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A Few Random Thoughts on Pace’s Final Day of Grade One

At the beginning of the year, the teacher said that any kid who read 300 books would get a prize at the end of the year.  Pace ended up reading around 400 books (and probably more that we didn’t always remember to write in his reading log), got a pretty cool “Thunder Maker” toy as […]

Posted 26 June 2014 § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Sasha Grooving

Shea got invited to Pace’s school for a Volunteer Appreciation Tea for some work she’d done to help out with Pace’s class this year while she was on maternity leave.  She took Sasha to the tea and it was a pleasant surprise that Pace’s class was also the one chosen to entertain the volunteers.  Sasha […]

Posted 07 June 2014 § Family § Humour § Pace § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – One Thing I Noticed About Pace’s Report Card…

I have an English degree so can’t help but notice that Pace went from “MEeeting” to “EsTablished” (which is the highest level in the school’s rating system) in English Language Arts between the first and second terms of Grade One. Shea has a degree in Nursing and I also noticed that his Health Education mark […]

Posted 22 March 2014 § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – If You’re Gonna Get Detention, These Are The Ways To Do It.

  I love these (and am particularly sympathetic to the kid who corrected the teacher about a mile being longer than a kilometre and got in trouble for it!) although, as always with the things you read on the Internet, skepticism is important too.

Posted 29 November 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “9 was minding his business/Talking to 10 about Gordie Howe’s clothes/Why 7 ate 9 nobody knows”

Pace’s grade one class has access to a site called IXL.ca.  This site has a series of modules on various aspects of math that kids can work through to learn concepts including counting, addition, shapes and so on. There are dozens of modules under various headings, each with escalating levels of difficulty – for example, under […]

Posted 14 October 2013 § Internet § Pace § Shea § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

The Future #skndpldr Cabinet

Others have weighed in with their thoughts on the first All-Candidates Forum (and one thing that is clear from the varied commentary I’ve seen online and heard directly from others) is that no one really “won” the debate and instead, by the end of the night, the (relatively) equal footing of the various candidates so […]

Posted 20 November 2012 § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Kindergarten Orientation

Pace had a half-day kindergarten orientation on Friday. Definitely a bittersweet day. Everyone tells you but hard to believe how fast they grow…

Posted 09 June 2012 § Family § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – University of Regina (As Viewed From the Sask Science Centre)

Shea’s out with a friend tonight so Pace and I got to have a Boy’s Night Out.  He wanted to go clubbing <grin> but instead, we went to see “Born to Be Wild 3D” at the Kramer Imax Theatre in the Sask Science Centre.  I snapped this pic while we were playing in their outdoor […]

Posted 28 May 2011 § Family § MemoryLane § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,