Jun 24, 2008

Parcel from my Sister



I had a nice parcel from my Sister in the mail! Susie and Abby cycled to the mail box for me - unfortunately Lloyd got me the wrong inner tube so I haven't been able to use my bike yet! But the girls went for me and got the parcel. I got a great reusable bag from the UK Homesense stores and this gorgeous Welcome sign for the house with a Bee Skep on it and honey bees :) There was also this really sad story about a bee swarm from their local paper but that was originally published in the paper 50 years ago but I think I will write that on my bee blog when I have time....and some other goodies from Homesense in the UK - including a jellybean tin that opens and closes ina cool way which Lloyd says makes me a bit of a nerd!

So thank you Karen (Commode) - it was nice to have a parcel just for me for a change!!!! :) Makes a change :) (hint hint Mom!!!!!!!!) lol!

Company for dinner


We had company for dinner tonight...one of my bees joined us :) Well, it was in the kitchen when we were serving up our dinner, and we couldn't very well put it outside because there was a thunder storm going on outside and bees can't fly in the rain.....so Lloyd put some of the syrup we had cooling on the stove, on a plate and we put the plate on the table and the bee joined us at the table :)

I'm sure our children think we are crazy :) but growing up in our house certainly isn't boring :)

Not many kids can say they have dinner with bees :) Abby offered it some of her Spring roll but the bee wasn't interested lol and just wanted its syrup :)

Jesus Feast


Yesterday at school Susannahs class had a celebration for the end of the school year (actually one of many as it seems to be all parties now - as it does in many schools I guess - they took all their school work home last week and there is no work being done any more - just fun, fun, fun!)

Yesterday they had to go to school dressed as people dressed in the time of Jesus Christ, and they had to take food to share that people would have eaten in the time of Jesus Christ. Of course we completely forgot until Sunday evening and so Sunday evening Lloyd and I drove into Sobeys muttering Jesus Christ! lol! There is me walking around Sobeys asking Lloyd what Jesus would have eaten and Lloyd making sarcastic comments about taking one fish and getting Jesus to turn it into enough to feed the whole bloody class...or just sending Susie with a bottle of red wine in a pair of fishnet stocking because wasn't Mary Magdalen a prostitute? Ah well....I'm not sure prostitutes in those days wore fishnet stockings Lloyd ;)

In the end we chose cranberry juice for the red wine and some bread to share with some goats cheese and Susie said it was a BIG hit :) And we looked up the painting of the Last Supper and sent her with a sheet that she draped across one shoulder as they all did in that painting :) Many people sent pita bread...someone else took honey which disappointed me as I was going to send some honeycomb that the kids could have dipped their fingers in!

On the subject of Jesus Christ, He makes for some interesting conversations in this household. I am atheist. Susannah s a strong Christian who attends a Catholic school. lloyd is agnostic who believes we were left here by aliens at some point. Christopher is Atheist. Laurence pulls his hoodie over his head when religion is discussed.

I say Susannah is a strong Christian but really I believe she is just easily led - always has been. I could place her midst any religion or cult and it wouldn't be long before she believed whatever anyone told her. But Christianity is fine as far as I'm concerned so if thats what she wants to believe in then thats fine with me :) lol but some of it makes me laugh of out loud and some if it makes me cringe and I have to step in and tell her that she needs to watch what she says and reword how she says things to people because I don't like how she says it.

Yesterday we were in the car with Sam and Abigail and Lloyd and I were saying something and Abigail laughs and says 'Dad thats terrible and you're going DOWN! And when you go down you get so scared you die again and again'. But I'm going up with God. She was laughing the whole time she was saying this by the way. So we were we too and I asked who told her that and she laughed and said Susannah! And she Susannah was going up with her but I was going down with Dad lol! She was giggling :)

Now see, what I don't like about this isn't that she told her little sister but that she tells her as if its fact! So I always tell Susannah to add 'I believe that....' to all her stories. Because I think its important that you should never push your beliefs on someone. Its ok for her to believe that but she shouldn't make out that that is fact because she doesn't KNOW that - no one does. She may believe that but she doesn't know that and I don't believe that that is true at all in fact I BELIEVE that that is UTTER BOLLOCKS..... thats what I BELIEVE......

If there truly was a God there would be no need to scare people into loving him/ her. thats what I believe.

But I think the Jesus Feast was a nice idea and I do believe a man named Jesus Christ lived a long time ago and died on the cross - along with many other people who died on the cross...I just don't happen to believe he was the son of god though.....

I have many wonderful friends who do though and I totally respect their beliefs though. I know they respect mine too and I love them for that.

Stickles!



This is what Stickles look like and this is my collection so far :) I love them :) I've always liked glitter and this is a yummy way to use glitter :)

Ice skating...






One afternoon last week we spent a while at one of the local rinks...we haven't been skating for ages!! A really enjoyed being back on the ice - I think we may check out some lessons in the Fall!

End of year concert..




A's drama class had their end of year concert last week - it was at the big theatre in town and was wonderful :) A's play was called 'whose shoes do you choose?'. She got to choose her own costume, learn her own script and she just had so much fun! She wants to take pert in this class again in the Fall but will have a new teacher as her teacher is due to have a baby in October.

A made several new friends in the class and swapped numbers with a few of them. One of her new friends told us about a week long drama class taking place near us in August - one is in July but we can't do that one sadly but its taking place in August possibly too so we are hoping to sign A up for that one! We'll see!
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