SHOWTIME

The youngest girls performed in the school musical yesterday and today. They have been rehearsing for 5 months.
Leah learned music and dance steps for 9 songs! Some of the songs were Broadway standards - "America" from West Side Story, and "Oklahoma". We watched clips - on YouTube - of West Side Story. It was great to see the girls' interest in all things musical (theatre).
Ev was a character in the play. It went from dramatic to musical scene and back again throughout the performance. I was amazed at the voices of some of the young girls.
Leah sounded great in the shower tonight as she went through every song from the show. I think that from now on, every time she hears "Respect", "Poison Ivy" and "Jailhouse Rock", she will have fond memories of hard work paying off in spades.
I was very proud of all the kids, teachers and parents - what a huge effort.

We're all together again!

The snowbirds have returned! Hooray!
Mom and Dad got back on April 1st (and were over making dinner for us and Adam and Yvonne the next night).
Irma and Leo landed yesterday.The little girls were late for school 7 days over the 8 weeks that Omi and Opa were away. And we ate out at least that number of times.
We definitely regressed while they were gone.

Hockey Tournament

Lots of fun on Friday and Saturday in Hamilton. 3 hockey games, swimming, movies, and a party for the kids and parents. And our Hockey Girl played well. Here she is after making the first goal of the tournament.

No I didn't get the math right!

Oh for pete's sake
I meant 12,500 pennies
Little wonder that the kids stopped asking me for math help when they hit Grade 1

Adorable

Eldest and youngest cousins. Wasn't it just yesterday when we were gazing adoringly at Eldest?

Spa Girl

Ahh. What a sweet life!
The things my girls do when they are chased from the TV room and left to entertain themselves.

10:14 p.m.

Time for bed.

Rob is at hockey. Eldest is at a restaurant celebrating a friend's birthday - to be followed by a sleepover (exams are over). The younger sisters had a spa night and are sleeping in eldest sister's room.

I just completed an online survey for GO Transit (I cut and paste my whine to Rob that is posted below, into the survey comment section).

One question asked how long I had been using the system. That would be 22 years and 8 months - give or take a few maternity leaves!

Only 12 years and 6 months to go.

10:20 Good night.