I'm awake with indigestion so I thought I'd blog my adventures Saturday, before I forget all the details.
Invited lots of people to go, couldn't connect up with anyone. Sarah doesn't like her dress.
Hair cut for Charly at 9:30, not prepared to leave town.
Trip down okay, gloomy skies, Sarah napped.
Drove to zoo but decided to go and get lunch, drove around for a while to find a McDonalds, eventually settled on Denny's. Get in, go to bathroom - never fun with 2 kids. Order food, Sarah needs diaper change, both kids out to van change her there, back inside. Food arrives, try to kep Sarah in one spot finally get high chair but that just makes her mad, Charly not interested in eating. Drink cups for the kids leaked so Sarah made continuous mess. Charly drank his orange juice so waitress offeredto fill his cup (that we got to keep) with water. Back to van. discovered that the waitress hadn't emptied the cup out before adding water so now he had orange-tasting water that he wouldn't drink.
Figured out where we were, drove to zoo, parked in lot D (furthest away), got everything loaded into stroller, start to walk away, decide to check for keys and discover had locked keys, and cell in van, and had slammed the door on my wallet - could see it but could not get it unlodged. Bored cell phone, then had to ask another person for AMA phone number. Walked back to the parking gate to meet AMA guy (pushing kids in double stroller) and direct him to the van, walk back to van. He opened doors in less than a minute. Got stuff and finally went to zoo. Paid for admission (kids free since dressed up) and parking (flat rate).
Charly only wanted to see a giraffe so we went to Africa section of zoo. Place was soo busy with people since such a nice day (finally) and special event day. Get to animals, Charly discovers info stations with 2 speakers that look like a phone on a cord at each, must listen, push buttons, not share with Sarah, Sarah looking at everything, her in harness, Charly running around, trying to keep the stroller with us with so many people around = stress for me. Saw giraffes, red river hogs (not pigs), lions, zebras, ostridges, other birds. Went to jungle section, saw crocodile, gorillas, snake, etc. About 4pm finally went to the playground there (enclosed area thankfully) and spent next 2.5 hours there! 3 stations = one for 0-2 year olds which Sarah loved, another for 3-5 years for Charly, and a third area for 6-12 years that kept enticing Charly. Sarah tried the 3-5 station and discovered she was too short (made her mad) and too many bigger kids.
Add in bathroom break, snack break, diaper change, other kids playing, I wasn't bored.
Finally time to leave, we were one of the last people there, which was nice after all the crowds. Found way out, back to parking lot, all the way across parking lot C to lot D, but there is a bank with shrubs and rocks separating the lots. Started walking toward the lot's exit, discovered Sarah had taken her shoes off and dropped them ... somewhere, not in sight even though the lot was empty! Oh well, continued to exit, finally found a part that was barren and not too steep so pushed stroller down to the van.
Supper time, drive to closest McDonalds but Sarah falls asleep instantly so decide to go to Airdrie's McD instead of waking Sarah to go to the McD in the Walmart. Order at drive-thru, and Sarah wakes up. Charly is demanding to go inside so take our "take-out" and go inside to eat. I had ordered salad with grilled chicken for me, 1 chicken nuggets kids happy meal for Charly. Open bag, had received an extra hamburger and no happy meal toy. Go to counter and return burger, they give me a whole new happy meal which I kept for Sarah :) Get kids eating, open my salad and discovered it was not grilled chicken but crisy, ate it anyways. Bathroom break (had to leave all food on talbe, take both kids to bathroom since couldn't leave either alone, and thankfully no one had cleared our table yet). Back in van, head for home. Both kids awake, until Charly falls asleep near Innisfail and Sarah starts to scream for her bottle which she'd dropped. Finally found a turn-off place, got her the bottle, back on road with silence but Sarah wide awake the entire trip. Beautiful drive with fall colours and then glorious harvest moon.
