We've had a great week thus far ;) Monday Blake and I went to preschool in the morning, while Emerson stayed home with Cal. When the kids woke up from their afternoon naps we left for Stony Plain. We had an appointment with our financial advisor and then took supper over to Colby, Jenna and Grandma Bev! The boys had a blast playing with Cal and it was nice to see and visit Bev! And I got to spend lots of time with Jenna! She gave me the biggest cuddle, which was so, so sweet!!! I love cuddles :) Monday was Blake's 1st day outside of the house since beginning potty training. And he did AWESOME!!! No accidents and he used the big potty at the YMCA and Colby's potty! We were very happy! He continues to great with the potty. He takes awhile to do #2 and has had a few #2 accidents, but yesterday was totally accident free!! I'm not sure when his last pee accident was and it's been almost 2 days with out the other accident! We're so proud of him :) He's done amazing!! He was obviously ready!
Wednesday afternoon Christa and Berlyn came over for a visit! It was nice to visit and see Berlyn! She's growing fast ... I think she will be tall like her Mommy! Wednesday evening my Mom came over to babysit the kids, while Cal and I went to the Oilers vs. Flyers game. We had a nice night out! Thanks for babysitting Mom!!
Thursday morning my Mom, the kids and I went to Kingsway Mall. Blake LOVES Handy Manny, who is a Disney character, so I thought we'd see if the Disney store had any Handy Manny stuff. And they did! Blake also likes to watch Mickey's Clubhouse (it's on before Handy Manny!), so he LOVED the Disney store and seeing Tigger, Mickey, Donald, Minnie, etc!! He hasn't seen any of the Disney movies, but got a lot of the books as gifts (Toy Story, Cars, Winnie the Pooh!), so he knows all the characters!! We'll have to visit the Disney store again in the near future! I think Blake could have spent a few more hours there ;) I can only imagine how much fun Blake would have in Disney Land or Disney World!! We will definately be taking him there one day!!
Thursday evening I visited 2 dayhomes and this morning the kids and I visited 1 more! 1 of the dayhomes from last night was NOT good!! The other was GREAT!! And the dayhome this morning was good, but not as good as Nancy's from last night! I actually talked to Nancy before I talked to Karen (the lady who quit on us!), but went to Karen's 1st and thought it was so good I didn't even bother going to Nancy's! But, as I said in my last post, things happen for a reason and this is definitely an example of that! I think Nancy's is even more suitable for us, so there you go!! I'm taking the kids there on Tuesday morning for lunch, so if all goes well we will be signing up! The oddest part about Nancy's dayhome is that Blake's friend Vanessa (from the 1st Karen's dayhome, back before we had Emerson) goes there!!! I couldn't believe it when I found out!? How ironic! Blake and Vanessa were little buddies, so hopefully they'll remember each other!! And it is comforting to know that Vanessa's family likes Nancy, because they loved Karen and Karen was so good, so to me that must mean that Nancy is just as good! They've been going to Nancy since Karen closed her dayhome back in December of '08. Now we're just hoping that this all works out, because I'm back to work in 3 weeks and really don't need to be looking any more!!!
Tonight we have gymnastics. We're debating whether or not to enroll in another session. I'll have to get a better feel for whether or not Blake wants to continue! Most classes he really enjoys and he gets to burn a lot of energy! But he will be going to a dayhome 3 days a week and swimming lessons will continue on Saturday mornings and I don't want him to be too "over programmed!!" Although, the kids will be home on Mondays with Cal and Fridays with me, so maybe that's enough down time??
We'd also like to wish Cal's brother Gerry a very happy 30th birthday!!! It's the big 3-0 today! Boy that's old Gerry ... lol!! I'm 29 and holding forever ;)
Have a great weekend everyone! I know we will!! We're looking forward to the Super Bowl on Sunday afternoon!! GO COLTS!!!! Cal, Blake and Em will all be sporting their jerseys ;) We're very excited about Blake's new jersey from Grandma D!!!
xoxo Tracy
Friday, February 5, 2010
Sunday, January 31, 2010
What a weekend!
Potty party day 2 went really, really well!! Blake is doing an awesome job of going potty (both #1 and #2!). We try to take him quite often and he even told us a few times that he had to go! Just one small (like a drop!) accident today! Good job Blake!! Dad and I are sooooo... proud of you buddy:) Grandma and Grandpa D came over for dinner tonight to celebrate Blake's success. We all gave Blake a few small gifts and I baked a cake for him!
