hello from winnipeg.

 

a few weeks ago, i received a little package in the mail from my cousin emily. inside, i found her grade three social studies travel journal. emily is hoping that this journal makes it all across canada this school year. as it gets sent to different spots, she will be informed of its whereabouts via postcards. 

fabulous. projects like this make me pretty darn excited to graduate + become a real teacher.

next stop: my favourite italian sisters in montréal! (aren't they complete babes?!)

pps. some very observant readers may notice that mike & i's field jumping picture featured on the second page was in fact taken in IOWA, not MANITOBA. well...i think a field is a field...

project sanity: day two.

today, i went to visit these lovely little cousins in abbotsford.

we went out for lunch.
{crayons + kid sized drinks were a must}

the twins got balloons.

the big kids came home from school.
emily + i read charlotte's web.

got my hair did.
took silly picures.
and then it snowed. and snowed. and snowed.
the poor BC drivers don't know what hit them...

heading back out to vancouver tomorrow morning.
h&m, i look forward to seeing you again.

XOXO

hello again + a lovely affair

well my friends, sorry for being absent these last few days.

between final tests + papers + sleep deprivation
+ family visiting + working + feeling brain dead,
i haven't had time for much else.

but now i have only a few classes left + two measly little exams!
so.close.
la fin est proche!

this week was made insurmountably better
by finally getting to see my cousin kayla's wedding pictures.
i was a bridesmaid in this lovely little affair this past august,
and have been waiting with
bated.breath.
for the photos!

my other cousin's boyfriend was the photographer du jour,
so we acted pretty crazy
{no need to impress the photograher!}
and we had so.much.fun.

sorry for the poor quality of the pictures
i shamelessly ripped them off my cousin kayla's facebook!

nathan + kayla, you two are so crazy. i love you both.

hope you all had a swell week.
XO

little cousins

all of my extended family live out of province,

so i don't get to see these little cousins very often.
but when i was out on the west coast this summer,
i was able to spend a lovely day with them on the farm!

i acted like a five year old all day long
as i tagged along with them to their swimming lessons at the crack of dawn,
played with kitties,
did gymnastics in the hallway,
jumped on the trampoline,
looked at scrapbooks,
and perhaps most importantly,
got my hair done by six year old emily.
i mentioned that it might be hard to pin up my hair since it was so short,
to which she replied,
"oh not excessively!"

this week has certainly been excessively busy,
so i sure would love to have another five year old play date with them.
anyone care to buy me a plane ticket to abbotsford, bc?

xo