Friday Fill-ins: Flags and Bullies

And...here we go!

1. Apples are to oranges as cats are to dogs.

2. I am so done with people and their children. Bullies start early it seems...and that's all I have to say about that.

3. I think I hear Emma singing and Aidan reading.

4. The wonderful Canadian flag.

5. Do what you want to do, but don't come crying to me if it does not turn out to be exactly as you had planned.

6. Aidan was walking down the street and behind him was a Radio Flyer wagon; in the wagon was a bucket filled with dinosaurs.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to perhaps going out for Mother's Day and then relaxing at home, tomorrow my plans include swimming lessons, dropping Aidan off at a party and then working in Promiseland and Sunday, I want to eat the wonderful "Dad flips" (aka Pancakes) that Aidan and Daddy are going to make me (totally Aidan's idea), small group and then pick up my parents from the airport!

A Quick Update

Aidan with Patches(the Preschool bear) at the park yesterday


On the slide

Trying to get the kids to look at the camera at the same time...Not quite!

Emma and Patches.

I just wanted to fill you in with an update on the kids.

Emma has been sleeping quite well in her big girl bed. She is doing so well with it!! I knew she was ready. I just wasn't sure if we were!!

She is not doing so well at swimming, though. She cried for the first 15 minutes after getting in the water. She did not like the water too much. After that, though, she did do some floats, even one for the teacher who she is totally afraid of!!

Aidan, on the other hand, is doing AWESOME!! He is so excited to do his lessons and even put his head under the water on Saturday (which he has never done). We are very proud.

That's all. My parents are in Toronto for my Dad's 6th month check-up. Hopefully everything goes alright.

Have a wonderful Monday...if that's possible!

Poetry...

Good day everyone! How are you all doing today?? Have you been having a good week? Anyone feeling fluish??? No?? Okay, well, I am not going to blog about the Swine Flu today. I am tired of hearing about it, actually. Unless we are all going to crawl into a hole until it blows over, I am going to continue to live on!!

This month (unbenounced to me) was Poetry Month. In honor of that, I thought I would do a little bit about poetry. I love poetry and have a poetry blog site (I will mention later). Unfortunately, I have not had very much time to write lately. I am hoping to change up some of my routines in order to fix that problem.

Anyway, here are the questions that I am supposed to answer. I hope you enjoy and feel free to express your opinions too!

Take from:

Do you have a favorite poet?
I have a few: Chritina Rosseti, John Donne, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Shakespeare and my favorite John Milton.

What is your favorite poem?
Paradise Lost or Rime of the Ancient Mariner

What poetic form/s do you like the best?
Any... I have no preference.

Will you carry a poem in your pocket today?
Perhaps I will find one to carry. That would be fun to do. I think I will...

What poem?
I am not sure. I will find a short one that I like.

With whom will you share it?
With my husband, kids, my mom, my Guides

Do you write poetry?
Yes I do. I have since elementary school where I won a writing contest and got to go to a writing conference and my poem was read to a whole bunch of authors at a luncheon.

Have you participated in Poetry Month?
No....

Did you write at least one poem per day?
No I haven't because I did not know about it.


How about writing a poem today?
I will post on on my poetry blog site. Please click here: http://write-room.blogspot.com/2009/04/wonderously-small.html

Manic Monday: Summer Job, Bad dates...

Snowing again. When will it be Spring? I hope soon. I am tired of this weather.

Emma did not sleep well last night and then she had a huge temper tantrum in the middle of the mall. (Lying on the floor, kicking, screaming, crying...You get the picture!) It is lovely having a two year old again... NOT!!

Here's a little something fun in my rought day!!

What's the best summer job you ever had?
One summer I worked for the company that Jonathan works for, when we lived in Edmonton. I was in charge of putting their new catalogue together. I learned a ton of things about computers, programs and publishing. It was great, albeit slightly bad for my eyes!!

Tell me about the worst date you ever went on.
That would be the date I went on with my first boyfriend to Calaway Park. He decided to tell me that they were moving away to Edmonton while we were on the top of the Ferris Wheel. (How romantic!!) That was very sad because it was my first boyfriend.

Or there was the time that I went to a Rod Stewart concert with my horrible boyfriend in grade 12. We sat on the floor and Rod proceeded to kick and throw out soccer balls during the concert. One of them my boyfriend caught and said, "I'm going to give this to my mom..." Yeah...He was a keeper... NOT!!

Do you think the age for a driver's license should be raised (currently 16 here in the U.S.)?
I think it should be raised, even in Canada. I doubt it ever would be. We do have graduated licensing here in Alberta now, but it still would be better if teens couldn't drive...