Doing up our wills has been on our “to do list” ever since Cooper was born. We kept putting it off and putting it off because we couldn’t decide who to leave the kid(s) to. Recently we met with a financial advisor (free service at our bank) and he was asking us if we had ours done and telling us how important they are to have done because regardless of how much elligible family you may hvave, the government will take and put your kids in foster care until they decide who the kids shall go to. This can take as long as needed- years if need be. Hearing this brought out my mama bear protectiveness and it became my mission to get the papers signed. Especially before we leave for vacation at the end of the month. Strangers are not getting my children! Especially with how close of a family we have supporting us. So, hubby and I talked and agreed instantly on who we’d ask and when we did they said yes. YEAH! They said they were honoured that we would ask that of them but really, it is them who are giving us the biggest gift. The gift of peace of mind that in our absence, our boys will have great care. Now time to call the lawyers.
Gadgets
Last month I read an article about a woman who went without e-mail for 30 days. No texting on cell phones, no e-mail what so ever, just cell phone calls. She said the first week was totally weird but by the 3rd week, liked it and didn’t miss being so attached to her blackberry. She didn’t however, keep it up after the 30 days. She did get back on line but says she will try to do go e-mail free again maybe once a year. It was interesting read but I never really thought about what it would be like. Until now.
Yesterday Carter threw my blackberry in the bath tub. Electronics and water don’t mix well so needless to say, I am without portable e-mail and can I tell you how weird I’ve felt all morning? It’s the first thing I do when I wake up- check my blackberry. Now, I’m a stay at home mom. I do find this part funny as I don’t get a lot of important, must reply now, e-mails. I don’t have customers or bosses or co workers waiting for my reply to get on with business. Regardless though, I felt so weird all morning with the feeling that in case of an emergency I wouldn’t have immediate access to my husband, sister, or 911 for that matter. Now I do have a replacement waiting for me with hubby but just for kicks- I might try to go the weekend without it.
I’m surprised that I’m so connected to my blackberry this way. I never thought I was. How easily it’s become habit to me to have portable e-mail access. The feeling of re assurance. I’m laughing at myself because I can’t believe how much of a loss I felt this morning when I woke up and my blackberry wouldn’t turn on because truthfully, who sent me something sooooooo important through the night that it couldn’t wait until nap time when I logged in at home to get dealt with or replied to? No one! Yet, I had that slightly panicked feeling this morning of “what if someone is trying to get a hold of me?”.
Totally ridiculously funny.
Wonder
Cooper’s obsession at the moment is trains. So last week for his birthday we took him on one. I LOVE these moments in my kids’ life when they are just in awe of what they see or do. Childhood is so full of wonder and learning and to be a part of that on a daily basis is just awesome.
Ugh
I am recovering from the stomach flu. It was HORRIBLE!!! 24 hrs of purging, naseau, fever, cold sweats, bones hurting like I had all the marrow sucked right out of them and spent more time in the bathroom than out of it. Hubby dislocated his hsoulder twice playing hockey on Tuesday night- yes twice. Both times he popped it back in and kept playing as “it was the make it or break it game of the season”. Right. Anyhow, he’s in a sling and can’t dress or change the kidlets so we had to call in for back up. THankfully my MIL was a godsent and came to save the day. She and hubby looked after the kids while I was clocked out. Today I’m feeling much better thankfully s it’s Easter weekend and this weekend is crammed with family dinners and birthday parties for a certain 3 yr old. No time to be sick in this house.
This morning my MIL came over again to stay with the ball of never ending curiosity and energy (aka Carter) while we took Cooper on his first ever REAL train ride. He was beside himself with excitement and wonder. It was great. We went downtown and met up with hubby’s brother and had a wonderful lunch at Shopsy’s. Restaraunt eating is not something that is done easily with Carter in tow so all though I wasn’ well enough to eat anything, I enjoyed just being able to sit at the table.
Now I’m off to get more rest. Maybe watch a movie and retire to bed early. Tomorrow is a big day.
Happy Easter all.
