Our Week

 Our week started off last Friday afternoon, when we were invited to the kids' school to participate in an assembly that saw Evelyn being recognized for having exhibited the quality of "Justice" from the beginning of the school year.  Edward and I had to suppress wry smiles when we were informed of her award, because the meting of "justice" by Evelyn has a very long history, and it is usually of the frontier variety.  However, she definitely has an innate sense of fairness, and most importantly, inclusion.  Unless if involves her baby brother....

During the assembly, they provided examples of what "justice" looks like in our daily lives.  I expected they'd talk about making sure everyone got an equal share of cookie - and they did touch on smaller "j" justice, but their prime example was Rosa Parks.  I don't think I knew who she was until I took American history in Grade 11, and even then she was approached as a catalyst for the Civil Rights movement, and not from the perspective of fairness, equality and justice.  It was a little humbling to see the level of awareness of this group of elementary students in relation to these big issues.

In any case, we are very proud of her!

My apologies for the shaky camera!  I was quite far away, and had a hard time keeping her in the frame... as you can see.

Malcolm loves oatmeal.  A lot.  I took this picture for posterity, although it doesn't represent the worst of it!

In his hair, of course.

This bucolic scene was taken this morning - the kids have a PD Day.  Let's just pretend the rest of the morning looked like this, too.