Back to School- The Dry Run
After some pleading and begging last week, I finally got the kids transferred to be at the same school this year. The good news they’re in and Liam won’t have to switch schools again for French Immersion, the bad news, is that I will most likely have to provide transportation for the next few years. There is a possibility that there could be transportation, but I was not going to push it with the school administration. It was bad enough that I drug myself out of bed to try and get a meeting with the principal (I had been trying all week without success).
We’re looking forward to this change, it’s going to be good for Mackenzie going into Grade 7 after all of the turmoil at the end of the year at her old school. A fresh start is going to be a good thing!
This morning we set our alarms, got up and dressed, had some breakfast and all piled into the mini van, and headed out to the school for our “dry-run”. I like doing this the day before so there’s no surprises on the first day. We timed our drive out (although I sure it will be longer tomorrow with it being Labour Day today and traffic was light). It took 12.5 minutes and we got all red lights too, so I’m going to give myself a 15 minute window with a 10-15 minute load time. I think that’s the most challenging thing, getting everyone into the van!
Once we got out to the school, we decided to show our thanks and do a little playground cleanup. Andrew picked up trash and some broken glass, and I did some sweeping. Whoa! It was a lot bigger of a job that I suspected! It’s a great playground that has the rubbery soft ground that surrounds the largest piece of playground equipment. The other structures have pea stones surrounding them. Unfortunately I think someone may have been a little over zealous with the pea stones, and they are no covering the entire yard and make it very slippery as there is pavement underneath. Finn slipped a few times just walking. My goal was to try and atleast sweep the rocks off of the rubbery area around the equipment. Here’s a couple of before pics:
Here’s some of the after pics, we didn’t get it finsihed as it started to rain and after being there over 2 hours Finn was getting tired. I think we did a pretty good job, and I may try and finish it at some point.
We came home for lunch and tried out a few options that I was hoping Liam would take in his lunch. He fell in love with this product we got in the US called Smuckers Uncrustables. Basically it’s a peanut butter and jam sandwich with the crusts crimped off. I actually have a tool that I bought at Pampered Chef last year that does the same thing. The only problem, is that there is a peanut butter ban at Liam’s school. Earlier in the week, I got my mother to look for a peanut free “peanut”butter or pea butter. Ciaran loves it! Liam, not so much, well, not at all!
I guess I’ll have to keep trying! Andrew is testing out a new Wii game, and the boys enjoyed playing that for a bit this afternoon it’s called :
Pajama Sam- Don’t Fear the Dark
“Pajama Sam journeys into the land of darkness (his closet) to face his fears. Help Pajama Sam figure out who or what is behind the darkness and realize that there is no need to hide when it’s dark outside!”
It was really cute and the boys loved it, it was very age appropriate for them.
Well I better get to bed, it’s going to be a hectic day!
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:52 am
We used to have Pyjama Sam for the PC. I think we still have it. Lydia has now taken over the computer with Dora.
You guys did an awesome job sweeping.