Home, Jeff takes Sarah to change her, I unload most of the van, put Charly in his bed (still in clothes but they were comfy ones), I collaps on my bed and fall asleep (feet/legs started to ache). woke up an hour later, plugged in baby monitor and changed into PJ and went striaght to sleep. Jeff dealt with putting Sarah to bed (she didn't stay awake long). Somehow I slept through Charly waking up in a terror, screaming in bed until Jeff could get there to calm him down, put him in his PJ and back to sleep. Woke up a couple times because of Sarah's coughing, bottle time, etc. What an exhausting day. But kids had fun, got to see animals and be out in the sunshine. So not too bad of a day overall, just lots of frustrations for me.
OK, an hour and a half has passed, Peto has finally worked enough that I think I can sleep now. Not sure if this was the garlic from caesar salad or the wine, or both, but not a happy tummy. Just the price to pay for all the great food and company at J&M's BBQ tonight.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 12, 2010
August 2010 in review
The month past in a blur. Charly attended summer camp (week-long, half a day play groups) for 2 weeks. Jeff was away quite a bit. Managed to make it to the Gusek family reunion for a couple hours - great to see everyone! I can barely remember much of the month, just visions of mosquitos and playgrounds come to mind LOL!
Photos: http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201008##
Videos:
Sarah in tub http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHeDau7292Y
Sarah in highchair, all done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UA2QtB1tMQ
Sarah in highchair, talking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p7FuavfkGk
Photos: http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201008##
Videos:
Sarah in tub http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHeDau7292Y
Sarah in highchair, all done http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UA2QtB1tMQ
Sarah in highchair, talking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p7FuavfkGk
Kids dancing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5bBpzGeY4k
Monday, August 9, 2010
July 2010 in review
First week of July - Charly had a gymnastics course, one hour each morning, at the Collicutt (sports facility near our house). I was nervous on how he'd do, being on his own and it being a physical activity. First day Charly stood around with a scowl on his face the entire time, mainly watching. But each class got better and by the end of the week he was just bouncing with excitement at the thought of the course.
Second week of July - spent with Jeff's father and step-mother by Lake Okanagan. Jeff and Charly drove out in the van Saturday, while Sarah and I stayed behind. Monday morning Sarah and I drove to Calgary for Sarah's check-up (no bananas, white rice, cheese for her). We spent the afternoon driving through a thunderstorm and shopping. Then we flew out to Kelowna and joined the guys for a lovely week by the lake. Thurs morning Jeff and Charly went to a science day camp while Sarah and I went with John and Margaret to the farmer's market - such a variety of food! We all drove back Sunday, stopped on Calgary to pick up the CRV that I'd left at the Diamonds house.
Third week - Red Deer parade on Wed. Borrowed a friend's harness for Sarah and liked it so much the next day I bought one - so great for keeping track of my princess. Thurs - shopping, hair cuts for the kids and me - my hair keeps getting a little bit shorter each time, and each haircut makes charly look older and taller. Friday's excitement was the Westerner Expedition (fair). We went after Sarah's nap, met up with Jenni and her 2 boys, and left well after the kids' bedtime. Charly had so much fun and was so sad when we finally left. Sat entered a new phase - she started saying "no" with definite meaning. Antoerh step toward the terrible twos ;)
Fourth week - Charly went to his "Summer Fun" course, weekdays from 10-11:30. It is a weekly course throughout the summer so I have him registered for a couple weeks. Monday Sarah went down 3 steps without hanging on to anything for support. While Charly was in his course Sarah and I went shopping most days. Wed Sarah's top right eye tooth came through, and she's still working on the last eyetooth. Sat we all went to Calgary and had a great visit with the Diamonds.
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201007#
Videos:
Calgary storm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pirglPOcN5s
Lake Okanagan - Sarah in lake, Charly on swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPeeUfKUFOQ
Charly on swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ft00Ii2MF4
Bobs and Lolo show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3046P55DuTM
Sarah blowing kisses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5m6AOHyXWg
kids swinging on swings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTC_4xF9_h0
kids in puddle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiNS9kPrUq0
kids on slide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk-iPD3WpiI
Sarah and food on floor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sABRKsByMRI
Second week of July - spent with Jeff's father and step-mother by Lake Okanagan. Jeff and Charly drove out in the van Saturday, while Sarah and I stayed behind. Monday morning Sarah and I drove to Calgary for Sarah's check-up (no bananas, white rice, cheese for her). We spent the afternoon driving through a thunderstorm and shopping. Then we flew out to Kelowna and joined the guys for a lovely week by the lake. Thurs morning Jeff and Charly went to a science day camp while Sarah and I went with John and Margaret to the farmer's market - such a variety of food! We all drove back Sunday, stopped on Calgary to pick up the CRV that I'd left at the Diamonds house.
