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3.11.13

March Break: Day One.

I don’t remember BIG plans during March break when I was in school.  I don’t really remember friends taking holidays with their families or day camps.  It was just a week off and that meant NO SCHOOL.

Times have changed.  Now you not only have a week off school, but a full, busy, scheduled week.  Or so it seems for other families.  Ha.  We have no plans.

We hope to have a few playdates, but otherwise, the week is our oyster.  That doesn’t really work, does it?

That doesn’t mean though that we won’t have an awesome week together.   Quite the contrary.  We are going to have a fly-by-the-seat-of-our-pants kind of week.

With backpacks filled with snacks, we decided to hop on a city bus and head downtown for lunch.  It wasn’t fancy, no more than a quick stop at Subway, but with a visit to friends, our day was action packed and quite out of the norm for us.  And I love me a good adventure.

After our arrival home and a short nap (sadly, only for Wes), we filled up spray bottles with coloured water and did some snow painting.  I mean, really, if you are still going to have THIS MUCH SNOW, you might as well make it look pretty.

Tomorrow?  Still deciding.  What do you have planned for your day?

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3.7.13

Big and Little.

Today was awesome.  Having a little boy who loves super heroes, fire trucks, pirates and all things boy was made so much more awesome when we walked into our local fire station to look around.  It’s something I’ve always wanted to do, but never took the opportunity.

Having a friend who is a fire fighter helps, but it turns out that anyone is welcome to visit.  It was our first time, but it won’t be our last.

Wes was on cloud 9.  He wanted to climb up into each truck and probably could have played there for hours.  I have to admit that I was pretty impressed as well.  I didn’t climb up into the driver’s seat, but totally would have if someone would have suggested it.

Maybe next time…?

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March 8, 2013 - 7:58 am

Alicia - So very BIG and so little. We’ll have to go back in the Spring for more exploring, when Darren has a little more time.

3.6.13

Archived.

Did you notice the little change in the look of forgetful.ca?  I think we needed a little freshen up for 2013.  It’s cleaner, brighter and a little snazzier.  Thoughts? 

My favourite part, and this was completely unintentional, is the archives function at the very bottom.  A few times this week already, I was trying to find something to show a co-worker, and so I’d guesstimate on the month, pull up the results and voila! All the posts from that month just a click away.  The old format did this just fine, but would only list titles of old posts so I’d actually have click on each one to find what I was looking for.  This one shows me all the pictures! 

Go look.  I’ll wait. 

Back? 

So, anyways,  I’ll go in there hunting for something, and then I’ll stick around clicking open some of the posts to get a better look at the pictures. 

In doing so, I’ve found some of my favourite posts that I had lost track of.  Like this one, this one and especially this one.  

And then there have been a few months where I’ve only posted once or twice and I was almost sad to see there were so few. 

Life is BUSY.  SO BUSY.  But I really need to make time to post.  I will look back a regret these little blog breaks.  Like the one I’m ending now.  I think I posted twice last month.  Next year, I’ll wish I had taken the time.   I mean, can you imagine if I hadn’t shared this little jem:

Side Note:  Reading the comments from years ago had me in stitches more than the actual posts.  You guys are funny.  I miss you.

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March 6, 2013 - 3:35 pm

Alicia - Great photo & great to see you back at it. Can`t wait to read all the catch up posts 🙂 Ooooor I`ll just be happy with you posting regularly from here on in.

March 7, 2013 - 4:10 pm

Cathy - So adorable!

March 7, 2013 - 7:05 pm

Kristin - I loved that Elmo post…her face is priceless. 🙂

March 26, 2013 - 12:20 pm

Melissa - Kaleb would be in heaven too! He saw one just the other day, but there was no sitting or climbing. I can’t say I would feel comfortable knocking on the door of the fire station haha.

xo