More snow

This is what it looked like at 10 pm last night. And yes, its still that light outside at 10 pm. It was just about all gone in the morning, although it snowed for a while this morning too. Its all gone now. Its been raining on and off today.

Memorial Day Weekend

This is our skylight.


So, this is how we are spending our weekend. We got up this morning to be at rugby at 8:30 am. Where it was 40 F (4 C) and raining. Grant warmed up with his team while we.......sat in the car! When the game started at 9 we headed out to watch. Halfway across the parking lot the wind blew my umbrella inside out. We.......got back in the car! After sitting in the car for another 20 minutes watching all these crazy people out in the cold and rain I decided we were done. Just because everyone else was doing it didn't mean we had to. I called Tyler on his cell phone and told him to get Grant. Grant had to wait until the game was over, and then they walked home. I was already on the way to Mason's soccer. He was playing in a gym. So, Grant spent about an hour out in the rain, but we were supposed to be there until almost 1 pm.

And, this is what it looks like right now. Its supposed to snow all night, into the morning, and then start raining again! Nothing like a nice kick off to summer weekend.

And I'm sure Heather will have something to say about us not being Canadian enough. And I totally agree I'm not Canadian enough to deal with nearly freezing temps and puring rain!

Mason's Birthday

Well, we ended up doing nothing this long holiday weekend. Mason did have his birthday on Thursday. He wanted a happy face cake, even after seeing all the cake ideas they have at the store. I'm not sure where he ever saw a happy face cake, but that's what he wanted, and so that's what he got. He got to go shopping on Thursday and spend all his birthday money, so he only had one present to open. He still had a ton of fun though. And Tyler was there for the birthday cake, he just didn't make it in any of the pictures.

It rained and snowed this weekend. We had hoped to go to the Calgary zoo, but we never made it. Mason also had soccer practice on Saturday since the game was rained out.

A day of Field Trips

I spent much of the day with Grant's class. First he had a "field trip" that comes into the school. The presenter showed the class items from the aboriginal people of Canada. Then the class learned how to play aboriginal games. The games were all made from sticks, except for the one made from rocks. They class then made pouches and drew designs on them similar to bead work. Grant drew a buffalo on his. Of course, I assumed it was a longhorn! Which one of us has been education in Canada? Then the class went outside and built a tipi. (Is that how we spell tipi in Texas? Because I didn't think that was how it was spelled, but its definitely how its spelled here.) That was very interesting, and you can watch how it goes up in the pictures.

Then after lunch they had a field trip for swimming lessons. The class has eight one hour swimming lessons at a local community swimming pool, so Mason and I finally made it out to watch the class swim. Of course Mason cried for ten minutes because he wanted to swim too.

And yes, Grant got a haircut. He decided on going short this time. What do you think? He definitely needs to even out his tan line so he doesn't have about two inches of white around his hair!

More fun coming up this week!

Soccer Pictures

Last Saturday Grant and Mason had their soccer team pictures. With four rugby games and two sets of pictures in two different locations it made for a busy day. I was able to take a few pictures, but hopefully the professional ones come out much better than mine.

 

 

Mason got to play on the playground while waiting for Grant's pictures.

 

 

Grant turns 10!

Grant had a soccer game on his birthday. It was cold, and windy, and rained off and on. The team toughed it out and won though. Grant even made a goal, but it didn't count. Yesterday he had a track meet, but Mason was sick and I didn't make it to the meet with the camera. And since it snowed all day yesterday, today's soccer game and tomorrows rugby practice have all been cancelled.

And the only good thing about a spring snow storm, is how it looks just like powdered sugar. I'm not sure you can see it in the pictures, but it really does look like a yard full of powdered sugar.

Opening Day

So today was opening day for rugby and Mason's soccer. Which of course led to a day of running around. Grant had to be 20 min away at 8:30 am. But Mason had to be only 2 min from our house at 9:45, and Tyler's game started where grant was at 10:30. Which gave me just enough time to make it back with Mason to see the last game Tyler played today. But I didn't get to see any of Grant's game. Of course Frank isn't home, so I was in charge of making sure everyone got where they needed to be on time. I think everyone enjoyed their games. Although Mason thought he had been sent to time out after the coach called time out and then brought in the subs. I'm still not sure he believes me that time out in soccer is not the same as time out at school or home. Oh, and on a side note, Mason learned to say where he goes to school, the Montessori School House. All though when he says it it sounds a lot more like Mortuary School House, which just doesn't sound right at all. And we have another fun filled week this week with soccer and rugby and a track meet covering every day but Friday. And here are a couple of videos of Mason learning to dribble.

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