Third week - Red Deer parade on Wed. Borrowed a friend's harness for Sarah and liked it so much the next day I bought one - so great for keeping track of my princess. Thurs - shopping, hair cuts for the kids and me - my hair keeps getting a little bit shorter each time, and each haircut makes charly look older and taller. Friday's excitement was the Westerner Expedition (fair). We went after Sarah's nap, met up with Jenni and her 2 boys, and left well after the kids' bedtime. Charly had so much fun and was so sad when we finally left. Sat entered a new phase - she started saying "no" with definite meaning. Antoerh step toward the terrible twos ;)
Fourth week - Charly went to his "Summer Fun" course, weekdays from 10-11:30. It is a weekly course throughout the summer so I have him registered for a couple weeks. Monday Sarah went down 3 steps without hanging on to anything for support. While Charly was in his course Sarah and I went shopping most days. Wed Sarah's top right eye tooth came through, and she's still working on the last eyetooth. Sat we all went to Calgary and had a great visit with the Diamonds.
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201007#
Videos:
Calgary storm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pirglPOcN5s
Lake Okanagan - Sarah in lake, Charly on swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPeeUfKUFOQ
Charly on swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ft00Ii2MF4
Bobs and Lolo show http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3046P55DuTM
Sarah blowing kisses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5m6AOHyXWg
kids swinging on swings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTC_4xF9_h0
kids in puddle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiNS9kPrUq0
kids on slide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lk-iPD3WpiI
Sarah and food on floor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sABRKsByMRI
Sunday, July 11, 2010
summer crafts / water
I love this website. Has simple craft ideas that I plan on trying with my son.
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/summer/
Lately the only crafts my son has wanted to do is finger painting and stringing beads to make necklaces. He'd rather be outdoors, blowing bubbles and playing in the sprinkler :) He has shown less interest in playing in the sand than he did yesterday, but I think a couple days at the beach will cure that.
My son has been learning about water. We watched a thunderstorm approach the other day. We sat on the patio, listened to the thunder, watched the lightning, and felt the rain. When the wind picked up we went inside and continued watching through an open window. What a great experience. Other days I've given him the water hose and he's had fun watering the plants, and the sidewalk and the stairs. He is amazed when the water "disappears." Over the winter we did some colour mixing, blending the primary colors to make secondary colours, and he remembers that vividly and occasionally asks to do it again. I followed that with mixing paints, and with Playdo (took lots of mixing but in tiny pieces it worked wonderfully).
My daughter loves water too. Yesterday was a rainy day so we went outside right as the rain was ending. She played with the water falling from the eaves trough, watched me fill a dish up from the trough and water the plants, and then we went for a walk where she was thrilled to play in the mud puddles. Then we went home and she went straight into the bath tub. She discovered that lying down on her back is an interesting experience, especially if the water covers her ears. She'd lay back (while holding my hand so she could get up) and sit up, over and over again. this is something my son would never do. I drained some water out of the tub to make it safe, and she was able to just lie back in the water, very happy. I just need to watch that she doesn't do this again when there is lots of water in the tub.
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/summer/
Lately the only crafts my son has wanted to do is finger painting and stringing beads to make necklaces. He'd rather be outdoors, blowing bubbles and playing in the sprinkler :) He has shown less interest in playing in the sand than he did yesterday, but I think a couple days at the beach will cure that.
My son has been learning about water. We watched a thunderstorm approach the other day. We sat on the patio, listened to the thunder, watched the lightning, and felt the rain. When the wind picked up we went inside and continued watching through an open window. What a great experience. Other days I've given him the water hose and he's had fun watering the plants, and the sidewalk and the stairs. He is amazed when the water "disappears." Over the winter we did some colour mixing, blending the primary colors to make secondary colours, and he remembers that vividly and occasionally asks to do it again. I followed that with mixing paints, and with Playdo (took lots of mixing but in tiny pieces it worked wonderfully).
