I know I just posted last night, but the timing of my morning has been such that I have time and leisure to write more again today. The hot water in our house has been a brownish-orange colour for a while so I called our property managers about it. This morning it is being replaced :) Great thing about renting through a property management company! Since I got distracted in the girls' room yesterday in my cleaning I didn't wash the floors, so when I got home from dropping boys off at school and Girlie off at preschool I started getting the floors ready for scrubbing. Before I filled the bucket, though, the utility van pulled up and he turned the water off. So I'll be doing dishes and floors later today, and instead I am sitting at the kitchen table with snack and coffee, going to write. Then tackle the girls' clothes. Going through too small stuff and putting away the clean clothes I did yesterday.
For the last two mornings all I've wanted to do was curl up with my coffee and not move. Not because I'm sad, although there is more than likely still alot of that kicking around in my mind, but because I want to be lazy. It must be contagious since Sergeant has had a difficult time getting out the door for school these last two mornings too.
Last night I made a fun "kitty cat" hat for Girlie for preschool, and the others want one too now, so there has been construction paper, scissors, crayons, and glue sticks around the diningroom and kitchen. And I'm loving the creativity! Smarty made a blue fin tuna, both boys were making and decorating cupcakes (complete with cherry on top!), Monkey was of course scribbling on paper not to be left out.
When I showered this morning I came out to see the kids pretending to paint themselves with hair elastics. And there were blankets covering the livingroom floor as a basket for kittens (the kids being the kittens). Messy but fun.
It's really easy to get bogged down here. With the cloudy weather and the insane cost of living, it's not hard for this prairie family to get to missing "home". We keep busy and trundle along, though. This last weekend was absolutely gorgeous so we walked along the pier, took in some sunshine and fresh air. Sunday we left for church early and drove along the ocean for a bit. Windows down, salty air blowing into the van. It was refreshing.
I am really looking forward to the boys' no school day tomorrow. Their first one since Christmas break. And then one more week until Spring Break! Hubby is doing a course here, started Monday and it goes for three weeks, but because of the way the course is run, he's been able to come home earlier in the day! I've really enjoyed that, and so has he.
But I guess I'd better get busy here before having to go pick Girlie up. Hopefully when I get back, the water heater will be completely installed and I'll have water again!
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
more adjusting
Another couple of weeks that seemed to fly before I could get to sit down and write. Hubby got some compassionate leave starting on the 12th so he could stay home with the kids while I flew back to Alberta for my sister in law's funeral. I was very grateful to have the chance to be there and spend time with some family. Heartbreaking.
Flew back home on the 16th, coming in at 10:30pm, with Hubby leaving for a short sail the next morning. So we are now trying to get to normal, whatever "normal" is.
As far as the kids go, it's more of the same. Growing like weeds, getting smarter everyday. Sergeant is becoming so confident in his reading, Smarty has been practicing reading out loud, which we've noticed has helped in his speech and how clear his regular speaking is understood.
Girlie has been up and down, very happy then horribly upset and about nothing in particular. Yesterday the world was ending because I only brought my own water bottle when I picked her up instead of hers. Nevermind the fact that when I bring hers she only wants to drink from mine anyway. Grr. But that should settle as we get used to life again. So many changes so quickly with me leaving and then Hubby so quickly after.
But now we're all home, all settling. Smarty is going to a birthday party this weekend, Sergeant has his next birthday in three weeks. Eek! So he's staring to plan what he would like for food, cake, people, games. Smarty is trying to help and encourage the guest list to include some kids from his class. Sorry, but this is your brother's birthday, not yours!
This last Sunday we hosted a baby shower for a colleague of Hubby's. A itty bitty little girl, so small and light. The kids had a blast blowing balloons up, trying to tidy the floor, eating food. And holy cow, there was alot of food! Good to connect with other people too. And talk baby. Because everyone loves babies!
Something has come up in trying to get to the root of some behaviour we've been seeing in the kids. When asked why there has been more anger, more meanness, our poor Sergeant said that it was because he missed the prairies and could we please pray for Alberta and Saskatchewan because "I just miss them so much!" It was heartbreaking, but allowed us to open the conversation about why we're here and how long we can probably expect to be here before a more western posting. After a couple nights of talking about this, they seem to be better.
