I know, I know, I've been terrible at keeping up with my blog posts! Such is life as a full-time working teacher mom. It seems what little time I have after Colby goes to bed at night is spent quickly doing some housework, planning, and marking! I don't know how moms do it with more than one child!
We have had a great start to 2009! Colby continues to amaze and surprise us everyday! He is learning so much and it's so much fun to play and talk with him. He now puts his clothes in his laundry hamper and also puts his diapers in the diaper pail! What a little helper he is! :) We started swimming lessons last Saturday morning and they have been going very well. It's a big class (10 kids - 9 boys and 1 girl), and the goal is to get the kids feeling comfortable in the water. Colby's having no troubles with this - he's a fish already!! He doesn't mind putting his face in the water or having water poured over his head! It's so cute. He likes to just go, go, go (as usual), so it's been a transition to teaching him to do the activities of the class and "let's listen to our swimming teacher". He's a very busy boy... I wish I had half his energy! Not only is he a fish, but he's also a huge climber! He has been climbing on things for a while now, but it seems to be faster and on top of everything these days! He has even climbed into the dishwasher when it was open (onto the lid)! He has a foam table with two stools and he tries to climb on top of the stool and then up onto the table. Crazy kid. Never a dull moment in our house!
Colby had a rough week last week with teething... he has never really been bothered by teething before, but one of his molars sure gave him some trouble! He now has 10 teeth. I hate to see him in that pain... no sleeping, drooling, diaper rash, sometimes not eating as much. Not so fun. Anyway, 2 of the 4 have come through and he's back to normal now. Just some drooling, but all in all, much happier!
Our great friends, Jen and Dave, came to babysit last night! They came out about 6 and stayed with Colby so Gerry and I could go on a bit of a date. It was a pretty quiet evening - just a really nice dinner and then home early (since Colby is not a kid who likes to sleep in very late!!). They said he was really good for them, which I was very happy about. Maybe next time, we'll leave them with Colby for a bit longer (while he's awake!) We haven't gone out on a 'date' since Colby was born... so very long overdue! It's just so hard to find the time to do it! Thanks to Jen and Dave's offer, we had some great conversation, just the two of us!
My parents are now back from the Dominican, which is so great! We really missed them! It's amazing how long a week can seem without Grandma and Grandpa home! So glad they had a wonderful trip and that the wedding was beautiful too. They sure deserve it!
One more piece of exciting news!!! Gerry, Colby and I are going to San Diego, California, on March 28th!! We are going for 5 days over Spring Break and are SO excited for our trip away!! We didn't have a very great beginning of the school year (or fall in general), so we thought we deserve a nice trip away as a family!
We're not up to much else... days and weeks seem to fly by and my to-do list never seems to get shorter. One of these days, right? Maybe in the summer I'll tackle some of those things! We are definitely enjoying the beautiful spring-like weather these past couple of days! We went out for a sleigh ride today and did some more shovelling on the driveway. SO gorgeous outside! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Love,
Gerry, Lesley and Colby
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