Two kids sharing one room, dosen't really work.....

Kaleb has been temporarily moved into Scarlett's room while Martin paints his.

Up until this point Kaleb has had a child lock on his door because he won't stay in his room. So each night we give him a kiss and a hug, then we stand at the door, blow him a kiss, pretend to do a big hug and squish him, he does the same back. We save we love you, sweet dreams and see you in the morning.

But now that he's sharing a room with Scarlett, this is the routine. Good night Kaleb, sweet dreams, big hugs, see you in the morning, and don't get out of bed.

For about 5 minutes we hear nothing, then maybe a few jumps on the bed, a little laughter. Which is okay, kids will be kids , we can't expect them to just go sleep.

Around 9:00 I go upstairs to make sure they are asleep, and find them both sitting at the window sill talking to the neighbours. So I clsoe the windows and the blinds and read them the riot act.

11:00 I go to bed, I do my nightly ritual of kissing the kids, and of course I find the windows wide open, its 0 deg outside so their room is just a tad bit cold. They both are asleep.

Around 1:00 a.m. I am woken up by a strange noise, kind a static sound. I go to Scarlett's room no kids, I try the spare room nothing, I find them downstairs with the TV on and sound very low.

I stood in the hallway listening, they were giggling about how we were asleep and didn't know. It brought tears to my eyes they were so darn cute. I eneded up leaving them there, I figured one night wouldn't hurt them.

Around 2:30 I heard them come back upstairs and go to bed, my sweet little angels.

Scarlett's first orthodontist appointment.....

she does need to have some work done. Probably next year, once her adult teeth are in in the front.

He says he will put spacers in her teeth to help her upper jaw grow more. He says she's not that bad, her teeth do touch at the front but she naturally moves the top ones back since its more comfortable.

The price for this first round is about 1000.00 so not too bad yet. Of course he is also saying she will need braces at 10 or 11 at a cost of 6000-7000.

First swimming lesson of 2006.......

Both Scarlett and Kaleb had swimming the other night. Kaleb is in private lessons, which the teacher agreed was a good idea since he really wasn't listening, all he wanted to do was dive under the water.

Scarlett did really well, she can almost swim the required 10m on her front, on her back is a different story , she tends to sink like a stone. She also tried tredding water but that didn't go so well either, again she sank.

Both kids said they had fun and wanted to know when they go back again.

What do you do with snow.....

Skating is over for the year

Both kids had their last night of skating. Scarlett passed level one and will move to 1 hour lessons in September.

Kaleb's report card said that he is slowly getting better, and is almost skating now. He is so funny to watch, he can almost run on the ice but there is definetly no gliding going on, he has mastered the art of walking on ice.

Scarlett is getting faster each day, she is starting to do bunny hops, and twirls. She dosen't pay attention during the lesson just wants to skate around the rink. What a surprise her not listening.