The last time it snowed was before my trip to Botswana. We have been so busy that we haven’t had time to post some pictures of that pretty day. Claire & Rhys loved the snow and we were happy to have a ‘real’ winter in Vancouver….even if it was only for a few days.

Jimmy is one smart guy and he somehow knew that this would be a mild winter…. He successfully reigned in my urge to buy brand new snowsuits for Claire & Rhys earlier in the season….I was expecting a lot of snow this winter and the borrowed suits we have were only used twice! Happy to have saved the money I would have spent.

As we move from Winter into Spring I have to note that time is moving so quickly! The night before my Botswana departure I realized I would be away for preschool registration. I quickly filled in the forms and contacted the registration person and arranged for Jimmy to drop the forms off while I was away. Claire & Rhys are now registered to start preschool in September! crazy !?! We choose a parent participation preschool because it felt right to us. All the parents have to take on some sort of role to help run the preschool. As well, a parent has to volunteer twice a month to be a teachers aid. In our case we have two kids so we will have to volunteer once a week…. When I say ‘we’ I really mean Jimmy as he is the stay-at-home parent 😉

To get Claire & Rhys geared up for three days a week of preschool we started going to Strong Start which is a free government-funded program for preschool aged kids. They run these programs out of designated elementary schools. It is a 4 hour program that you can attend once a week or more as you like. We went as a family recently and it was great! Claire & Rhys had fun and it will be good for them to mingle and socialize with other kids.

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After a snow day there is nothing better than getting cozy in our pajamas 🙂