All of you that are able to update your blog so regularly.....I applaud you! Good work! I have come to the conclusion that I am either just a slacker or just have too much stuff (I'll keep it friendly) going on!
So, here we are...another week of our precious summer has passed. And here we are now....the week before school starts up again. We will take Nicholas on Wednesday to meet with his new teacher and we will get a chance to meet and chat with her about the upcoming year ahead. My big SK boy now realizes summer is about over....and though he has shown some...okay, a teeny bit of enhusiasm, he really would just prefer to continue on with his summer vacation. But I remain confident that he will get right back into the swing of things once this school year begins. He sooooo needs it....even if he is not ready, we most certainly are!
And thus, the back to school shopping has begun. Not that a SK'er needs much...really just a new backpack and a new lunch bag...but of course, I need....okay, maybe want to buy him some new cool back to school clothes. So, backpack has been looked after. Nicholas' only request is that it be blue....no Superheroes or cartoon characters. I will openly admit this makes Mommy happy...so a nice blue backpack has been bought. We are, however, in search of a Star Wars lunch bag (so if any of you have spotted one....PLEASE let me know where). A trip to Winners today was disappointing but I did score a really cool pair of jeans..
Before I recap the week/end....I have to try and capture a little of what Shane has been up to. I could probaly sum it up in a few words like Shane-zilla, super-crankola, scary child....but that probaly doesn't sound like nice things for Mommy to say, right? Well, sorry...it has been the toughest time so far for both of us for both our boys. Shaney is going through some 'scary' phase and we find ourselves at our wits ends at times...too many times....and patience is not our strong suit right now. We are trying....trying. But the boy wants to control....and well, that needs to be knocked out....sooner than later hopefully. This boy has will...determination....might...to take us down!!! And really, we would be perfectly happy with a 'please' to come out of his mouth. And before I sound too over the top with my perfectly healthy, mostly happy, baby boy....let me say that I do believe while we were reading books this evening and when he wanted yet another book, I said to him Mommy will only read another book if you say please....I heard it... a faint, but it was there....please. So, we shall see...
Okay, so recent events...
A few weeks ago, I decided that I would like to have the girls over from work. My new work group....a chance to sit and be social outside of our cubby offices....and a good group of them agreed and made it out. Yay! My date was Friday at 530pm...and these girls are good... on time and decked out in their 'fall' gear as they all knew it was an outside evening. We had a few cocktails, some eats and I think we all had an enjoyable evening. Of course, the evening turned to night time and Kim and her hubby stayed back as we were hoping and we carried on until past midnight. Lots of fun....and we plan to invite them back for dinner soon. Thanks ladies for making it out!
Saturday, Nicholas and I had plans for some board games and a movie....so that is exactly what we did. We went to see G-Force which was quite entertaining....nothing like watching some super spy guinea pigs save the day!!
Sunday, the plan if the weather held was to take the boys to the CNE. For my family and friends in the south, the CNE (Canadian National Exhibition) is a huge carnival of sorts with many other attractions and happenings that comes through Toronto the last two weeks leading into Labour Day....it's a tradition that has been around for like 130 years and I spent many years as a child and later as an older 'child' trekking down for the festivities and many concerts. Well, I tend to grasp on to ideas and go with them thinking the kids will just love it and I wanted to start my own 'tradition' of taking our family so off we went.....and I now realize that this 'tradition' will have to wait another couple of years. We did have a great time but I think they will have just a good of time, even better, going to the local Orono Fair when it arrives in a couple of weeks. And we will be there....enjoying the same things as we did with young children for oh about, ten times less the cost, not to mention the aggravation of driving and sitting in evil traffic....don't even get me going with finding parking!! But alas, we got there and Shane enjoyed watching the massive crowds....just was taking it all in...giggles and grins with the activity... and Nicholas enjoyed the rides and games....and both really seemed to enjoy the Harry and his Bucketful of Dinosaurs show that we went to. Mommy enjoyed singing along....I think all of us Mommy's know the words to so many of these childrens shows....and secretly enjoy singing along...hehe!
So, that's about all I have for now...we are now getting ready for our 'end of the summer' long weekend at the cottage we rented in Maynooth. And believe it or not...the forecast looks good!
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Trust me we went through that stage and we thought it was never going to end. I really was scared that 2 was going to be that bad, but after about 2 months of it we seem to be happier and back to the old Jax. Finally.
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