Quote of the Day

(After leaving the dinner table early, complaining about a sore tummy).

“Ugh, (sniffing): my fingers smell like pulled pork and Coffee Crisp!”

HAIKU - Hurricane Ida

HURRICANE IDA

Sitting in the truck.

Eating greacy McD’s. Yuk.

Battered by the storm.

HAIKU - Racoons

RACOONS

Racoons on the prowl.

3 AM. My dad did growl.

Racoons with a scowl.

HAIKU - Snapping Turtles

SNAPPING TURTLES

Down at Dollar Lake.

The snapping turtles sun-bake.

Shame it had to rain.

HAIKU - Owls & Loons

OWLS & LOONS

We love Dollar Lake.

There are lots of owls and loons.

Howling at the moon.

Co-written by Charlotte and Grace.

Banook Paddle Club

Charlotte is rocking it out there. She is tanned, toned, and filling with strength and confidence. She is surrounded by great friends. Her coaches and friends all call her "Bougie Geoff."

I don't much understand the lingo and the jargon, but I can see that my kid is out there on the lake, having the time of her life.

"Go, Geoff. GO!"

Potty Humour

Charlotte came home from the paddle club the other day and told me the most hilarious story:

“Hey, Dad. Today, when I was swimming, I did a massive fart under water, then knew I needed to go to the bathroom. So I asked my instructor if I could be excused, and then, I had the most amazing poop. (Giggles). It felt really, really good.”

“I love those satisfying poops, Tig,” I added, smiling. “Did it make you feel better?”

“Yeah,” she nodded, grinning. Clearly quite proud of herself for having shared the joke without admonishment from her father.

Michelle rolled her eyes and went back into the safety of her iPhone.

“Anyways, there was this lady—one of the parents, I think—having a meeting while she was sitting on the toilet in the other stall.”

“Urgh, she was talking to her work colleagues while she was taking a poo?”

“Yep!” (Giggling some more)...

“(Laughing) Gross. I had an old boss that used to do that.”

Charlotte cracked up and nodded, blushing red in the cheeks.

“So, what did you do?”

“Well, one of my instructors was in the room, so I had to wait until she was gone so I could finish; but then, I waited until a pause in the lady’s conversation, and flushed the toilet (she started cracking up)—so everyone at her work would know she was taking a work call in the potty!”

We both burst out laughing. We were laughing so hard, we couldn't even high-five over her awesomeness. Then Charlotte got the hiccoughs. I have never been so proud of my kid as I was during that hilarious moment.

Too funny, kid. That’s my girl!

xx,

W

Quote of the Day

“You can sleep one night without a 

silk pillow case, Mum”

(Charlotte snipes, after Michelle accused her of not packing the pillows for our road trip.)

Quote of the Day

“Never put on shorts backwards—very painful!”

Kiwi Apples

Dear New Zealand. Charlotte is upset that the last batch of apples she bought, weren’t red enough for her. Please do better next time. Will the ex-pat Kiwi.

Quote of the Day

“Did you know that snails are actually the fastest animals in the world? They’re just lazy!”

The Talk

(Charlotte) made me laugh last night - they have been doing the segment on sex ed at school - she brought home a French booklet on it and doesn’t want to talk about it... haha.  

Yesterday she told me they are doing a diarama for a project and it needs to be a natural disaster - I asked what she is going to do hers on and she said, "Puberty, thats a natural disaster!" 

Honestly, one of the funniest things I’ve heard her say! (At the time of publishing this post, she has decided to do an Avalanche for her project).

~ Michelle

Homeschooling

Quote of the Day

“What I don’t get about women, is that they wear high heels, and then they bend down in photos!”

Memories and Earrings

Our little girl started the year needing to hold my hand to cross the street.

Now, she talks on the phone, takes Zoom calls daily, and rides the mean streets alone with her buddies.

To top it all off; today, she had her ears pierced.

Beautiful girl, but what happened to our baby?