What a week

So let me tell ya it's been quite a week!  Lets see last weekend we had a photo shoot with our family, inlaws and brother in law's family.  It went well and I can't wait to see the pictures!  Suprisingly the kids all behaved and we excited to go and play on the playground after!  The funniest thing that happend while we were sitting down to have photos taken out of the corner of my eye I see my nephew Lucas take a run at is Dad, Brian and hit him square in the gotcha!!!  I am sure those pictures turned out great with me looking shocked then laughing my ass off!

That night they all came over and made us a great Lasagna dinner!  With left overs for another day, which was a big help too!

Emma started school on Tuesday...GRADE 2!!!  I can hardley believe it!  Her teacher is Mr. Dunk and she is in a split 2/3 class.  She was super nervous when we got there, but once she saw her friends and found out she is sharing a locker with her best friend Amy, she felt better.  Once she was done I asked her what she thought of Grade 2 and her teacher...her response was 'Mom, Mr. Dunk talks really fast and it was all in French, I didn't understand a word he said!'  We had a laugh about it, and I told her that she wasn't the only one I am sure.  The next day I asked her how it went and she said she understood a little bit more today...so I am sure before you know it she will be speaking in full french too.  Yesterday she even raised her hand and answered a question that only she knew the answer to (what is the french name of owl)  She NEVER did that in Grade 1!!  So proud of her!!!

I haven't had the best of weeks this week.  The boys have been trying my patience.  On the hottest day (Wednesday) they wouldn't stop crying.  Once one had stopped the other started and that went on all day.  I was alone for most of the day so that didn't help either.  By 6pm I had had enough.  I  was done and fully lost it.  Matt told me to go for a walk or nap something...but I needed to get away.  So I went upstairs, closed the door and it took me a while to stop shaking and crying, but about after 45 minutes I did calm down and fell asleep.  I was able to focus on them again but I was fully scared about feeling like that.  So the next day I went out for coffee with a good friend after dropping Emma off at school and I had some caffine and a good cry.  Made me feel better anyways.

Other than that, Emma was busy doing her entries for the Fall Fair this weekend.  Her entries were something made out of recycled material (juice carton wallet), a collection (her shell collection), a drawing, 3 decorated cookies and a decorated cake.  Can't wait to see how she did this weekend.  She is so proud of what she did. 

Some time  this weekend we will be going to the Fall Fair, our first outing with the boys!!  Well first outing without it being a doctors appointment! 

Oh also I wanted to add that everyone has just been so amazingly good to us.  We have amazing friends here in town.  And I'm just so grateful for those words of encouragement in passing at school.

So up next for this coming week - Fall Fair, Matt's Grandparents visiting, school fundraiser - driving a Ford around for a minimun of 5 minutes, trying to get weeks of laundry put away, putting up plaques in our kitchen, orgainizing Emma's toys, ultrasound and doctors appointment in Kamloops next week, and of course making sure Em is on time to school and homework done, lunches made, dinner's made, baths, showers, dishes, bottles, general cleaning, diapers, the list goes on!!!