As They Grow Up

A LOT has happened since I last wrote! Sorry it's taken me so long to write again! I can't believe it's been over a year!

Loki is a year and a bit, 38.8lbs, adorable and getting to be a very well mannered pup.

Tips is 9, wowsa! He's being toilet trained, and has been healthy cat with no more issues with the crystals this year.


Now us! We moved to a South London apartment at Easter. It got us out of a rut, Korbin away from his bullies (and unfortunately also his awesome teacher), and saw Amberle in Daycare. Korbin did great at Ashley Oaks (it's great to 'interview' schools while supply teaching!) and had another great teacher there. 2 in one year!

He stopped karate in October, things weren't working out. We put him in swimming, and he loved it! He's in level 3 now and swimming full lengths of the pool! :)


Amberle misses her London friends, but also loved making new ones at her 'school.' Her daycare was attached to Korbin's school, which made drop offs in the morning a lot easier! She made new friends, and talked about them at home too.

Korbin started baseball in May, and took to it very well! He only played for a couple weeks though, because ... We moved again!


June 25 and 26, we moved to our new home in Windsor! As Korbin put it, we moved from South London to South Windsor. ;)


It was a chaotic time, as I also had my first LTO (long term occasional) contract, meaning I filled in for a 7/8 teacher from April to June 15. Report cards and all! ;) At least I had a bit of off time to pack!


As I said, we moved June 25/26. School wasn't done until June 29 though! Korbin, Amberle and I camped out in the empty apartment! Matt joined us on Monday and glad he did because we forgot the air pump for the mattresses! We had to come back though, because my class had grad and the kids had school. A move to remember. :)

It's been nearly 2 months now, and the boxes are empty, we're settled in, and we love having our very first very own home!

Korbin has made lots of friends on the street, Amberle has found one too, and even Loki. Tomorrow is my first open house for my new business, There & Back Again.http://www.ThereAndBackAgainON.ca I can't wait to meet interested clients and their children, my students to be!

More later, and hopefully sooner!
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<-- Loki coming home

I've had it with my kid being ganged up on! Monkey has had at least one bully every year he's been in school, and this year it has gotten to the point of several kids ganging up on him. He's been telling me that four boys have been choking him, and punching him, and when he went to tell the teacher, they would block him and threaten him that they'd hurt him even worse if he told. AND bribing him! He said that one offered him a bakugan for not telling, another some other toy, and that's just ridiculous! He was to the point of not wanting to tell me because I wanted to know details to tell him principal.

Well, I can't just stand by, so I called his principal on Wednesday after work, and she called each of the four boys into her office. We thought the problem was solved, but on Thursday, five other boys were on him!

The story was that Monkey was digging a moat for their fort, when they decided they didn't want him to. One kicked snow in his face, and when Monkey went to tell the teacher, they all chased him and tried to jump on him. The first one missed, but the second one got him so they all dog piled on top of him. When they finally got off and Monkey was getting up, they took turns punching him in the back! Finally he got to the teacher and they had to stand on the wall. Hardly a severe enough punishment.

I marched him into the Principal's office to tell her what had happened and Matt got a call yesterday that they each had it marked on their permanent records, and had consequences at school. I hope this is the end of it and that things don't get worse because I'm standing up for my kid!

I got to meet a whole bunch of new people last night at the London Ontario Pagans Coffee Social! Dona decided to have an open house to discuss what we could do to get more people out, and tada! A little entertainment, and a little freedom to discuss what they want and the people will come! We even ran out of coffee for what Donna announced is the first time! :) Yay! Definitely had a great time and got to see some friends I hadn't seen for a while!

What a lucky kid! From us, he got a bullet bill (Super Mario) t-shirt, a new gui top, and tickets to Medieval Times (details to follow). From Aunt Fiona and Uncle Andrew he got three bionicles. From Uncle Mike and Aunt Ni-cool he got a ninja motorcycle and King Kong cartoon show. From Grandma and Grandpa Ross he got Mario at the Olympics for Wii. From Grandpa and Grandma Susan he got a trip bowling and a bit of money. Finally, from Nanny and Papa, he got a IOU for some heeleys and new snowpants and a card with some moula from Uncle Drew! Uncle Jason and Aunt Amanda sent him a gift (the lego set right?) with the Christmas bundle too! What a lucky kid!

And the details for Medieval Times!...

I picked Monkey up at 1pm from school on Friday, Feb 5 so we could get in the car and head off to Nanny and Papa's (I had a delightful class that morning by the way!). We got off on schedule and Kanga settled in nicely! As soon as daddy arrived, we were off to Toronto! We took the 403 for the first time, and it was a rather simple drive!

Once we found our parking, we realized we were only a few metres from the entrance! Score! Walked right in, no lines as we were nice and early. ;) We got our yellow knight passes for table 4 and in to the castle we went!

We got Monkey a foam sword and shield right off the bat, and paid for his birthday knighting. That meant that he got a little ceremony, his picture, and his name announced with his birthday in the event! Pretty cool for $20! That was all done by about 6:30 though, and the show wasn't until 7. We wandered around, and went through the dungeon of torture. Not really a Monkey appropriate show!

Time passed quickly enough though, and before we knew it, we were listening to the master of ceremonies introduce the story, and in we went! Yellow got to go first! :) We were seated in the second row, and right at the centre back of the auditorium. I thought it was great! Soon we were being served our soup, and we bought Monkey a yellow flag to cheer for our knight.

We ate tomato soup, roasted chicken (1/2), a rib, 1/2 a roasted potato, and a slice of garlic bread. It was all eaten with our hands and we loved it! For dessert we had an apple pastry, and Monkey's had a candle in it. The show was great, and our knight was very skilled. I won't tell you the story though, you can go see for yourselves! ;)

After the show, and all through it, Monkey kept saying "This is the best birthday ever!" He loved it! Hooray! Once the show was over, Monkey bought a t-shirt and a dvd. He also got the yellow knight to sign his flag. All the characters were standing around the bar to chat and sign things. It was cool!

We headed out and on to Fiona's around 10, and had a nice visit before heading off to bed. In the morning, Andrew and Fiona made us a huge birthday breakfast and had cupcakes too. Monkey thought it was great! After wards, they took us all to Zellers for Monkey to choose a birthday gift (the 3 bionicles mentioned above), and then it was off to Nanny and Papa's to have a birthday lunch and get Kanga!

From the updates, we knew that she had slept well, and all night! I wasn't concerned a bit! Then we found out that our poor little girl had been sick a couple times and needed her bed changed, and a bath to wash out her hair! Poor thing! Nanny didn't want to worry us, and she hadn't had a fever, so Nanny and Uncle Drew took care of her and made her feel better. Luckily she was over that bit of flu quickly! Still not very hungry for the next couple of days, but happy and not throwing up!

We had a light lunch as we got in a bit late, and then had burgers and fries for supper. Monkey was getting tired, and time was flying, so we headed out after a home made cake.

Yesterday (Feb 13) dad and Susan came to take us bowling. We went to Fleetway, which has an attached Dairy Queen, so we had lunch and then hit the lanes! We all did quite well and had a blast! Monkey broke a hundred for the first time, and yes we love the bumpers. ;)