of flu, colds, Banner of Truth, standing, cloth diapering, baby wearing and laptop issues

Sounds bizarre doesn't? Yep, basically in so many words that is what life has been like in the past week or two! I haven't been blogging due to being bored (lol I mean I felt I had nothing to report and therefore it would be very boring to read). Far from it I have NOT been bored...just busy.

First to note I had a bout of some kind of flu or food poisoning not sure what it was but it made me feel low for a day, but not real ill like the flu normally does. Thankfully I was the only one who got it if it was the flu. Now I'm battling a head cold :( and I fear that some of the kids have a touch of it too.

I have been cloth diapering again. But it isn't full time, I just can't do it. So Aaron and Owen are toddling around with big bottoms during the day and having disposables at night and weekends. I must admit this is not good for my hands (eczema). :(

Jett got 200 pounds worth of books from the Banner so it was cute watching him go through his
new books (like a little kid getting new toys). I wonder where he is going to put them...!

Baby wearing...well, not really. I can't baby wear - I try occasionally, but it just really really hurts the back. I've been working hard at getting my stomach muscles back in order as this is good for the lower back (my weakest spot!). But I have a pic of Owen in the sling with me...I've wanted a moby wrap for ages, but if I don't like wearing my babies then why should I spend the money?

And my laptop...oh bother! I wonder if will ever start again now. I was trying to upload pictures into it when as turning on the camera all of a sudden the com went completely off. It would start up a while later but I was dumb and redid my attempts to uploading only for it to completely go off and now after a nights rest it doesn't want to listen anymore at all. :( Anybody have some helpful tips for this??!

Owen cut his second tooth half a week ago...and has been doing this! AHHH at 8 months my son is trying to stand while holding onto something. And it isn't a little while, he wants to keep doing it. Oh dear.

Amy looking at the letter she got from Julia (she really liked it especially all the animals).

He doesn't look like he is enjoying this does he?

Ooh such a cute smile! This outfit my mom bought him sized 12months, a bit big, but still looks nice on him I think.

Smiley Amy

His new found hobby.

Aw, I don't think I have one of Aaron! Sorry bout that. I got him some overalls and they are so cute on him. But haven't snapped a picture of him yet. Must run and take care of my little tikes...ahh Aaron's birthday is next week! I suppose that will be the theme next post abw.

Similarities?

most people say she looks like me...but I think otherwise...

Preschool, car troubles, and renovations

Ah, it has been a busy week as usual. I caught up on the laundry aspect plus ironing, which left this thurday to be a more kid focused day. Sooo, I got brave and let the kids do their first "cut and pasting" thing, although I did the cutting since we don't have safety scissors yet, they enjoyed it. They pasted tissue paper to construction paper, and then I got even more brave and let them paint it! They had fun of course.

I wrapped a nice square box and cut out a square at the top so I can stick cards of letters, numbers or anything really into it. We used it today for a few new sight words and some letters for Aaron he doesn't know very many...infact he is quite different from Amy. But he likes the letter "p" and I think he knows what "a" is.

I went through a few pages of Amy's learning to read book, she is starting to blend, but we are going slow (I mean purposely slow, I don't want to rush this on her since she is only 3 and 1/2).

And then I brought out the well...the video explains what it is! :)

The video of our fun day!

Oh yes car trouble...our car decided not to start or it started and died 3 secs later. The mechanic said it was some malfunction of the key? Something to do with a chip in it and it had to be reset...? Didn't make sense to me but here is what was attached to Jett's key...heehee, I think someone won't be forgetting us very quickly. :)

The front porch of the manse was leaking, and the window frame was rotting away very badly, so the joiners are just now replacing it all and are getting quite far with only two days of work done on it.

And now diaper duty calls. :)

Grace Gems

I've known about this part of Sermon Audio for awhile and thought I would share this less than 5 minute devotional by Thomas Brooks...

you can find this to my left here -------->

It's 2010!!

Happy New Year!

Yes, I’m late, but better late then never…or so they say. I think it is time I get things organized around here! I have about 500 or so pictures that need to be printed (most are uploaded to photobox) and put in albums, I do need to go through them though and make sure they really are all worth keeping. Yes 500 pictures in a years time. :S I still have Amy’s scrapbook that I’m working on…but I’ve been procrastinating very badly. There is toys to go through, books to go through, clothes (and lots of clothes) to go through. BTW, what do you do with old cards that people have given you? I’ve used some of the embellishments and things to make other cards with but what about the plainer ones? Anyways, these are just a few of the things that need to be done.

So…where am I going with this post? Oh yes. I was wondering lately, what should I post about? I already post bits of our daily life, but that gets monotonous and really most people know that basics of what a mother does anyways (though it is nice to write it once and awhile especially if there is encouraging feedback!). So, may I ask what you would like to hear (I mean read) about? Are there any questions for those of you who don’t know me extremely well? Or for those of you who do, is there anything you wish to know about this odd family living in a foreign country?

In other news, Jett is very busy and has hardly had much time to spend with us (but he has had some thankfully!), Samuel Rutherford is currently living with us till about February time, there is SNOW on the ground and has been here since we left almost two weeks ago (yeah!!), I am petrified of driving in the snow (yes, I am still a Canadian…), Owen is crawling, babbling, drooling (info not really needed) and has one tooth (ok, he has had it for a month if not more now). Aaron is just a little Jeremy! And Amy is still the sensitive little princess (no pea’s in her bed tonight though).

Now, after reading all that, I wish you a hearty goodnight! Till the next post D.V.

Home!

We are finally home after a long, tiresome, treacherous, trek! We left Skye yesterday and ended up going through snow squalls starting about Invergarry area and it was on and off for the rest of our way (we didn't make it to Perth). We usually go through Dalwhinnie but one guy couldn't make it up the hill (kept slipping) and another car was attempting it when I told Jett that NO we were not going to go through Dalwhinnie...sooo, we took a LOOONG alternative route which when we finally ended up at the Dalwhinnie road we were turned back because the A9 was closed from there to Pitlochry! :S So...we ended up going back up 13 miles to Newtonmore and found a hotel there...it was extremely nice to settle down safe!! Even though I have lived in Canada and have seen bad storms...it doesn't compare to now. Why? Because I have three small children in the car, the tires are NOT winter tires, the UK snow plows (although I am thankful for them) need to go to Canada to get some proper gear to clear the roads...lol, sorry, but I was surprised at how little snow they actually removed! They must have worked all night because by morning when we did head back to Perth it was very clear, and the best roads I have seen since we left Skye!! Anyways, as you can imagine my nerves are kind of shot as they say...I think I'll be wishing for less snow, or...better snow plows... :D