Happy Birthday
Today is Cooper’s 3rd birthday. He awoke to a decorated kitchen, balloons and a play date with “birthday donuts”. hubby came home early and we took him to a toy store and let him pick out what he wanted. Of course it was Thomas related and he was in his glory. It was topped off with a dinner of fast food and playing with his new toys. I think all in all, it was a good day for him. He is pulling out some incredibly sweet things lately and when he came down to breakfast and saw the kitchen he said “you did this for me mom? THANKS!”. Then later after nap, my sister was here and upon seeing him she said to him “hello there birthday boy” and he looked at me and asked “is it STILL my birthday?”. I can not believe he is 3 all ready. He is so much fun to be with and is starting to try to tell jokes which is quite funny in itself. My dad would be having an absolute blast with him at this age. Funny how Cooper or Carter will do something and I can almost swear I hear my dad and what he would be saying as if he were standing right there beside me. Maybe he is.
An old friend is in the process of losing her dad and I must admit, it has brought me back to when my dad died. Remember how a few weeks back I was saying that I couldn’t remember a lot of that time? It was still really fuzzy. Well I guess, sub conciously that woke quite a few locked up memories as bits and pieces have been coming to me at the strangest of times. The other day washing dishes after lunch I remembered seeing tears fall down his cheeks. He was in a coma so I don’t know what was actually going on but just that image came across my mind. And then doing laundry, taking clothes out of the washing machine I remembered the song that was playing on the radio when he died (which I had tried in vain to remember before). And how the night he fell in the garage (which was the beginning of the end), he had paced the floor holding Carter (who was 7 weeks old) because he had been fussing. Weird how when you want to forget, it’s gone in your mind just like that, but that it can also be retrieved.
The heaviness of winter is starting to lift . Daylight savings helped that a lot and the fact that we’ve also been actually seeing the sun the last few days. Today was rainy and over cast but I have to say, I like rainy days. They bring a sense of calm.
I’ve had a lot I wanted to blog about but of course now that I’m sitting in front of the computer, it all eludes me. I do have a raging headache which I’m sure is part to blame. I think I’ll make a tea and take my magazine to bed.
Good night all.
Caught
This week is slipping away on me and I do want to write properly about each event that is happening but can’t write now. But I said this yesterday and it caught me way off guard when I realized it:
Random woman at car dealership: “Oh he’s so cute. Do you have any other kids?” (talk about Carter)
Me: “Yes, I have a 3 yr old too”
Random woman at car dealership: “Awe. That’s cute. Do they get along?”
Me: “Ya, for the most part. They’re still pretty young”
Random woman at car dealership: “Are you going to have anymore?”
Me: “Oh, yes. I think so”
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the first time that I’ve actually said YES to that question. We’re on the fence about having a third and most times when we talk about it the answer comes to no. It caught me by surprise how easily I said yes yesterday without even realizing it.
– Oh, and happy anniversary hubby 
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Snow, cabin fever and ESP
We got DUMPED on yesterday. It snowed and snowed and snowed some more. 35cm and 24 hrs later, I was rearing to go this morning. We actually survived the whole day home yesterday with no tv I might add (something VERY rare in this house).
Today was met with digging ourselves out, the time change and me going to a psychic convention and having my cards read. NOw I’m a total skeptic. I believe in karma, intuition, but to believe that my fate can be read by a deck of cards is…… more for fun than believable. I wanted it done for fun’s sake and just to see how much they would get “right” about me. Especially, how detailed they would get. I will say there was one that really impressed me. She was pretty bang on and said detailed things that there was no way could be guessed. Interesting.
Do you believe there are people who are pschic?
Stolen
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Lifetime supply of chapstick. I CAN NOT go without it. It was even in the grip of my hands during labour.
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Pictures of my family
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The old shirt I stole from hubby.
2) Name one person (famous or not) you have a *secret crush* on and WHY
Ummm…. I don’t reeally have any “crushes” but I’ve always thought this guy was good looking;
George Stroumboulopoulos - (I wonder if his wife took his last name?)
3) What was the last thing you did before getting on the computer?
Put Carter down for his nap.
4) Name one thing you are ashamed of about yourself.
How much tv I let my kids watch
5) How long does it take you to get dressed in the morning? Outline your routine on a typical day. Feel free to mention name brand items you use – shampoos, soap, toothpaste, etc. for interest and character development.
5 minutes. I wish I was joking. Between 6am- 7am- I wake to Carter yelling, letting us know he’s up and hungry. I brush my teeth 2 mins and get dressed- we’ll say 3 minutes and that’s it. Then I get Cooper and were off to the kitchen for breakfast. I don’t get to shower until nap time.
6) Since you all know I am food-obsessed, humor me by describing your last meal – if you could plan it.
