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This was the last ‘regular’ weekend of school. Although there are two weeks left of school,
this is the last ‘children’ week. So, to
celebrate, 15 of us piled into a bus and went to the beach for the PE teachers
(danielles) birthday/kitesurfing bonanza.
It was an awesome way to see everyone off in ‘non-teacher’
style. There are a bunch of other things
going on too but they are next week and I will post them later.
In the meantime, I go home on the 29th and arrive
in Winnipeg at 4pm
Also,
HAPPY FATHERS DAY!
Cool things my dad has done:
*sang ‘I’m flying’ from ‘peter pan’ (the 1950’s mary martin
version!) while pushing me on the swings
*made magic toast and read Robert muncsh mini-books before
dropping me off at daycare
*introduced me to Indiana jones, star trek, star wars and
alien. At the mature age of like, 6.
Don’t mess with this girl.
*let me flood the sandbox in the summer and make a giant
mess in the house
*Let me build life-threateningly deep snow forts in the
winter...And coming inside and making a giant mess in the house.
*Let me have massive Halloween bashes…and making a giant
mess in the house.
*Helping me with cleaning UP the messes. (all kinds. Snow. Mud. Sand. Beer cans. Broken Glass.
Fake spider web.)
*Helping with cleaning up the emotional messes. (no skeletons hiding in the closet in this
family. We prefer to proudly display
them in our front yard on Halloween.) J
*taught me how to survive a vampire attack (but of course,
we all know that they will not attack you- for you have to INVITE them inside
before they can come near you)
*Given me the passion to teach, and teach with creativity
and humor (with doses of sarcasm thrown here and there).
*I will never stop doing this: say a line from a movie or
book and then smirk and say ‘whats that from??’ ‘what movie is that from??’
*I would not play piano without my dad. Or be able to
swim. Or skate.
*Given me the gift of art.
From painting to doodling, I have never had to rely on someone else to
‘draw this for me’
*Given me the ability to participate in conversations that
go along the lines of ‘The book was
better than the movie because…’ – my dad read us the book, and THEN took us
to the movies. (Pagemaster..hobbit..)
*My dad managed to have best jack-o-lanterns on the street.
HANDS DOWN.
So, dad if you are reading this… (and I do mean ‘if’ because
I find it miraculous that he even knew what a ‘blog’ was)- Thank you for all
your hard work- and I REALLY hope you take this day to relax and do whatever it
is you love to do.
dad is in the left-hand corner :) |