Flew back home on the 16th, coming in at 10:30pm, with Hubby leaving for a short sail the next morning. So we are now trying to get to normal, whatever "normal" is.
As far as the kids go, it's more of the same. Growing like weeds, getting smarter everyday. Sergeant is becoming so confident in his reading, Smarty has been practicing reading out loud, which we've noticed has helped in his speech and how clear his regular speaking is understood.
Girlie has been up and down, very happy then horribly upset and about nothing in particular. Yesterday the world was ending because I only brought my own water bottle when I picked her up instead of hers. Nevermind the fact that when I bring hers she only wants to drink from mine anyway. Grr. But that should settle as we get used to life again. So many changes so quickly with me leaving and then Hubby so quickly after.
But now we're all home, all settling. Smarty is going to a birthday party this weekend, Sergeant has his next birthday in three weeks. Eek! So he's staring to plan what he would like for food, cake, people, games. Smarty is trying to help and encourage the guest list to include some kids from his class. Sorry, but this is your brother's birthday, not yours!
This last Sunday we hosted a baby shower for a colleague of Hubby's. A itty bitty little girl, so small and light. The kids had a blast blowing balloons up, trying to tidy the floor, eating food. And holy cow, there was alot of food! Good to connect with other people too. And talk baby. Because everyone loves babies!
Something has come up in trying to get to the root of some behaviour we've been seeing in the kids. When asked why there has been more anger, more meanness, our poor Sergeant said that it was because he missed the prairies and could we please pray for Alberta and Saskatchewan because "I just miss them so much!" It was heartbreaking, but allowed us to open the conversation about why we're here and how long we can probably expect to be here before a more western posting. After a couple nights of talking about this, they seem to be better.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Roller Coaster Ride
It's been a week of ups and downs. Last Friday Hubby and I met with the oncologist to get results for some blood work and the CT scan. We were elated to find that everything was clear, no signs of cancer anywhere else. So from here he has blood work every three months, a CT scan every six months, and of course self checks every month and come back in if something starts feeling "not right".
Yesterday morning my sister in law (brother's wife) died from her battle with lymphoma. Just under two years ago she was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma while pregnant with their second child. They went through treatments, delivered a healthy baby girl, then more treatments and was declared cancer free just before Christmas 2012. Last May she was back in hospital and found that it had returned and returned with a vengeance. Both Hodgkins and non-hodgekins this time. She did stem cell treatments, they raised money for further chemo, but with infections in the lungs, pneumonia, and other difficult hurdles, she was let go. And will be sorely, horribly missed.
So that has been the big up and then down. Other than that, I think things are doing pretty well. Smarty had a referral to the speech language worker through the school for an assessment and we were told that, aside from remembering to breathe and slow down, his issues are all developmental so they'll get better as he gets older.
Sergeant was "Star of the Week" a couple weeks back (they take turns) and so yesterday he brought home a booklet made up of pictures and sentences from the class about his "About Me" poster. And he and Smarty went over to a friend from school's house for a couple of hours after school Thursday without me, so they were feeling all grown up!
Girlie has decided that lipstick is THE THING and has begged me to buy her some. So I picked up some lip smackers for her. Monkey thinks it's awesome too. The plus side of this is that it's encouraging me to wear lipstick more. The down side is that Hubby doesn't really like to kiss me with it on :( And trying to find a balance between acknowledging that make up can help you feel good but it isn't necessary to make you beautiful. Already these problems! I was hoping for waiting until they were a bit older before it happened!
Monkey is starting to communicate with word-type sounds! This is so exciting! And since the last of her teeth have decided to come in, she's a bit less grumpy! Yay!!
Yesterday morning my sister in law (brother's wife) died from her battle with lymphoma. Just under two years ago she was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma while pregnant with their second child. They went through treatments, delivered a healthy baby girl, then more treatments and was declared cancer free just before Christmas 2012. Last May she was back in hospital and found that it had returned and returned with a vengeance. Both Hodgkins and non-hodgekins this time. She did stem cell treatments, they raised money for further chemo, but with infections in the lungs, pneumonia, and other difficult hurdles, she was let go. And will be sorely, horribly missed.
