Busy

I’ve been super busy the last month or so. Nothing out of the ordinary, just finding that oh-so-elusive rhythm to being a mother of three. Finding a balance in everyday life, making sure no one gets neglected, just normal stuff.

P has been teething, and can I just say it? Molars suck. My mother would be aghast to know that I’ve used that particular phrase, and more than likely my mother-in-law as well, but it truly fits. Picture in your mind, an angry hippo, with its mouth open in a howl. That is how she spends much of her day. Nothing is right, ever. And if it’s not a howl of outrage, then it’s wordless whining, indecipherable to me. I’d have better luck translating hieroglyphics than figuring out what it is that she wants (or doesn’t want) 99.9 percent of the time.

M is sick again, just another cold. Still, we’re very blessed as she is a ‘good’ baby. Only gets cranky between the hours of 5pm-8pm, and is otherwise quite happy and settled.

C is also sick, with a random cold. I gave her Dimetapp the other day, and Dimetapp – if you’re listening? Figure out a way to make your cough medicine taste like chocolate. Because that Great Grape flavour you bang on about? Isn’t fooling anyone. I’ve never tasted it, but based on the wrestling match I had with her yesterday, it tastes like battery acid mixed with rat poison, simmered in a pot of turpentine.  For reals.

L and I got to go to a dinner/show the other night, it was an ABBA tribute band, and they played all my favourite songs. The keyboard player was hysterical, and the guitarist looked like Garth from Wayne’s World, but without the glasses. The food was really nice, and it was good to get out and pretend we were adults!

Today has been a bit of a challenge, but at least it’s not stifling hot – only 83 degrees, and 57% humidity today. And hooray, only 78 days until fall!

C is supposed to be singing in the carols by candlelight program tonight, dressed as a little angel – I don’t particularly want to go, but if we do decide to go, I’ll leave the other two children at home with Dad. It would be nice to spend some time alone with C, and there will be fireworks too, so I dunno.

Have all but finished the Christmas shopping – all that’s left is to find time to make all the handmade gifts, and finish wrapping them up. I love giving presents to people, and I love to cook as well – so giving edible gifts is perfect!

Gotta go, girls are playing with things they shouldn’t be.

XO,

Sarah