Hi,
I love Wednesdays now. Know why? Toby sings beautiful choral pieces at the oddest times. I was driving him and Jack to karate and they were quiet in the back seat, then I heard a lovely voice singing a beautiful song. Oh how lovely.
Karate went well, and Jack stayed for tea. So I whipped up tacos/burritos and the boys tucked in. So much so that Mike had hardly anything left to fill his burritos when he got home. Poor chap.
Slept like a log last night and jumped on the bus after dropping Toby at school (yes - tyre is still flat). I have a busy afternoon with back-to-back meetings lined up. Not normal for me. And the user group is on tonight so I have to prep for that too. Yikes!
Have a marvellous day!
Love,
Angela
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Tuesday with Cubs
Hi,
Cubs went quite well considering the audacious schedule. I am now Raksha for the Cub troop. Mike is Akela. Toby was sworn in as a Cub and has a lovely new woggle and a long scarf. We had an Easter-themed quiz and I think it might have been a bit too easy. I have no idea what kids 8 - 11 years old actually know. But turns out they know quite a bit. It was very close. We also baked ANZAC cookies. Having 25 kids in the kitchens was not the easiest thing in the world, but it seemed to work.
Phew! Roll on the weekend after the excitement of the first few days of this week.
I think my parents take over the rental on the house in Peregian Springs today. They are keen to live in the same complex so it is a perfect chance to settle in and check it out. I hope they love it!
Ok. Time for a cup of tea.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Cubs went quite well considering the audacious schedule. I am now Raksha for the Cub troop. Mike is Akela. Toby was sworn in as a Cub and has a lovely new woggle and a long scarf. We had an Easter-themed quiz and I think it might have been a bit too easy. I have no idea what kids 8 - 11 years old actually know. But turns out they know quite a bit. It was very close. We also baked ANZAC cookies. Having 25 kids in the kitchens was not the easiest thing in the world, but it seemed to work.
Phew! Roll on the weekend after the excitement of the first few days of this week.
I think my parents take over the rental on the house in Peregian Springs today. They are keen to live in the same complex so it is a perfect chance to settle in and check it out. I hope they love it!
Ok. Time for a cup of tea.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Monday with Cubs prep
Hi,
My back tyre is as flat as a pancake and there has been no time to fix it as yet. Monday I took the bus home and collected Toby (who was confused as I hardly use the bus anymore and he thought I must have been in the car or something). We got Alex's mother's phone number to see if we can sort out a good holiday catch up between Toby and Alex (they get along well at Skids together).
Home for tea and by the time Mike got home it was almost bed time. We tried to imagine our new wardrobe in the downstairs foyer with duct tape marking the boundaries. Bit hard to envisage. I hope it works out.
Today is gorgeous here in Wellington. Clear and crisp. The sort of weather that makes you glad you live here. Shame my tyre is flat.
Cubs tonight and last night I measured out the ingredients for four lots of ANZAC cookies. Hope baking them goes well. And we're also having an Easter Quiz. Yikes. It's going to be busy.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
My back tyre is as flat as a pancake and there has been no time to fix it as yet. Monday I took the bus home and collected Toby (who was confused as I hardly use the bus anymore and he thought I must have been in the car or something). We got Alex's mother's phone number to see if we can sort out a good holiday catch up between Toby and Alex (they get along well at Skids together).
Home for tea and by the time Mike got home it was almost bed time. We tried to imagine our new wardrobe in the downstairs foyer with duct tape marking the boundaries. Bit hard to envisage. I hope it works out.
Today is gorgeous here in Wellington. Clear and crisp. The sort of weather that makes you glad you live here. Shame my tyre is flat.
Cubs tonight and last night I measured out the ingredients for four lots of ANZAC cookies. Hope baking them goes well. And we're also having an Easter Quiz. Yikes. It's going to be busy.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Monday, April 11, 2011
The weekend with DIY coming out our ears
Hi,
What a great weekend - busy in the end, but fun. Friday night we had dinner at Vivienne and John's place with Mike taxiing the takeaway Indian food direct to us from tow. Very funny. We chatted to Vivienne and John for a bit (and tried to convert each other to their own favourite music genres - to no avail).
Saturday morning Mike headed off for a haircut (and doesn't he look smart) and then I drove into town to shop at the supermarket right next to the hairdresser. I parked next to Mike and he found us in the supermarket. Toby went with him for his swimming lesson and did well, and I bought lunch and picked up Sally and Andrew. We were off to Epuni St to start taking off the wallpaper. And what a job! I haven't done much wallpaper removing (our house was easy in comparison to this), but from what Sally and Andrew said, finding two layers under the top layer was not what they wanted to find!
We steamed, and chatted to the neighbours that were having a good look at who we were and ate lunch. The lounge is almost done - I guess.
Then home to receive the Sampson children for the sleepover. Jessica and Chelsea in the first wave, followed by Brennan after his party. Toby was in heaven with his favourite adopted family. I think Mike and I hardly saw him.
Sunday I was up early to get lunch on, then back to bed. We had the whanau lunch at our place and caught up with everyone.
I feel like I have forgotten heaps of what we did besides this. I certainly feel like the weekend went by super-fast!