So that has been the big up and then down. Other than that, I think things are doing pretty well. Smarty had a referral to the speech language worker through the school for an assessment and we were told that, aside from remembering to breathe and slow down, his issues are all developmental so they'll get better as he gets older.
Sergeant was "Star of the Week" a couple weeks back (they take turns) and so yesterday he brought home a booklet made up of pictures and sentences from the class about his "About Me" poster. And he and Smarty went over to a friend from school's house for a couple of hours after school Thursday without me, so they were feeling all grown up!
Girlie has decided that lipstick is THE THING and has begged me to buy her some. So I picked up some lip smackers for her. Monkey thinks it's awesome too. The plus side of this is that it's encouraging me to wear lipstick more. The down side is that Hubby doesn't really like to kiss me with it on :( And trying to find a balance between acknowledging that make up can help you feel good but it isn't necessary to make you beautiful. Already these problems! I was hoping for waiting until they were a bit older before it happened!
Monkey is starting to communicate with word-type sounds! This is so exciting! And since the last of her teeth have decided to come in, she's a bit less grumpy! Yay!!
Sunday, January 26, 2014
Teleportation and follow the leader
Many of you may have experienced this. Either with children or with pets. For some unknown reason, you cannot be in the bathroom with the door closed. I've given up when I'm home alone with the girls. This morning it wasn't me that was interrupted. It was Hubby. In the ensuite.
Now he'd already been in there for a bit and no one noticed. Then I went into our room to see if I could convince Monkey to have an early morning nap since she'd decided that 4:30 was a good time to start her day. So I laid down with her, Sergeant wanted to lay beside me too and hear me sing, then Girlie came into the room too.
"Mom, where's Daddy?"
"In the bathroom." I say
She turns and bangs on the door "Dad, are you in there?"
"Nope" Dad replies.
"Daddy, what are you doing in there?"
"What do we do in the bathroom, Girlie?"
"Go pee and poop. Are you peeing and pooping, Daddy?"
"Nope, I'm not in here"
She starts banging on the door even louder and harder. Sergeant starts laughing and decides to join her. So they are hitting the door, kicking, I'm reminding them to be gentle so the door doesn't break, Hubby is trying to convince them that there isn't, in fact, a secret tunnel leading out from the bathroom to parts unknown. They eventually lose interest and decide to play in the bathtub in the other bathroom. (I seriously don't see the draw to playing in a dry bathtub, but they can't seem to get enough of it). When Hubby comes out of the bathroom he looks around, glances into the other bathroom. Then he comes back into the bedroom, closes door to the ensuite, and lays down on the bed, back to the door. A minute later Sergeant comes back into the bedroom, sees the door to the bathroom shut and tries to open it again. Of course this time he's successful, but the light is off and there's no one in there so he closes the door and looks confused. Hubby turns and asks who he's looking for. The look on Sergeant's face was priceless! "You teleported!?"
They go back out to tell Smarty what Daddy had done and while they were doing that, Hubby closed the door of the bathroom again, and this time hid on the floor on the far side of the bed. They came back, looked int the bathroom, on the bed, in the other bathroom, starting to go down the hall, looking in bedrooms, and just as Hubby went to see if they were far enough away to let him hide someplace they'd already looked, they came back and saw him in the hallway. "Daddy, where'd you go?"
And this turned into follow the leader. Smarty and Sergeant followed right behind Hubby wherever he went, so he led them outside. But they didn't go outside, they closed the door on him instead and came back to tell me, while chuckling to themselves, that they shut Daddy outside of the house. Then they left him in the spare room downstairs. It was a fun morning!
Now he'd already been in there for a bit and no one noticed. Then I went into our room to see if I could convince Monkey to have an early morning nap since she'd decided that 4:30 was a good time to start her day. So I laid down with her, Sergeant wanted to lay beside me too and hear me sing, then Girlie came into the room too.
