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back-gammon'n'beers (n'toastiesn'savouries)

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 29^th 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 :)