April Sentence a Day

1st Why mother nature?!? Why?!?  It started snowing again.  Like big, fluffy, white flakes.  How does that saying go?  April snow, bring May flowers?  Hahaha.  Nope!

2nd started officially online teaching 🤷‍♀️.  Wish me and my kiddos luck.  Also it's my first ever, virtual book club.

3rd   5 a.m wake up.  I think I have a LOT on my mind.  The upside?  I got my blog written and published.  I worked through some online trouble shooting with a colleague, and got ready for a big presentation all before 7:30 a.m..  I guess that's a win! 

4th Lazy mornings and afternoons at the lake are just what we needed.  Having a change of scenery and walking new paths, especially ones in nature,  felt so good.

5th Today I work up at the lake and then went by myself for 5 km run and saw nothing but open space.  It felt so peaceful.  In times of uncertainty and amidst a national crisis, I feel grateful to find that peace and serenity.

6th School officially started for the kids and they did pretty well getting on their various platforms and getting assignments done.  I also got my SeeSaw account running for my own students and have been working tirelessly to help families get on their as well.  

7th. I'll be honest today was hard with the kids.  There were many disagreements, attitude and ultimately I felt I was just not the best parent.  I had a glass of wine with dinner and reminded myself that tomorrow is a new day.

8th Hump day!  We bought flooring for the basement that my husband and dad are installing while we spend our days inside.

9th  Last day of work before Easter!  Woot, woot!

10th Today I got a creative spark and decided to make a little Easter sign for our home.  Notice one blue bunny (my husband) and three pink bunnies (us girls).  It felt great to open up my Cricut machine again.

11th The girls decorated the Easter 🐰 cake and had a great time doing it.  I think it turned out pretty good.

12th Easter Day!!!

13th.  Feeling disappointed this morning when our alarms dinged indicating our flight to AZ that we obviously didn't take.  This is what I would have looked like flying out of here.  

14th Our basement renovation is just about complete!!!  I am in love with our family room and I know have a beautiful workout space!!!! I shared some of it on my IG stories this week and  I can't wait to show you all in an upcoming renovation post!

15th -19th I forgot to keep track 🤷‍♀️.  I know I worked many hours on my online classroom, attended many meetings and tried to figure out my new schedule of working f/t while also supporting my children with their own school work.  It's going okay to be honest.

20th Back to work.  Full day of zoom meetings.  Also my friend and I committed to each other that we would run 3X week (M, W & F).  If one doesn't do it, they owe the other one a Starbucks coffee delivery to their door.  (Which I earned on April 29th when she missed 

a run 😃)

21st The kids and I had a little dance photography fun.  Since they won't be getting dance photos done this year we decided to do some on our own.

22nd Date night with my husband.  Did my hair & makeup.  Got dressed and even put on some jewelry.  We went for a walk by the river and enjoyed a glass of wine to end the day off.

 

23rd Spent the day hauling food boxes and handing them out to our school families, all while social distancing rules were in place.  Also, our province continues to have low numbers and our Premier announced the first two phases to reopen.  May 4th for dentists, chiropractors, etc.  & phase 2 on May 19th for hair salons, stores, etc.   All this is to be taken slowly and with lots of rules in place!

24th Fri-yay!!!  Connected with some families today that haven't been able to do online learning.  Talked to one mom that just filled my bucket.  I love my job.

25th Waking up at the lake it my favorite.

26th First hot dog roast of the year!

28th. Anya received a sushi kit for Christmas and we finally attempted to make California rolls.  this kid did it mainly on her own and they were delicious.  We all enjoyed the sushi, while sitting down as a family to watch Big Brother Canada.  We began watching the Canadian version for the first time this year, but it ended suddenly due to COVID-19, so now we are watching season 6 instead.  Great family time.

 

29th I was off all day.  Just couldn't figure and my groove.  Everything felt hard and uninspiring.