"Mom, where's Daddy?"
"In the bathroom." I say
She turns and bangs on the door "Dad, are you in there?"
"Nope" Dad replies.
"Daddy, what are you doing in there?"
"What do we do in the bathroom, Girlie?"
"Go pee and poop. Are you peeing and pooping, Daddy?"
"Nope, I'm not in here"
She starts banging on the door even louder and harder. Sergeant starts laughing and decides to join her. So they are hitting the door, kicking, I'm reminding them to be gentle so the door doesn't break, Hubby is trying to convince them that there isn't, in fact, a secret tunnel leading out from the bathroom to parts unknown. They eventually lose interest and decide to play in the bathtub in the other bathroom. (I seriously don't see the draw to playing in a dry bathtub, but they can't seem to get enough of it). When Hubby comes out of the bathroom he looks around, glances into the other bathroom. Then he comes back into the bedroom, closes door to the ensuite, and lays down on the bed, back to the door. A minute later Sergeant comes back into the bedroom, sees the door to the bathroom shut and tries to open it again. Of course this time he's successful, but the light is off and there's no one in there so he closes the door and looks confused. Hubby turns and asks who he's looking for. The look on Sergeant's face was priceless! "You teleported!?"
They go back out to tell Smarty what Daddy had done and while they were doing that, Hubby closed the door of the bathroom again, and this time hid on the floor on the far side of the bed. They came back, looked int the bathroom, on the bed, in the other bathroom, starting to go down the hall, looking in bedrooms, and just as Hubby went to see if they were far enough away to let him hide someplace they'd already looked, they came back and saw him in the hallway. "Daddy, where'd you go?"
And this turned into follow the leader. Smarty and Sergeant followed right behind Hubby wherever he went, so he led them outside. But they didn't go outside, they closed the door on him instead and came back to tell me, while chuckling to themselves, that they shut Daddy outside of the house. Then they left him in the spare room downstairs. It was a fun morning!
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
crazy life
Our children are crazy. I know every child has some form of it, but I'm not sure everyone would believe what happens in this home daily. From house rules like "no light sabres at the table" to "kitty's need to pick up their toys", we have some real doozies!
And I love the playfulness that surrounds us. A few weeks ago, the kids were all up and playing nicely so Hubby and I were still laying in bed. No one had asked for breakfast yet, no one was yelling or crying. Rare moments. Monkey came up and into our bed because she was feeling ignored by the parents. So she was lifting our shirts, blowing raspberries on them, giggling like nothing on earth. All of a sudden the room was overrun by ninjas!
Two ninjas jumped into our room, arms and legs flailing, followed by the cutest pink poodle you've ever seen on all fours. They may even have been singing "My Inner Ninja". "Can we watch Kung Fu Panda?" And the poodle saying "I'm a ninja puppy!" Then one of them gator crawling along the bottom of the bed with such speed that we just looked at each other saying "did he really just do that?"
Or yesterday, they brought up their knight figures. Complete with battering rams, catapults, and canons. All four of them playing nicely. Well, Monkey was more trying to eat the pieces, but still...
After meals it gets pretty loud here, too. Smarty is usually done first, then Girlie decides she's done, then Sergeant, and by that time Monkey is very loudly indicating that she wants to be out of her chair too. Then the chasing begins. I can never really tell who starts it, but soon Sergeant and Monkey and Girlie are running around the table, down the hallway and back again, through the kitchen and around the table again. Frequently Smarty is right in there too. That's usually when we say "Go crazy downstairs!"
The weather has been so weird this month. Even for the natives! Heavy snow, rain, more rain, freezing, more rain, snow. And now we have a blizzard warning on for tonight and tomorrow. And it kinda bugs me that the kids have fewer outside recess days here than they did in Alberta in January.
Tomorrow Hubby has his first visit with the oncologist, so I've arranged for our girls to be watched so I can go with him. And his CT scan is on Monday, for those who'd like to know. Just trundling along, finding out what the next steps are, if any.
