Another day....

another dollar, no actually another adventure.

Dropped Jai off @ 9am only to get called @ 9:30 to come pick him up.  Apparently the poor kiddo got ran over, literally.  No, not by a vehicle, but by a 6th grader.  He alright he only had a few red marks and one heck of a bloody nose - Nice! I only brought him home to change and rest a bit.  He didn't want to come home @ first, he wanted to stay.  Anyhow, onto my point of the post.  When I went to go drop him off I was watching the kids as they played.  There were all in bunches playing.  Not many were on the "wooden structure"  (aka playground...not much play going on though!) and only a few hardcore beybladers were under it.  Other kids were running aimlessly, using skip ropes in many many MANY creative ways.  I'm glad to see them all using their minds but there really should be more than a few skip ropes to play with.  A few kids "harnessed" another child, making him pull them all around the cemented area.  Some were having a tug of war, that one kind of made me quiver.  What if the one kid let go?  It was 1 vs 3.... 3 would have toppled like dominos.  Eeeek!!!! 

Wooden Structue - aka Main Playground

After dropping him off I walked home thinking about just how important this contest through AVIVA really is.  The community really has come together.  This play area will serve the kids and families of the community, not just the school students.  As of now, we have over 16500 Votes.  Lets keep it going up, people!!!  Sign up @ AVIVA and vote for LAURA SECORD.  It really is a needed project.  The kids do have a mini playground.  Not a whole lot of room for the 600+ students.  Jais last school of 100 kids had a bigger play area - I kid you not!! 

Micro mini (but still very fun for a smaller crowd) Playground

 I hope we can stay in the top 10 for this contest and get the chance to @ least be considered for this awesome project.  I've posted,voted and tweeted like crazy, probably driven a few people nuts but you know what, its for the kids and community that surround me.  Totally well worth it.  :)

Wooden structure, swing frame shaped monkey bars? and swing set. 

If you have a min, please VOTE.

Santa arrived!!

Ok, so not here in our house but he arrived downtown.  The parade was AWESOME! Alydo loved it, the characters dressed up, the music and most of all SANTA!! Jai liked it but he is @ an age where it is uncool to show he is liking stuff. LOL  Fun, hey?!!

Nothing too thrilling on the agenda, birthday time again here.  Tomorrow is my dh's bdy, the 13th is mine and the 16th is my moms.  There are a few others but these are the main ones. :)  

Have a good one, and please vote!!!!!!!

INFO ON VOTING

Later.

All dressed up....

A week or so ago we, ok I, decided to do a last min little photo session.  I needed a xmas pic of the munchkins, this was a fave of the bunch. :) 

They clean up pretty good, eh? 

:)

p.s No, she is not really that tall.  Thank goodness for stepping tools.  LOL

Yay me!

Some pointless chatter to start the day.

Yay me, I won a $25 GC to a really cool company.  :)  With some savy shopping I managed to pick out $24.90 worth of goodies, including shipping! 

Lazy day here.  You guys? 

Another reminder to vote for Jaiden's school.  The competition is tough...VERY tough but there is always hope if we do our best.  One of the local schools/neighbourhood houses is also in the contest.  A few parents,residents might feel a a bit bad voting for only 1.  Easy way to solve that...vote for both!! Yea you will only have 1/2 the votes but you will be voting equally.  ;)  That, or you can always resume a superhero alias and use their email addy.  :) 

Anyhow.... just vote, would ya?!!  I'd love ya billions.  (maybe)

(thank you google for the image above)

Show a little love, would ya??!!!

Firstly, I'm ba-ack! on a mission too.  

Remember a bit back when I asked for votes to help J's school?? I asked you all to go to THIS page, sign up (SUPER EASY!!-You do need an email address) and VOTE for J's school to get a new playground?!  Sound familiar??  Well, I need you to do it again.  With all the awesome people out there in cyberland voting we made it into the semi finals.  Like all the other entrants, we want to WIN!!!  To do that, we need VOTES!! So PLEASE go to AVIVA COMMUNITY FUND and help us out.  Seriously,  this is a needed thing for the school.  The kids have a treehouse (no roof or really anything but a slide attached!) 1 basketball hoop and 2 swings.  No, not 2 swing sets, 2 ACTUAL SWINGS!!! For well over 600 kids.  If you follow the link to our voting page there is more info, some pics and even a few videos.  This won't just benifit the students and parents of Laura Secord Elementary, it will help everyone in the community.  The plans for the new playground/outdoor classroom are awesome, check them out on our page. 

I may sound like a broken record for a bit but please, we need the votes!!!!!!

You can vote 1 time a day, for the 10 days the voting goes on.  Votes go by EMAIL addresses not IP addresses,so get everyone in your house with an email address to help us out!!  Even Spot the doggy or Goldie the goldfish!! (KIDDING, you get the point though, right?!!!) Email the link, post it,tweet it, write it and share.  I don't care HOW you get the word out, just do it!!!!!!  

I'll probably host a little contest to get things going.   For now, pls vote & share!!!!!

Another site to check out is:  http://supportourplayground.org/  It well worth the bookmark. :)  Check it out. 

Later ,

Amanda

Lest We Forget.....

Hiatus is almost over....

Its been a LONG month.....i'll update more as well as post like crazy soon enough.