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Less than 3 weeks left of the summer! I can hardly believe so much time has passed. I am more ready than the kids for school to start - they need structure!! We are trying to get a few things in before the big day - maybe the beach if the weather stays warm. I included some pictures of us walking through "the bush" at a park near us where they have cool walking trails through the woods. And of course I have a few more of the "splash park", something we have done several times this summer.

Overall we are doing really well. The kids are awesome and I admire their ability to adjust so easily. For me, it is very stressful - the unknown - and it takes a lot of positive thoughts and faith on my part each day. I am hopeful that as the new school year begins, I will have a good idea of where I stand in terms of job prospects. I am reading a book called "The Book of Negroes" (very good by the way - fascinating) which is about a girl's life journey who was stolen from Africa and put into slavery (fiction). Next to her, my worries are small and my life is a bed of roses. So I figure if I read sad, miserable stories, I will keep my chin up! Seriously though, I feel like I am on a path and it will unfold as it is meant to.

I found some quotes to keep me going each day. Here are a couple of my favorite:

Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase - MLK

Be like the bird that, passing on her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing that she hath wings - Victor Hugo

Anyhow - I don't want to get preachy! On another note, Nolan has taken up calling me "Paula" for some reason. I'll be sitting there at dinner and he will say, "Pawa...can I have some mo'?". It takes everything in our power not to laugh because if we do he gets pretty mad! And when he throws a fit he puts himself in time out. He waits for me to be mad, and when I'm not he says, "I'm going in time out!". And he does. Then he will come out and stand in front of me and wait for me to scold him. If I don't he goes back into time out, comes back again. So I scold him a little and he says, "Okay" or "I understand" and then moves on from it. Yup...I got this kid thing down pat. Took me four tries.

"Talk" to you soon....Paula

I am starting to hear my Canadian accent sneak back up? My voice is ending in a question even when I am not asking one? Yikes - you can take the girl out of Canada, but you can't take the Canada out of the girl (or the middle aged woman). Cheers!