Back to school

It's fun trying to make the time to write.  I don't really get a chance when the kids are up and I don't think to when they go down for the night, but somewhere in the middle it'll get done.

Got the boys registered for school today.  Forms filled out and birth certificates photo copied.  The Boy turned 7 yesterday (where does the time go?!) and we had fun.  Since Hubby leaves on Friday for 2 months, we combined the Boy and the Girl's birthdays.  And because we threw a party for the Boy before the move we kept things pretty low key.  Did some school shopping, played at a park, had some kids from up the street over, mac and cheese for supper for the kids (what child doesn't want that for their birthday dinner?) then an ice cream cake.  Back to the park, this time with Daddy, before baths and bed.

The Girl will be 3 next Wednesday (again, where does the time fly to?).  Crazy.  And she is feeling left out with this back to school shopping.  So she got new runners and a backpack.  Getting things together to register her for preschool through Shearwater.  It'll sure be different this year.  Both boys in school Monday through Friday (no part day or two day program option for Boy2) and the Girl in Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a couple of hours.  And school for the boys is from 8:30 -1:50.  Odd times.  But just because it isn't what I'm used to.  I'm sure it'll feel normal after a month or two.

Right now I'm procrastinating.  I started doing up my meal plan for September, but got distracted and now I don't really feel like finishing it.  I will though.  And relatively soon.

We made out second trip to the library today.  The kids are really enjoying the experience.  The boys are able to self check out themselves (I watch to make sure they are doing it correctly), and they are thrilled to pick out their own books.  It's a bigger library than the one we left, and the children's section has lego and toy dinosaurs, as well as the computers.

It's really neat, sitting in the house with the windows open.  There is almost constant birdsong.  I can remember when we moved to Calgary after living in the apartment, listening to the rain on the roof because it was no longer a familiar sound.  Now we have rain and singing!  And I hope we never get used to it.

I'm putting some pictures of Hubby into frames and putting them around the house.  As well as updating some of the photo collages we have around the house.  Picked up some fabric for curtains for the living room as well.  It'll be a busy couple of months!