30th Absolutely the complete opposite of yesterday.  Began my day with a zoom meeting with some of my students who haven't engaged in online learning yet.  It honestly filled my heart to the max and I was flying high off of that feeling all day.  Seeing them, reminded me just how much joy they bring to my life.  I skipped with a pep in my step the whole day and it was a perfect +26C (a long way from the freezing cold and snow at the beginning of the month).  I ended April on an absolute high.  

See whole blog post on this outfit.

I hope May will bring everyone some hope and reprieve.  I hope we are all still working hard to flatten and keep that curve down, while also maybe seeing a glimmer of hope and light ahead.  

Sentence a Day: Christmas Holiday Edition

Christmas Vacation Recap

I had an absolutely amazing Christmas vacation this year.  Truly, it may be one of my favorites, well you know except the year I gave birth to Anya.  Sometimes the break is gone in a blink of an eye.  This year I feel like I got just enough of everything in the best way possible.  Family. Friends. Time with the girls.  Time with my husband.  Time in the city and time outdoors. Time to sleep.  I slept a LOT, like 9 -10 hours a night, my average is 6 -7 hours. All in all, I am so happy and fulfilled right now and I actually feel ready to get back to reality.

Dec.21  We celebrated Anya's birthday with family all around.   Read my letter to my 10 year old HERE.

 

Dec. 22   We ventured out to watch the local theaters production of the ELF.  Everyone had a blast, laughed a lot and we followed it up by going for sushi.  We also were able do a quick little photo shoot of the girls.   

Dec. 23rd. The kids wanted to venture through the mall.  Anya wanted her friend to go along so I took them.  It was fairly low key. 

Dec. 24th Christmas Eve!  Proud mom moment here.  Anya approached me that the thing she wanted to do with our Elf Buddy on his last day, was to go downtown and prepare packages to handout to homeless people.  So that's what we did.  We made sandwiches, put some consumable snacks and also went to buy super warm socks for each package.  It was a wonderful opportunity for us not it to give back but interact with people in our community that we don't often get to talk to.   

Christmas Eve we went to Mass and then had family over for an evening of food, drink, stories and celebrations . 

Dec. 25 Christmas Day!  Spoiled all around.  Santa was kind to everyone and everyone felt very thankful.  We all shared a lunch together at our home and we had dinner together with my family in the evening. 

Dec. 26th We drove to Logan's side of the family for our next Christmas meal.  We spent time with cousins and had an opportunity to meet the newest baby on that side of the family. 

Dec. 27th The kids got out ski-dooing and playing with their cousins before returning back to the city.   

Dec. 28 Cleaned the house and Logan and I had an unexpected dinner invitation from childhood friends.  We were out past midnight and I took the occasion to get dressed up because why not? 

Dec. 29 Sledding with the kiddos.  The sun was shining and the weather was right!

 

Dec. 30 Off to our happy place.  The cabin! 

Dec. 31 I began the day off by reaching my goal of running everyday in December.  It was a great way to keep the stress and busyness of the season from overwhelming me and I am so happy that I was healthy enough to do it.  

We brought in the New Year  with  lake friends and family.   I had the sweetest midnight toast ever with my nephew Cooper who was a trooper and made it to midnight at the age of THREE!!!

Jan. 1st Happy New Year!  We enjoyed the great Saskatchewan winter by getting outdoors and skating on our frozen lake! 

We got the BEST NEWS on our way home!  We welcomed a new baby girl, Jade Alexandria Dautbegovic to our family!  We already love her so much and cannot wait to meet her.  

Jan. 2nd I enjoyed a quite morning coffee while admiring our tree one last time.  I also had the opportunity to cuddle with Anya on the couch while reading her the Polar Express before we got ready for the day.

Jan. 3rd  We hit the local slopes for a day of family fun at Table Mountain.  

Jan. 4th  Today I spent a good chunk of my day at school getting ready to return back to school on Monday.

Jan. 5th  And just like that it's the end of our holiday.  Walking into 2020 full of hope, optimism and joy.  Please join me again next Friday, Jan. 17th for a fashion focused post.  :)  Until then, xoxo Bo

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