Sing!

Yesterday was the boys' last day of school before Winter Break, so we took them out to the movies last night to see Sing. We had so much fun! Then, we grabbed dinner before heading home, where we allowed the boys to open one Christmas present each. They both opened each others' gifts which was pretty cute!

Today is a cold rainy day so we may just go out and catch another movie. Who knows!

For the ULTIMATE lazy person??

As if having outlets in my eaves with a switch in the house, solely to make the installation and turning on/off of my Christmas lights easier (and cleaner looking), wasn't lazy enough.....

I decided to change the "normal" on/off switch out, for a timer switch instead.

Mwahahhahahhahaa!! 😈

My Dad stopped by yesterday to help me with the wiring (good thing he did - I sloppily electrocuted myself!! ⚡️😁) and today, I got the programming all set up!! Now my lights are switching on and off at my predefined times! Woot!!

I guess it's just the little things that make me happy. 😊

(Ignore my labels, which I had put on previously so I'd know which way to switch the eave outlets. Now I can remove those because of this fancy schmancy LED screen which tells me when they're on or off! Technology!) 👍🏼

Monthly STEM project

Each month, as a part of their STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) unit, Callum's class does some sort of hands-on project which we, as parents, are invited to see/help them work on.

Given the holidays, today's STEM project was to build a gingerbread house. :) But, they had specific criteria to consider (like it had to have a roof and be at least 6" tall, which is why Callum is measuring his in the first picture). There were also challenges which they could opt to complete, like building a tree, bush, fence, or mailbox.

We had a great time getting creative and building his house! All of the kids had such diverse and different ideas on how to go about completing their tasks - it was really cool to see actually! :)

Studying hard

Last night Logan wanted to finish his research report on Blue Whales, so that he could present in class today (and then have tonight off, with no homework before the break). It wasn't a bad plan since I knew we'd be out late tonight anyway, to see Cirque du Soleil. But, we had a lot to complete last night so we were cramming! I didn't think to take a pic of his final poster - but it was very impressive. He said he did awesome in his class presentation today too!

So tonight, after we got home from the show and changed into pj's to relax - what does Logan decide to do? Go cuddle up in bed with the dogs, and read a good book. I'll take it! :)

Cirque du Soleil

We surprised the boys with a night out to see Cirque du Soleil's Luzia show tonight. It was terrific!

My favorite Callumisms were:

"Why are they not putting her on the floor?!! That's dangerous!"

And then a little bit later he observed, "She definitely practiced." 😂😂😂

A special surprise from Logan

Yesterday, Logan got home from school totally thrilled to show me a present he had made for Callum at school.... A reindeer hot chocolate DIY "kit", complete with a cute little note from Logan (check out his instructions!!). 😍😍

We told him to put it up high somewhere on the kitchen counter or else pack/wrap it in a box if he wanted to put it under the tree, because otherwise the dogs would get into it.

The third pic is Evidence Exhibit #4863 of "Listen to your parents!" - an ongoing case of Logan and Callum v. Jon and Bree. Time will only tell, what the verdict will be.....



(I emailed his teacher this morning when I discovered the packet totally destroyed, asking her for the instructions on how to make another one. She did me one better and is sending me home a spare she had!! Phew!! Crisis - hopefully - averted!!)

Fencing Class

After Logan's basketball game yesterday, we headed home to change and then back out again for his fencing class! He did really well and is learning quite quickly. He'd like to continue but the next set of classes are at the same time as his basketball practice, so I'm not sure how we'll be able to swing it. I'm going to look into it some more though.

After class, he and I had a leisurely son/mom lunch date which was fun. We then headed home to hang out with Callum and Jon before the Jodoins came over to have dinner and play games all night! What a fun day.