Nate, Aly and I are back at Sick Kids at least for a night maybe for a few. I will give more details tomorrow.
When did that happen???
I am not sure when it happened.
I guess it was over time.
A slow and steady process.
I must have missed the signs.
I don’t know when it happened.
I wish I had been told.
A secret no one tells you.
Oh when did I get old???
*** Sorry I was just feeling rhyme-y today. š I thought I’d share the way I feel.
It isn’t a bad thing it just surprised me.Ā I am only 31 but today I saw some teenagers out being teenagers and in a flash the thought crossed my mind “Ugh kids.” And in that instant I became old to myself. I have always said I wanted to live a Peter Pan life and never grow up at least at heart. But I have come to realize that I failed at it.
This could be a sad thought but I am actually happy with it. I couldn’t have a house, a husband and children in a Peter Pan life. A child’s heart is free of responsibility. I have unknowingly and with out realizing grown up but it was the right thing for me.
Oh but I still get toys. š
The world outside.
There is a weird thing that happens when I am sick for a long period (or in this case my son is). I don’t venture outside. Not to say I don’t go to my mail box, I do. But I don’t leave the property on which my house sits. I don’t go to the store. I don’t drive any where. And. Well. I don’t tend to dress for life. Let me explain.
A flu like bug has been passing around the house and poor Nate has been sick for 5 days. In that 5 days I have only left the house to Take Cam to school on Wednesday and to take Nate to the hospital when he got really bad (also Wednesday). Other then that I haven’t gone ANY where. With each passing day I have dressed a little frumpier then the one before. And with each passing day I have felt even less like interacting with the people outside of my house. I know I will eventually have to go out again but right now I just don’t want to. Oh well it will all be there tomorrow when the sun comes up. Maybe I will venture out then, but the weather man says it’s going to rain soooo…..maybe not!
Addendum:
After writing this post I went and read a friend’s post. It was writen about almost the samething from the opposite view. It made me laugh. And I realized that when I am ready to continue along “the road of a life” that others will be there to walk it with me. And that made me smile. So to Rebekah I say thank you.
No sense, no pain.
Today Cam decided he knew better then mommy and after being told repeatedly not to stand on the living room chair he did any way and fell off hitting his head on the corner of the toy book. Of course the first thing he did was start to cry. I having had a long week already wasn’t feeling sympathetic so I just responded with an I told you so and went to get an ice pack for his head. When IĀ came back he had given up on crying and had gone back to playing (and climbing on the furniture). I pulled him down and realized that the bump was actually a fairly deep cut. I cleaned it up and put an ice pack on for swelling and of he went to play. About an hour later he got into a fight with his brother and was brought to tears because Nate slapped him.
Go figure. A nice deep cut and not a single tear but a slap on the hand and it’s the end of the world. I will never understand. Sheesh kids.
P.S. The pics don’t do the cut justice. It looked much worse in real life.
He’s thankful for what?
Tonight was parent teacher night at Cameron’s school. When I first arrived I was nervous. I wasn’t sure how things would go since Cam has been having a lot of problems with accidents. So I hoped for the best but was prepared for the worst.
It turns out all the worry was for nothing. The teachers said Cam is a very bright child and is adjusting in his own time.
She shared with us Cam’s rememberance day project. (See pic) He was asked to name things he was thankful for and the teacher wrote them down. Here is what he said:
“I am thankful for the rememberance day assembly, food, clothes, EXIT signs, mommy and daddy, my dog and for when we get a cat. I am also thankful for books and my school.
Only my crazy kid. š
Here we are yet again.
Yesterday Nate became sick with what seemed like the flu. Unfortunately a day and a half later he is still sick and has started to dehydrate. This is normal for Nate. Unfortunately the local hospital never sees it as the issue it can be because of his history so when he gets sick we have to drive down to Sick kids hospital which is an hour+ away.
So that is where we sit right now at almost midnight waiting for the doctor. B ut this time we also have Aly with us.
What would you save?
There is a knock at the door. It is the emergency services. The neighbor hood is being evacuated. You have 10 minutes to grab what you need and get out. What do you grab?
I was recently watching a reality TV show and this was the question given to the woman on the show and it got me thinking. What would I take?
Well that’s easy right? So I thought but in fact I spent a lot of time thinking about it and really couldn’t settle on an answer. Then I realized. There isn’t much I would bother with. So here is my list as I see it now.
1. Clothes for the family. (Oh and some diapers.) Really just the diaper bag and some clothes added for Rob and I.
2. A few toys and books for the kids. To keep them entertained because who knows how long before we could get something for them.
3. My purse. All necessary I.D like health cards are in there.
4. My laptop and camera. (Mommy’s toys.)
5. The dog. Okay so she isn’t stuff but I also wouldn’t leave her.
So that’s my list. The only other thing I would add if there was time would be food. No jewelry. Not photo albums or anything like that and if there wasn’t time to save all that I could cut the list down to #3 and #5.
I am dreaming of a frugal Christmas….
I have decided that this year I am going to try and lower my Christmas costs. I want to take a step back from the consumerism of Christmas and focus on the spirit. I want to TRY and make my gifts for most of the people on my list this year and try to make the gifts about the thought and not the price. This will exempt the children in the family because I couldn’t imagine not shopping for them however I do plan on spending less then I have in past years. I am planning to create gifts of some sort for at least 8 people. This may not sound like a lot but I have only have 40 days left to make them all and wrap them. My challenge begins……NOW!
If you have any suggestions I would LOVE the help!
Why do they call it spring cleaning?
Today I got in to a weird cleaning mood which as those who know me can tell you, it doesn’t happen often. So I decided to tackle my kitchen pantry which is no small task. It is actually 4 very large cupboards plus two very large shelves. Well after about 5-6 hours of cleaning I am proud to say that I finished sorting and cleaning it all and I have organized all the food. I also got rid of two garbage bags worth of things that have been waiting to be gotten rid of and sort all of my plastic ware. Now I need to go shopping to fill the empty spaces I made. š
My son Nate. The rock.
I was just awoken about an hour ago by a screaming Cameron. He went to bed with a tummy ache and woke up throwing up at one in the morning. Poor guy was covered so I had to bathe Cam.Ā Then I stripped down the bed and even had to wipe down the wall beside his bed. All of this was done while Nate slept snoring away in the bed next to Cam’s not even 5 feet away. He slept like a rock. It’s no wonder he’s so cute because nothing seems to interrupt Nate’s beauty sleep.