Uncle Andrew Was Here

I'm totally behind the eight ball.

Uncle Andrew was here but now he's gone. Before you know it (read: Thursday), Nanna will be here. And after that, Poppa. All of this within the next two weeks. Ed got a new contract last week that has to be completed before we leave (he has others but they'll be in "maintenance mode"). Needless to say, we've been busy.

As (bad) luck would have it, I don't have one picture of Andrew with the kids. Not one!? I do have a picture of his first dinner (priorities people) a chicken, tomato with vegetables "something" over penne with fresh parmesan. The boys say that they liked it. I liked it too because I got rid of a ton of stuff in the fridge/freezer.


On Sunday afternoon, Andrew and I went out for an early dinner (3pm to Swiss Chalet, yum!) and then to an Ottawa Senators game (it started at 5pm). We had great seats, right on the centre line and the place was almost packed (considering it was the Grey Cup). To top it off, Ottawa beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3!

I also have pictures of the kids playing in boxes.

Movember

This post was originally called "In Search of the Phantom" as a reference to Inspector Clousseau. It's also one of our next marathons (11 movies in total) that we're gearing up for (read: looking for the movies). Speaking of which, does anyone have any Pink Panther movies (old/new, DVD/VHS)? Did I already ask that?

But then Nanna reminded me of Movember and we too want to lend our support to Prostate Cancer.

The Week of November 17-23, 2011

Since I'm so far behind, I'm going to give you the week in pictures (with captions).

Nanna was here and then she left.



While she was here, we went to CHEO and gave presents in Alexander's name. We also donated a breast pump (that Carrie gave me) to the General. Christmas in November!


We visited with Ethan (Ed's grandson).








We hung out (literally).


It snowed last night (4 inches), we brought the snow inside.


Artemis on her soapbox.


We are anxiously awaiting Uncle Andrew's visit on Friday!

Another Post about Poo

First off, I can't believe that we've only been officially toilet training Artemis for one week. It feels like at least twenty two weeks.

Today started out as usual. Artemis tells me her diaper needs to be changed so we go into the bathroom and perform a big rigamarole change it. Except that today, for the second time, she told me that she NEEDED to go (not that she already HAD). And so the waiting game began.

She wasn't big on sitting on the toilet but was VERY interested in rummaging through the "everything" drawer with the condition that she could play with items IF she sat on the toilet. Five minutes and 28 items later, the game was still interesting (for one of us) and then she paused. I pounced like a person that wanted to avoid cleaning the floor a mother bear and made IT (and the intended target) just in time. Artemis had no idea that she'd just completed one of the greatest accomplishments of her short life, and seemed pretty surprised to find something in the bowl. However, she thought that it was awesome that everyone was jumping up and down and singing something about her and a toilet. She was beaming from ear to ear.

Not to be outdone, later on, for the first time, Max patted his bum and told me that he needed a diaper change. Sure enough, he was right!

Who knew that this toilet training thing was contagious.

My mother tells me that this is the reason why I don't have any friends without kids. I have no idea what she's talking about. Doesn't everyone love to brag about their kids bowel movements?

My poor kids.

  Besos, The Zoo

Fun with Nanna