Trying to stay floating...

Me, coffee and a jar of Tylenol. That's been my week. The whole family has a bad cold so it's just to try to forget yourself and see beyond your own pain. A bit like a delivery, breath Lamaze and endure! This to shall pass (as one of my wise friends taught me)!

Believe it or not but a good thing happened last week, I found a playgroup here in Dorval. Walking distance from home, every Wednesday and Friday. It's in a basement of a community center and it seems like the regular visitors are a few mums that hang out and gossip about their husbands or ex husbands. The coffee is good and Lovisa enjoys it so on a rainy day it's certainly a little treat for us all! So our week is starting to be busy and I like it!

Monday - park or the mall, depending on the weather
Tuesday - park or the mall, depending on the weather
Wednesday - playgroup
Thursday - story time at the library
Friday - playgroup

Some days we go a bit crazy and walk to the waterfront and feed the ducks. This fits my control freak nature just fine, to have at least 1 activity per day.

Here are my darlings, Andréa trying to wake Lovisa up from her way to long nap:

Wake up Lovisa!

Maybe if I push her a little bit? No...

Maybe if I take her pacifier??

Finally a reaction!

It suddenly became very quite so I think the kids might be napping simultaneously. Better join them...

After thanksgiving...

We went up north to celebrate thanksgiving with parts of Hs family. I packed for winter since H has been telling me how much colder it gets up north. Bring warm clothes! So there we were dressed for winter in 25 degrees heat and a burning sun. Lovisa got a cold anyway. It was amazingly beautiful with the miles wide forest in fall colors. Unfortunately my camera is not feeling very well so I didn't take any pictures...

Now we're back to normal life and I'm not feeling very well. I'm so tired. My body aches. My stomach is upset. And everything I have to do seems like a mountain to climb. I would give a lot for a whole nights sleep right now... The kids have completely different nap times right now so I can't really rest during the day. My blog feels really boring right now but I'm definitely in a "down" period.... And now I used the expression "right now" 4 times in this post so I probably should stop writing... At least I can't complain about the weather!

Another day in paradise...

...is playing on my stereo and I can't help smiling ironic. I'm covered with broccoli puré, coffee, snot and some baby vomit. From yesterday morning until now I changed 10 poop diapers. Lovisa's been a pain to put to sleep at night. Andréa has been waking up exactly 4 am every morning for about a week. She's not hungry. She's not sad. She just doesn't want to sleep. I have torticollis and is paying back with soreness from the sudden burst of energy that made me go out and jog the other night.

But, it's a beautiful day. The sun is shining and we had a nice time at the park before lunch. Lovisa talks more and more. Her 2-year check up with Dr L went well. She's 94 cm tall and 15 kg heavy. Some people say that at the age of 2 you can multiply a child's height by 2 and that's the height they will have as an adult. If that's true Lovisa's going to be close to 190 cm. I hope she's going to be good in basketball.

It's another day in paradise...

The pork is on the move...

I did it! Took my first jog for a very, very long time. I put Andréa to sleep and kissed Lovisa goodnight and took of into the dark. And I didn't faint. I didn't even stumble. Now, a shower later, I'm feeling a bit shaky and very satisfied. Ahhhh, endorphines are good stuff!

Sweaty, tired but satisfied

The only annoying thing is that Lovisa still is awake and refuses to go to sleep. I can't understand how this little 2 years old has the energy to stay up this late and still be so energetic during the days. When your 33 years old it's so much harder!

The new nanny

It costed 40 bucks and I hope we're going to be satisfied with it. Andréa doesn't want to sit. She doesn't want to lie on her back or on her stomach for very long. She wants to jump. That's way I got the "Jumperoo" - our new nanny:

It's ugly and bulky but that doesn't matter as long as it makes her happy!

I really hope it does a good job!

The double stroller...

It's here and it's amazing! How could I ever live without it? My handymen at work:

 Lovisa wear her pants like a real handyman!

 It's tricky with the wheels...

 There you go! It rolls!

Almost done...

Voila! The first test drive was a success! 

Lovisa is so funny now right now. She has these long conversations with me, herself, her toto or anyone that wants to listen, but it's a bit hard to understand her... Or what do you think?

Right now the rain is poring down after weeks of sunny, warm weather and tomorrow we're attending great grandmama Dorildas funeral. She past away just after she turned 102 years old. Imagine that. Thanks for everything great grandmama, rest in peace!

Leek for a week...

The whole family is farting like crazy... And no wonder, a week ago H came home from the store with 8 leeks! Since I'm the one doing the cooking it's been all about leek this past week. Or what about:

• Leek and potato soup
• Chicken in leek and mustard sauce
• Tuna sauce with leek and lemon
• Fish in leek, tomato and horseradish sauce
• Cous-cous salad with vegetables, olives and LEEK

I've forgotten something, but anyway I think my imagination is pretty darn good! But now we need to be onion free for a few days, phu...