Something with chocolate in it.
7) What is your middle name? Does it have any significance?
Louise. It’s my grandmother’s name.
8 ) Name one thing you have always wanted but HAVE NEVER HAD.
You know this is a good problem to have- Nothing jumps out at me for this one. I’ll have to ponder it some more.
9) How did you meet your spouse or s/o?
He was my boss’ son. He was the one guy I always said I would never date.
Green idea
So, I’ve written before about how I’m always trying to find ways to be more “green”. Well, this one is super easy and cheap and actually better than what I was using before. I’ve been knitting my own wash cloths. Where my parents come from, this is the way it is. Almost everyone has a drawer full of tea towels and knitted wash cloths. They’re great. And green. You just throw them in the wash after a few days or week and voila. If you’d like to try one, just send me an e-mail with your adress and I’d be happy to send you a few. They’re so simple to make, take less than a fwe hours and are only about .35 cents to make.
Morning coffee - This morning after breakfast, the boys were actually playing nicely. So I decided to start a new cloth. I had to take a picture of this so in the future I can look at it and remember that not ALL mornings are crazy and loud.
Trouble- Of course, I can’t do anything in this house without someone coming around to poke and snoop.
dsc04331.jpg- I guess I can’t expect him to resist the urge that a ball of yarn would bring him.
Other snippets of today:
-Cooper was in the bathroom and Carter of course followed and Cooper was actually nice to him. Usually Cooper is screaming at Carter to get out or leave his toilet paper alone or not to look in HIS mirror but this morning he was trying to tickle him and I actually heard kissing noises. My heart was a puddle of mush on the laundry room floor.
-I put Cooper in time out just before lunch. When all was said and done and we were sitting eating lunch he says “mommy, you put me in time out!”. I said “yes, I did. Because you weren’t listening right?”. He looks at me with a cute, innocent smirk and says “mommy, you such a joker”. Really, what can I say to that?
- At nap time- Cooper fell out of his bed trying to reach for something on the other side of his room. When I went up to see if he was okay he says “mommy, I have a boo boo. I need a band aid and a dentist.” Okay. I’ll get right on that. Then he asked me to kiss his boo boo better and proceeded to pull his pants down and lift me his cheek. Ahhhh, the life of a mom.
Busy ramblings
This is a crazy month ahead. My wedding anniversary, mom’s birthday, Cooper’s 3rd birthday and Easter. Not to mention a few nights out sans children (which I soooooo look forward to). I just finished making Cooper’s birthday invitations last night. I’m quite happy with them. They’re trains. I guess I’ll have to follow suite with a Thomas the tank engine party as that is absolute FAVORITE thing at the moment. Before Thomas it was hot wheels of course so I wonder what will be next?
I have menus to plan, babysitters to arrange (this is always a good problem to have because it means I’m getting out) and parties to plan. I need cradft ideas, trinkets to put in the eggs for the egg hunt and presents to buy. This is taking a lot of creativity on my part because I want to do all these things “green”.
And for the love of anything holy- could it please STOP snowing all ready? The snow banks are higher than our cars (still) and we’re due for another 15-25cm tonight starting with freezing rain. Come on now Ms.Mother Nature, ease up a little…. please? All though next week is the time change which means longer days which always brightens everyone’s dreary mood. And with all the festivities this month, spring will be here in no time. Also, it seems we have a bunny living in our back yard who has left fresh tracks in the yard every day for the last week so that is a good dign that spring is slowly on it’s way.
Carter is getting more teeth which on the one side is FINALLY… and the other side- driving me NUTS. I can do loud, crying, screaming even but whining is sooooo not my thing. 1 minute of whining can have me wanting to dress him in his cutest outfit and leave him on the neighbours porch with a note saying “can I hang out here until bed time?”. All joking aside though, I feel sorry for the little guy as teething can’t be much fun. I see 7 bumps all along his gums and in perspective he does try to be happy in the midst of all the discomfort.
One thing that has had us laughing this week is COoper’s dreams. It seems he’s gotten my dreaming trait as it’s quite vivid and real for him. He’s been talking for 2 days now about the one he had a few mornings ago where “he was playing his game and only had on 1 blue sock. I had left the drawer gate open (?) and he couldn’t fit in it because he’s too big”. Oookkkaaayyy then. hahaha.
Just looking back over this post……. could it be any more random and about nothing? Sorry folks- my brain will come back soon– I hope.
