Sleep finally

Cara is our most recent addition and will be our last unless we add pets but no more kids. I think 4 is enough for us. She is now going on 3 months thank goodness. Ok so we were spoiled with Veronica because she was a very easy going baby and had no problem sleeping at night. Cara on the other hand is very fussy from about 10-midnight every night. The past 4 days even though she is fussy it does not last as long and she is sleeping about 4-5 hours every night which means I am finally getting some sleep too. Plus she now sleeps fine in her bassinet which she also most to big for so time for the baby monitor to be moved to her room and to try the crib. Cara was born 7lbs now she is about 15lbs. She out weighs my friend's 5 month old and almost weighs as much as my other friend's 9 month old. LOL. In fact Veronica only weighs 25lbs so we figure Cara is going to be bigger and taller then Veronica because lots of people are mistaking Cara for a 6 month old. Half the clothes that Veronica wore are packed back up because Cara does not fit them and I had to get out the box of 3-6month sizes and some of the 12 month sizes too. Here we thought we would not have to buy clothes except for Veronica but it looks like we need to get clothes for both lol. I joke that Cara is trying to catch up to Veronica even though there are 20 months between them. People are saying that in a years time I might have a set of twin toddlers on my hands if Cara continues to grow the way she is.

Family

So this weekend was very busy. First it was Canada Day on Thursday. Tyler's parents arrived that afternoon and of course once they had the trailer all setup we went shopping. Grandma loves to take Veronica shopping and let her get anything she wants. Veronica got a new outfit, a tiger flashlight that roars, and some little people to go with her growing collection of toys. Grandma also picked up a outfit with Piglet on it for Cara, which is fitting as she is a little piglet right now. Opa had to have some coffee from Timmy's so he picked up a snack pack of timbits too and fed them to Veronica plus gave her a chocolate chip cookie. After shopping they went back to the camp ground for some RnR and came back after supper. Grandma then gave Veronica a box of smarties, she said Veronica needed to know that Grandma always had something in her purse for her, LOL. You have to love grandparents. Friday was low key as Tyler had to work and so did I. When Veronica got up in the morning the first thing she said was "grandma?" She want to know were she was. It is obvious that in a short time Grandma has become very important to her. Of course that might have something to do with the fact every time Grandma comes to visit she takes Veronica shopping and lets her get anything she wants! My dad arrive in the afternoon and we watch FIFA soccer, LOL. I have not seen my dad in about 9 years so it was great to see him. He turns 60 next year and they, the military, are already planning his retirement and birthday party. It is in February and in British Columbia so I will not able to go. He stayed until Saturday afternoon because he had to get back to Wainwright for work on Sunday. He and Tyler seemed to get on fine not that matters as we wont be seeing him or that side of the family often or ever due to the distance between us. On Sunday my mom and step dad with the kids, Isabeau, Dedrick, and Ronan, came in from Taber. Bill, my stepdad, was blessing Cara and giving Fred the Priesthood. Tyler and his parents also came to church that day. We took up a full large pew, LOL. It was wonderful to have everyone there. After church we went home to have lunch and to send Fred off to Taber for July. We will not see him until August sometime. This gives us a time off from him which we need and to recharge our batteries to continue to deal with him.

were did the week go?

wow cant believe it is already Wednesday. My last two weeks have flown bye so quickly I feel like I have not accomplished anything. Today I need to get the house clean from top to bottom. I have a ton of family coming to town. My dad, who I have not seen in about 6 years is coming to visit. He is in Wainwright right now teaching a bunch of military guys how to be better soldiers. He is only about 7 hours away instead of 20. He has not met my husband or his 2 youngest grand babies plus he will be meeting Tyler's family too. Tyler's mom and step-dad are coming to visit and camp for the July 1 holiday too. They are bring their trailer so I don't have to worry about where they will be staying but my dad has not called or email me back yet to let me know if he will be staying here and for how long. Then on Sunday Cara gets blessed so mom and Bill are coming in from Taber with my sister's 3 kids for that. Bill will be doing the blessing. Still need to call people about that. UUUGGGG to much to do. Have to call Service Canada today and find out about Michaela's passport so she can go to Cuba in February 2011, and need to find out what needles she needs. Also need to call my up line at Avon to find out how to reactivate someone and to get my order released on time. Well I guess I will be busy on the phone because if dad doesn't email me back today I will have to call him tonight. I love having family around and I love being busy but I actually have other things I need to be doing this week. Oh well will have to push them aside until next week and then mail everything out. LOL Have a wonderful July holiday everyone!

Friday already.

