I am surrounded by boys… adorably frustrating boys. Even with my friend Kathy here helping during the day they run the gambit from adorable to little demons. However I DID get an hour and a half nap!!! It is amazing how just knowing there is someone else in the apartment who will deal with the twins when they wake up from their nap I can sleep through all their noise.
It has been wonderful having someone around to chat with and even cross stitch with. She is also working on a massive Wentzler. Reminisce about our time at AUC back when it was not affiliated with the U of A. We have not been able to get together since my babyshower last November. Now that she is down to one day job we should be seeing her alot more often.
Tomorrow is TAX DAY! Hopefully we get a decent return, you know pay some bills, put some on the credit cards. We also get to pick up Emanuel’s birth announcements from Walmart… and by lunchtime I should know if we are going to a twin group meeting at the indoor playground.
The Language Assessment did not go horribly, but we really will not know results until much later. We ARE on the waiting list to get in to a therapist – but apparently the list is VERY long. We were given "propoganda" about that 10 week program – The Hanen Program which we simply cannot swing with out busy and practically unplanned spring/summer schedule. I did request the illustrated guidbook: It Takes Two to Talk: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Children Communicate from the library. Unfortunately if we do like this resource we cannot order it from Chapters, only their website so I am going to search around for a used copy or a cheaper one. So if anyone is getting rid of a copy….
I received some wonderful mail yesterday – a package from Minnesota and one from the UK! My friend Shandai made Emanuel an adorable little hat. It looks like an apple! I will definately take a picture right away (they grow so fast) and post it on the site. From the UK one of the twin moms I chat with online (Anne) was sweet enough to send me some Classic Winnie the Pooh stuff she purchased at a Pooh Corner in Hartfield, England. I was looking for something I could use as wall decorations over Emanuel’s crib (he has the Target Classic Pooh cribset) so she sent me some postcards, thank you cards and even some window decals added to that she sent us the most wonderful book – a Winnie-The-Pooh Magic Wheel book where you tug on a ribbon and it changes the picture. Marvelous!!! When we finally make it to England I really want to go visit that area.
Seeing Kathy again has re-awoken my wish to move to Airdrie… now I know this is not reasonable RIGHT NOW but someday I would love to move there. It is close to Calgary where she and Esther and a large chunk of the Reinsch clan live, but still more affordable. Someday maybe, but I do miss seeing alot of these people. That is another reason it sucks to live in a college town – or at least the town you went to college in, people graduate and leave. Camrose is merely a stepping stone in life for alot of our friends, certainly NOT a final destination. We just haven’t left yet….
Well, speaking of friends and visiting that is what I should be doing right now.. One week long pajama party… right ???