It's just been busy.
Sunday: We wanted to go to the Aquarium except we couldn't get downtown easily due to road closures for the Sun Run. So we detoured and went to Kitslano beach instead. It was a bit windy that day. The boy scootered around for a little, then he explored the sand, rocks, shells and water. Shoes, socks and hands wet. Wind + wet = cold. His little hands were red. We washed his hands and had a snack at the cafe: fish and chips. Isaac ate some fries but didn't like the fish (cod).
We had a play date with a new friend on Wednesday morning. N and Auntie C came over to our house. They stayed for an hour, we played with toy screwdrivers, had a snack and watched an episode of Word World. We will be going to their house to play next Wednesday.
Isaac seemed to have a rough night. We had a hard time putting him to bed. He woke up at 11pm and didn't want to go back to sleep. He seemed to be very upset about something, but we couldn't figure out what was bothering him.
On Thursday morning, we had our second art class. Since Isaac didn't sleep very well the night before, he was tired at class. He did some of the projects, but lost interest part way through the class.
This morning, we went to the Aquarium and a playground in Stanley Park. After we went to Hokkaido Ramen Santouka for some ramen. There was a short line up at the door. We got seated in a small table for two. I was able to squeeze in with Isaac on the bench. We ordered immediately. I got a Toroniku shio ramen and Daddy had some sort of miso ramen. As we waited for our food, the boy got restless. I let him snack on some cookies. He wanted to play with chopsticks and salt & pepper shakers. I decided to take the boy out for a walk. I bought Isaac a salmon sashimi from Sushi Mart and fed that to him in the car. Isaac gobbled that up. As we were finishing the last piece, Daddy called to say that he finished his ramen.
We went back to the restaurant. Daddy fed Isaac some miso soup and noodles as I had lunch. The pork jowl was really fatty (a bit too fatty for my preferences) but very tasty! I liked the shio ramen. It had a nice flavour. Daddy likes Kintaro more because it's cheaper, but this place is good none-the-less. When we left, there was a line up out the door. When we got home, Isaac played for a bit, then we all took an afternoon nap.
[Edit]
I forgot to mention that on Thursday morning, both Daddy and I slept in and the boy was keeping himself busy in the morning. He even raided the fridge and helped himself to some sliced black forest ham (and left a trail of it everywhere he went). I tried to salvage some of the ham that was left out by cooking it in cream of mushroom soup (and serving it with some broccoli and pasta).
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Monday, March 28, 2011
Birthday Party Madness!
I went to bed at 4am - tired but could not fall asleep easily. We got up at 7:30am. I took a shower while Daddy fed the boy breakfast - applesauce.
We put on some shows for the boy to watch and worked in the kitchen trying to prepare the lunch for the kids and the veggie platter. Daddy started moving things down to the party room. We were running behind schedule!
At 9:14am, we were expecting our friend to come at 9am to help... BUT...
The buzzer for our front door was replaced during the week. I didn't test it out yesterday... turns out our number was deleted from the system. I had to go downstairs to let my friend in. We go test the buzzer in the parking lot. At least that works.
9:50am. I'm still in the kitchen cooking. M&L buzz us from the parking. They come up. Michael brings stuff down and get M&L to help us set up the room. Daddy goes to pick up a mango cake.
A bit after 10am, our first toddler guest arrives. I'm still upstairs cooking - but I have to run down to let them in. I turn off the stove and let the food continue to cook in the pot.
10:18am. I'm done cooking... but there are still lots of stuff to bring downstairs. I grab a load and head down but I left my cellphone in our unit. UH OH! When I went back up to our unit, I found I missed 2 calls. Someone is buzzing us a 3rd time from the parking and someone is calling our home phone at the same time. I try to let our parking guests in but for some reason, it's NOT working. At the same time, I'm trying to talk on the phone with our guest waiting outside the front lobby doors. People are confused as I try to sort out both calls at the same time. I end up going down to the lobby, then dashing to the parking lot (to find Daddy letting our parking guests in). Thanks Daddy!!
I bring our guests up to the party room, then continue to move stuff down from our unit.
Things finally settle down for a bit for me. Daddy goes back up a few more times to get stuff we've forgotten. I spend some time watching Isaac play and chatting a little with some of the other kids and parents. We set up the juice and tupperwares of fruits and veggies. Daddy orders some pizza.
The kids start snacking. Watermelon seems to be a big hit with all the kids (except Isaac).
Daddy comes back with the pizza and I make a couple of trips to bring down the macaroni and sauce in our big pots.
Our final guests arrive. Isaac looks ready to conk out and when I ask him if he wants to nap - he says yes. I decide that we do the cake part before he falls asleep...
