{Day 182 ~ 6.30.12}

Both girls ended up going on sleepovers tonight. Kristen went to her friend Liette’s house down the street and Kaylee went to her friend Madison’s house across the street. They are going to sleep in a tent with Madison’s dad! Since we were kidless, Barry & I went to Swiss Chalet for supper which was yummy!

{Day 181 ~ 6.29.12}

Today was report card day so the girls went to school for an hour to pick them up and see who their teachers will be next years. Most of Kristen's friends decided to transfer to Redcliff Middle School so she's a bit bummed about that, but I think she'll just gain a lot of new friends in the ones that are in her class this year! The girls did great on their report cards. Kristen got all A's and 1 B, and Kaylee got mostly B's and a few A's.

{Day 180 ~ 6.28.12}

Kristen was still at a friends from a sleepover last night and Kaylee had been playing at a friends since 9am, but at almost 4pm it got really dark and started thundering. Since they both freak out over thunder, they promptly came home and started whining. LOL

{Day 179 ~ 6.27.12}

After coming home from my dentist appointment this morning, I went through all of the girls school work and put what I wanted to keep in their file folders. Kaylee's "My Grade One Portfolio" was too big to put in the file folder though.

{Day 178 ~ 6.26.12}

Today we had to get squeezed in to see the doctor because we found out last night that Kristen has pinworms. I had them when I was a teenager so I knew exactly what they were. Poor girl :( So because it's possible she's passed it on to us, we have to get treated for it too. One dose today, another in 2 weeks then one more 2 weeks after that. Hopefully they'll be gone by then! (I am NOT posting this on Facebook!)

{Day 177 ~ 6.25.12}

This morning the grade 3's, 4's & 5's had a talent show for the whole school. Kristen and her friends Haley & Amelia did some "gymnastics" (aka cartwheels & round offs). I was proud that she got up in front of the whole school...I'd never do that!

{Day 176 ~ 6.24.12}

Kaylee lost her 2nd tooth last night! She looks so cute, especially when her little tongue is sticking through the gap. LOL

{Day 175 ~ 6.23.12}

Tonight we had a fondue to test out our new pot and we let Kristen try it for the first time (Kaylee was at a friends for supper), which is a big deal to us. She liked it, but doesn't want to do it again in the near future. LOL Guess she didn't like cooking her own food and waiting for each bite to be done!

{Day 174 ~ 6.22.12}

Kaylee's Student Teacher from Korea is heading home tomorrow so today she gave all the kids a little present consisting of some origami paper, a pencil & some Korean stickers as well as a cute homemade card that shows what their name is in Korean on the front as well as a nice note on the inside. Too cute!

{Day 173 ~ 6.21.12}

Tuesday we got our conversation set and put it together but today was the first day I actually sat down and relaxed in it. So comfy! The 8x8 gazebo makes the fit a little snug, but it works well enough. :)

{Day 172 ~ 6.20.12}

Today was my parents 40th anniversary and they had everyone over for a family supper (my grandparents, aunts, uncles and a few cousins showed up as well as my siblings and their kids). It was a yummy supper as well as a yummy lemon cake with raspberries that my aunt Allie made. Too bad Barry was on-call and got called out to work about 15 minutes after we showed up there!

{Day 171 ~ 6.19.12}

Kaylee lost her first tooth today! It's been loose for a while now and the adult one has been coming up behind it so we really wanted it gone! I gave her a silver ring for losing her first tooth, just like I did with Kristen. She didn't want the Tooth Fairy to come. I had to tell her I'd take it from here. LOL

{Day 170 ~ 6.18.12}

Today was a beautiful day so while I was out on the deck, I figured I'd bring Marlie out for a bit. I sat in front of the stairs so she couldn't bolt, which I could never do with the old deck since there were 2 staircases!

{Day 169 ~ 6.17.12}

Today was Father's Day so in the afternoon we headed to Stanley to visit Barry's parents at their Flying Club "cottage" for the afternoon. Had a great BBQ supper with carrot cake for dessert and headed home close to 8pm. Good thing we had good weather!

{Day 168 ~ 6.16.12}

The girls had their last swimming lesson today and both passed! Kristen actually finished Swim Kids 1 AND 2 this session! We were so proud of them, we took them to Pizza Delight afterwards to celebrate. :)

{Day 167 ~ 6.15.12}

Our vacation Shutterfly book came in the mail today! Ellen DeGeneres gave away free 8x8 Shutterfly books last month so I made this one and only had to pay the $6.99 shipping! I love that I was able to take my journaling that I did while we were in Ottawa and put it down on pages with the photos...memories that will last a lifetime!

