New pics of the kids

I took this one of Helyn today



I took these of the kids from last night after they helped me clean up after brownies.

A joke that was emailed to me today.

Thanks Lynn... very funny.

Making a baby

There is not one dirty word in it, and it is funny!--


The Smiths were unable to conceive children and decided to use a surrogate father to start their family. On the day the proxy father was to arrive, Mr. Smith kissed his wife goodbye and said, 'Well, I'm off now. The man should be here soon.'

Half an hour later, just by chance, a door-to-door baby photographer happened to ring the doorbell, hoping to make a sale. 'Good morning, Ma'am', he said, 'I've come to...'

'Oh, no need to explain,' Mrs. Smith cut in, embarrassed, 'I've been expecting you.'

'Have you really?' said the photographer. 'Well, that's good. Did you know babies are my specialty?'

'Well that's what my husband and I had hoped. Please come in and have a seat !.

After a moment she asked, blushing, 'Well, where do we start?'

'Leave everything to me. I usually try two in the bathtub, one on the couch, and perhaps a couple on the bed. And sometimes the living room floor is fun. You can really spread out there.'

'Bathtub, living room floor? No wonder it didn't work out for Harry and me!'

'Well, Ma'am, none of us can guarantee a good one every time. But if we try several different positions and I shoot from six or seven angles, I'm sure you'll be pleased with the results.'

'My, that's a lot!', gasped Mrs. Smith.

'Ma'am, in my line of work a man has to take his time. I'd to be In and out in five minutes, but I'm sure you'd be disappointed with that.'

'Don't I know it,' said Mrs. Smith quietly.

The photographer opened his briefcase and pulled out a portfolio of his baby pictures. 'This was done on the top of a bus,' he said.

'Oh, my Goodness!' Mrs. Smith exclaimed, grasping at her throat.

'And these twins turned out exceptionally well - when you consider their mother was so difficult to work with.'

'She was difficult?' asked Mrs. Smith.

'Yes, I'm afraid so. I finally had to take her to the park to get the job done right. People were crowding around four and five deep to get a good look'

'Four and five deep?' said Mrs. Smith, her eyes wide with amazement.

'Yes', the photographer replied. 'And for more than three hours, too. The mother was constantly squealing and yelling - I could hardly concentrate, and when darkness approached I had to rush my shots. Finally, when the squirrels began nibbling on my equipment, I just had to pack it all in.'

Mrs. Smith leaned forward. 'Do you mean they actually chewed on your, uh...equipment?'

'It's true, Ma'am, yes.. Well, if you're ready, I'll set-up my tripod and we can get to work right away.'

'Tripod?'

'Oh yes, Ma'am. I need to use a tripod to rest my Canon on. It's much too big to be held in the hand very long.'
Mrs. Smith fainted

Update on the kids

Alright, so Helyn's appointment was rebooked for next Tuesday.Not sure of the N.P's reasons for not being able to go to work but I am thankful that the office called me before I left to bring the kids to school as I would have walked an hour in the cold to find out my appointment was cancelled.... then I would have went berserk!!

So it is now next Tuesday at 2:20pm. Lena will pick up the kids for me after school so I don't have to worry about getting back in time.

Liam is giving me issues again. I understand that the last thing he wants to do when he gets home from school is his homework, but it is due on Thursdays and is has to be done. He gave me lip last night about it and had a little fit. We had a talk, and then an understanding but by the time the night was over, his homework was still not finished. He will not have any TV, Video Games, or friend time from here on until it is done. He is pretty excited for Christmas. He is also going to be in the Church Play on the 14th. He wants to be an Angel. Which reminds me, I have to make him a costume!! AHHHH.

Aidan is doing pretty good. He has 4-5 loose teeth right now. I should get a picture of his growing gaps in his smile. He always had this perfect tight little smile and now everything is getting all loose. Its too cute. Yet so gross at the same time! LOL.

Helyn is good. I had to give her a suppository on Sunday as it had been 7 days between her BM's and If she hasn't went by tonight, she will be getting one tomorrow. I gave her a speech about pooing and I thought we had an understanding.... lets see if it works.
She has been helping me in my baking. Its so fun to teach her and she loves to pour, stir and taste our effots.

Glen is going into his busy season at work, so that means he will be home less and Less until after Christmas. It sucks because me and the kids miss him so much. He will be gone from 7 in the morning until around 9 almost every night. He is hopeful that we will get the basement done this weekend and be able to move things down. It is looking so great. I will take pics once its all cleaned up.

New Moon.

I just finished reading Book 2 in the Twilight Saga called New Moon.

Can I just say that Stephanie Meyer is a great writer!! She is so descriptive and ends her stories in a way that makes you need to read the next one. I am happy I wasn't reading these as she was writing them. I can't wait that long until the next one! I would go insane.

So Crash!!! If you are out there!!! I need the next one, bring it over please!! LOL

Appointment Rescheduled.

Helyn's appointment has been rebooked for next Tuesday as our NP is not going to be able to make it to town today.

The Interviews

They went pretty well.
The boys were supposed to go with us, but Aidan didn't want to go. He stayed with Kirsten and Helyn at home.

Aidan's teacher, Mrs. White said that Aidan is progressing well. His reading has improved by leaps and bounds and he is pretty good in every subject.
Her only concern is that he does not like to answer class questions without prompting. He knows the answer but its like he doesn't want to make a spectical of himself. She calls on him and he gives the answer, but he won't put up his hand to answer questions. When she calls for group activities, he won't find a friend, he will stand back and wait until someone calls for him to join or the teacher has to find him a place.
Her concern is that in the next couple of years he will be lost amongst the numbers of the class and not stand out. She would like him to make an effort every now and then to take initiative.
He is characteristically shy and has low self esteem... so how am I going to get him out of his shell?? We constantly praise him, show him lots of love and get him to try new things all the time... but its not Aidan. I see her point... but I don't want him to be lost in the shuffle.

Liam's interview went well. She has no concerns except his day dreaming. He tends to just drift in and out when working on indepenant work. He is going to work on it this term.

Helyn is on 4 days between bm's. I gave her a laxative this morning and another dose tonight. Hoping she will go tomorrow on her own. She is wearing a diaper today and you can tell she has the urge, she just isnt doing it. Make me anxious girl!

Glen and our friend Mark went to the Leaf's Sens game last night. It was a very exciting game as it went into overtime and a shoot out. The boys both enjoyed it.

Tomorrow is Glen's staff party. We are going to a Murder Mystery place to have dinner and a show. It should be fun. We went last year too so at least we know what to expect. I will take pics.

Bad mommy award.

Today was Aidan's last day of swimming with his class and I forgot to pack his bathing suit!!!
His school called while we were at a friend's house to see if I could run it to the school, but I was not home!!!
We will see what kind of mood he is in when he comes home from school. I hope he can let it go the way I did when he threw out his spoon the other day at school. LOL... he was surprised i wasn't angry and I told him it was an accident... no worries buddy. I guess I am hoping he learned by example.

Sigh.

Glen is going to the Maple Leafs/Sens game tonight with a friend and I have a friend coming over to watch the munchkins while I attend the parent/teacher interviews for the boys at the school.

That is it for now.. will write more later.