Perplexing Problem

Posted on April 29, 2011 by anneabell

Mr. Hockey has always loved school. Now… he hates it. Mr. Hockey has never gotten in trouble at school. Now… he is always in trouble. I just spent the last 3 days dedicating ALL my time to helping Mr. Hockey … Continue reading →

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An Eggggcellent Easter Celebration

Posted on April 26, 2011 by anneabell

We had so much fun celebrating Easter. Because of a chest cold, we weren’t able to celebrate with Grandma June and Grandpa Ray as his lungs are very sensitive but still enjoyed ourselves as a family. We made bunny ears … Continue reading →

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Tot Time – Spring, Bunnies and Eggs galore!

Posted on April 24, 2011 by anneabell

My tot is 21 months old I didn’t post on our tot time adventures last week as I knew I was carrying everything over to this week too. It was actually nice keeping the same materials out for two weeks. … Continue reading →

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Little Things

Posted on April 20, 2011 by anneabell

I have been enjoying the little things these days. I am not sure why I am even noticing them as really they are quite ordinary parts of my life. For example: The smell of Monkey Girl’s hair after a bath … Continue reading →

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The Bliss of Organized cupboards!

Posted on April 15, 2011 by anneabell

I am pleased to announce that I now have organized art cupboards. They have been bugging me for ages now and have been in my to do list since February! Right Cupboard Before: Right Cupboard After: (the green bin on … Continue reading →

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Egg-cellent Fun

Posted on April 13, 2011 by anneabell

I had a bright idea while crafting with Monkey Girl the other day – an egg countdown! So I cut out 60 eggs – 12 for each of the five younger ones. They made different designs on them. I helped … Continue reading →

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Tot School – Numbers, balls and counting ducks

Posted on April 11, 2011 by anneabell

My tot is 20.5 months old! Tot School time again! Monkey Girl and I worked on counting this week. Starting after Easter, I will begin working on letters with her as she is starting to gain an interest in them. … Continue reading →

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Sleep… How Sweet it is!

Posted on April 9, 2011 by anneabell

See that sweet face? Cute isn’t it? You wouldn’t think that until 2 weeks ago she was waking her Momma 4 times, sometimes more a night, would you? Well… she was. And Momma was tired… Momma was paying. It was … Continue reading →

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The Word of God

Posted on April 7, 2011 by anneabell

Mr. Hockey, Electric Lady, Queen Bee and I took a bike ride over to the park a few days ago. Once there I decided to be silly: “MWAHAHA, I am your evil mother and you must pick up ALLLLL the … Continue reading →

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Tot School – The Week of the Ducks

Posted on April 5, 2011 by anneabell

My tot is 20.5 months old. Monkey Girl was in heaven this week. I focused our activities on ducks and since ducks are her absolute favourite thing, she had a ball. (I must admit… we were all happy when duck … Continue reading →

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