Back to Normal?

After our week of March break we got back at our schooling.

Until cousins from Nova Scotia showed up to spend some super fun time with us!!

Nighttime snuggles with Scamper the very long suffering cat.

We did more schoolwork and cat snuggling..

  Until more Skaling family from Nova Scotia showed up and spend more fun times with us!!

  They brought Bear's best friend Daisy with them and did the 2 puppies ever have fun! I wasn't so excited about all the drool slopping everywhere. Thankfully they were quite content to take their roughhousing outside so we weren't tripping over 2 newfs all the time!After Ryan's brother and his family left we got to keep Dad Skaling here for a few more days!! We went out to breakfast one morning in celebration of his birthday he had had when we were in Jamaica.

Then it was Ryan's big day. The night before we had planned to have a family night as we couldn't the day of his birthday because of prayer meeting.

The girls and I bought him a family movie that we were all excited to see!Emily and Scamper were enjoying the movie!!

Then his big day arrived. We had a special meal for him and gave him his gifts before he ate...I was so excited(as was he!)to have found Jamaican Ginger Beer (Similar to Ginger Ale) at our grocery store. He had fallen in love with it on our trip and to be able to buy it here was thrilling!!

Eva sweetly gave him a Rice Krispie treat she had been given a month ago and had stored in her dresser (she doesn't like them!)

  He thanked her with a huge hug..which was needed,after her sister's pointed out the history behind her gift that made her feel a little hurt.

Elle's homemade card.

                                 And a cherry pie requested by him in lieu of  a cake.

 Happy Birthday !!We absolutely loved having Dad here. He played several games with the girls much to their delight!! Sadly he needed to get back home too soon as far as we were concerned!!

Well in spite of my doubts, the thaw has begun. As soon as Elin noticed the puddle(or small pond) forming in our driveway, she hurried to the garage, grabbed the water guns and began filling them as fast as she could.

          I informed her that it would be awhile until it was water gun weather!! She contented herself with sitting in the puddle until  her chilling behind forced her back into the house!! Crazy girl. That's my Elin.

 Well the day after Ryan's birthday was our yearly Awana Grand Prix. Emily and Elle both had built race cars and were ready for the big event. It was Elle's first race and she was "freaking out"!! Emily was calmly hoping for success. Elle got chosen to represent the Apostle Paul in the Bible story for which she was thrilled.

 As soon as she got out of the basket she ran back to me with a huge grin on her face and said"Mommy did you get my picture??"

Then the races began. Elle's is in the blue lane.

She did pretty well for speed but didn't make it to the finals.

  In spite of Em's face her car did make the finals.

Although Elle didn't place for speed she actually won first for design!! Her sparkly racing stripes were winners!!

  Super Excited 8 year old!

  Emily won 2nd place for speed. We were so proud of both of them.

                    Happy little things!!
 So that was our first week back to school! All that to show that nothing is ever boring around our place!!