A busy weekend

Calum loves the outdoors. It's becoming a real challenge to get him in from outside. He's smart too, he knows how to trick me. When we come home from the Old DC, he walks up the walk then stops to show me something. It's usually a rock or a bug. When I stop to look at it, he starts motoring for the back yard. He's fast too. When we get back from running errands and get out of the car, he runs for his car (a battery operated quad - Thank you to Pam and Mickey) and insists on looking for sticks or bugs. Sometimes, I can get away with him just playing on the back deck but we always have to play a game where we draw bugs from his insect book then pretend the bugs are trying to catch us. Our neighbors must think we are nuts.

Dakota and I took Calum to the driving range for the first time this past weekend. He was fascinated with the concept but wanted to start throwing the golf balls onto the range rather than hitting them. He was pretty upset when we finished our buckets. Guess we actually better find a club his size though because it was pretty funny to see him try to use ours.

Desiree got a job. She'll be working at the Whitespot up the street from our house. Dakota still isn't on the work schedule for this week but I suspect with the nicer weather she'll be filling in for other people pretty soon. We've got some new pictures to post soon.

Hope you are all cheering for the Canucks tonight. Even the toddlers at the daycare are talking about it.

Where do the days go?

Things have been busy. We've got some easter pictures to post but I haven't managed to download them yet. I'll post them next week. Calum has been doing great. He's really starting to talk and is a real character now. He certainly knows what he wants. Today, he was having fun imagining that he was fishing on a boat. The boat was his little tykes climber and his fishing rod was the broom. We've never been fishing with him so it was pretty neat to see that he is a natural.

After a bit too much attention from us all, he went off to our room today and closed the door. I, of course, opened it and told him he could play in the room but had to keep the door open. He said "OK. Bye". I tried to ask him what he was doing but he just kept saying "Bye." I left him alone for a few minutes then went to check on him. He was eating chocolate, lying on the floor and suddenly started saying "Luke!" Guess he was imagining he was part of the jedi order or something.

He's got quite a sense of humor too. Today he kept trying to get a reaction from me. He put on his shoes and told me he was going to the Old DC. I made a big deal out of it, begging him not to leave his poor mom, but he actually started heading for the door. Guess he was missing all of his friends today. Then he realized he'd get some attention if he had a cough. A few times he put on this pathetic little *cough* for Dakota and I. He may be getting a sore throat but I can tell you that cough was a fake. Funny boy.

Good news for Dakota. She spent her after-school hours doing some training last week at the new Smart Foods store. She's been wanting a job for awhile and is very happy she's now old enough to do things other than babysitting and paper routes. She's trained as a cashier and is currently on call.

Don, Desiree and I are busy too. I am finishing up most of my major projects and thought I might have some rare quiet time for awhile. However, it looks like there will be some wrap up work for the next quarter and more work for my Band. Also good news for me because it looks like I may be making a trip or two up to Merritt over the next few months.

If you haven't looked yet, go to Grandpa Bains blog http://www.radioado.blogspot.com/ to see new pictures of Coy. He's growing so fast.

He's got it...almost

Yesterday, as I was filling in the daily intake form at the daycare, Calum did something both cute and mean. Julia, a little girl on the toddler side, got a little too close for his liking. He told her "No!". He told her "Stop!". She didn't move so he shot webs at her "Peww, peww". Unfortunately Julia doesn't speak Spidey and she didn't move so Calum gave her a big push and made her cry. That got her to move but it also got Calum in trouble. Our Spidey has got to learn not to be a bully.

I am very, very pleased because Calum now loves the Harry Potter movies. He likes the owls, the house elf, the magic car and even laughs at Harry and Ron. I think he even likes the quidditch games. Now that is a true sign he is my son! He just saw it on tv one day and went over to the DVD shelf and pulled all the Harry Potter movies and asked me to put one on. He's smart and observant.

Everyone is mostly over our colds, finally. I realize just how bad Calum felt when I see how different he is. Last night was the first night he danced for weeks. When the boy doesn't dance you know he's not feeling well.

No other news, I'm busy as I have taken on extra work till the end of March. Don's busy as always. Desiree is starting to think about course selection for next year, grade 12, and thinking about college or university. Dakota volunteered at the school science fair and is planning on joining basketball next year. She attends most of her friends games.

Have a good weekend everyone.

Colds again

Now that the warmer weather is here everyone is getting sick again. Calum and Des have colds. I may have to keep Calum home today - he woke up at 4:30 but just fell back asleep. I'm going to let him nap for awhile and see how he is doing. Yesterday there were so few of them at daycare that they were able to go on a long walk to the library - about a 20 minute walk. Apparently Calum got to ride in the wagon most of the way and had a lot of fun.

Don and I are busy looking for a Spiderman shirt for Calum. We've found socks, and he loves them, but have not had luck with the shirt yet. Maybe a trip to the mall this weekend.

Well, things are busy at work again (another new project) so I'd better get some work in while I can. Have a good weekend.