Isaac smiles and waits when he sees his cake. He is incredibly happy as everyone sings "Happy Birthday" to him. He has a huge grin on his face. It melts my heart watching him. He attempts to blow out his candle. (I help him on his second attempt.) We give him some cake. It tastes like a chocolate brownie. His lips are smeared with chocolate and blue fondant. After that, his energy levels go up and he's ready to play again.
Guests start leaving.
M and L bring up Isaac's birthday present and he seems to LOVE it - a tricycle. He spends a lot of time playing with it, sitting on it, dumping things from the basket out. Me: I'm undecided about it. It's really cute, but the tires are plastic so it'll probably break pretty fast if we take it outside. Still deciding if we should keep it or switch it for something else. A minor scuffle breaks out over the tricycle.
At around 2:30pm - Isaac has a meltdown as I am changing his diaper. Daddy, M and L clean up the room and bring all our stuff up while I take him up for a nap but he would not sleep. Potty time. Then he wanted to eat more food. He kept asking for more ham. After we had some mango cake. Isaac kept asking for and eating pieces of L's slice of cake.
I go to take a nap, but Isaac hangs out with Daddy, M and L. M&L leave and Isaac comes to look for me. I try to put him down for a nap, but as soon as I try to transfer him to his crib, he's up and screaming. I think he's over-stimulated and over-tired. Not a great combination. We let Isaac open one present.
Daddy gives Isaac a bath. Then we go down to look over the party room and do some spot cleaning.
We put the boy down for bed at around 8:30pm.
I still need to return the keys for the lounge before 9am.
We put on some shows for the boy to watch and worked in the kitchen trying to prepare the lunch for the kids and the veggie platter. Daddy started moving things down to the party room. We were running behind schedule!
At 9:14am, we were expecting our friend to come at 9am to help... BUT...
The buzzer for our front door was replaced during the week. I didn't test it out yesterday... turns out our number was deleted from the system. I had to go downstairs to let my friend in. We go test the buzzer in the parking lot. At least that works.
9:50am. I'm still in the kitchen cooking. M&L buzz us from the parking. They come up. Michael brings stuff down and get M&L to help us set up the room. Daddy goes to pick up a mango cake.
A bit after 10am, our first toddler guest arrives. I'm still upstairs cooking - but I have to run down to let them in. I turn off the stove and let the food continue to cook in the pot.
10:18am. I'm done cooking... but there are still lots of stuff to bring downstairs. I grab a load and head down but I left my cellphone in our unit. UH OH! When I went back up to our unit, I found I missed 2 calls. Someone is buzzing us a 3rd time from the parking and someone is calling our home phone at the same time. I try to let our parking guests in but for some reason, it's NOT working. At the same time, I'm trying to talk on the phone with our guest waiting outside the front lobby doors. People are confused as I try to sort out both calls at the same time. I end up going down to the lobby, then dashing to the parking lot (to find Daddy letting our parking guests in). Thanks Daddy!!
I bring our guests up to the party room, then continue to move stuff down from our unit.
Things finally settle down for a bit for me. Daddy goes back up a few more times to get stuff we've forgotten. I spend some time watching Isaac play and chatting a little with some of the other kids and parents. We set up the juice and tupperwares of fruits and veggies. Daddy orders some pizza.
The kids start snacking. Watermelon seems to be a big hit with all the kids (except Isaac).
Daddy comes back with the pizza and I make a couple of trips to bring down the macaroni and sauce in our big pots.
Our final guests arrive. Isaac looks ready to conk out and when I ask him if he wants to nap - he says yes. I decide that we do the cake part before he falls asleep...
Guests start leaving.
M and L bring up Isaac's birthday present and he seems to LOVE it - a tricycle. He spends a lot of time playing with it, sitting on it, dumping things from the basket out. Me: I'm undecided about it. It's really cute, but the tires are plastic so it'll probably break pretty fast if we take it outside. Still deciding if we should keep it or switch it for something else. A minor scuffle breaks out over the tricycle.
At around 2:30pm - Isaac has a meltdown as I am changing his diaper. Daddy, M and L clean up the room and bring all our stuff up while I take him up for a nap but he would not sleep. Potty time. Then he wanted to eat more food. He kept asking for more ham. After we had some mango cake. Isaac kept asking for and eating pieces of L's slice of cake.
I go to take a nap, but Isaac hangs out with Daddy, M and L. M&L leave and Isaac comes to look for me. I try to put him down for a nap, but as soon as I try to transfer him to his crib, he's up and screaming. I think he's over-stimulated and over-tired. Not a great combination. We let Isaac open one present.
Daddy gives Isaac a bath. Then we go down to look over the party room and do some spot cleaning.
We put the boy down for bed at around 8:30pm.
