We spent just about the whole weekend with the Nelsons, enjoying their humor, hospitality and great food. They're such a wonderful family. Savannah and Madison love Jacob's company.
Monday, March 30, 2009
29 March 2009
We spent just about the whole weekend with the Nelsons, enjoying their humor, hospitality and great food. They're such a wonderful family. Savannah and Madison love Jacob's company.
28 March 2009
Savannah earned her B swimming diploma today. The requirements were: swimming lengths fully clothed (long pants, long sleeved shirt, and shoes), back stroke, breast stroke, freestyle, treading water, diving, swimming through a hole 6m away, floating, jumping in and turning around under water, swimming 300m in one stretch. What a star. The C diploma classes commence this Friday.
27 March 2009
I'm beginning to sink my teeth into and make great progress on my Dutch conversation profile. 16 down, 14 to go! I'm grateful for this challenge, as it's forced me to put my pride aside and just try, as I do know enough Dutch to communicate. The only way to improve is to begin somewhere and try, try, try.
26 March 2009
Dates are rare and few and far between, as babysitting is costly and difficult to organise and family live afar. Imagine my excitement at a lunch date, with Bryn, while the girls were at school!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
25 March 2009
I love the sweet jasmine scent that has bombared our living area this week. This flower reminds me of my childhood. My parents, still to this day, have a huge creeper growing along the fence down the driveway.
24 March 2009
41 weeks. Bryn and I visited the midwife this morning. I begged her to help the labour to get started, so she agreed to do a cervical stripping. Owww. I was begging Bryn for an epidural at that point and the midwife laughed and must have thought to herself, these crazy foreigners, they are such wimps. I have done this au naturelle twice before and honestly don't have any appetite to repeat history. Anyway, the plan for the winding down of this pregnancy is as follows:
If nothing happens before Friday, I will see a gynaecologist for an ultrasound check up.
If nothing happens before Saturday, I'll visit the midwife at 8:30am for yet another cervical stripping.
If that doesn't work, Sunday will be spent with the gynae again for a check up.
Monday will be the midwife cervical strip.
And goodness me, if all that doesn't bring on labour, the gynae will induce me on Tuesday at 42 weeks.
At least I have a plan. At least each day that goes by gets closer to the arrival date. At least I have Bryn all to myself from Thursday. We're going to the movies after we drop the girls off at school in the morning!
Monday, March 23, 2009
23 March 2009
Madison has mastered all 26 letters of the alphabet. She insists on working on her letters everyday. Her favourite game is 'knock knock'. All the letters are face down, she knocks on a letter, turns it over, reveals the sound and chooses a word that begins with that particular letter. Today we started sounding out 3 letter phonetic words and this is what she managed. Clever little bug.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
21 March 2009
Birth announcement envelopes have been addressed and stamped. We're just waiting for this baby now, so the cards can be printed and posted.
Friday, March 20, 2009
20 March 2009
Welcome spring! Bryn arrived home while I was on my haunches planting flowers. He laughed and said this baby has got to be coming soon. Look at you. If this is not nesting, I don't know what else is. I hope he's right.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
19 March 2009
40 weeks and 2 days according to the scan
41 weeks according to my dates
Either way, this baby is LATE.
18 March 2009
This is one of the best purchases we've ever made. Bryn went out and bought this humidifier when Madison was so sick with pneumonia 2 years ago. Every time the girls are sick or cough at night, we fill this little baby up with water and it works its magic.
16 March 2009
My little bug is home sick today. I am enjoying the time I have with her, as one on one time is so rare. We had fun doing the letters of the alphabet. After lunch, I needed a nap and she watched a movie. When I went to check on her, this is what I found...
Monday, March 16, 2009
14 March 2009
Guess who showed up at my front door today?! Ruthie! She totally surprised me. We knew Jason was coming here on business, but had no idea Miss Ruthie had planned for her kids to be taken care of in Canada, packed her bags and arrived for some good ole fun, just like the olden days. We miss them terribly. With no time to waste, we got stuck into our weekend of fun. We laughed, we ate and laughed some more.
Unfortunately, there is no baby to show her yet, but I have until Tuesday morning to convince this baby to come, as Ruthie leaves on Wednesday morning. I'll see what I can arrange...
13 March 2009
Spring has sprung. It must be my favourite season of the year; even more so than summer, as the days get longer, the birds come back, we have a good 6 months (hopefully) of decent weather to look forward to, we can finally start wearing different clothing (and in my case, throw away the maternity clothing--hooray), and we bid a happy farewell to the long, dark, cold winter.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
12 March 2009
Big sister teaching little sister the letters of the alphabet. It's fun to watch Savannah teaching her sister something she knows. Madison is very proud of the fact she knows 16 letters and is 10 away from reading!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
11 March 2009
My favourite spot in the house when the sun shines (albeit a rare occurrence). I grab a pillow and bask in the diluted vitamin D.
10 March 2009
How do you like the room division the girls came up with today? I think Savannah may be ready for a bedroom of her own. Perhaps that can be an option when the baby is ready to move in with Madison.
Monday, March 9, 2009
9 March 2009
This morning, as I was unloading the dishwasher and getting the kitchen sorted out for the day, I asked Madison for some help. She cleverly pointed out that her hands were full, which they were, with apple slices. Once she had devoured her snack, I again requested some little 4 year old help in the kitchen. Very cleverly this time, she held on tight to her pyjamas and said once again, my hands are still full, Mommy. Little monkey!
8 March 2009
Such a cute little drawing by a cute little girl. She taught herself how to write her name. We have since practiced and corrected the 'o' and 'b' in her name, so that it now reads 'Madison'.
7 March 2009
When Bryn and I were dating, he surprised me with a delivery of yellow tulips. Since then, tulips have been one of my favourite flowers. At that stage, we had no clue we would ever live in the land of tulips. Bryn came home tonight with the most gorgeous bunch for me.
6 March 2009
The theme colours for the baby's nursery are turquoise, pink and red. I enthusiastically collected some fabric and accessories a while ago and had great plans to create a spectacular quilt. I emailed my friend, Carolyn, requesting a pattern and she said she could get one to me asap. I learned from our string of emails, that she and her husband were coming to Holland from Russia on business within the next week. My mind started ticking...I asked her if I could pay her to make the quilt for me, as it would turn out so much better and cut out the unpicking I would have to do over the next few months by about half! She gladly took on the challenge and so kindly made it for our baby as a gift. It arrived in the post today. I LOVE it.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
4 March 2009
Wednesday night: Savannah's on her way out the door to Activity Days at church, Bryn will be home just in time to take her, Madison needs an early night and I'm experiencing the beginnings of labour (I think). Egg in a hole--a favourite quick, survival meal at our house.
Monday, March 2, 2009
1 March 2009
Family scripture study. We have enjoyed a week of school holidays this week. Unfortunately, we often let this slide during this time, as routines and schedules go out the window. The girls missed our daily study and requested it this morning.
28 February 2009
Balderdash, combined with a bunch of good friends around for dinner is always a recipe for fun. We thoroughly enjoyed the company of the DeNucci and Noorlander families tonight.
26 February 2009
Many spare moments in the Harries household are learning opportunities. The girls and I often practice Maths or language skills while driving from place to place. Catching a moment's peace in the loo is no exception either. Time to learn times tables and letters of the alphabet!
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