Well, it's happened - our youngest is officially in the double digits!
Brian took the kids snowboarding on Presidents Day while I hung out with Adam again (and took him to Mod Pizza for dinner, I think he's going to be looking forward to snowboarding days from now on lol! That next weekend we had Nathan's birthday party. He had 4 of his friends over and they hung out, played laser tag, had some KFC and ice cream cake, it was a good day! His actual birthday was on the following Monday (the 28th). He took some cupcakes to school to celebrate with his class and got his gifts from us. My baby is 10!
Another thing that happened last week is that I had my first subbing job! Yep, I am officially a working woman, albeit very part time. I started with a 5 hour 15 minute shift at Mark Twain Elementary as an Instructional Assistant last Tuesday. I got put in a classroom as a para to a special needs kid, and it was pretty much the definition of being thrown in the deep end:-/. It was okay but I didn't get a lot of guidance and this kid was pretty high needs, so it was definitely putting me out of my comfort zone! The day held a lot of variety - I did some recess and lunch room supervision, some photocopying, more para work with this kid, etc. It was a pretty good first day all in all. On Friday, I went to Redmond Elementary for a 4 hour shift as an IA (Instructional Assistant), and it was quite a different experience - I was outside as recess/lunch supervision almost the entire time (also crossing guard help at the end of the day). I was there again today for the same shift, and it went a bit better today because I was already a bit more familiar. The time went by a bit quicker today. Tomorrow I am going to Clara Barton for a full day shift as a para. I hope I am reasonably equipped for whatever needs this kiddo I am working with might have!
It's been interesting to start working. So far I can still manage the household things, but this week I am taking a shift on 3 of the 5 weekdays, so I might get stretched a bit thinner this week. I'm pretty tired this evening, but I really wanted to do this blog post so I mustered up the energy to do it. I am keeping an eye on how I'm feeling and will adjust how many shifts I take week to week accordingly. I do love that I am completely in control of how often to work and how long my shifts are - there are SO many openings, I have a pretty good variety to choose from! It feels good to help out in the schools, everyone has been so appreciative that I'm there.
Something exciting that happened last week was that Brian and I are going to Paris in July! Woohoo! Brian's parents are going to watch the kids in Calgary and we are flying out from there. Not a super long trip, we will fly out Friday July 8th (get there around noon on Saturday) and fly back to Calgary on Thursday July 14th (get back in the afternoon). I am so excited! I've never been there and we are staying in a nice hotel, it will so fun to explore Paris together with Brian - and over my birthday, too:-).
Speaking of fun trips, next weekend (18th-20th) I am going to San Francisco for the weekend with three of my friends (Kristy, Elisse and Yelena). We had a flight credit from a canceled trip back in 2020 (was supposed to be Kristy's 40th birthday trip) so we decided to stay pretty close to home and just do a quick weekend getaway. I'm looking forward to it! Always nice to have some trips to look forward to!
I suppose I should mention that ANOTHER member of our family had a birthday recently. Jasper turned 3 on Friday:-). His littermate Drew had a birthday party yesterday so we went, as you can see from the picture of me and Jasper with the "3" balloon (we are always piggy backing off of their celebrations lol!). I can't believe our little puppy is 3! He still acts like he's just a baby when he's left alone, hopefully he gets used to me working and not being around quite so much!
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