Good News!

So I have some very good news! One of my sisters co-workers has three little boys that I babysat for a couple of weeks ago and last week I got a call from his wife who is a stay at home mom and she asked if I would be willing to come by once a week for five hours and watch the boys so she can run errands or just get stuff done around the house and a bonus was I am able to bring Miss A with me! Of course I said yes. Well today was my first day and it went great! Miss A is having a little bit of trouble sharing her mama, but I'm thinking about doing a reward system for when she does well. So we are very excited to be working with this great family!
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On Sunday after church we went to watch boat races. Boat races in the frozen tundra you ask... I know I had the same question! I had no idea anything like this existed. We have a winter carnival in the cities that I've never been to and the boat races were part of it. I wish I would have brought my camera because the visual is so much better then me trying to explain it, but I'll try! So they start on a lake... frozen obviously! The boat is sort of like a canoe with three skates on the bottom two in the back and one in the front. These boats also have a sail on them and the person racing the boat pushes off and then gets in it and they steer it with a rope sort of like the reins on a horse. It was definitely interesting. Fortunately it was about 30 degrees out. The winds made it feel a little colder, but that also made the races a little more interesting. They only lasted 30 minutes which was a pretty decent amount of time to spend outside. It was a new experience and as long as the weather is decent next year I think we'll go again!