First week back.

I am back in the routine of school and embracing my new theme of Peter Pan. I think it will be a really good topic and the kids like it so far! As well as getting my room ready, I have fostered a cat! Her name is Saphie and she is approx. 9 years old. I will look after her until she finds a forever home. She is the sweetest cat and loves to cuddle most of the time! She makes us smile and she is nice to come home too!

This past weekend, Jess, Josh and I went to Ascot Races... where the Queen goes! She wasn't there this weekend, but it was a Food and Wine Festival. There were 8 races and we all bet on all of them! It was a bit more complex here than at the races back home, but we figured it out quite quickly! I won money off three horses and there was even a horse called Bay of St.Malo! I bet on him and he came in 3rd... so we did get some money back! Usually people wearing fancy hats and headbands to the Ascot races but you didn't need to for this festival. Although, there were some ladies wearing them. It was fun to get dressed up and experience something very British!

I spent today planning for the rest of the week at school..the first week of proper lessons with my new class!!

Saphie cat!

Mermaid Lagoon

London Skyline

All dressed up.

At the races!

My guy:)

The parade ring.

My Visit home to Canada.

After my week spent in Greece, I set off to spend the rest of the summer in Canada! It was so amazing to see all my family and friends and show Josh around Winnipeg and Montreal!

I went to Karleighs cabin, saw Folklorama, visited my friends at their new apartments, went to the farm and much more! It was also neat to show Josh some areas of Winnipeg that I would usually not spend a lot of time at, or atleast not spend time wandering and reading information! We went to Assiniboine park, The Forks, The Human Rights Museum and much more! Josh and I really enjoyed spending time with my parents, who are just so wonderful! :) We wish we could go back and play more games of Quiddler, have more bonfires and make more smores!

Finally got to meet this angel :)

My lovelies

One of the best days of the whole trip!

The bugs were so bad!

At the Human Rights Museum

Such a good holiday.

After 2 and a half weeks in Winnipeg, we set off for Montreal to stay with Susannah. We explored the entire city and absolutely loved it! We went to Mount Royal, did some shopping, introduced Josh to Poutine (he loved it!), went for delicious suppers, swam in a rooftop pool, went back to Candi Bar, up the Olympic tower and explored the botanical gardens. We also forced Susannah to watch one of our favourite shows... Locked Up Abroad! She hated it. We also went to this Cat Cafe, where they have about 5 cats you could play with while having your coffee. It was called Cafe Venosa!

Cafe Venosa!

Candi Bar

Mount Royal

Showing Josh a Canadian tradition!!!

Rooftop pool

Musical Swings!

From the top of the Olympic Tower!

It was quite sad to leave for both Josh and I, however it is back to the work life with a new bunch of kiddies. I have been working hard on my new classroom theme... Peter Pan! I will post pictures when it is complete! This weekend I also went into London to experience the Notting Hill Carnival and see Kiara! It happens every year for the August Bank Holiday and is Caribbean themed. It was very loud with tons of people enjoying the music and food! They also had a parade but we didn't see very many floats. I am glad I experienced it, however I don't think I would go back.