November, first half

Making lots of progress on her quilt!

Evelyn's working hard at her math too. As long as it's not long-hand division. Then she gives up.

Barefoot in November. That's Jennifer. Yes, I did buy her shoes. Way back in the spring. Nice ones, brand new. I think they've been used less than ten times. We even took them all the way through Wabakimi. But she'll only wear her sandals. Or go barefoot.

While bringing mulch up to my pines my trailer sort of stopped following me. Matthew had to help me reattach the trailer...it sort of came off the hitch. Oops.

Chillin' in the playroom.

Melanie has been working really hard on this quilt. She took a few weeks off to work up the nerve to do the free motion quilting. And then practiced a lot. Then she went for it. But it took a long time! And she had a deadline to meet.

On any given day I will find several kids busy in books. One.

Two.

Three. Pretty typical for a Sunday.

Canadian Tire magazines are pretty interesting. They have a toy section, but they also have suggestions for appliances and other things that they think I need. (waffles are on sale mom!)

Comics this time. They aren't really books, are they?

Nathan is really into watching some organist dude online. He also listens for music that he may be interested in buying.

Matthew during his Air Cadet classes.

Matthew did a lot of work screwing the rink together. Melanie said she'd hammer the stakes in if he screwed it together. Something like that. Don't ask too many details because it was hard to make a working-together type of deal.

Lots of artwork up on display. Very colourful!

My stovetop started getting fritzy, with the main used outer element ring not working while the inner one only worked. And then I was grumpy and a little less than gentle with a cast iron pan so the stovetop cracked. So we got a new stovetop! All the elements work perfectly, and it's induction so it heats up super fast. And I have to be very gentle with it. If I break this one I don't get a replacement. This is what my kitchen looked like while the old went out and the new came in:

Outside time, like it or not!

I took it upon myself to clean up the lego corner. The boys (and girls) were not going to get around it, and I was tired of yelling/nagging/bribing. Even after a year of plaguing the kids, it only got worse and worse. The beginning of the cleanup job.

Middle.

End. YAY! I made sure to keep a photo of it (maybe I should hang it in my room or something) so that I can remember it. I know it won't last.