One Beautiful Life

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I write on my calendar in pen. It is easier to read and I like the commitment. The only problem is when things are out of your control and CHANGE….like PREP. It was originally planned for Fridays, which played so nicely into my controlled perfect schedule and then it changed to Thursdays, which for a moment, made my world come crashing to a hault. Jakob has swimming on Thursdays, which meant I would have to miss PREP for swimming or swimming for PREP, so you can imagine how thrilled I was today, when I found out there were now too many kids in our PREP class and they would start a new one on Wednesdays.

Speaking of PREP, Ella did great! She is starting to come out of her shell, which I didn’t think would happen. She just likes to watch, and there is benefit in that too but today she was actually getting into it. Clapping, tapping, not wanting to stop colouring. I am so proud of her and think this will be a very good experience for her.

And I am so thrilled that I don’t have to miss Jakob’s swimming lessons now.

To top it off, I got all of my grocery shopping done- something I have been procrastinating on for some time (yesterday we resorted to pizza out of the freezer for dinner) and I was able to pick up a pumpkin spice latte for the way home. It always makes for a better drive home.

So now I have a next to perfect schedule

Mondays- Pool Physio  at ACH

Tuesdays- Jakob is in Preschool while I am at MTO

Wednesday- PREP

Thursday- Swimming lessons for Jakob and if I can swing it, maybe even Ella

Friday- Day off!

Loving life today.

I am so sorry that I have neglected you like have lately. You don’t deserve it. You are not lesser of my blogs nor the lesser of the blog hosts. So take this post and share….

So, what adventures have the Ewert’s been having lately? Well, to be honest the most exciting ones live only in my head and heart. And I can only hope that one day I will be able to write about biking along the River Cam, stopping at farm markets, and going to Edinburgh for the weekend. aaahhhhhh…..

Oh right, Three Hills. I must start by saying this: as summer is drawing to a close, I have done some reflecting on our current state, you know, living in the frozen tundra. And I have concluded that life in Three Hills…get ready for it…is actually way better than I ever expected (not that I expected much.) We have great friends…who love great food. Jakob has great friends and Ella has all the support she could ever need. We have a warm house, we make our own fun, and romance the heck out of life. Yup, you can quote me on that.

Anyway, after a great trip out to the coast we savoured the last of the summer days and started planning for Autumn. We have a full schedule, which is the way I function best. We will see if my children are the same.

Ben- he is still the Director of the Arts Academy which means that he is preparing for lessons, productions and ensembles. A new addition to the schedule (maybe) is conducting the PBI Choir. Auditions were today and there were a mere 15 people who tried out, so time will tell. I saw someone post on Facebook today about the presidential tour. The primary purpose of this tour is to rally “raving fans”. Its kinda sad though, that all I hear in my head is “Raving Fans of what!?!” The Prairie that we all know to endorse doesn’t exist. How can you be a fan of something you have no idea about? Okay sorry, rabbit trail #1

We also did our annual hike up to the tea house at Lake Louise, here is just a snapshot of that trip.

The road has been rocky with Ella lately ( in the best rocky way possible that is). It is just that through summer we hit some developmental walls that you can read about here.  They left me quite frustrated and feeling very defeated. We met with the Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist however, to address these specific issues and I feel that we are starting to see progress again.  Some key milestones: Ella did her first sign at the beginning of this week. Of course it was “more.” And then today, I went into her room and there she was - sitting  up in her crib. I know that this seems long past due but for some reason it was a step that got missed, and she just never figured it out….until today.

This morning was Ella’s first PREP Class. We have been anticipating this for some time now. It was great! Stories, singing, colouring, gym time and mystery boxes. She tends to get overwhelmed easily in big groups and seizes up captured by all of the action. So even though it may not be the place to develop in her motor skills, I think she needs to learn to function in a class. (I will say, it isn’t that she doesn’t like to be around other children, in fact, she LOVES watching other kids, but now she needs to get comfortable joining in).

Tonight we went to PCA preschool open house. Jakob was sold at the first center…a sandbox….inside! Not to mention play dough AND CARS! which he tried to stuff in his pockets and take home. Needless to say, any fears that he might not dig it, vanished. Between Preschool and swimming lessons this fall promises to be the best life has ever been.

Oh me? I’d rather not. But as I said, I have great friends…who love great food. So I went and bought a gym pass today….

It arrived when I was in BC and it is beautiful. It’s all a learning process but overall I am happy with it. Probably moreso because it is all my beautiful Ella Bella.

First of all JAKOB turned three! He was pretty excited about it…well about the party that is. We had cars and trains and everything in between. Right after his party here in Three Hills me and the kids headed to BC. Ben, this past week, had Bard’s Backyard. The Three Hills Arts Academy presented 12th NIGHT in the backyard ( and inside when it rained). So knowing that Daddy would be somewhat absent anyway, we thought we would follow the sunshine to Sunny Tsawwassen. No really it is. It can be raining and overcast in Vancouver and it will be sunny in Tsawwassen. Just another reason I love it….but we won’t get into that. We had a fantastic time filled with trips to Granville Island, another Birthday party for Jakob and of course lots of beach time. Here are just some highlights, the rest are on facebook…sorry to say. So much to tell, but I will leave you with these snapshots.

Did you know I had another blog, yeah I am a total geek. It can be found here. Just in case you were wondering.