HAPPY GRANDPARENTS DAY!!!!!!!

If anyone deserves a special day, it is THESE PEOPLE.  These people who survived their own children - I'm talking practically-ruined hot tubs and spontaneous moves to Cairo - and somehow manage to be all lovey-dovey and WONDERFUL to the offspring of said own children.  It's magic.  And we all look up to YOU!

Happy, happy Grandparents Day to the amazing people who love our daughter to the moon and back!

XOXO

When I was little, my Dad gave me the nickname "HOLLYWOOD" with good reason.

With that in mind, do you think this darling girl is my daughter?

There's NO WAY a better playmate exists. Anywhere. On this Earth.

Yesterday's "NORY REPORT" - compliments of NANNY KUMARI

A picture from the summer:  strolling around Queen St. on a sunny, sunny day.

1)  "No sleep!"
2)  "Too much happy joke!"
3)  "All the time like this (insert bulldog face)."

Haha.  That's our girl!!!!!!!!!

THE BULLDOG IS BACK!!!!!

Over the summer, Nory started to do this "BULLDOG" face.  Some of you were lucky enough to witness this trick before she phased it out.  Some of you weren't.  Well, GOOD NEWS!  It returned YESTERDAY and I have video footage.  So funny how it coincides with the return of the BULLDOGS basketball program at our school!

We're not supposed to have "favourites" BUT........

Today at school I met my two remaining classes. As part of the introduction process, we were drawing pictures to represent different things about ourselves.  I cheated and showed a slideshow of photographs instead.  This was one of them: 

When I asked the class what this picture might say about my personality, one boy responded:

"I think you're like.....a model.....and you do lots of model jumps in front of important buildings."

Call me unprofessional, but he's a FAVE for sure ;)

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL!!!!

This morning we arrived at school to find this little treat in our mailbox:

It was so thoughtful of our STELLAR administration team to do this and a great way to start another school year!  It really is the small things.....

Anyways, both Phil and I had a good first day of school.  Due to assemblies and advisory periods, I only got to meet 2 out of my 4 classes, but I look forward to meeting the other two groups tomorrow.  Phil hosted intramural sign-ups at recess and he's not home at the moment because he's doing this thing called BASKETBALL.  HA!  First day of school, first practice of the season.  Those boys just can't get enough.

As for the Kindergarten to Grade 5 students, there was an "orientation" day where students and parents were encouraged to come to school and meet their teachers.  On days like these, two things are made clear about the women in this country:

1)  They have AMAZING STYLE.  Like - Fashion Police would have a really hard time coming up with anything clever against them.

2)  They are BEAUTIFUL.  Seriously.  STUNNING.  

Okee....PLAYTIME CALLS!!!!!  Time for some Mommy-Nory time before Daddy gets home :)

Wishing those of you back home a very happy first day of school!!! 

Three Random Things:

1) Tonight there was a fire at the building beside us.  It was quite something to watch (as you can tell by the many onlookers at street level).  I hope the people who were evacuated are okay!
  

2)  One might look at the arrangement of items in the wardrobe below and be ecstatic.  Everything is neatly folded and organized into nice little piles.  But here's the thing: the size/type categories that I had put so much time into in the past have now been discarded by the space-saving groupings that Kumari put so much time into today.  I think I'm going to have to let this one go considering our darling Nanny was simply trying to be proactive and amazing.  There's no option but to LOVE her!

3)  Our first day with students is TOMORROW!  I almost had a heart attack this afternoon, as the new desk I was supposed to receive on the weekend was not delivered until 1:30 today.  Because of this, I missed a health insurance meeting that seemed increasingly important as my heart almost pounded out of my chest.  What can I say?  I'm an on-time kinda person and a disorganized classroom the AFTERNOON before kiddo's is a real stress inducer.  Anyways, the desk eventually came with the heroic help of my deputy principal and my classroom is all ready for day one.  Speaking of which, here's a nice "first day of school eve" article to read.

HAPPY NEW SCHOOL YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!!!!!!!!

This household is a giggling, happy one.

 Today marks Girlie's FIRST PIGTAILS!!!

There's Something About SEPTEMBER 1st.....

For most people, this crazy need to "get into shape, STAT!" happens pre-swimsuit season.  Then there's us.  And every other teacher at our school (or so it seems).  We go on a health hiatus all summer long and then return at the end of August to discover some working out needs to take place.  I've spoken to more motivated dieters/exercisers than you could imagine in the past few days - people drinking protein shakes, starting the dreadful "INSANITY" or "P90X" programs, joining the gym, purchasing workout equipment, revamping the grocery list, etc.  No wonder why I forced myself onto the treadmill at 5:30 this morning!  It's an epidemic!  But a good one.  I think. 

Phil was also on the treadmill/in the weight room today.  And then there was this little chicken:

Planking like a BOSS.  She knows what's up!!!!

Cheers to WELL-BEING!  And September!  And ANOTHER school year!