{Day 166 ~ 6.14.12}

Today the school had their Fun Day and Kaylee won 1st place in the race of all the girls in her class! Her class also won the Tug of War that they had between Ms.Manthorne's class. :)

{Day 165 ~ 6.13.12}

Last night Barry & I finished putting the gazebo together. It came with a mosquito net and curtains which will help when the sun comes in a certain way or the bugs get crazy! I just ordered our new conversation set so we'll see how it looks when it's all set up!

{Day 164 ~ 6.12.12}

Kristen had her Field Day at school today (grades 3, 4, & 5) and won 2nd place of all grade 4 girls in the discus throw!

{Day 163 ~ 6.11.12}

The SPCA called on Saturday and asked if I could bring Clover back today rather than on Wednesday. I was glad to since he was driving us all crazy with his meowing and pooping all over the place. I can't blame the latter on him though since he has some sort of bacteria that causes it and needs to see a vet for some antibiotics. He is such a great snuggler, hopefully he'll get adopted soon!

{Day 162 ~ 6.10.12}

This afternoon Barry & I took the girls to the movies. Kristen and I saw Snow White & the Huntsman, and Barry & Kaylee saw Madagascar 3. Both were awesome movies!

{Day 161 ~ 6.9.12}

Last night I stayed over at my parents house so we could get everything set up for the yard sale today. I have a bad cold at the moment and had a fever last night but it went away by this morning so I was able to make a whopping $33 selling stuff. LOL Afterwards, I donated some things, kept some things for next years yard sale and some items I will sell on Kijiji.

{Day 160 ~ 6.8.12}

Kaylee brought this home from school today. :)

{Day 159 ~ 6.7.12}

This morning I had to go to the hospital to get a test done on my bladder to see if I have Interstitial Cystitis. The doctor never came out and said "You have Interstitial Cystitis" but he said I have an inflamed bladder and that's what causing me to feel like I have a bladder infection when I don't (which is a symptom of IC). Then he gave me a prescription so I can continue with the Elmiron that I've been taking for a month and a pamplet on IC. I have to go back in 6 months to see how things are going.

{Day 158 ~ 6.6.12}

Yesterday I got this cross stitch iPhone case in the mail and started working on it today. It's so hard on the fingers! I made up my own pattern and had to restart a few times because I miscounted, but I got it going now. Hopefully it won't take TOO long to finish!

{Day 157 ~ 6.5.12}

On Friday morning, Barry woke me up asking if I knew anything about me winning a TV. I said no, and he told me that the postman just delivered a 32" Samsung LCD TV and it has my name on it. I had no clue about it at all, but I guess when I signed up for Bell Fibre-Op, there was a promotion where new customers get a free TV.  Bonus! The big 27" tube TV the girls use upstairs has gone wonky a few times and we've been wanting a flat screen to replace it so it's perfect timing! It's neat...there are no buttons for the volume, power, menu, etc. You just touch where indicated and it'll react accordingly!

{Day 156 ~ 6.4.12}

Tonight we went to Kaylee's Advancement Ceremony for Sparks. Barry was working so he was just a tad late. He just missed her getting her badge and certificate. It was still great to have him there though as he normally doesn't get to do that type of stuff with the girls.

{Day 155 ~ 6.3.12}

This afternoon Barry & I took Kristen to the Tim Horton's Camp Open House while Kaylee went to the beach with her friend Madison. They had a big bus pick people up at the parking lot to take them to the main buildings where you could walk around and do different activities as well as have a snack & refreshments ( including Timbits of course). We didn't have tons of time and the line ups were long so the main things we (meaning Kristen) got to do was archery and face painting. She really loved the archery, even if she only go to do 3 arrows.

{Day 154 ~ 6.2.12}

Barry finished the deck this morning! Most of it was done yesterday except for half of the balusters. It looks so good and so different! Love it!!

{Day 153 ~ 6.1.12}

We became a foster family again today! This little guy came home with me this afternoon and we named him Clover. They think he is partially blind and will be staying with us until June 13th. He is such a snuggler (mostly to me) and very vocal!