Last Thursday was picture day at school. Jesse of course, managed to get a bruise on his forehead last weekend. Emily knew I wanted him to try to cover it with his hair so being the mother hen that she is, asked me "should I ask my teacher if I can go to Jesse's classroom and brush his hair for him?". It was so sweet, she was so serious when she said it.
Murphy's Law - you can be sure kids WILL bruise themselves just in time for pictures!!

Friday morning was Jesse's first field trip and I volunteered to go along. We went to a local pumpkin patch...it was a beautiful morning but quite cool. It's a great trip for that age. They have a small playground and corn maze, we went on a wagon ride and the kids each got to pick a pumpkin to take home...and of course, the oatmeal cookie and juice snack was a big hit. He had so much fun. I really enjoyed watching him interact with all of his new friends.
His teacher said he's doing well in school, he's no trouble, very quiet (really??). She said it took him about a week though to figure out that he was going to have to put a little more effort into his work, drawing one line and saying he was done and he was tired just wasn't going to cut it. Once he realized he didn't get to go and play until he finished, she said he was fine. She was used to Emily who needed very little direction and certainly no "prodding".


Friday night I went to Mississauga to join my 2 girlfriends (Marianne & Marlene..sisters) for our 2nd annual Giving Thanks dinner. We're just giving thanks for our remarkable friendship...we've known each other since we were about 4 years old....remarkable in itself!! Once I got there (my usual 40 minute trip took well over an hour!), we had a blast...went out for a 3 hour dinner...time really does fly when you're having fun!

Saturday was a 12 hour adventure with some other fabulous girlfriends from my scrappin' group...Janet, Sheri, Judy B. and Karen. Janet's husband bought her a "chocolate, wine & scrapbook class" at a silent auction they went to. It was hosted by two very nice ladies, Kelly & Kim, at their store called the Paper Pickle in Chatham. We didn't have to be there until the store closed at 3 so we left early and made a little detour into London. We went to a couple scrapbook stores there and had lunch before we headed on to Chatham. Miraculously, with Sheri navigating and me driving, we made it right on time!! lol!!!!
The project was a mini album made out of CD covers...and I actually accomplished something...almost finished it in fact!!! I'll post pictures when it's all done. The snacks were dill-ightful (get it..pickle??) and the drinkers certainly enjoyed the wine!
After we left there we enjoyed a quick dinner at Glitter in Chatham (highly recommend it if you're ever there) and rolled back into Kitchener about 10 o'clock....exhausted!!!
Janet, Sheri and me