Family Life – Page 45 – a hippie with a minivan

The good and the bad…

What a day…

It was Khéna’s appt for the allergist today.. so Simon took the day off do that he could be with the boys while I go to the hospital. We headed into Montreal this morning and I dropped the guys off a the pool which we thought would be a fun thing for them to do together…

I headed for the hospital, found a parking space and started waiting… when we finally got into see the Allergist and going through the symptoms he had etc she said that is sounded viral and that if I didn’t want it we could just skip the allergy tests so that he didn’t have to through it all.. So I said that I agree and then she said to just start introducing a bit of everything… even peanuts can be introduced at anytime but just to watch him carefully after we do…

So, we left without testing which made us in advance to go get Simon and the boys… So I headed to Bummis for some Covers which we need and then went and waited for the guys…

Simon came out and I saw that he wasn’t too happy… turns out that he got robbed while he was in the pool… the lock on the locker was gone and they took his debit card, buss pass, some money and his work identity cards… thankfully they didn’t get his wallet and his Palm which was in his Coat… Some people really suck…. The thing that hurts us the most is the buss card.. 207$ down the drain… That really cuts into our budget…

Of course today is also the day that I bought a new wrap… I needed something more supportive than my EllaRoo’s because of Khéna’s weight… so now I have a Storchenwiege Inka! I can’t wait to try it!

Cute Colin…

“Xavier, you’re the greatest Xavier…

Khéna, you’re the greatest baby…

Daddy, you’re the greatest Daddy…

Mommy, you’re the greatest Family”

Car seat update…

I just thought I should update this issue…

Khéna is now 36 pounds and there is no seat that has been tested for his weight.. I went on the Car-seat forums… the place that will make you feel like dirt if you don’t keep your child RF until they are past the limits and will help you find any solution that will keep a child RF for the longest possible and really there is nothing to be done for now… so 2 weeks ago, with a very heavy heart I switched Khéna from RF in the Sunshine kids Radian (which is one of the strongest seats out there at the moment) to FF in the Evenflo Triumph which is just more comfortable and will be good for FF until he hits 40 pounds or outgrows it height wise.

So here is what they all look like now… (Colin and Xavier are in 5 point harnesses in the Radians)

Hallow'een and haircut…

Hallow’een was great this year…

Simon took the day off and we did stuff around the house and got the kids ready slowly… around lunch time I asked Colin if he would like me to cut his hair… he said yes so I ran with it… and I am pretty happy at the way that it turned out…

After lunch we got ready and left here at about 3:30 and headed to my friend’s house in Montreal… Traffic was crazy and we got to her house at about 5:30 instead of the planned 4:30… it started getting dark soon after the boys were antsy to get out and ToT… So we got them ready and put Khéna on Simon’s back and they headed out the door….

So the boys all went out and I stayed with Gen and a friend of hers and we answered the doorbell and ate a great supper that Gen made (black bean soup, stuffed squash and apple-plum crisp) and just talked… the boys came back with their load, ate a bit and then Xavier wanted to go out again with Eric (Gen’s boyfriend) So hey went out and then came back about 20 min later and then we headed home…

I had brought Gen her skirt which she tried on and fit great! and she gave me the things that I ordered from the co-op and scholastic… so we came back with a few boxes.. I love the books that we got!!