New normal

Well, Hubby has made it safely to St Jean for the beginning of his training.  The kids and I are starting to form our routine slowly.  The first night the Boy couldn't sleep and wanted to stay up with me until I went to bed.  He didn't want me lonely, and thought that since Daddy helps out with dishes and such, he wanted to do that for me.  He is such a Sweetheart!

The Girl went down quickly once she settled.  Starting around 6 she starting yelling and crying.  She was wanting "snuggie" and I couldn't give them to her right then.  She climbed into bed with me around 5:30 in the morning, though, and snuggled into Hubby's pillow.  And she put herself down for a nap yesterday too.  That's a very tired girl!

The boys are getting super excited for school to start on Wednesday.  They keep asking how many sleeps are left.  Just about all of their supplies are here.  There are a couple of things I just can't seem to find, but I'm sure I'll figure it out.

I washed and ironed some fabric the other night for curtains in the living room.  Last night I got them cut, pinned, and sewn.  Bright yellow with little pink spots.  Very happy curtains.  Not sure if the living room is the place for them, but I'll keep them up here and see if I get used to them.  They may get put in the play room downstairs and I'll try something else for the living room.

There is fog and overcast now.  Yesterday started grey and ended up being very warm and sunny.  We are forecast for rain for the rest of the long weekend too.  But we had a very warm August, so I'm not complaining.  Even when it rains here it doesn't get all that cold.  At least through this last month it didn't.  I'm looking forward to watching the season turn and seeing all of the colours!

The house is full of tantalizing smells right now.  Made broccoli soup for supper and I tried a new recipe for bread today too.  A molasses quick bread, so no yeast.  Like I said, it smells delicious in here!  Looks tasty too.  And I promised the kids we could have ice cream for dessert.  Almost 4:30 and they want to eat already!  And since everyone is tired and emotional, we'll do a relatively early bedtime.

Last night we played some Wii Sports.  Golfing, of all things.  So this rainy afternoon we did some drawing and played Wii bowling.  Then I let the boys play tennis and baseball while the Girl came back upstairs with me because she wanted to help make the bread and soup.  She even helped wash dishes!  Such a cutie!  But with all of the screen time the boys are getting squirrely.  Boy2 hit the Boy when he lost the game, even though he won a couple too.  We had a talk about sportsmanship.  That'll be a long road.