Bruises and Cuts

While the new school year is going well and Declan has adjusted to being SK fantastic. His body however is taking a beating. Nearly every day he comes home with a new scrap, cut or bruise. Today he came home with a scrap on his arm and a bandaid on his leg. When asked why the bandaid Declan said he didn’t know. Apparently he was in the Library and another kid commented that he had blood on his leg. Here’s hoping this is just normal ‘boy stuff’.

Kelso

Another hike, another 7km. Declan didn't enjoy today's tree park as much since there wasn't much to look at. We still had a good time but I'm going to have to look into some more interesting things for us to check out.

Broden's mom texted me this evening. She let me know that when putting his little sister Roz to bed tonight she asked if she could marry Declan. Her Mommy said yes she could but she has to ask Declan about it. 

I mentioned it to Declan when it was his bedtime and he said "But I'm going to be an adult before her."  Guess he's going to prefer older women.

SK

Well the end of the summer came and went so fast.

We headed up to Minden for our cottage week. Declan and Chelsey had a great time hanging out all week. On the nicest days we all floated in the lake and Declan was brave enough to float briefly in the water with just swimming wings on. Next year....well I hope next year...swimming on his own!

After our cottage week there were a few days that I had off and could hang out with the kid. We visited three different "tree parks" to go hiking: Mountsberg, Mount Nemo and Hilton Falls. 

On the last day of summer break Declan met up with his BFF Broden at the park. They looked for sticks, small branches and made a "fort". We were pretty excited to hear that Broden's little sister would be in Declan's class this year.

Then it was over, summer break is officially done and The Muffin Man started Senior Kindergarten. Declan picked out what shirt he wanted to wear on his first day. After getting dressed however he had to finish the Lego he was building: A Lego "time machine". He told me it could go to "Dinosaur World, the world before phones, Stuffyland, that's just messed up and marbleworld. That's where all the good stuff is." Then off we were. He is back again with Mrs. Wigood (his favourite) and Mrs. Stumm. The hat he made for first day of school had lots of purple on it because it's "Mrs. Wigood's favourite colour."

When Daddy picked Declan up the Y Program ladies said he'd been a great helper for Roz (Broden's little sister) all day. He even gave her a hug when it was time to go. After school her Mommy asked if she'd made any friends today and she kept talking about Declan. ❤️ Made me so proud.