Monday December 14, 2009

This morning we all slept in again, so I pretty much ripped the kids out of their sleep to speedily get ready for school. We are at the end of our groceries, so they had pretty interesting lunches made. They wolfed down their breakfast, and grabbed their stuff to go.I drove them to school, because they would have been extraordinarily late (as well as the fact that it was -30 degrees outside, yuck!). Grant was off to the gym again today, and I caught up on some laundry and household cleaning. I went out in the afternoon to get Kaitlyn the rest of her birthday gift. We gave her half on her party day (A Dr. Who book, she loves Dr. Who...and a cozy blanket that Grant bought at Chapters. So comfy!!). She had wanted make up for her birthday. I told her that she is allowed to wear make up if she wants to, but that it had to be tasteful. (I really don't want to see my daughter going to school looking like KISS, lol) She is only allowed to wear mascara and lipstick (though we opted for a more natural looking coloured gloss, it suits her). We got her some mascara, lip gloss, a small make up bag, a good razor and shaving gel (her other one wasn't great). She is really liking this "growing up" thing. I must say that I am having fun with it too. It was Kaitlyn's day to open the advent calendar. Today it was "make cookies and deliver to neighbours". So we made some chocolate chip cookies with red and green m&m's in the middle and delivered them to a few neighbours. The kids were excited to do this. I did not have to make dinner tonight because my friend Carrie brought over a bunch of leftovers from our meal at her house last night. So we had beef on a bun again, and it was so yummy!! Have I ever mentioned that I don't love cooking?? After dinner I had to bundle all of the kids up to head out to the rec centre for Kaitlyn's swimming lessons. Not something I wanted to do with the temperatures like they were today, but we went. Kaitlyn is doing well, and the kids played on the ramp in the hallway with their cars again. We got to go have a peek at the new gymnastics area that they are building. It should be ready for Damian's next session of gymnastics in January. I will be so happy for more viewing space for the parents to sit. The old gymnastics building had about 6 seats, and people were always walking past you bumping your knees. So this one will be awesome!!! We came home, and there was a gift on our doorstep. It was from a friend for us for christmas! What a nice surprise, the kids were so excited!! I can't believe how close Christmas is, and how close the christmas break is for the kids. What an exciting and crazy time of year!!!