This weekend I made a super tasty seafood lasagna. Boiled some lobster tails to add to it. And you know what? It didn't bother me that the kids hardly touched it. More for Hubby and I! And yesterday I did up some white chocolate chip cranberry cookies. Wow. Just WOW! The ones I did last time were peanut butter chocolate chip and I thought those were irresistibly good. These ones are more so! It is much more difficult to exercise that self control right now!
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Three days in
Back to school and all that that entails! Three days in and so far we've done pretty good. Hubby started running again on Sunday so he's back at it. For a brief note here: he stopped running in December because he had an orchiectomy. There was an unknown mass in one of his testicles that had to be removed to find out what it was. Followup appointment last Thursday confirmed that it was Seminoma, so now we are waiting on a CAT scan to see if it's spread anywhere or if it was contained. Hopefully it was contained.
But Hubby started running again. He's going slow and not as far as he'd like, especially since he is only 5 weeks post surgery. But it's getting him out of the house and a bit more active and he's happy to be back at it, and it is helping us get back into a familiar routine. Daddy gets up for his run, comes home to an awake house, and the day starts. I don't think I'll ever get used to this time for dismissal, though. I really don't like having to wake the girls up from their naps, but that's the way it's done here.
The other night we were watching the news and there was a story about a 5 year old boy found dead in Saskatoon. Poor Sergeant's ears perk up at hearing this and he said "A 5 year old boy in Saskatoon died? Good thing it wasn't me!" All I could do was hug him and tell him I was glad it wasn't him too. Then last night he woke up in a panic saying he couldn't breathe. Yelling and crying, I rubbed Vicks on his chest to help clear his nose but he still wouldn't settle. Finally I asked what else was wrong. He had had a nightmare. A bad dream where I died. Poor guy! So a cup of water and some prayers later and he slept soundly for the rest of the night. But this morning when I asked him about his dreams he remembered what that one was. He didn't tell me details, just asked for hugs and kisses.
Smarty is practicing reading out loud. Part of their assignment this month is reading a book aloud to the class and answering questions about it. As well their show and tell will be presenting a favourite toy and telling three things about it then answering three questions from the class. Tonight he briefly mentioned that he should have practiced more. He doesn't present his book until the 22nd and his show and tell is the 23rd. Good that he wants to put the time into it! He's taken to hiding beside the bed when Daddy is in the shower. The idea is to sneak up and either scare Dad or attack with snuggles. It's very cute and this morning when it backfired on him he was very disappointed. But there are always other opportunities!
Girlie has had a few days adjustment to Daddy being back at work. I'm slowly moving my way back up in her favour. I didn't do anything to fall from her grace, aside from simply not being her Dad. She now has stopped pushing me away and laying at the far end of the bed, practically falling off to get away from me at nap time. She'll pull me closer and tell me she loves me. I'll never quite be up to where Hubby is, but I'll take what I can. For as attached as the others are to me, I guess it's alright to have one firmly attached to him. They all love him but Girlie takes it to a whole other level of affection.
Monkey is a regular monkey. She's sleeping better (finally!) and she's kinda sorta trying to talk. Okay, it's still mostly communication with squawks and squeals, but I can sometimes get her to mimic at least the starting sound of some words if no one is around. But she is crazy smart! She hears and understands everything and certainly knows what she does or doesn't want! A couple evenings ago she was playing with Hubby after supper. And not playing the way she normally does. She was being cuddly and affectionate. He was weirded out by that. She usually yells at him, not pulling his face closer for kisses or climbing onto his lap for hugs. She was back to normal today, so it may be a slow change. She is trundling along well, though.
Yesterday I got the Christmas decorations down and into boxes. Well, for the most part. I"m sure I'll still be finding some things around for a few weeks if not months. That's just the way it seems to go here. And wow, the weather is funny! Blizzard last Friday, sunny Saturday and Sunday, rain warning for Monday, then freezing up Tuesday and Wednesday so far. Quite a bit of the snow we got on Friday is already gone from the sun followed by the crazy rain. Then yesterday we had such loud wind! Now I'm used to the prairie wind. This is different. Sounds and feels different than the 120 km winds of the chinooks. Simply crazy. But that's enough for now.
