Life with little kids continues to be eventful, full of new and interesting activites. November 1 started out by Charly going to the dentist to get 3 fillings. A little bit of laughing gas helped him out and it wasn't a bad experience for him at all. the next day was Charly's 4th birthday, so supper at my mother-in-law's house. Nov 3 we made another trip to Calgary for a follow-up appointment with Sarah's doctor. She's doing well and now we need to start weaning her off her laxatives - not an easy task. Jeff was away all this first week at his annual conference in Orlando. We were all happy when he returned, especially me since we all had just started to come down with head colds, lots of wiping running noses to be done.
The next week was spent dealing with runny noses, and babysitting Leighton and Koen. By the weekend we were better so I took the kids to Edmonton to visit a friend, stayed overnight Saturday night, returned Sunday. I had just learned that Koen had the flu, and 3/4 of the way home Sarah suddenly threw up all over herself. Thus began a long week. Sarah was sick sun & Monday, Tues Koen & Leighton's mom got the flu so Koen stayed here for a sleepover. Wed I was about to drive Koen back home when Charly started to vomit. He kept nothing down from 5pm until midnight and then was fine. I had a queasy stomach that night, threw up once and felt immediately better. Jeff was unaffected (miracle). Wed night Sarah threw up once again, but then was fine. Thursday I started disinfecting the entire house, and put all the toys in quarantine until they had been washed. Saturday night Leighton and Koen both were here overnight - took 3 hours to get 4 kids bathed and into bed LOL.
We ended up having to evict tenants from our townhouse, so the rest of the month was spent dealing with that - getting them out, getting locks rekeyed, and began the cleaning process. The tenants had done damage to lots of things and it was filthy.
Nov 27 we hosted a joint birthday party for both kids, celebrating Char;y's 4th birthday and Sarah's 2nd. At Charly's insistence, he got another train cake. I had fun making and decorating it, and I think everyone enjoyed it. 7 kids came here and helped devour it.
Charly started his 2nd round of formal unparented swimming lessons, as a Salamander. I'd take both kids, turn Charly over to his swim instructor, and take Sarah into the splash pool. After his lessons, Charly would join us until I finally managed to drag the water bugs out of the pool. The pool is 5 minutes asay, and his lessons were 40 minutes long, but the entire trip would take 3 hours by the time changing and splashing were over!
At playschool Charly was the first in his class to celebrate a birthday for the year, so everyone was excited about that. They sang to him and he got to pick out a small prize (Cat in the Hat magnet), making the event special. Charly continues to enjoy playschool but wishes Mommy would stay with him. Unfortunately I can't. I drop Charly off, race home and put Sarah down for her nap, then I get about an hour to get cleaning and stuff done, then I have to wake Sarah up and go pick up Charly.
Photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/snowite73/201011##
Videos:
Sarah police hat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N499c0wy8h4
Sarah snow http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b72lPPFkWTA
Sarah Leighton bathing 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToRppW8-LUM
Sarah Leighton bathing 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxDWOw636cw
birthday party http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_8IaAMkrrM