My daughter loves water too. Yesterday was a rainy day so we went outside right as the rain was ending. She played with the water falling from the eaves trough, watched me fill a dish up from the trough and water the plants, and then we went for a walk where she was thrilled to play in the mud puddles. Then we went home and she went straight into the bath tub. She discovered that lying down on her back is an interesting experience, especially if the water covers her ears. She'd lay back (while holding my hand so she could get up) and sit up, over and over again. this is something my son would never do. I drained some water out of the tub to make it safe, and she was able to just lie back in the water, very happy. I just need to watch that she doesn't do this again when there is lots of water in the tub.
Monday, July 5, 2010
June 2010 update
There were lots of events that happened in June.
-We went to the Children's festival, which the kids enjoyed. There was a pirate ship side, cotton candy, crafts, and other activities, including a fire truck that the kids could climb into.
-The next day was my birthday. Took the kids to Blackfalds parade (so nice of them to throw the parade on my birthday!) and then met up with my friend Cathleen and her mom. Cathleen came back to Red Deer and spent the night, we had a great time catching up.
-Jeff went to Denver for a couple days for business. The business continues to do well. Jeff has spent much of the past week at home with a chest cold, which he's passing onto me. We're not sure if this is the same thing that the kids had earlier this month or something new, either way it sucks.
-Charly's "Terrific Tots" course has ended. Unfortunately for the last week Charly had too bad of a cough so he missed the swimming session. The other weeks he played games, did crafts, sang songs, etc. Next week he goes for gymnastics for an hour each day - I hope he likes it.
-Sarah got 2 eye teeth on the bottom, and started talking lots. Words she says include "all done", ball, balloon, bubbles, up, down, bottle, blankie, Mama, Dada, more, please and animal noises. She has a clear understanding of the words "outside" and "wall" from the trips to the playground.
-Sarah turned 18 months old so she got another round of immunization needles, which she didn't like. she has barely gained any weight, but her height and head are growing okay. This month she demonstrated that she can put on shoes, climbed into tub, take off her PJs, and go down the slide in our back yard all by herself. I can now put her on a swing by herself and doesn't usually fall off.
-My friend Jenni got married so I attended her beautiful wedding while Jeff took the kids out to Gull Lake for the Anderson family get-together. I joined them later that evening and we all slept in the motorhome for this first time this year.
-Lorna and Doug went to Russia
-I took the kids to our old neighbours' kids' (twins) birthday party at Rotary Park.
-We took a trip to Rocky to my brother's to celebrate my Dad's birthday and my nephew's high school graduation. It is funny that it would rain all week but magically clear up for the wedding and parties - can't complain!
-Charly has grasped the concept of reading and is thrilled to be able to start reading books all by himself. It is just amazing watching the literary world open up for him. One day he even tried to read to Sarah - not like she was interested, but it was still cute. Charly is a little sponge, soaking up language skills constantly, and then tries phrases out to see if they are correct, like when he announced one night that supper was "marvelous". He's good at pedaling his tricycle and loves to blow bubbles.
-At the beginning of the month I had started introducing goat's milk into Sarah's diet. After about a week of having it mixed into her bottle, she started having vomiting episodes. Stopped the goat's milk and the vomiting stopped. Waited a few days then started with hemp milk instead. It only took 2 days for the vomiting to return, stopped the hemp milk, but the vomiting continued. She went back to having to strain to poop, her poop turned colors, and she became lethargic and cranky. We've spent the past week wondering each day if she'd need to go back to the hospital or not, but she has gradually become better. Her appetite is now back and so is her energy. We've had to give her enemas all week but they have worked. She has not liked them one bit and is now freaking out at diaper changing time. She has thrown some amazing temper tantrums over the last week, showing off her temper and stubbornness. We've even brought out her old baby swing, which she still fits into, for her to swing in to help soothe her.
