SICK!

Terry and I keep saying how lucky we are to have such a healthy, happy baby. Why just yesterday I told Terry how glad I was that Lucas hasn't really been sick yet. I think I forgot to knock on wood because last night all that changed. Three baths, four pairs of pyjamas, a lot of tears (mine) and three sheet changes later and I think we might be through the woods.

Lucas had some salmon, rice and peas for supper, same as Terry and I, which he has had before but this time I guess it didn't agree with him. He went to bed fine as always and then I heard him stirring a bit before we went to bed. I peeked in his room to check on him before I went to sleep and found him on his belly, covered in puke. Gross!! Ahhhh!! So Terry and I stripped the bed, gave him a bath and changed his pyjamas. He seemed to be his normal, happy self through all of it....and kept looking at us like "What is the big deal? Why do I get to be up so late? This is fun!" Not fun Lucas.

And then he did that 3 more times before finally falling asleep. It was so so so hard to see him sick. He's so helpless and innocent and has no idea what's going on and all you want is for him to stop throwing up and feel better and have a good sleep. I was so upset seeing him like that. It's funny how you think you know how you will react to a certain situation and then when it actually happens your reaction is the complete opposite of what you thought. I am finding that especially true with Lucas, and that I am not nearly as tough as I think I am. A big wuss inside apparently. I know kids get sick, it's inevitable, it happens. I thought that when the time came and Lucas wasn't feeling well I would have been able to deal with it a lot better. Just wasn't the case last night. Just like his immunizations, I thought I was Ms. Tough Guy....nope....to borrow a nickname from one of my soccer friends, really I am "Little Miss Sissy Puss". Quote.

Thank goodness it was just something he ate (I think and hope) because he seems to be feeling good today, just super tired from wretching and being up all night I bet. Normal happy Lucas is the best kind. Proof is in the photo I took after his 3rd bath in 24 hours (this morning).

Mrs. No Fun - Playground Adventures #2

Lucas and I stopped by the park today for a quick swing before going to get a few groceries. It was lunchtime at school so the playground was kind of busy with kids, but Lucas likes that so no worries. Some older girls were swinging on the swings beside us when this teacher came marching over and yelled "ONLY KINDERGARTEN TO GRADE FOUR ON THE SWINGS, HOW MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT CLEAR?!?!".

It's not like anyone else was waiting to use the swings, and you could tell by the way she talked to the kids that she is one of those teachers who likes to tell kids what to do and be in control and bossy. So these girls got off the swings and went and played in the shade. They were making a human pyramid (fun!) and again the teacher marches over and tells them that what they are doing is too dangerous. OK lady, there were only like 5 girls, so this pyramid is nowhere near too tall. Sheesh. I get it that kids need to be safe on the playground and that is why there is a teacher there but let them have a bit of fun. Geez. She was walking by me as I pushed Lucas on the swing and I was afraid she was going to tell me that Lucas was too little, only kindergarten to grade four on the swings.

After the kids went inside this little boy came out of his house across the street in a Batman costume and was doing Batman moves all over the playground equipment. Hilarious. Lucas thought so too.

Two more weeks until nationals. Gulp. Crunch time. Kathryn and I did some sprints yesterday and just about died. Just wait until I have to do 10 sprints in a row with a BC striker breathing down my throat. Can't wait. All kidding aside, it will be awesome that week playing at such a competitive level again, I missed it and I didn't know how much. All the training that comes along with it though, I definitely didn't miss. Come out and see us play:

Thursday October 8th vs. Ontario 6 pm @ Umea E
Friday October 9th vs. BC 4 pm @ Umea W
Sunday October 11th vs. Manitoba 4 pm @ Sasktel E

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I may be trying to do too much....

and it is starting to catch up with me.

Turns out training and practicing for nationals takes up a lot of time. And a lot of that time is time I could be sleeping. It also doesn't help that Lucas is no longer sleeping through the night. We are trying to do a bit of sleep training with him, but I am not doing a good job at this either. He gets up at 3:30 and I know that if I just feed him he will go back to bed, but therein lies the problem. I have to stop feeding him at night so that he knows there is nothing to eat at night time and night time is for sleeping. But that's hard to remember when it is 4:00 am and there is no sign of him going back to sleep or settling down and I have to be up in an hour for practice. You can see how I might be tempted to just feed him and go back to sleep.

Lack of sleep puts me on edge. Things that normally wouldn't bother me drive me crazy. It's not like I haven't gone without sleep before, but this is going on a bit long and I thought that maybe there was hope of me sleeping again by now. When Lucas was very little getting no sleep didn't really bother me because I think that's what I expected. Now that I expect him to sleep I'm finding it really hard when he doesn't.

OK...to remedy this situation I should sleep when I can during the day and forget that my house is slowly turning into a disaster zone. It would also help if I didn't have to shower but then I think I would have a whole new set of problems. Maybe being on the computer a bit less wouldn't hurt either....

Time for a nap.

Fun at the park.

Do I have enough time to blog and then shower while Lucas is napping? Let's find out.....

Lucas new favorite activity is the swings at the park. Last week we were out garage sale-ing (scoring some great deals!) I spotted a baby swing at a park in Erindale and stopped to give Lucas a bit of a break from the car. It was about 5 minutes to noon, and I totally forgot that school was back in session. The noon bell rang shortly after and a ton of kids burst out of the school doors and came running for the playground. Eeep!

Lucas loved it though, he loves watching kids play at the park. When he had enough of the swing I took him out and we sat on a bench and just watched the kids. These two little grade 2 girls came over and sat right beside us. Hilarity ensued:

Girl: Your baby is cute.

Me: Thank you, he really likes the park.

Girl: My mom's cousin's wife has a baby. He is a boy too but they thought he was going to be a girl but then he was a boy.

Me: Oh? I thought he was going to be a girl too, but nope, he's a boy.

Girl: He looks like a girl. Just his face though.

Hahaha kids are awesome. She told me more stuff about her mom's cousin's wife's baby and how she likes to see all her friends and school and then they had to go to go see another friend. Bye girls.

I kind of felt like a creep just sitting on a park bench watching the kids play, but I had Lucas with me so the teachers didn't think I was a total weirdo.

Went out on the greatest date Saturday night. Supper at The Ivy, (500) Days of Summer, fireworks at River Landing, and to top it off a rickshaw ride back to our car. I have never had a bad meal at The Ivy and it definitely didn't disappoint this time, and I would highly suggest (500) Days of Summer...I want to see it again in fact. Dates are awesome, that should be a weekly event. Maybe monthly is more realistic.