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I am sure you are all missing what I have to say so I will ramble.

Some things that have happened, recently:

The extra security from out front have left. There has been a lease extension until June 30th for us. After that we need to find somewhere else to have a school It is a shame, the campus is beautiful and the pool is amazing. Thank goodness Shamus got in for a few pictures before they all left. In fact, he scared the shit out of the security. They weren't sure what to think.

Caden got a report card from preschool. He is doing well. He can do "Head, shoulders, knees and toes"in Mandarin. Really cute if you have enough ice cream to make him do it. He is, apparently, very shy to everyone, though. Everybody in the area knows him, but he ignores them all. Obviously, some of Grandma's 'fear of everything including drowning, pumas and gullycats' has rubbed off. People will yell hello to him from across the street and he will not acknowledge them, at all. He is very popular though. No slushies in the face like on Glee.

Zoe was having a tough time, recently. She has told Marni and I that she wants more friends. She has a few and they are wonderful kids but she wants the older, mean girls to like her, too. She has started to out in class (as much as a grade 1 will do) in order to make them like her. But, after a little chat, that should not be a problem. The girls who is giving her a rough time is on a behaviour modification program because she is a real snotbag.

Although, Zoe did do a self portrait of herself in art class, recently where she coloured her hair black. She is realizing that she is very different and, of course, wants to be like everyone else. It is kind of sad to see how strong those feelings are at such an early age. I feel for many of you that were probably (definitely) losers in school (you know who I'm talking about). Only the cool kids had huge, tinted glasses and feathered hair- but I do know of some that had a mullet until 2004....Simon. But, it was a cool mullet and I am sure he has the hair in a Ziploc bag at home. I am confident there will be some witty banter in response to this but mark my words.....

I realized that some of my grade 8 Korean students would still need booster seats in Alberta. They only weigh about 60lbs. That just makes me chuckle to think about that- a 15 year in a booster seat.

We had a 'lock-in' last week where the Upper school kids stayed in the school all night. We realized that Zoe is taller then 3 of the grade 6's and weighs more then most of the grades 6's and 8's. She is actually having to buy woman's shoes, too. Her feet are like flippers. Caden is not far behind (not about buying woman's shoes but it wouldn't surprise me). Oh, and I fell out of a tree. It hurt. I don't bounce like I used to.

The rainy season is approaching. Each day, about an hour of the heaviest rain you've ever seen will fall. The Thunder is amazing. But, if it rains for two or three days they will probably have to shut the school down because of the flooding.

You all hear about any volcanoes well before we do. None are close, but thank you for the concern.

I also just realized that if I was writing this blog from my living room in St. Albert, none of you would care. Shame on you.