I guess I've been amiss in writing enough lately hey?
let's see .....
Mike's job is going alright. He's busy, working long hours and in Calgary every week for a few days (groan.).
Spring is coming, our snow is mostly melted (see tumblr blog for pics ... www.modernmama.tumblr.com)
The girls are great ...
Nya just got her report card and we had our demo of learning where she gets to show us what she's been doing in her classroom this past week. Her report card was littered with words like 'inspire, independance, joy, capability, exceptional, active participant, proud, amazingly, fluency, soaring' ... and those were her teacher's words, not mine (biased)! When we visited her classroom her teacher teased her that she had the best handwriting in the class, better than her own. Her reading is awesome and apparently she's really great at math (hm, she did NOT get that from ME!).
She has planned a party at Chuck E Cheese on April 7 and we are inviting her WHOLE school! 15% of the evenings' sales are going to dEBra Canada!! She is really excited and we've made a few posters to hang up around the school (see the tumblr blog Friday's pic).
Berlin is also doing great. Her teacher said she's doing great; her drawings and hand writing is also slightly advanced (yes, that's biased mom speak). At home she continues to be challenging and SPUNKY, to say the least!!! OH - and I worry that she's going to be that 'mean girl' at school sometimes because she talks about not liking certain girls or not wanting to play with certain kids in class. Hm. A challenge. I hope she overcomes this with age because I certainly don't want her to be that 'mean girl' that Nya has encountered a few times. Each year Nya has spoke of a particular girl that talks like this 'doesn't like me' 'doesn't want to play with me today, but maybe tomorrow' type stuff. SO MEAN!!!!! So please please please, don't let Berlin be that girl.
Ivy -- what can I say other than -- PRECIOUS! Precious as always. She's currently working on perfecting her groove and standing ability. She does not really want to take steps. Which is PERFECTLY fine with me!!!!! She's working on teeth too, and she is definitely NOT sleeping through the night yet.
Me? I'm doing good. Working hard on Modern Mama these days. I added up and estimate that I work about 4 hours a day, minimum. This could explain the dust bunnies around the house. Somethings gotta give, I suppose. I have CTV News coming out to interview me at my event this coming Wednesday evening where I am introducing local babysitters to local moms! I also interviewed on CBC Newfoundland's West coast morning radio show, a radio station in Fort McMurray and those two newspaper articles I posted before. It has been really great for my business. I have also found someone in Calgary so I am working on launching Modern Mama Calgary as well! yay!
I think that about covers it.
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