Unfortunately I have been picking bed over updating the site and uploading pictures.
The last month has flown by. My parents came back from Florida and stayed for a week. I worked more that week and enjoyed the worry free childcare. John and I went for dinner to the downtown Keg we went to the night we saw Rick Mercer back in February. That winter night I sat and told John how nice it would be for me to be able to come to the city and have a job, but how that would never happen because we couldn’t both be so far away from the girls all week. I had forgotten about the conversation until then.
Work is going really well and I honestly enjoy it for more than getting some time to myself. It’s nice to really like your job. The girls are still doing well in childcare. We’ve had a few issues with Leah and the Mama Bear in me has definitely had to be contained a few times. I think we’re all on the same page now - I’m hoping anyways. I can’t say it enough how I didn’t do this to mess up the girls…I just need to remember old “suck it up and get on with things” anti coddling Mama Jen.
My mom was here for Mother’s Day and we had a nice day together gardening. We are planning on getting our backyard done in the next month or so and the planning has consumed most of our conversations. Leah and Emma had a Mother’s Day tea at preschool and it was nice. They learned two new songs and I have been consistently serenaded. They also made me a necklace, a pin and a flower. Leah told me as they were making stuff - Emma was much more secretive and got upset with Leah for telling me.
After much debate we have decided to put the girls in the same JK class in September. I spend a lot of time thinking about these types of things (and the life long consequences) and originally I was set on splitting them up from the start for fear of the comparison holding one or both of them back. They definitely are different and while we have always treated them as individuals, I wasn’t so sure I could count on others. Blah blah blah. I know. I could talk in circles about this stuff. So now that we’re 3 months away, I just don’t think it would be the right decision. They are only starting to understand the advantages of being twins and I want to make sure we continue to foster and not hinder their closeness. In their preschool class they are totally independent. From what the teachers tell me, you wouldn’t even know they were sisters. I also don’t think they would fully understand being split up, while in a year or two (they have to be split up in Grade 1) it might be an easier adjustment.
So after all that decision making we get their progress report from their preschool. They both got the exact same feedback…like every box checked the same and the same comments in the back, just a slight change in wording. After my reaction I think it was fair. It was just a funny day to get it.
Soccer started today and I had to fill in for John as coach. A job I will fully admit to dreading. It was an interesting experience. Leah refused to play until her daddy was the coach (yes, that’s Leah for you). Emma wasn’t nearly as timid as I thougth she’d be and was one of only 3 (of 7) kids on our team who actually played. She even scored a goal! My job was to follow the hoard around, encouraging them to try and kick the ball and not each other. We only had one flower picker who I think might have company if Leah ever gets on the field. I’m hoping John will be back on his feet next week.
So John had sinus surgery yesterday morning. He went to see an ENT a few months back and it was decided that surgery would be his best bet at kicking his ridiculous number of sinus infections/year. We had talked to a few people about what to expect and it was pretty grim. We decided to send Leah and Emma to Windsor fot the week so John could recover. They left this afternoon after soccer. It was a good decision. When I picked John up from the hospital he wasn’t good. When I filled his prescription and got more painkillers than I got for a c section, I knew the next few days weren’t going to be much better for him. He has been camped out in the basement (not even turning the tv on…) since yesterday afternoon. He came upstairs today to say goodbye to the girls but other than that he’s only been upstairs to use the bathroom. He’s tried to go easy on the painkillers once even though I warned him not to bother trying to be a hero. He’s back on the 4 hour dosage schedule. It reminds me of when Emma and Leah were babies and their feeding schedule! Leah and Emma took it all in stride. They just asked him why he had blood all over his face and then tried to comfort him. They were super excited to go to Windsor and told me they’d be back in a few days and not to feel lonely because Claire and Daddy would take care of me.
One more story about Leah and Emma because it’s funny. THey learned about dinosaurs at school the other day. After class they were telling me all about the dinosaurs and how they lived a long long time ago but then they got “instinked” from the volcano “laba” and then all the other animals came. It’s way too cute to correct.
I’ll post some pictures and do Claire’s overdue update when I have a moment.
