Blogtober: Day 4.

Pretty floweres to welcome my new team

members to our new site as we get ready

to open up soon for the kids and families

who will soon join us. Love the colors!

Are you still finding lovely flowers in the Fall?

~ Chy

Winter Memories.

The sweetest print ~ my favorite from Susan

Wheeler. It reminds me of many cold Winter

evenings when we would light a big fire and

the kids would join us to read or play in the

warm, cozy family room. It didn't matter how

bad it was outside, we were safe and warm

together in our home. Such good memories, 

even when the weather was not great at all!

Do you have sweet Winter memories of cold days?

~ Chy

Kids Trip.

We're just a bit giddy over here with the

news our kids will be taking the long

weekend to zip away. A concert, friends,

good food and a hotel. Now we just

have to figure out what we'll do while

everyone is away. It'll be so truly quiet!

~ Chy

Biking Memories.

Loved this Susan Wheeler print today. Reminds me

of our bike riding days when our kids were all so little. 

~ Chy

LIt Feet.

One of my counselling kids at the inner

city school I visit had new shoes this week.

She let me take some pictures to show

how cool these lit shoes really are.

Silly Boy!

Our little guy is away this weekend

visiting his dad. We miss him!!

A moment of being silly, while we

were watching a show with music.

He was dancing with my slippers.

The boy keeps us laughing all the time!

Look who arrived!!

Hi everyone!

No new house talk today. No long winded updates. No collages of pictures. I promise! Instead, I'll show you who arrived in our mailbox today. All the way across the sea from the U.K., here's Chester the Racoon!



Chester is a favorite in our preschool classroom. The star of the popular book "The Kissing Hand", he's been a great comfort for little ones who are not quite ready to be separated from mom or dad. Chester's mom kisses his hand, so he can feel the love when she's not with him. Hence the sweet red heart on his left hand. We use Chester a lot a the beginning of the school year but from day one, we've had a bit of a rag tag of stuffed racoons that had a red foamy heart shape glued on. I was so excited to find the real Chester one day while searching for something else on the net. It took most of the summer to arrive from across the sea but the wait was worth the time. There is a whole series of Chester stories but this one has always been, hands down, our favorite.



Can't wait for the 1st day on Tuesday!

Have you ever read "The Kissing Hand?"