So in light of the fact that I haven't been able to post about the daily craziness in the Q house, I've come up with the top 10 Q moments of this week- as I said it's been crazy and busy around here. The following also sheds light on what I've been doing...
#10. Watching Jeff pummel Kai in the bouncy castle at a kids birthday party on Saturday. The bouncy castle was labelled for ages 2-5 but I turned my back to get Connor and Jeff was inside the tented bouncy area throwing Kai around.
#9. Being puked on 3-4 times each day by Connor's over-consumption of breastmilk. Now this is not just a little puke, this is the kind of puke that comes out projectile-like repeatedly over and over until you can't imagine he's got anything left in his body- and then... he does it again! Excellent- it's not like I have a lot of laundry to do!
#8. Waking up on Saturday morning by the sound of Connor's puke hitting the pillow beside my head. No clean up blanket to be found ( thanks Jeff!) and then moments later...
#7. Kai enters the room, climbs into bed and announces he's peed his pull-up and is wet... okay, right... but he's actually so wet that his pants are soaked down his leg, onto my bed sheets and he warrants a bath which leads to...
#6. Jeff bathing Kai at 7am... (cue: "poor Jeff"). But in all fairness he had no warning, just up, out of bed and to the tub ( love it!).
#5. My first cross country ski trip of the year with Wendy F. My first workout post-baby (besides earlier post re: sprinting to Kai's hair appointment), my first time pulling the chariot on skiis, and Connor's first ski! We had a great day on fluffy, powdery, tracked trails! **Now, if only my 'waxed' skiis were 'waxless'- and my poles didn't have those brutal hand positioning contraptions which forced Wendy to do most of the jobs that required my hands because after I donned the damn things ( with her help!! LOL- Thanks W!) I was handless other than poling.
#4. Writing a strongly worded letter to J.Y. at RBC indicating my disapointment in his "service" to me. He was willing to help me prior to finding out how much money I had in the account and it can only be deffered that my current bank funds didn't warrant an appointment to create a financial plan, but in my head I heard him say "you're small potatoes to me". Instead of a formal appointment, he thought he'd consult me over the phone and ask very little about what we were actually looking for. Well J.Y., your advice to: "contribute to Jeff's RRSP, spend less than you make, and save some money for yourself", didn't cut it for me but this letter (see below post Nov. 24) is gonna cut into you!! (As my friend Kristin once told me, "you Jill, fly like a bird and sting like a bee".) J.Y. watch out because I have time on my hands!!
#3. Jeff turning to me after cooking a veggie stir frye and saying, "Wow, it's been months since we ate something homemade"... (cue jaw drop from me). I just whipped up a homemade lasagna two nights prior which he'd been noshing on... in fact I've been cooking every night for the past few months (cue insulted face)...what that you say? not enough homemade cooking for you? Is that a challenge Q boys?".
#2. Connor waking up at 12am, 12:30am, 1am and then 4:22am, 4:55am, 5:37am and 7:12am. I finally recruited Jeff to get up and go soothe him back to slumber, only to wake up for the day and have to listen to Jeff groan, moan and carry on about how little sleep he got and how tired he is... for real, you gonna complain to me? "suck it up butter cup!"
and lastly...
#1. Having both boys with me on Tuesday and I want to have a hot shower just to start the day. After putting Connor down to sleep and getting Kai set up for independent play... I was ready for me-time under the hot water, pretending to be alone. BUT... Kai followed me into the bathroom, wanting to "just watch" and seconds into cleaning the puke off me, Kai is at the sink with both taps on, brushing his teeth, washing his hands and taking my hot water with him!! I come out of shower and Kai is soaked, the floor is soaked and I am chilled from a cold shower!
BREATHE!!
So that's been the happenings around here... with many more that may make a debut as posts in the weeks to come.