But Hubby started running again. He's going slow and not as far as he'd like, especially since he is only 5 weeks post surgery. But it's getting him out of the house and a bit more active and he's happy to be back at it, and it is helping us get back into a familiar routine. Daddy gets up for his run, comes home to an awake house, and the day starts. I don't think I'll ever get used to this time for dismissal, though. I really don't like having to wake the girls up from their naps, but that's the way it's done here.
The other night we were watching the news and there was a story about a 5 year old boy found dead in Saskatoon. Poor Sergeant's ears perk up at hearing this and he said "A 5 year old boy in Saskatoon died? Good thing it wasn't me!" All I could do was hug him and tell him I was glad it wasn't him too. Then last night he woke up in a panic saying he couldn't breathe. Yelling and crying, I rubbed Vicks on his chest to help clear his nose but he still wouldn't settle. Finally I asked what else was wrong. He had had a nightmare. A bad dream where I died. Poor guy! So a cup of water and some prayers later and he slept soundly for the rest of the night. But this morning when I asked him about his dreams he remembered what that one was. He didn't tell me details, just asked for hugs and kisses.
Smarty is practicing reading out loud. Part of their assignment this month is reading a book aloud to the class and answering questions about it. As well their show and tell will be presenting a favourite toy and telling three things about it then answering three questions from the class. Tonight he briefly mentioned that he should have practiced more. He doesn't present his book until the 22nd and his show and tell is the 23rd. Good that he wants to put the time into it! He's taken to hiding beside the bed when Daddy is in the shower. The idea is to sneak up and either scare Dad or attack with snuggles. It's very cute and this morning when it backfired on him he was very disappointed. But there are always other opportunities!
Girlie has had a few days adjustment to Daddy being back at work. I'm slowly moving my way back up in her favour. I didn't do anything to fall from her grace, aside from simply not being her Dad. She now has stopped pushing me away and laying at the far end of the bed, practically falling off to get away from me at nap time. She'll pull me closer and tell me she loves me. I'll never quite be up to where Hubby is, but I'll take what I can. For as attached as the others are to me, I guess it's alright to have one firmly attached to him. They all love him but Girlie takes it to a whole other level of affection.
Monkey is a regular monkey. She's sleeping better (finally!) and she's kinda sorta trying to talk. Okay, it's still mostly communication with squawks and squeals, but I can sometimes get her to mimic at least the starting sound of some words if no one is around. But she is crazy smart! She hears and understands everything and certainly knows what she does or doesn't want! A couple evenings ago she was playing with Hubby after supper. And not playing the way she normally does. She was being cuddly and affectionate. He was weirded out by that. She usually yells at him, not pulling his face closer for kisses or climbing onto his lap for hugs. She was back to normal today, so it may be a slow change. She is trundling along well, though.
Yesterday I got the Christmas decorations down and into boxes. Well, for the most part. I"m sure I'll still be finding some things around for a few weeks if not months. That's just the way it seems to go here. And wow, the weather is funny! Blizzard last Friday, sunny Saturday and Sunday, rain warning for Monday, then freezing up Tuesday and Wednesday so far. Quite a bit of the snow we got on Friday is already gone from the sun followed by the crazy rain. Then yesterday we had such loud wind! Now I'm used to the prairie wind. This is different. Sounds and feels different than the 120 km winds of the chinooks. Simply crazy. But that's enough for now.
Monday, December 30, 2013
Merry 2013 Christmas!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our mayhem! It's been a fun week here, Christmas Eve was really good. We went to a 4 pm church service, came home for supper, then went to another 8 pm service across the harbour. It decided to snow for us (Which was AWESOME!!) and driving to the second service in the snow and fog the boys were singing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, adding snippets like it was a foggy Christmas Eve, just like tonight, that Santa came and asked for help. Driving on the bridge, Girlie asked where we were heading. We told her we were going to church and we heard this heavy sigh come from her. "What??! AGAIN?! But we already went to church. And it's bedtime!" I swear, that girl is 3 going on 13! But we survived and made it. Monkey fell asleep on the way there but was awake for the whole service. Sergeant and Girlie fell asleep during that second service, and everyone was asleep by the time we pulled in to the driveway at about 9:45. Hubby and I were in bed by 11:30 and the kids were still asleep when Hubby and I put the coffee pot on at 5:30. Didn't stay asleep long after that, but that's part of the season, right?