-I've spent lots of time weeding the rocks and flowerbeds around the house, and I'm barely half done. I usually only get to do this while Sarah's napping and Charly plays nearby outside, so progress has been slow but stead. Each time I go out I seem to come back inside with new mosquito bites - they are thick and vicious this year! I've also managed to finally find the energy to get the kids' baby books done (first year) and our wedding album. Follow the links below to see them :) I've also done a bit more genealogy work, which I've missed doing, but is hard to get into when the kids are always distracting me.
Albums:
Sarah:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=c67a6d89583574e8f0e3e4089d090410&version=20432 Charly:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=6721259d67bef3a03cd701104944b8f6&version=20431
wedding:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=2017832c00f73a043cddc7ab1f446eac&version=20433
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201006#
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201006AndersonReunion#
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/JenniYogiWedding#
Videos:
Sarah laughs at toy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1I0FS898o
Charly pushes Sarah on swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPO0slfvk4
Sarah talking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdGY5p0rPIQ
bath time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgqHy_moR7Q
kids at gull lake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB3sNVR56s8
Kin Kanyon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWiOf1yIoPM
swinging on swings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTC_4xF9_h0
-We went to the Children's festival, which the kids enjoyed. There was a pirate ship side, cotton candy, crafts, and other activities, including a fire truck that the kids could climb into.
-The next day was my birthday. Took the kids to Blackfalds parade (so nice of them to throw the parade on my birthday!) and then met up with my friend Cathleen and her mom. Cathleen came back to Red Deer and spent the night, we had a great time catching up.
-Jeff went to Denver for a couple days for business. The business continues to do well. Jeff has spent much of the past week at home with a chest cold, which he's passing onto me. We're not sure if this is the same thing that the kids had earlier this month or something new, either way it sucks.
-Charly's "Terrific Tots" course has ended. Unfortunately for the last week Charly had too bad of a cough so he missed the swimming session. The other weeks he played games, did crafts, sang songs, etc. Next week he goes for gymnastics for an hour each day - I hope he likes it.
-Sarah got 2 eye teeth on the bottom, and started talking lots. Words she says include "all done", ball, balloon, bubbles, up, down, bottle, blankie, Mama, Dada, more, please and animal noises. She has a clear understanding of the words "outside" and "wall" from the trips to the playground.
-Sarah turned 18 months old so she got another round of immunization needles, which she didn't like. she has barely gained any weight, but her height and head are growing okay. This month she demonstrated that she can put on shoes, climbed into tub, take off her PJs, and go down the slide in our back yard all by herself. I can now put her on a swing by herself and doesn't usually fall off.
-My friend Jenni got married so I attended her beautiful wedding while Jeff took the kids out to Gull Lake for the Anderson family get-together. I joined them later that evening and we all slept in the motorhome for this first time this year.
-Lorna and Doug went to Russia
-I took the kids to our old neighbours' kids' (twins) birthday party at Rotary Park.
-We took a trip to Rocky to my brother's to celebrate my Dad's birthday and my nephew's high school graduation. It is funny that it would rain all week but magically clear up for the wedding and parties - can't complain!
-Charly has grasped the concept of reading and is thrilled to be able to start reading books all by himself. It is just amazing watching the literary world open up for him. One day he even tried to read to Sarah - not like she was interested, but it was still cute. Charly is a little sponge, soaking up language skills constantly, and then tries phrases out to see if they are correct, like when he announced one night that supper was "marvelous". He's good at pedaling his tricycle and loves to blow bubbles.
-At the beginning of the month I had started introducing goat's milk into Sarah's diet. After about a week of having it mixed into her bottle, she started having vomiting episodes. Stopped the goat's milk and the vomiting stopped. Waited a few days then started with hemp milk instead. It only took 2 days for the vomiting to return, stopped the hemp milk, but the vomiting continued. She went back to having to strain to poop, her poop turned colors, and she became lethargic and cranky. We've spent the past week wondering each day if she'd need to go back to the hospital or not, but she has gradually become better. Her appetite is now back and so is her energy. We've had to give her enemas all week but they have worked. She has not liked them one bit and is now freaking out at diaper changing time. She has thrown some amazing temper tantrums over the last week, showing off her temper and stubbornness. We've even brought out her old baby swing, which she still fits into, for her to swing in to help soothe her.
