Not Me Monday

A new installment on our blog - each week I will attempt to post a Not Me Monday post that shares a few things that I most certainly did not do during the past week.

This past week:

I did not clean my floors after my dog scooted his bum along them to "wipe" himself clean.

I did not eat my toast and peanut butter in the van on the way to work. I did not slam on my brakes only to have my laptop land on top of said toast and peanut butter.

I did not allow my dog to lick my child's back for five minutes only to discover that she had pooped through her diaper and he was "cleaning" her up for me.

I did not accidentally "bump" a car in front of me while driving on my way to work. I was not eating another round of toast and peanut butter at the time.

3 Years Come and Gone Already

Coming home from the hospital.

First birthday.

Second birthday.

Third birthday.

8 Kids Under Age 4...

We forayed into the great unknown this afternoon - we hosted our first "real" kids party for Emily's third birthday. Up until now, her parties (and Danica's for that matter) have consisted mainly of family and a few good friends. This year though, she has actual friends and we wanted to give her a kids party and let her celebrate with them.

We rented some time at the Wellness Institute and let me tell you, it was the best thing ever! We showed up at 3:30 and were given our own private party room complete with tables, chairs, fridge, stove, microwave oven, island counter, sink, CD player, the works. We decorated the room with streamers, happy birthday signs and princess tablecloths.

At 4:00, all of our guests had arrived and a staff member from the Wellness Institute came to our room and took all of the kids to the gym where they had every type of fun thing for a kid to do. They had a bowling lane set up, a ring toss, hockey net with sticks and pucks, a basketball set, these bouncy things that the kids sat on and bounced around on (and yes, they had an adult size one, and yes I tried it out), scooters (we all remember those from gym class), and tons of other stuff too. The kids ran around and played like crazy for an hour and at the end of that hour they played with a parachute and played a game of cat and mouse with it (brings back memories doesn't it?).

After that, we headed back to our room, where the pizza we had ordered was waiting for us and all the kids sat down for pizza, cake and finally opening up presents. By 6, we were all done, and the best part of it was that I didn't have to clean a single thing up!!!

Here are some pictures from today's festivities.

Happy Halloween!

Another Halloween come and gone. We had beautiful weather this year and the girls enjoyed themselves! Emily had a few meltdowns along the way but by the time we did a few houses in our neighbourhood and the candy was flowing freely - she was happy as could be!

Danica's 1 Year Stats

This morning was Danica's trip to the pediatrician to have her one year shots and to have a quick check-up done. She's in great health and all is good. The poor thing had to have 4 needles today - as my sister-in-law Evelyn put it so well - she was a little pin cushion!

She is in the 90th percentile for her height (30.5 inches) and her weight (24 pounds 10 ounces). She's a big girl but when you start off at 9 pounds 10 ounces, it's not highly likely that you will drop off the charts! Danica is slightly heavier than Emily was at a year but half an inch shorter than she was at this time. I'm sure that she will slim down like Emily did in the near future now that she runs everywhere she can.

Happy Birthday Greg!

Last weekend we celebrated Greg's 33rd birthday. We had family over for dinner on Saturday and had a nice night together.

Normally we have a big party at our place with friends, but after two straight weeks of hosting family for dinners, I was tired and wasn't really in the mood to have 30 people over again. Instead, we headed out for drinks with friends in a combo birthday party for Greg and our friend Kelly. A good time was had by all - I think there were a few hangovers making their way through the group this morning.

The kids "helping" to open presents.
Ready for the snow to come.
I'm attempting to grow Danica's bangs out but the problem with that is that her hair is always in her face. This is my new solution - antennas!

Toddler Communication

My child screams. Not simple yelling, but an ear piercing, shrill masterpiece that reverberates in whatever room you are in which makes it seem even louder than it really is. Last night, she started when she had to get out of the bathtub and go to bed. We had to remove her from the bathroom so that our ears would stop bleeding.

Poor parenting confession #1 - I usually wind up yelling back. I yell at her for yelling at me. It's like trying to make peace in the Middle East with big guns. I can only imagine what it's going to be like when she's a teenager. We won't need words, only fog horns. Sigh.