Emerson had a big first this weekend too!! She is now doing what I call the "inchworm!!!" She pulls herself along the floor!! I took the kids to the chiropractor on Friday and the Dr. was telling me that she has read research that kids who do not crawl are often less coordinated later in life. She said it's not a big deal if kids don't crawl, but that there are exercises you can do to at least develop that reflex (doesn't necessarily mean they will crawl, but it will ensure they develop the relax associated with crawling!). So I did the exercises with Em on Friday and on Saturday morning! They're seriously like 30 seconds of stretching basically. Not sure if that's what got her going or not?! I actually think it was more her Dad spending a lot of time with her enticing her with his wedding ring!!! She's so funny, I guess you can say in a lot of ways she's very laid back and waits for things to come to her ;) And today is the second time that Emerson didn't nurse at supper time. She's still nursing really well in the morning, so we'll see what happens now! I'm happy that she can self wean, instead of me forcing her!
So now for a bit of a downer ... our awesome day home is no longer :( Karen called me this evening and she will not be able to take the kids. She had a 13 month old start last week and has decided that she does not want more then 1 child under the age of 2 at one time in her day home. It's really too bad, but I do understand. She called earlier in the evening and didn't leave a message, which I found odd and then called again and left a message for me to call her back. So I did ... she felt very bad, but just wanted to be honest and she said she could take 2 kids under the age of 2, but wouldn't feel she could spend an appropriate amount of time with the little ones, never mind the older ones. I'm glad she was honest and she is right, there are day homes out there who take on the maximum number of children and they probably don't give each of the children an adequate amount of attention ... but still ... it sucks to have to start the day home search again. We are glad she made this decision now and not 1 week before I went back to work! Or even worse ... 1 week into my return to work. So that was a sad way to end this awesome weekend, but I believe things turn out the way they're supposed to, so I guess it wasn't meant to be. I'll keep you posted as the search continues :)
All in all it's been an awesome weekend! We are so proud of our little ones and can't believe how fast they're growing up! Have a fantastic week everyone!
xoxo The Cameron's
Emerson had a big first this weekend too!! She is now doing what I call the "inchworm!!!" She pulls herself along the floor!! I took the kids to the chiropractor on Friday and the Dr. was telling me that she has read research that kids who do not crawl are often less coordinated later in life. She said it's not a big deal if kids don't crawl, but that there are exercises you can do to at least develop that reflex (doesn't necessarily mean they will crawl, but it will ensure they develop the relax associated with crawling!). So I did the exercises with Em on Friday and on Saturday morning! They're seriously like 30 seconds of stretching basically. Not sure if that's what got her going or not?! I actually think it was more her Dad spending a lot of time with her enticing her with his wedding ring!!! She's so funny, I guess you can say in a lot of ways she's very laid back and waits for things to come to her ;) And today is the second time that Emerson didn't nurse at supper time. She's still nursing really well in the morning, so we'll see what happens now! I'm happy that she can self wean, instead of me forcing her!
So now for a bit of a downer ... our awesome day home is no longer :( Karen called me this evening and she will not be able to take the kids. She had a 13 month old start last week and has decided that she does not want more then 1 child under the age of 2 at one time in her day home. It's really too bad, but I do understand. She called earlier in the evening and didn't leave a message, which I found odd and then called again and left a message for me to call her back. So I did ... she felt very bad, but just wanted to be honest and she said she could take 2 kids under the age of 2, but wouldn't feel she could spend an appropriate amount of time with the little ones, never mind the older ones. I'm glad she was honest and she is right, there are day homes out there who take on the maximum number of children and they probably don't give each of the children an adequate amount of attention ... but still ... it sucks to have to start the day home search again. We are glad she made this decision now and not 1 week before I went back to work! Or even worse ... 1 week into my return to work. So that was a sad way to end this awesome weekend, but I believe things turn out the way they're supposed to, so I guess it wasn't meant to be. I'll keep you posted as the search continues :)
All in all it's been an awesome weekend! We are so proud of our little ones and can't believe how fast they're growing up! Have a fantastic week everyone!
xoxo The Cameron's
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