-I've spent lots of time weeding the rocks and flowerbeds around the house, and I'm barely half done. I usually only get to do this while Sarah's napping and Charly plays nearby outside, so progress has been slow but stead. Each time I go out I seem to come back inside with new mosquito bites - they are thick and vicious this year! I've also managed to finally find the energy to get the kids' baby books done (first year) and our wedding album. Follow the links below to see them :) I've also done a bit more genealogy work, which I've missed doing, but is hard to get into when the kids are always distracting me.
Albums:
Sarah:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=c67a6d89583574e8f0e3e4089d090410&version=20432 Charly:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=6721259d67bef3a03cd701104944b8f6&version=20431
wedding:http://app.picaboo.com/WebView/Project.aspx?clientID=2017832c00f73a043cddc7ab1f446eac&version=20433
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201006#
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201006AndersonReunion#
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/JenniYogiWedding#
Videos:
Sarah laughs at toy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1I0FS898o
Charly pushes Sarah on swing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmPO0slfvk4
Sarah talking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdGY5p0rPIQ
bath time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgqHy_moR7Q
kids at gull lake http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB3sNVR56s8
Kin Kanyon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWiOf1yIoPM
swinging on swings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTC_4xF9_h0
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
a short blog
I am awake again tonight, listening to Sarah cough. I don't like it. Being awake, and hearing her cough. Poor girl. Took the kids to the walk-in clinic this afternoon but Doc says they'll be fine without medication. And since she's so young she can't have cough medication or anything. So I have some natural "Vicks" for her, and that's about it. I sure hope the Doc is right because I do not want to have to go back to that walk-in again. An hour wait with 2 tired kids, in a room with no toys or TV or anything. I had taken a couple books to amuse Charly with but Sarah was a big handful. At the end of the wait I had a guy volunteer to give up his spot in line so that we could go sooner - so nice - but we were next anyways. Soon after we got to the walk-in, Sarah needed a diaper change. then I was reading with Charly and Sarah decided to climb onto the chair, entertaining everyone with her delight, when she fell backwards, twisting on the way down and smashed her face into the tile floor. Big bruise on her forehead and cheek. Missed her nose and teeth thankfully. She started to cry so hard that she vomited all over me. Just lovely. Covered with vomit and a screaming girl with a bored boy. The other patients scrambled to help me get cleaned up a bit and 5 minutes later Sarah was tryng to climb back onto the chairs. The nurses had given me an icepack for her but she refused that - not a surprise. Poor tired girl. And tomorrow the lucky girl gets to go for her 18 month immunization needles. Charly is jealous because he remembers that he gets a lollipop after his needles, LOL! Time to go snuggle with my pixie for a while.
Monday, May 31, 2010
May 2010 update
There were lots of events in May. So many that I was starting to wonder if "normal" meant "no schedule", LOL!
The month started with a trip to Calgary. Jeff was returning from meetings in Dallas, TX, so I drove with the kids down to Calgary and met him at the Diamonds. We all had a great visit and journeyed home.
The following Wednesday I attended a women's group where they took some portraits for Mother's Day. The funny thing of the photo is that we had a lot of trouble to get charly to look at the camera, but in the end he looks the best in the photo:
Mother's Day was nice - sleep, treats, and Jeff's mom and step-dad over for supper. The cinnamon buns that Jeff picked up were a great hit :)
When the Shriner Circus came to town, Jeff's mom watched Sarah while I took Charly. Charly was thrilled (and me too!) to take an elephant ride, see dogs do tricks, see some clowns, and acrobatics. Charly had no problems gobbling down popcorn and cotton candy - he was just bouncing from the sugar by the time we got home.
The following weekend we went back to Calgary, to the Heritage Park, for a "Day with Thomas the Tank Engine". The weather was great - not too hot and not too cool. One of the few truly Spring days we had this month. So we went on a train ride, with Thomas at the head, acting as the engine. Afterwards we had lunch, walked around, charly went on the merry-go-round tiwce, and ran the kids ran through the kid's maze a million times.
