So a few weeks ago I was at home with the kids. I had been cleaning up and what not. It was a Saturday. Or some day off. Anyway, I forget where Kelly had gone, but I was alone. Charlie was downstairs playing around, and I was doing stuff. I had to go downstairs, and noticed Charlie had the phone, so I took it from him and shut it off.
Well, about 5 minutes later I get a call. "Hello?"..."Hello is Kelly MacLean Veinot there?"..."No, she's out, is there a message?"..."Are you her husband?"..."Yes."..."This is ____ _____ from the RCMP, we received a 911 call from your residence, and are checking to make sure everything is alright." ..."Oh, I think my one year old must have called it. He had the phone, and I took it fom him and hung up."..."Are you the only one home with him?"..."No, my daughters are here, too."..."Well, I am going to have to come out and check on things. It's standard procedure when we get a hang-up on a 911 call."..."Okay."
Wow, that was great news. Anyway, she came out. By this time, Kelly had come home. It was awesome having the officer come to our house. Actually, it was funny. I told the girls the police officer was a female. They were like, "What? A girl?". I had to explain that girls can be police, too. They were skeptical. The visit was fine though. She was nice, and only recorded my name and Charlie's name, and our birth dates. Great.
Anyway, in other news...I turned 32. No big deal. Still seems weird to be in the 30's. Not that I care, it just seems odd to say it.
The biggest news is.............................
Number 5 is on the way.
Kelly is about 3 and a half months along. She is due April 11th. I am going to take the end of the school year off to help her. I can get parental allowance that still gives me most of my pay.
We are excited, and so are the girls. The people I work with think we are nuts. Most of them have just 2 kids though.
Anyway, that's a little update. I have been behind a bit.
Charlie gets caught by the cops (and other news)
That Silly Charlie Boy
What a student told me today.
Well, I could probably make this an ongoing blog topic, with all the crazy things I hear.
Today I had a student tell me that being a Teacher is "not a real job". Wow...and this was first period in the morning!! hahaha. Yeah, I questioned the student about it. Apparently we Teachers don't do much besides getting headaches. This is a 17 year old I am talking about. I was a little annoyed by the student's comment at first, naturally, but as I discussed it with them, I found it funny. The student said I probably had a headache right then. It was starting. Teachers don't really do any work. That's a concept.
This student goes lobster fishing, by the way. I guess that's real work. For 6 months of the year. Minus stormy days.
...the saga continues
Went out to put the old tire on the van this morning, cause the spare tire I put on is losing air. The valve stem came right out when I tried to take the tire pressure. Top of the Morning to you, too, Mr. Spare Tire.
So as I was cranking up the jack (which has become an extremely difficult task due to some jack-stubbornness) and almost have the tire high enough to change, when BAM! the jack breaks!!!
BAAAAAAAA!!!!!
On a brighter note, we have finally used up all the scratchy no-name toilet paper I bought cause it was on sale. Boy did I get a lot of gruff about that purchase! Sheesh!! At least now we are back on track with some plushy soft TP. I am back out of the doghouse again.
Car Trouble...or Car Fun?
Well, this week we found out our Van needed some realignment of the tire kind. Kelly took it in this morning. I guess, from what I hear, she ran over one of the neighbor's dogs on the way in. Apparently the dog is okay as of right now, but Kelly is suspicious that it may be more hurt than the owners think.
Anyway, and on my way home from school, I stopped to fill up the gas tank in the car, so that Kelly could drive Emma to meet Ryan for the weekend. As I went to leave the gas station, the car wouldn't start. The guy at the station tried to boost me, but it wouldn't, and he thinks it's the starter. So, he got it rolling and popped the clutch, and I drove to the Toyota dealership, where it awaits repair.
Back to the van...I guess we need new tires. One of them is unsafe to drive on, apparently. BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
What a day. Hopefully tomorrow is better.
Sum Sum Summatime
Charlie and "Charlie Sloan", a character from Avonlea Village
Ruby and Emma with their prize ribbons
Dressed up Olde Style at A.V.
Charlie Boy's first time on the rides at Shining Waters
riding the boats with big sis Morgan
Morgan and Emma on the tiny roller coaster
My well behaved girls in front of the Cottage we rented
Charlie enjoying our new Hammock
Ruby is big enough to hang on the ropes at Upper Clements Park now
Morgan's first time on the roller coaster at UCP. She loved it.
Emma and cousin Ethan enjoying some bumper boats
Morgan and Kelly splashing around
On the Olde Fashion Cars
Some of the Zoo animals at Oaklawn Farm
The wildlife feeding the animals
Charlie loves animals...so it probably killed him to be in the stroller for this
The girls loved the animals. Emma is missing from the picture 'cause she was scared
Junior Bridesmaid at her Father's wedding. Very Pretty, no?
Emma and her father, Ryan, dancing at the reception
Morgan before the wedding
Ruby before the wedding
Charlie awaiting the wedding. He loved it! 
Emma on the first day of Grade 4!
Did I Forget To Blog That?
So I started posting some pictures of recent events, and realized I didn't do a blog about Emma's birthday. It was March 27th, so I am a little behind. She is now 9 years old. Yesterday she kept saying she is almost 10. A little bit off. But she is definitely growing up. She is done grade 3 now, and is excited about going into grade 4 this September. Here are a few pictures from her Birthday weekend.
On Father's Day we decided to take Ralph out to the Yarmouth Lighthouse, since he has never been before. I have not been for a while, obviously, because they have done some major changes to the entrance. It is very nice. Anyway, we had a good time taking pictures of the kids, and we even saw a snake! That was my favorite part. That snake made my Father's Day. Here are some pictures from the Lighthouse. PS- Ruby was a little grumpy at the lighthouse...you will see in her picture.
Morgan had her Dance Recital Father's Day weekend. She initially didn't want to be in the recital, but as the day came near, she kept asking how many more days, in great excitement. She is one of the youngest in her class, but she did great considering this and her extreme shyness. It was fun to watch her up there. For me, I would have liked to recital to be shorter. It's a lot of dancing to watch! Here is a picture of the beautiful dancer before we took her to the recital.
Somebody had a third birthday in June. Ruby is growing right up fast. She is a sweet little girl. She seems to always be happy and goofing around. Her and cousin Audrey ("Best Friends"), had a birthday party together again. I don't know if they will ever want to have separate ones. They are both such cute little girls, it is always fun to have the party together. Here are a few from the party.
Somebody turned one in June. The big boy is quite special. He is fun to have around, just like the others...but even better cause he's a boy!! hahahaha. Just kidding. Seriously though, he's a very good little boy. It's hard to believe it's been a year since he was born. It has gone by fast. He is getting to eat all kinds of food now. He loves berries and hamburgers. He's had too many blueberries lately. Too many diaper changes, if you know what I mean! Anyway, here are some pictures of his big day.
Last Saturday night the girls all got their hair curled for Sunday. It was an extreme blast!! We forgot to take pictures of them after the curlers came out. My bad. But here is a cute one of them with the curlers in! Horay!
Ralph sent us some pictures from a few years back. These are from a Youth Temple Trip back in the early 90's. They are awesomely retro! I remember those times like they were yesterday. I especially love the hair. I am going to encourage that hair to come back to life!
Anyway, that's probably enough posting for now. I am back into my Master's courses for the month of July. I can't wait to finish them up and enjoy the summer.
