End of April 2023

So thankful to be home again. Everything looks so different, while still being the same. Winter changed into spring while we were away.

Melanie offered to cut my hair. Not too short please!!  I'm not sure why I let her, she holds a grudge to this day from the time I cut her hair too short. She was rushing me, and the sides did not match, so I kept trimming the opposite side to make it symmetrical, until it was super duper short!

Time to put the rink away. The plastic had been left out overlong, and the grass was suffering from lack of sunshine. So we all went to work at cleaning it up and putting it away. Our neighbour with the horses asked if she could remove (sell it so she could sell her house without it looking ugly and awkward up there) the green shipping container up by the property line where we normally store the rink pieces. So we had to pack it up somewhere else.

We used some of the liner to cover up the wood, and stacked it up neatly behind the chicken coop.

Jennifer got braces. She's smiling extra wide so that I can feel like my money was well spent.

And again. Thanks Jennifer. She is also helping Evelyn sort through her clothes. Evelyn always has way too much clothes and finds it overwhelming. Gotta give away the stuff you don't fit anymore, and maybe the stuff you never ever wear because you don't like it. Then you'll have enough room in your dresser!

We finished up our season at the homeschool co-op. Jennifer got a price for her colouring. Her and Evelyn really enjoyed their geography class. Jennifer memorized all the US states and capitals for it. It was handy that we did our trip during the time of this class...hopefully that helped make it feel real. Melanie and Matthew and Daniel had speech making classes. Which were very good too. Even if Melanie and Daniel didn't like making their speeches, they learned a lot. We really enjoyed participating in this co-op!

Matthew, now being an expert at brakes and tires, changed my van tires for me. He convinced me to buy a jack, because, after all, once I paid for it he could do my tires for me for free for years to come. It would pay for itself after the second time!

He also found the rock that had caused us such worry in the prairies. It sure was shiny smooth now!