it's been a while

It has been a while since I have posted, but I have good reasons! Last week EVERYONE in my house (except the strong-as-steel stomached Grace) had the stomach flu for at least one day. It was very gross! Greg was laughing about my laundry. I had a load of puked on stuff, followed by a load of peed on stuff...that is he was laughing - until HE got sick too! I was the last to actually be sick, and Grace is still periodically feeling ill, although to date she hasn't actually gotten sick. She is such a trooper!
Anyway, Tracy's family has had it, Marlyss' kids have had it, Cheri's whole household it sounds like, have had it! There were other families missing Friday school last week because of it. It has been an interesting week and a half!
Now that we are all feeling better I am realizing that the end of the week is the beginning of December! I need to get shopping, and baking, and get those cards finished!
We decided to pull the kids out of dancing. We weren't feeling that the level of instruction, or even the level of fitness is what they were receiving in Calgary, so we decided to take them out of it before we had to pay $120 for costumes. Neither of them is particularily upset. We thought they might be at least TEMPORARILY disturbed by it, but nope...they both just agreed. It does look like they will have to continue until the end of December - but that will be okay, unless of course I can get the fees I have paid back, and then they will be completely done.
Swimming lessons are underway and are going well. I think I already posted about how much more confidence Liv has in the water since she went to camp, but even Grace's confidence level has increased. Now that the Schmirler will be opening at the end of the week again, we will have to go recreational swimming next week to keep her confidence up! Poor Amelia during lessons though! All she wants to do is go in the water! Funny baby!

Here is a picture of her, with her baby in a "sling". She cracks me up!

I am hoping to remember my camera to take some pictures of our snow covered house - for all you Calgarians to see. I don't know if you have as much snow as we do - but I did hear that it is COLDER there! I was going to say na-na-na-na-boo-boo about that, but you will have a chinook eventually, and well, I will not!

C