May 17 I finally found out that Sarah's biopsy was going to be held at 9am the next day, so I scrambled to get packed, took Charly over to Jeff's mom for a sleep-over, and then drove with Sarah to Calagry - we had to be at the hospital at 7am so it was easiest to go the night before. We stayed at Jeff's aunt Joan's house and was able to have a nice (although short) visit with them. We made it to the hospital on time (construction everywhere but most hadn't started that early in the morning yet), the biopsy went well and that afternoon they started Sarah on a bunch of antibiotics to keep any infection out of the biopsy site (rectum). She was discharged the next day, so we drove home to wait for the results. It took a week, but the doctor finally phoned and said that the results were good, so no more surgeries were needed - YAY!!! We have to be carefully to keep her out of dirty water (no pools, clean bathtub/no sharing, etc) for 3 weeks but hasn't been a problem. After 3 weeks then we get to resume her previous treatment with hopes that at her follow-up in 2 months we'll finally find out when this adventure will end.
Charly had stayed with his grandparents for one night (Mon), then Jeff picked him up the next night (Tues) and took him home. Charly woke Jeff up at 5am Wed morning, vomiting. He had somehow got the stomach flu and was ill for the next week. For 4 days he could keep nothing down, and we had to fight to get water/juice into him. But finally he got better, and luckily no one else in the family got ill from it.
Last week I took the kids to Heritage Ranch here in town. Both kids went for a pony ride, which was so cute. Unfortunately my camera wasn't working then. Sarah was thrilled to discover a cat and 2 bunnies, but she was not happy when I wouldn't let her chase them all over.
Sarah continues to be herself - mischieveous. She finally started to sleep through the night. We did a bit of experimenting and found that she was waking and wanting her bottle because she was hungy and not just for attention. So we're working on feeding her more before bed with hopes that there are many more nights ahead where both kids sleep throughout the night! This past week Sarah's 4th molar finally broke through, which has helped in her mood. For a while there she was incredibly moody, between teething, soar bum, a brother too sick to play with her, etc.
I have been attending a monthly women's group potluck supper. On May 26th it was held at a house we hadn't been to before. I took Charly and meatballs and we had a good supper. But right after supper (we'd been there less than 1 1/2 hours) Charly suddenly had an allergy attack to the dog that was there. His eyes puffed out so much that he couldn't see. He had some welts and swelling inthe surrounding face tissue too. We quickly left and I headed straight home. But a couple minutes in the vehicle and Charly quit talking to me and collapsed, so I panicked and went straight to the hospital. tuns out his breathing was fine but he was just exhausted from fighting the allergy. So after a long wait he got some drugs, then more wait to make sure the drugs would work, we finally went home. I woke Charly up at 2:30am for more Benadryl, and by morning he was feeling better, but still needed more drugs to reduce the swelling in his eyes. It was a learning experience. I now keep a bottle of Benadryl in the diaper bag, and know that unless there is breathing problems -do NOT go to the hospital without taking Benadryl ahead of time.
Other events included another trip to Calgary to take Jeff's mom and step-Dad to the airport, and visiting Dickson Dam and Gwennifer Lake. And both kids also got hair cuts - Sarah's first one! Cutting off all the straggly ends has made her hair look a little thicker.
And what can I say about this month's weather?! We got snow at the beginning of May, sunshine in the middle, and more snow at the end of May. Ugh. I hope moisture is helpful in keeping the drought conditions away - for a while there it was looking pretty scary - forest fires north of Edmonton already.
Okay, that's about it for now. Time to go get supper ready.
Photos
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201005#
The month started with a trip to Calgary. Jeff was returning from meetings in Dallas, TX, so I drove with the kids down to Calgary and met him at the Diamonds. We all had a great visit and journeyed home.
The following Wednesday I attended a women's group where they took some portraits for Mother's Day. The funny thing of the photo is that we had a lot of trouble to get charly to look at the camera, but in the end he looks the best in the photo:
Mother's Day was nice - sleep, treats, and Jeff's mom and step-dad over for supper. The cinnamon buns that Jeff picked up were a great hit :)
When the Shriner Circus came to town, Jeff's mom watched Sarah while I took Charly. Charly was thrilled (and me too!) to take an elephant ride, see dogs do tricks, see some clowns, and acrobatics. Charly had no problems gobbling down popcorn and cotton candy - he was just bouncing from the sugar by the time we got home.
