* Whoops! I went on an unintentional 10 day hiatus. Sorry about that. The past week has been ROUGH (perhaps an understatement?) and all I can say is that today is the first good day I've had in a while. I haven't cried (yet!) and I actually came home from work before it was dark (WOOT, WOOT!). Teaching is not all fun and games, people!
* But sometimes teaching IS fun and games. Today we did a super fun lab using Oobleck. If you don't know what Oobleck is, you should Google it ASAP. Then go to the grocery store to purchase the materials required to make it! Hearing things like "I can't wait to tell my Mom about this!!!" are perhaps the sweetest words a teacher could hear. Engaged times a billion. It rocked.
* Although we haven't started decorating for Christmas yet (that's still two sleeps away), we HAVE started our Christmas shopping! Mmmmm hmmm....we ran to the mall without Nory to pick up some on-sale items at the Early Learning Center. Let's hope I can keep them all a secret until Christmas Day gets here!
* This weekend I met the doctor that will be delivering Goose. She's a busy woman but we're officially a patient of hers! What did we learn? Odds of me having a regular delivery aren't in my favour, although the possibility isn't ruled out. Goose is healthy and rocking it breech style (which makes teaching quite tricky when you're the farthest classroom from the bathroom). And.......believe it or not.....but the doctor actually blamed the baby's breech-ness on her "big bum". That's right - our baby's GOT BACK! Haha.
* Nory had her nails done for the first time ever on Friday. We purchased some "Piggy Paint" when we were home in the summer but didn't get around to using it until now. She selected the blue colour and sat so nicely as Emily put the polish on each fingernail. Her toes were a different story. She absolutely REFUSED to have anything put on her toes! Maybe she will warm up to it next time :)
* I am EXHAUSTED. Times 100. Plus 1000. I think it's stress. But Phil raises great points when he reminds me that our wake-up time is 4:30. Our come-home-from-work time has been 5ish. And...."Lindsay, you're pregnant!" is another common phrase he says to me. I've actually been reminding myself of this lately too, because - despite all of the kicks to the bladder - I always try to carry on as ONE PERSON rather than two. Phil's been a rockstar - encouraging me to rest and go to bed early in order to stay in the best baby-growing shape possible :)
* Taylor Swift's the greatest. Nory agrees with me. We have some serious dance parties to "Shake It Off" in the evenings.
* Kumari's medical tests have FINALLY been completed! We have to wait about two weeks for the results and we are looking into the next step of this long and confusing process to transfer her sponsorship to Phil's VISA. Wish us luck!
* Basketball try-outs started yesterday and Phil will have his team picked by Wednesday night. You can bet he's in heaven now that volleyball season is over and he can run his basketball program with purpose. Regular season games don't begin until January. You know how much we love having babies during basketball season ;)
* I wore a scarf and a jacket today. It's been around 7 degrees these mornings and I've heard the "BUT YOU'RE FROM CANADA!" remark more than I've ever heard it in the past. I wonder if it's a side effect of working at an American school ;) P.S. Give me a break! It's been 7 years!
* We started potty training last Tuesday night. It wasn't supposed to start until Wednesday, but she got really excited about the Disney princess and Mickey Mouse underwear I pulled out to show Kumari. So - it started in that VERY MOMENT (as she demanded to wear the Princess ones)! We're going to see how it goes and try not to stress too much about it. There have been many accidents so far, but there have also been many jumping-up-and-down-because-she-did-it parties!!! She loves to push "the button" when she's finished and we've been using that as her reward for going :) Fingers crossed that we make progress as the week carries on!!!
* But sometimes teaching IS fun and games. Today we did a super fun lab using Oobleck. If you don't know what Oobleck is, you should Google it ASAP. Then go to the grocery store to purchase the materials required to make it! Hearing things like "I can't wait to tell my Mom about this!!!" are perhaps the sweetest words a teacher could hear. Engaged times a billion. It rocked.
* Although we haven't started decorating for Christmas yet (that's still two sleeps away), we HAVE started our Christmas shopping! Mmmmm hmmm....we ran to the mall without Nory to pick up some on-sale items at the Early Learning Center. Let's hope I can keep them all a secret until Christmas Day gets here!
* This weekend I met the doctor that will be delivering Goose. She's a busy woman but we're officially a patient of hers! What did we learn? Odds of me having a regular delivery aren't in my favour, although the possibility isn't ruled out. Goose is healthy and rocking it breech style (which makes teaching quite tricky when you're the farthest classroom from the bathroom). And.......believe it or not.....but the doctor actually blamed the baby's breech-ness on her "big bum". That's right - our baby's GOT BACK! Haha.
* Nory had her nails done for the first time ever on Friday. We purchased some "Piggy Paint" when we were home in the summer but didn't get around to using it until now. She selected the blue colour and sat so nicely as Emily put the polish on each fingernail. Her toes were a different story. She absolutely REFUSED to have anything put on her toes! Maybe she will warm up to it next time :)
* I am EXHAUSTED. Times 100. Plus 1000. I think it's stress. But Phil raises great points when he reminds me that our wake-up time is 4:30. Our come-home-from-work time has been 5ish. And...."Lindsay, you're pregnant!" is another common phrase he says to me. I've actually been reminding myself of this lately too, because - despite all of the kicks to the bladder - I always try to carry on as ONE PERSON rather than two. Phil's been a rockstar - encouraging me to rest and go to bed early in order to stay in the best baby-growing shape possible :)
* Taylor Swift's the greatest. Nory agrees with me. We have some serious dance parties to "Shake It Off" in the evenings.
* Kumari's medical tests have FINALLY been completed! We have to wait about two weeks for the results and we are looking into the next step of this long and confusing process to transfer her sponsorship to Phil's VISA. Wish us luck!
* Basketball try-outs started yesterday and Phil will have his team picked by Wednesday night. You can bet he's in heaven now that volleyball season is over and he can run his basketball program with purpose. Regular season games don't begin until January. You know how much we love having babies during basketball season ;)
* I wore a scarf and a jacket today. It's been around 7 degrees these mornings and I've heard the "BUT YOU'RE FROM CANADA!" remark more than I've ever heard it in the past. I wonder if it's a side effect of working at an American school ;) P.S. Give me a break! It's been 7 years!
* We started potty training last Tuesday night. It wasn't supposed to start until Wednesday, but she got really excited about the Disney princess and Mickey Mouse underwear I pulled out to show Kumari. So - it started in that VERY MOMENT (as she demanded to wear the Princess ones)! We're going to see how it goes and try not to stress too much about it. There have been many accidents so far, but there have also been many jumping-up-and-down-because-she-did-it parties!!! She loves to push "the button" when she's finished and we've been using that as her reward for going :) Fingers crossed that we make progress as the week carries on!!!
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