The Coswan's Blog....NOW News from the South: 4th Birthdays.....and Sun.......

The hectic schedule these days continues......I've begun commuting to Calgary every other week (or so) to begin the new job, the girls are signed up for events pretty much 5 days a week (swimming, gymnastics, preschool, etc), and spring weather is getting us out and about doing more things.

The first recent highlight was a Mothers Day Tea at Kate's school, where the Mom's were invited in for an hour to have a Mothers Day Tea with their child. So, Andrea and Kate dressed up and headed into school, but not before decorating their tea cups! There were special songs for Mom, a tea/snack session, and a great gift - a hand painted plate that Kate crafted up for Andrea. They both had a great day.

Next up was Kate's 4th Birthday! She was very excited about the bday this year, so we made sure she had a good, event filled birthday. The official day fell on a Tuesday, so we told her that she could choose anywhere she wanted to go for a family Birthday Supper - thinking she would choose old faithful, BP's. But, in true kid fashion, she mixed it up, and requested that we go out for Chinese food, and sit in the restaurant to eat! Nice!!!! We went to a place we've ordered out from a good number of times.....great food for takeout, so eating in should be even better. Turns out it took FOREVER, but when it did arrive, boy, was it worth it!!! We all had a great dinner out.......with both kids destroying the supper.

We then booked the bouncy castle/party room at the Syncrude Center in town the following Saturday, so we had an hour for Kate and 9 other kids to bounce/play, then it was off to the party room for snacks, cake, and a few games. We weren't certain the day would go off as well as it did, as I was in Edmonton for meetings, and was to fly back Saturday morning. I got on the 7am flight, flew to Fort Mac, but it was too foggy to land, and flew back to Edmonton (all this on 2.5 hours of sleep.....as we had a bit of a party for one of our Edmonton friends/co-workers). The rescheduled WestJet flight wasn't set for Fort Mac until 6pm, so I had to find another way.....and after digging with Air Canada, got on a 10:30 flight to try again and land. Luckily this time we did land, I was home around noon, and then off to the party!

Other than that, we're slowly getting ready for the move.......very slowly. There isn't a pile to do prior when the moving company does the packing, but we're trying to decluttter a bit, are piling things up for donations, and may even brave a garage sale. We'll see how it all goes, but in just over a month, we'll be back in Calgary. Crazy!!!!

Hope this post finds you and yours well, and enjoying some warm, spring weather.