Were did the week go? Very busy week was not on my computer very much at all that's why there are no new post. LOL told you I was a bad journal writer. Lets see if I can summarize my week. Ended up babysitting 3 days instead of 4, called all my Avon customers and delivered most of the orders. Had to find utilities bills that were a year old for the landlord. Found out I was paying utilities for 2 months at my old place after I had moved. Journal about 10 pages in Veronica's baby/photo album. Altered a storage container that looks like a book to hold my Cuttle Bug embossing folders. Downloaded a ton of pics to the computer then uploaded all my scrappy work to my scrapbook.com page. Cara has taken up a lot of time and right now will not let me do anything if she is awake. Once 9:30pm hits if she falls asleep while being held we can't even put her down. She tends to cry on and off from 10 until midnight most nights so lack of sleep right now is an issue. Love the little squirt no matter how much of a pain she can be. Veronica goes to bed fine but then gets up and plays or read on the floor. She has been pulling her pillows and blanket down too so if we have not checked on her and put back into bed she wakes up there too, stinker.

The Big Cook

So I don't know how many of you have hear of the The Big Cook cook book but I am planning on doing one. Basically the idea is you prepare a bunch of meals and freeze them for cooking later on. They have each recipe set up 1, 4, 6, or 8 meals and gives you the option to cook it in the oven, microwave, or slow cooker and some of them you can BBQ. Each meal feeds 4-6 people. Perfect for my family but would be perfect for anyone as you would have left overs for the next day. The idea is to get several people together to share to cost and prepare a ton of meals. I plan on doing this myself unless I end up finding someone who wants to participate in it with me. In the Appendix of the book it has 2 sample cooks. Each sample consists of 14 different recipes and a shopping list with exact amounts of ingredients to buy. The recipes are a mix of chicken, beef and pork so you get a good range of flavors. The plan is to purchase the all the spices and non perishable foods over the summer and then in the fall get all the meats, produce and dairy need to make the meals. Each cook listed makes enough suppers for 3 full months. Now for me with a large family to feed which includes hubby and 2 teenagers, one of which is a boy who will eat everything in site, plus trying to look after my other 2 children under the age of 2 and run my day home and Avon business I don't always have time to make a great meal. I plan on buying as much as I can at the dollar store to help save money on the cost. Then once I have the cook done I have 3 months to buy the ingredients for the next 14 recipe cook listed. By January of 2011 I will know out of the 28 recipes which ones to make again and I will try more of the recipes. I think this will be a cost and time saving thing to do. I will keep you up to date on it and how much it all ends up costing me. I think the most expensive things will be all the meat.

UUUGGGGG

So I didn't write anything on Friday because I was still trying to process everything. Now that I have had the weekend to think about things I can calmly write it down.

Friday morning I get a call from Fred's vice principle. I was expecting this as Fred told us there was a problem at the assembly Thursday with another boy. Fred did not tell us everything. So Fred did not start things which is good but he was excessive in his response to the boy. He understands now that he should of gone to a teacher and let them handle it in stead of kicking the boy so hard. Fred got suspended for 2 days from school and is only allowed back to take his exams. I wont go into all the details, lets just say it was a very serious transgression because he was the only one suspended. Of course as parents, Tyler and I had to be very harsh with him to make sure there is no repeat of this. All his privileges have been suspended, which he can earn back based on good behaviour. All media and electronic games and devices have been suspended for at least 4 months. This last is extremely hard for him because he is not a reader so he is bored ALL the time. Just means I will send him outside to entertain himself. Also wil not buy him a new DS like he wants, he doesnt need one.

I though long and hard about this next point. Warned him that if he hurts Veronica or Cara that he will be sent to live with his Dad. Not the best solution but I have to think of their safety first. They cant defend themselves so it is up to me to protect them even if that means protecting them from their brother. I dont know what else to do with him. He has gone to angry managment, had counselling etc. But he continues to act out violently. If any of you have some ideas I am open to hearing and trying them.

What???

Life got in the way yesterday so still cleaning up my scrappy mess. This evenings project my work desk. The computer desk and most of the containers are organized and put away. Found someone to donate my unwanted scrappy stuff to. They will be using it at a kids camp for crafts. Hopefully will finish up my scrappy area tonight so I can start working on LOs and a swap that is due at the end of July. I have learned that when sending to the states I have to allow at least 2 weeks for it to get there on time. Canada's postal system sucks even when pay extra to expedite it.
Made a double batch of Oatmeal chocolate chip cookies today and then found out the little boy I watch might be diabetic so he cant eat them. UUGGG I would not be able to live with dietary restrictions, I put enough of those on myself. Michaela is pretty much finished school, she has one exam on Friday then that is it for the year. She is starting work next week and will be mowing lawns and general labour again this year. She is saving everything to go on a trip to Cuba in February. My job is to get her a pass port.
Cara slept for 5 hours last night so went to bed at midnight then up at 5 am for a feeding. Hope she continues this. It would be nice if I could get her to bed earlier. Must remember she is only 2 months and it takes time so I need to be patient.
Well time to get off of here and get to work, night all.