Pictures from our visit to Calgary

The kids are watching Grampie do some work in the garage. Robbie's got two new movies that Grampie bought for him, he was talking to him through the window "Grampie, we'll watch these movies, okay? Yah? Okay!"

She was only intreseted because he was, lol.

This is what happens when the ladies leave for the day... mayhem.

Uncle Paul playing with Lana.

I love the lip, Grampie... hey why is that kid sitting on your dinning room table? Did Grammie okay this?

A New Way to Pee

Up until now it's been Mommy taking Robbie to the potty but lately he's been asking Daddy to take him - why? Because Daddy has introduced him to the magical world of the urinal! Today we met up with Daddy at Kingsway Mall and after a little bite to eat Daddy took Robbie to the men's room. After a little wait Robbie came running to Lana and I while shouting "Mommy! I pee'd standing up!!" He was so excited/proud. While I was giving him a high five an elderly lady came over to us an was giggling while she asked for a high five too! What a cute momennt.

Untitled from Heather S on Vimeo.

Proud Parent Moment!!!

Robbie's skating classes started back up today and while Colin and I were curious on how well he'd do after an (almost) months break, he seemed to pick up right where he left off! He was back with his old teacher (Tanya) and with a bunch of new skating buddies. He did so well, he had his airplane wings out as he took little steps going across the ice. He fell down a lot more than before but we think that it's because he's so good at getting back up - it's almost like he was looking for a challenge. At the end of the session Tanya pulled Colin aside and asked if it would be okay to move Robbie to the next level!!! She pointed out that he'll be the youngest in that group and the slowest but he knows how to do everything that Tanya teaches. We're ecstatic; we want him to be challenged!


Video(s) to follow.

Ah Poop

Colin's sick.

Bug

Our poor little family (excluding Colin) has been hit by a pretty wicked bug a 24 hr bug perhaps? Robbie was the first one to get it, he was up at 5am on Wednesday throwing up and kept on going until he crashed at 12:30. He had no fever, no diarrhea (at the time) and little appetite. He drank lots and I had to twist his rubber arm to have a couple of popsicles. Thursday everything seemed back to normal, I sent him off to Lisa's for the day. Friday he started developing diarrhea, there wasn't any kind of urgency behind it - just every time he peed he had some loose stools. (Sorry if this is too descriptive, this is my personal journal as well) Friday evening Colin & I went out for a movie and by the end of it I wasn't feeling very good, I thought it was the hot dog I had eaten. I ended up spending that entire night with the chills and vomiting - not fun. Saturday Colin had to go to in to get some work done on his book so I duked it out as long as I could with the kids. Lana had woken up with diarrhea and vomit all over her crib and I was still feeling really queasy and weak from all the vomiting and shaking. At noon he ended up coming home because I couldn't do it, I was so weak. He was sweet enough to take Robbie to go see a movie while Lana and I napped... that was the best nap EVER. Lana woke up and was pretty snugly and happy, so we soaked it all up. It just so happened that Robbie ended up sleeping from 3pm - 7am and Lana slept from 8pm - 11:30am! Both kids are still not at 100%, she just ate her first meal today at 8pm - toast, applesauce, crackers and some diluted apple juice. I'm so happy she got something else in her belly other than water. Hopefully after this sleep she'll be back to her normal self.



Keep your fingers crossed that Colin doesn't catch it!

Instead of reading material, Robbie talks to some VIP's on Lana's Tinkerbell phone. from Heather S on Vimeo.