Cousins, Creatures, Classes and Cakes

We have had a fun weekend. On Friday Adam (Allen's sister, Carmen's husband) came up here for some meetings he had and he brought his two girls with him so they could sleep over at our house. They arrived just before lunch on Friday. Perice was so excited we had to peel him off the ceiling a few times. We did a couple errands and then went and got Jill from school and let her skip school that afternoon. I took all the kids to Aggie days - which was a lot of fun. They really loved it. Although Jill did complain that we did things too quickly (I guess being there from 1:00 until 4:00 wasn't enough for her ) She has a unique fettish in that she loves to take notes. She wanted to write down stuff about what she learned there. She was quite bothered that she didn't have a notebook to bring with her. One of the booths gave them a sticky notepad - and so then she could take notes on that - but that wasn't until quite late in the afternoon.


By 8:00 that night they were totally exhausted and went to bed quite willingly! The next morning they played outside a lot. The girls live in Raymond and they are really used to just being able to wander around anywhere. Not quite the same story in Calgary!! They came home at one point saying they had visited a couple garage sales and wanted to buy some things. I talked them into going over to Bow Valley chapel instead where they were having a piggy bank sale - which wasn't a true piggy bank sale because everything was free. It was a lot of fun. Everyone got to pick one thing. Funny how kids can find such treasures in a junk pile. :0)

By lunch time Adam was finished with his meetings and came back to pick up the girls. We were sorry to see them go.

Today I taught Gospel Doctrine. Our regular teacher, is in Australia right now. She went down just before her new granddaughter was born and is there for six weeks. She teaches at Mt. Royal and she is working while she is there. I'm astounded that that can happen. She does presentations on power point and records her commentary. Kids log in and listen to it and email her questions and assignments. Amazing what you can do these days! I'm looking forward to her returning - although the more times I teach SS the more I'm enjoying it. It was quite nerve wracking at first!! I'm getting better though. :0)

This week is Peirce's birthday - so we're planning a puppy birthday party. (Don't tell him...but before he gets his birthday on Tuesday he is going for is 4.5 year old shot on Monday....poor kid) Anyway, Jill knows how to make an origami dog - so we're going to do that for invitations. I'm on the prowl for a refrigerator box so they can decorate and play in a 'dog house'. Now I just have to figure out how to make a puppy birthday cake. He wants a cake that is the shape of a dog. I have a feeling it's not going to be the most beautiful cake - but he'll love it. :0) Wish me luck!