Howdy Strangers!

My goodness! Where does the time go? I sit at the computer with every intention of posting a blog and get sucked into a new facebook game (if you play Castleville, add me as a neighbour won't you?)! Terrible! It's not like I don't have enough to do! Hahaha! I have a lot to blog about too! First I have a funny story to tell you that goes along with the theme for the day!

Last week sometime I went to pick X up from school. (Don't ask what day, they just blend together now.) I was standing out in the courtyard freezing my earlobes off waiting for my slow, social butterfly of a son, and two ladies were standing near me, talking. I was not listening in. I promise. But they were standing close to me and talking...and I was staring at a wall, not talking. So I heard some of what was being said. What they were saying is not important. Something about a zipper. But when I was standing there not listening, I thought to myself that the one girl sounded SO much like a friend from junior high! Wouldn't that be funny? Then the other girl said her name and it was the same name as my junior high friend. What are the chances right? I didn't want to ask because I would obviously look like a total fool in front of two strangers. That would not be cool. But then the second girl went into the school. So I took my chance. Looking like a total fool in front of one stranger is not so bad.

So I asked this stranger if I could ask her a totally random question. Then I asked if she had ever had the same name as my friend from grade 8. (side note, we did a lot of moving around during my junior high years, so I had 3 different junior high schools) She in turn asked me how I knew her maiden name. Yep. Totally happened. She was the person I went to school with (quick terrifying math here) 20 years ago. (Seriously, can that be right?) She asked if we went to school together back in N.S. and I confirmed her theory and told her my maiden name. At that point we're sort of screaming at each other in disbelief. Turns out not only do our sons go to the same school, they are in the same grade, although in different classes, and we live on the same street!

My husband of course thinks I'm a ridiculous freak recognizing some one's voice from 20 years ago. But that's just how I roll! :)

I promise to try my best not to leave it so long between posts again! :)

What a Day!

The Bravest Boy!

Well, with three kids, a person is bound to spend more time with doctors right? On Monday the girls turned 6 weeks old! V and I celebrated by going to the pediatrician about a rash on her face! Pretty sure it's the same allergy to milk that X had when he was an infant. It just took me a little longer to clue in since it did not present itself in the hospital at all! I did find out that she is now 12 lbs 1 oz! She also grew 3 inches! Crazy. She's feeling a lot better now.

Today, about 5 minutes after M came back from dropping X off at school, the school called. They said X had fallen on the playground and had a nasty bump on his head, could we come see him? So M went back to the school and brought him home. M checked his pupils and so on, looking for signs of concussion, but there were none, until he puked. Twice. The second time he puked I was already getting myself together to take him to hospital. For extra fun he puked again in a Timmy's cup half way there. I forgot to bring a bucket and handed him the only thing in reach. ;)

Turns out if you go to the emergency department with a 'head injury' you don't have to wait! As the mom of the 5 year old in question, I was not impressed with the term 'head injury.' It scared me. It also scared me when he was slow to answer questions like "what school do you go to?" He answered, but he was slow. Then they told me "the plan." An IV for fluids and a cat scan. WHAT? You're going to stick a needle in my little boy? No no no. But I tried to be brave! I told him what was coming, but we both still cried when it happened. But I didn't let him see me. And I didn't TOTALLY freak out.

The cat scan was super fun. Mostly because it was apparent that he was already feeling 100% better. We were having fun practicing reading and making notes of all the cool things he could tell his friends at school about! Plus I saw his brain. Hahaha! He did really well staying still though. Plus he kept getting stickers, so he was 'paid' in kid currency for his time! :) Everything was clear and they sent us home, but we get to wake him up throughout the night tonight to see if he can answer questions. I don't know if I could answer questions if people woke me out of a sound sleep wanting to know what day it was!!

Tomorrow it's my turn to see the doctor for my post-babies checkup. Hopefully L will wait for a scheduled appointment! But I'm really not looking forward to the immunizations that are booked for the end of the month! Bah.

Hope you have a great day!!

I Have a Favourite!

Since our time in the hospital (almost 6 weeks ago!) M has been teasing me about favourite children. He'll pick up a baby and say "you're my favourite." He does this because it bugs me. It goes against every instinct in my body for him to pick a favourite. The other day I realized I have a favourite. Don't comment yet! My favourite is whoever I'm staring at. Whoever I'm feeding, burping, changing, bathing, singing to, reading with, doing homework with, walking with, or thinking about. That's my favourite kid. Then if my attention shifts to another, I have a new favourite! And yes, I'm able to have 3 favourites if we're all walking down the rode, or sitting on the couch together. There's my confession for the day! :)

You wanna know what I'm looking forward to now? When I was pregnant I was looking forward to things like peeing like a normal person, walking without pain, twisting to crack my back (which is AWESOME), and sleeping NOT on my back. Now my main goal in life is to teach my daughters to blow their noses. I cannot wait. Their nostrils are so tiny, and their heads are so wiggly, that it is very difficult to help them with snot issues! So I'm thinking they'll be able to blow their noses at 10 months right? Oh boy. That seems a long time to wait for some snot action.

There is something else that I have been looking forward to. I will tell you now. Since finding out I was pregnant, two of my BFFs started habit-changing, weight-loss journeys. Because I was preggers I could not join them, only offer support. Now I can do it! Having support makes all the difference in the world I think in the weight battle. All I need now is batteries for my scale! Do you think it would be cheating if I used my weight from 6 weeks ago as my start weight? That would give me such a boost! Hahahaha! I'll let you know how it goes! :) But I'll tell you a little story to start.

My journey actually started about 3 years ago. I must have been battling a little bit of depression or something, but I made the conscious decision to give up with weight. I tell you no lie. Somehow the idea got into my head that bad-for-me food tasted good enough to give up on health and looks. And by looks I mean awesome clothes. Then one day we were visiting my mom and she had a scale that worked, so I thought I'd get on it for fun. Why did I think that would be fun? I don't know. It was not. I saw a number that woke me out of my fog. I started my journey right then and declared to myself that I would never see that number again! It turns out I did see that number again, but I was 34 weeks pregnant with twins at the time, so I was ok seeing it again in that circumstance. But now that the twins are no longer residing in my belly, I hope that the number is once again in my past forever. :)

Hope you're enjoying my randomness! It's just who I am! Hahahah! Have a great weekend!!