Have a great week!
Love,
Angela
What a great weekend - busy in the end, but fun. Friday night we had dinner at Vivienne and John's place with Mike taxiing the takeaway Indian food direct to us from tow. Very funny. We chatted to Vivienne and John for a bit (and tried to convert each other to their own favourite music genres - to no avail).
Saturday morning Mike headed off for a haircut (and doesn't he look smart) and then I drove into town to shop at the supermarket right next to the hairdresser. I parked next to Mike and he found us in the supermarket. Toby went with him for his swimming lesson and did well, and I bought lunch and picked up Sally and Andrew. We were off to Epuni St to start taking off the wallpaper. And what a job! I haven't done much wallpaper removing (our house was easy in comparison to this), but from what Sally and Andrew said, finding two layers under the top layer was not what they wanted to find!
We steamed, and chatted to the neighbours that were having a good look at who we were and ate lunch. The lounge is almost done - I guess.
Then home to receive the Sampson children for the sleepover. Jessica and Chelsea in the first wave, followed by Brennan after his party. Toby was in heaven with his favourite adopted family. I think Mike and I hardly saw him.
Sunday I was up early to get lunch on, then back to bed. We had the whanau lunch at our place and caught up with everyone.
I feel like I have forgotten heaps of what we did besides this. I certainly feel like the weekend went by super-fast!
Have a great week!
Love,
Angela
Friday, April 8, 2011
The Thursday with Toby's assembly
Hi,
Mike had a half day yesterday because of a special assembly Toby had invited us to. No idea what it was for or anything before we got there. Anyhow, Mike came in and collected me and we drove up the hill. On the way I saw a Dad from Toby's year walking quickly up the hill so we picked him up too. Then he spotted his wife in her car ahead of us and jumped out to swap cars. His wife doesn't know us and she was staring so hard at Mike wondering who he was to toot at her that she didn't noticed her husband open her car door and get in! Very funny!
Anyhow, we were very proud parents watching the assembly, along with many other proud parents. It was a celebration of their learning and it was started by the choir. Toby sang beautifully - well, I think so! I loved it.
Then he presented a clay volcano with Josh (a classmate) and explained what he had learned about it. Very cute. Other classmates showed off their models and drawings as well. Other classes did Maori singing and science experiments! Great fun.
Then Mike and Toby dropped me back at work and they popped into Te Papa for a wee while. I caught the bus home and checked out the changes to the house. We have a door on the garage now (a back door - the garage doors have been there for a week or two now) and a sensor light to light up the path at night. Works a charm! How good is that?! We also have the French doors in the room, but not installed yet. How exciting! Plumbing has changed a little (kitchen waste water pipe down goes in the ceiling space to the basement instead of down the inside of the green room wall) and we have some new lights.
This weekend is reasonably relaxed. Dinner with the Lewises tonight (I think piano moving is on the agenda). Swimming tomorrow. Then meeting Sally and Andrew to check out the Epuni unit and see if we can get some preliminary work done on it (wallpaper has to come off I believe - Mike knows the tasks). Then we have most of the Sampson children sleeping over. Sunday lunch is at our place (Vivienne - do you want to come over for it?) and then I expect I can get some reading in (I have plenty of books to get through). That's my aim!
Ok. Enjoy your weekend!
Love,
Angela
Mike had a half day yesterday because of a special assembly Toby had invited us to. No idea what it was for or anything before we got there. Anyhow, Mike came in and collected me and we drove up the hill. On the way I saw a Dad from Toby's year walking quickly up the hill so we picked him up too. Then he spotted his wife in her car ahead of us and jumped out to swap cars. His wife doesn't know us and she was staring so hard at Mike wondering who he was to toot at her that she didn't noticed her husband open her car door and get in! Very funny!
Anyhow, we were very proud parents watching the assembly, along with many other proud parents. It was a celebration of their learning and it was started by the choir. Toby sang beautifully - well, I think so! I loved it.
Then he presented a clay volcano with Josh (a classmate) and explained what he had learned about it. Very cute. Other classmates showed off their models and drawings as well. Other classes did Maori singing and science experiments! Great fun.
Then Mike and Toby dropped me back at work and they popped into Te Papa for a wee while. I caught the bus home and checked out the changes to the house. We have a door on the garage now (a back door - the garage doors have been there for a week or two now) and a sensor light to light up the path at night. Works a charm! How good is that?! We also have the French doors in the room, but not installed yet. How exciting! Plumbing has changed a little (kitchen waste water pipe down goes in the ceiling space to the basement instead of down the inside of the green room wall) and we have some new lights.
This weekend is reasonably relaxed. Dinner with the Lewises tonight (I think piano moving is on the agenda). Swimming tomorrow. Then meeting Sally and Andrew to check out the Epuni unit and see if we can get some preliminary work done on it (wallpaper has to come off I believe - Mike knows the tasks). Then we have most of the Sampson children sleeping over. Sunday lunch is at our place (Vivienne - do you want to come over for it?) and then I expect I can get some reading in (I have plenty of books to get through). That's my aim!
Ok. Enjoy your weekend!
Love,
Angela
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