The following weekend we went back to Calgary, to the Heritage Park, for a "Day with Thomas the Tank Engine". The weather was great - not too hot and not too cool. One of the few truly Spring days we had this month. So we went on a train ride, with Thomas at the head, acting as the engine. Afterwards we had lunch, walked around, charly went on the merry-go-round tiwce, and ran the kids ran through the kid's maze a million times.
May 17 I finally found out that Sarah's biopsy was going to be held at 9am the next day, so I scrambled to get packed, took Charly over to Jeff's mom for a sleep-over, and then drove with Sarah to Calagry - we had to be at the hospital at 7am so it was easiest to go the night before. We stayed at Jeff's aunt Joan's house and was able to have a nice (although short) visit with them. We made it to the hospital on time (construction everywhere but most hadn't started that early in the morning yet), the biopsy went well and that afternoon they started Sarah on a bunch of antibiotics to keep any infection out of the biopsy site (rectum). She was discharged the next day, so we drove home to wait for the results. It took a week, but the doctor finally phoned and said that the results were good, so no more surgeries were needed - YAY!!! We have to be carefully to keep her out of dirty water (no pools, clean bathtub/no sharing, etc) for 3 weeks but hasn't been a problem. After 3 weeks then we get to resume her previous treatment with hopes that at her follow-up in 2 months we'll finally find out when this adventure will end.
Charly had stayed with his grandparents for one night (Mon), then Jeff picked him up the next night (Tues) and took him home. Charly woke Jeff up at 5am Wed morning, vomiting. He had somehow got the stomach flu and was ill for the next week. For 4 days he could keep nothing down, and we had to fight to get water/juice into him. But finally he got better, and luckily no one else in the family got ill from it.
Last week I took the kids to Heritage Ranch here in town. Both kids went for a pony ride, which was so cute. Unfortunately my camera wasn't working then. Sarah was thrilled to discover a cat and 2 bunnies, but she was not happy when I wouldn't let her chase them all over.
Sarah continues to be herself - mischieveous. She finally started to sleep through the night. We did a bit of experimenting and found that she was waking and wanting her bottle because she was hungy and not just for attention. So we're working on feeding her more before bed with hopes that there are many more nights ahead where both kids sleep throughout the night! This past week Sarah's 4th molar finally broke through, which has helped in her mood. For a while there she was incredibly moody, between teething, soar bum, a brother too sick to play with her, etc.
I have been attending a monthly women's group potluck supper. On May 26th it was held at a house we hadn't been to before. I took Charly and meatballs and we had a good supper. But right after supper (we'd been there less than 1 1/2 hours) Charly suddenly had an allergy attack to the dog that was there. His eyes puffed out so much that he couldn't see. He had some welts and swelling inthe surrounding face tissue too. We quickly left and I headed straight home. But a couple minutes in the vehicle and Charly quit talking to me and collapsed, so I panicked and went straight to the hospital. tuns out his breathing was fine but he was just exhausted from fighting the allergy. So after a long wait he got some drugs, then more wait to make sure the drugs would work, we finally went home. I woke Charly up at 2:30am for more Benadryl, and by morning he was feeling better, but still needed more drugs to reduce the swelling in his eyes. It was a learning experience. I now keep a bottle of Benadryl in the diaper bag, and know that unless there is breathing problems -do NOT go to the hospital without taking Benadryl ahead of time.
Other events included another trip to Calgary to take Jeff's mom and step-Dad to the airport, and visiting Dickson Dam and Gwennifer Lake. And both kids also got hair cuts - Sarah's first one! Cutting off all the straggly ends has made her hair look a little thicker.
And what can I say about this month's weather?! We got snow at the beginning of May, sunshine in the middle, and more snow at the end of May. Ugh. I hope moisture is helpful in keeping the drought conditions away - for a while there it was looking pretty scary - forest fires north of Edmonton already.
Okay, that's about it for now. Time to go get supper ready.
Photos
http://picasaweb.google.ca/snowite73/201005#
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