We went through the stockings, put together puzzles, made breakfast, read a few new books, ate probably too many sweets before getting ready for church (can you hear Girlie say "Again?!"). We opened one gift each before we left and then we were on our way. The kids were actually good through all of this. When we got home was another story. Girlie knew that we were going to open the rest of the gifts and just tore into the first big gift she saw. One of Smarty's. She didn't get the whole thing opened. We stopped her before she got the chance. But it made for a serious time out, lots of yelling, tears, and talk between Hubby and I as to whether or not she'd join us for the rest of the morning. She did, she was properly contrite. Over excitement, overtired, too much chocolate, everything. Completely understand the why, that's why we couldn't let it go. Not a behaviour we want to condone.
But everyone had fun, no one was hurt throughout the day. Hubby went for a walk during nap time and came home to cook our turkey supper. Just a small enough bird to feed our little family with enough leftovers for a turkey pie the next day. I'm loving that the kids like turkey dinner now. Seems like it was forever that they wouldn't touch it! And I made a chocolate cake for dessert.
It was such a nice week that Hubby lost track of time! He forgot Friday, so he spent most of Saturday thinking it was Friday. Normal for alot of people, not for him. It shows how relaxed he has been this last week or so. Yesterday afternoon we visited the Natural History Museum, today the Discovery Science Centre. We will likely be spending quite a bit of time at those two locations this year. Very fun and entertaining for all of us. It was nice to go out and do those things together.
Now for some pictures that everyone is looking for :)
We went through the stockings, put together puzzles, made breakfast, read a few new books, ate probably too many sweets before getting ready for church (can you hear Girlie say "Again?!"). We opened one gift each before we left and then we were on our way. The kids were actually good through all of this. When we got home was another story. Girlie knew that we were going to open the rest of the gifts and just tore into the first big gift she saw. One of Smarty's. She didn't get the whole thing opened. We stopped her before she got the chance. But it made for a serious time out, lots of yelling, tears, and talk between Hubby and I as to whether or not she'd join us for the rest of the morning. She did, she was properly contrite. Over excitement, overtired, too much chocolate, everything. Completely understand the why, that's why we couldn't let it go. Not a behaviour we want to condone.
But everyone had fun, no one was hurt throughout the day. Hubby went for a walk during nap time and came home to cook our turkey supper. Just a small enough bird to feed our little family with enough leftovers for a turkey pie the next day. I'm loving that the kids like turkey dinner now. Seems like it was forever that they wouldn't touch it! And I made a chocolate cake for dessert.
It was such a nice week that Hubby lost track of time! He forgot Friday, so he spent most of Saturday thinking it was Friday. Normal for alot of people, not for him. It shows how relaxed he has been this last week or so. Yesterday afternoon we visited the Natural History Museum, today the Discovery Science Centre. We will likely be spending quite a bit of time at those two locations this year. Very fun and entertaining for all of us. It was nice to go out and do those things together.
Now for some pictures that everyone is looking for :)
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| Helping Daddy make Christmas Breakfast |
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| Me wearing Monkey's new tiara |
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| Happy for chocolate before breakfast |
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| Eating breakfast like royalty |
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| Playing while eating |
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| Snap bracelet/watch |
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| My view across the table |
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| She wanted to help Sergeant with his puzzle |
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| Matching onesie jammies! |
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| Checking out the Hello Kitty Lego house |
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| Angry Birds Star Wars Jenga |
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| "Daddy help build this?" |
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| Loving the fine motor play |
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| Teaching the boys to play checkers |
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| Building a Skylanders robot |
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| Happy children |
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| Beautiful girls! |
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| Handsome boys! |
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| Ransom! |
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| Smarty and the girls making stuff |
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| Stink eye! |
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| Momma, I can feed her! |
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| Go Fish! |
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