School Days

So the girls' first day of Playschool was yesterday morning. I woke them up early around 7:30 and started getting them ready. I was getting a little nervous for them. When it was time to go I took their pictures on our deck(pictures below). Annika (in green) cooperated nicely but Erika DID NOT WANT HER PICTURE TAKEN. In fact in this picture she is giving me crap and telling me not to take pictures of her. She also is not feeling very good which made this whole morning not a pleasant one.
We get to school and find their pegs to hang their backpacks and coats. They were very excited to get their new shoes on! The teacher, Mrs. Harrish, gave them name tags to wear which Erika thought was pretty cool. They were really excited when they found the book center. Then Mrs. Harrish asked all the kids to sit down on a rug with animals on it for circle time. The girls didn't want to sit on the rug of course so they sat on my lap in a chair while we listened to Mrs. Harrish explain a few things. She then took all the kids on a tour of the room and this is when I thought would be a good time to flee the scene. I told the girls I was going now to go buy milk and I will be back to pick them up. They were okay with that until I started for the door and then they started to cry. It broke my heart but I knew better than to go back and try to make them stop. So I headed to Heather's for a visit and had the strongest coffee I've ever tasted, and waited until 11:15 to go pick up the girls.
When I got back to the school all the kids were lined up at the door in the classroom with their coats and backpacks on all ready to go. I guess they pretty much read books the whole time, they ate their snack (very good!), and made a craft (very, very good!!)Erika was the calendar helper so she got to put up some numbers on it. Not sure what Annika did. So I guess they had a pretty good morning.
Now they don't go back until Tuesday again which sucks they have to wait so long. But then it will be every Tuesday and Thursday morning which I can't wait for! Don't get me wrong, I love my children, but sometimes us mommies need a little time for ourselves!

You Know You Are Tired When.....

You know you are tired when...
You forget to put coffee grounds in the filter when making coffee, turn the good 'ole Black and Decker on and notice clear water dripping down filling the coffee pot.
I maybe should have stayed in bed a little longer. : )

Another Griswald Adventure

Well on Friday we were all ready to go for a final quading/camping trip for the summer down to Abraham. I took Annika into the doctor on the Thursday to get her cough checked out and it turned out she had a bronchial infection, so she was prescribed some antibiotics for that thank goodness. After a lot of thinking we decided to go on this final trip. So Friday morning I took the girls to my mom's while I went to do some last minute shopping. That afternoon was a mad rush to get everything packed and ready to go. Wendy, (Darren's sister) her husband Dave and their two girls met here that night so we could travel together.
We shoved off at 7:00 pm all pumped up and excited to get to our destination, we had Bob Marley's Three Little Birds playing, and I wished I had a drink with me. Well 45 minutes into the trip our truck broke down just west of Breton. Turns out the lift pump is shot. We ended up stalling in front of a farmer's house so he and his son ended up hanging out with us while we figured out what the heck to do. Darren got a hold of Shayne and Erin (friends of ours) and they said they would come and tow our holiday trailer for us. So the truck got towed into the farmer's yard and we waited for Shayne and Erin to come while we had a drink. What else do you do in a situation like that? May as well drink! I sure needed one! We were there a total of 2 hours and the girls were starting to get teary eyed and scared. I didn't blame them. By this time it was getting late and dark out.
So Shayne and Erin arrive yay!! Our knights in shining armor!! They hooked onto our trailer and we then decided to just pull the trailer to the cabin for the weekend. We thought we may as well just go there and try to enjoy the weekend. When we got there that night Uncle Allan was there to greet us. He wasn't planning to come there that night but I got a hold of him on the phone while we were on the side of the road to ask him if the cabin was open. It wasn't and we didn't have a key. So he went to the cabin to get everything unlocked so we could plug into power. What a super guy!
So it ended up just Wendy and her family, us, and uncle Allan at the cabin all weekend. It was actually a very nice weekend! The weather was a little chilly but not bad at all. Courtney (Wendy and Dave's daughter) and Darren caught a jackfish each so we had a fish fry, yummo! We played a whole lot of Sticks which was fun. I tried not to worry about the truck (which Dorin was able to haul back to our house with Darren on Saturday morning). Another knight in shining armor! Man we owe a lot of people after this weekend! I am so thankful for all the awesome friends and family we have.
Now after the weekend is done with we have to face the music and get the truck fixed. It might be on warranty so here's hoping!! And I think I am done traveling for a while after that catastrophe. : ) Chow for now!