Pirates galore!!!

I went to the park with the kids this morning and they were having their usual fun in the swings and in the slides.

At some point, a lady from the CPE near the park came by and was sticking some paper to the underside of the slide. Sean went to check it out and said "Mommy, come, a pirate!" The lady went on to explain that they were doing a treasure hunt and she asked Sean if he would help her dig in the sand to bury the treasure. He was so thrilled! He helped her out and about 15 minutes later, a bunch of tiny kids dressed as pirates appeared and discovered the treasure. Sean was so excited to look at them, but I think deep down he wished he could've participated more. So the lady told him to wait for her, she'd be back and they'd bury another treasure.

So once again, he helped and this time, older kids came by and discovered the treasure. It happened to be snack-sized boxes of Smarties. Well the lady gave Sean and Kira a box to thank him for helping her. He was beaming! He kept saying "I help treasure pirates!" When we came home, we called his daddy to tell him about it! So cute! Kira was just happy to have Smarties!!! :-)

It's coming along nicely!

When spring finally came, we decided we were going to stain our deck this year. We have never done it since we moved here 4 years ago. It now desperately needs it! We kept ignoring that ask because we have such a huge deck. It's a blessing to have such a great deck, but you can imagine that it doesn't make it very appealing to stain :b

So last weekend, Keith got the pool all ready so that we wouldn't have to worry about it anymore. It's all done and ready to go. It looks so appealing, but the water's way too cold right now!

Then this past weekend, Keith washed the whole deck with the water pressure thingie. Just doing that made a huge difference!! He also got the stain. We'll probably be doing it this weekend; let's hope it's sunny for 3 days straight! The first coat should take a day, then the second another day and then the third day to dry.

We also got a very nice 10x10 gazebo a Loblaws. As soon as the stain is done, it's going up! It'll be nice to be able to be outside even when mosquitoes are out.

The weekend after that, we are finally painting the kitchen and the wall that had to be redone. Keith also finally got me some new hardware for the kitchen cabinets. Not quite the ones I wanted, but they look great nonetheless! No more cheap plastic handles!

All of this was bought with money we don't have, but after 4 years in a house not even halfway painted, we figured it was time to reward oursleves with some nice stuff!

Darn depression...

You know what? I wanna cry right now. It's sunny outside, the weather is beautiful. But can I enjoy it? No. I'm down in the dumps right now, and it's tough for me to just get up and get going. Everything seems impossible to do. I'm not lazy. Simply mentally exhausted. And I've had ENOUGH!!!!