June 28th, 2008

Canada Day is Coming!

On Tuesday we will celebrate Canada Day in our family by attending our local celebrations – a pancake breakfast, a kids’ parade and some other fun family stuff in town. We might also go to the legislature grounds in Edmonton and check out the Canada Day celebrations happening there.

Canada Day really is a great time to think about my love for and loyalty to my country. I’ve always been grateful to be Canadian and lately we are really trying to buy things that are made or produced right here in Canada. We love to go to the Farmer’s Market and we now buy all our meat from two local farmers (elk and buffalo). We buy our chicken at the neighbourhood butcher shop and the chicken farm is of course local also. We also are trying to avoid the big chain stores and shop in smaller local shops (ie the great downtown cafe instead of McDonalds!) When it comes to clothing and other stuff we look for Canadian made products whenever we can.

The most important reasons for us in shopping Canadian are to support our economy and to reduce environmental impact (less shipping etc).

So it was exciting when I read about Apples’n'Oranges Ultimate “I Buy Canadian” Blog Party and I’m writing this post as part of the event – What a great way to celebrate a birthday!!!

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June 9th, 2008

Kindergarten Countdown

Well my big boy only has 5 more days of kindergarten left – and two of those are fun days really (a big field trip and the summer concert/pizza lunch). It seems like just the other day I was crying myself sick after leaving him the first time. The year did not start off well, for him or me, but now he’s so much more grown up and I think he’s really ready for grade one next fall. Then one year later and middle boy will start his school journey. It’s crazy!!!

On big boy’s last day of school he also has a soccer game and then the next day we will leave for a little mini-vacation to grandma’s house and the hot springs – yeah!! I’m looking forward to the break from our normal routine, but am also anxious about travelling a few hours in the car with baby boy. The two big boys are pretty good little travellers, but baby hasn’t been tested yet and it could be interesting.

June 1st, 2008

6 months and summer fun!

Baby is over 6 months now – wow it sure is flying (time that is!!!) He can sit all by himself now, of course you can’t leave him at all – he tips often and suddenly! He babbles and coos and gets so excited when milk is offered. He had his first baby food a couple weeks ago and it went poorly – he was just getting the beginning of a cold. This week though he loved trying baby food – maybe someday he’ll nurse a little less!

Other excitement – Big boy is enjoying soccer and both older boys are mostly done another round of swim lessons. We’re getting outside a lot and my square foot garden is sprouting!