I still need to return the keys for the lounge before 9am.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Snow Day
He checked out the water fountain and ran around a bit while Daddy took some pictures. After I had breakfast, I went down... but they were on their way back in. I asked if Isaac still wanted to play outside more and he said yes. So Daddy went back in to get his hat and I took Isaac out. I started rolling a snowball and found the snow fantastic for packing - very moist and dense. It took no time at all to roll out a huge snowball. I rolled a medium snowball and stacked that on top, then added ears, snout, nose, eyes and arms to my "snow bear". Isaac helped to pat extra snow onto the bear.
When we came back into the house, Isaac's nose was running and his cheeks were rosy from the cold. We went in for a bit, then I took Isaac out to Value Village with me and we picked up some new Melissa Doug Pet Stampers for $3.99. We got back home at 11am. Daddy watched Isaac and fed him while I prepared lunch for guests we were expecting.
We had a couple of friends over for lunch at 12:30pm. I baked some chicken drumsticks, spanish rice with stir-fried vegetables, and baked salmon. Our guests brought over a yummy apple pie. Isaac played with them for a bit, then took his nap.
When he woke up he had a few bites of salmon and yogurt. He played a bit more, then we had other friends over for dinner. Daddy went to pick up some Indian food from Tandori Kona - naan, samosas, butter chicken, eggplant, lamb curry, and another chicken curry. Isaac enjoyed dipping the naan into the butter chicken and eating it. We fed him some baby food and a yogurt. After dinner, he played a little more but was starting to go crazy around 7:15pm.
It was a bit early, but we put him to bed by 8pm and he was sleeping by 8:16pm. He seems to be going through a bit of separation anxiety over the last couple of days. He seems to need to cuddle with me in order to go to sleep. Even when we were shopping yesterday, Daddy was pushing him in a shopping cart but when he couldn't see me, he started getting upset. Hopefully this is just a short phase. I'm not sure what else I should do other than just reassure him. I'm not sure if this was triggered by me going out to Value Village without him while I left him home with Daddy (at the end of the week). I'll have to see if things improve over the next few days.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Survival Test - Day 7 of 15
Ahhh! We got up at 9am. Isaac actually woke up at 6:30am, but we went back to sleep. This morning was a scramble. I basically threw on our swimming suits, clothes, and headed out to class. No time for breakfast. I just gave Isaac some mommy milk before we left the house so that he wouldn't starve.
We got into the pool 5 minutes before class started. Class was pretty good. Isaac blew bubbles to show Auntie K. After class, I changed Isaac and put him into G's stroller. He snacked while I got changed. We left the pool at 10:17am.
When we got home, I gave Isaac a bath, and fed him breakfast. Now it's my turn to take a shower. Hopefully Elmo's World will keep Isaac entertained for a little. He checked on me once after he heard the hair dryer turned off. I ate some left-over pasta. Then did the laundry from swimming. Just going to start the dryer before we head out to walk around Value Village. We didn't end up buying anything, but I was able to donate an old sweater and some megablocks.
I tried to put the boy down for a nap at 2pm, but he wouldn't sleep so I gave him lunch at 2:30pm and tried again afterwards. He finally fell asleep at 3:45pm.
He got up from his nap at 5:15pm. We played for a bit, then M&L came with sushi for dinner. Isaac had butternut squash, salmon, some avocado, and a few bites of chopped scallop. He played with M&L for over 1.5 hours mostly with lego, messed with some magnets, got some basket rides, played with some power drill/saw toys, showed his squirrel art and craft, and fed alfredo.
I started his bedtime routine at a bit after 8:30pm. Got him into his crib at 9:20pm. I can hear him pressing the buttons on his aquarium. Asleep at 10pm.
One week down, one week to go before Daddy comes back home.
We got into the pool 5 minutes before class started. Class was pretty good. Isaac blew bubbles to show Auntie K. After class, I changed Isaac and put him into G's stroller. He snacked while I got changed. We left the pool at 10:17am.
When we got home, I gave Isaac a bath, and fed him breakfast. Now it's my turn to take a shower. Hopefully Elmo's World will keep Isaac entertained for a little. He checked on me once after he heard the hair dryer turned off. I ate some left-over pasta. Then did the laundry from swimming. Just going to start the dryer before we head out to walk around Value Village. We didn't end up buying anything, but I was able to donate an old sweater and some megablocks.
I tried to put the boy down for a nap at 2pm, but he wouldn't sleep so I gave him lunch at 2:30pm and tried again afterwards. He finally fell asleep at 3:45pm.
He got up from his nap at 5:15pm. We played for a bit, then M&L came with sushi for dinner. Isaac had butternut squash, salmon, some avocado, and a few bites of chopped scallop. He played with M&L for over 1.5 hours mostly with lego, messed with some magnets, got some basket rides, played with some power drill/saw toys, showed his squirrel art and craft, and fed alfredo.
I started his bedtime routine at a bit after 8:30pm. Got him into his crib at 9:20pm. I can hear him pressing the buttons on his aquarium. Asleep at 10pm.
One week down, one week to go before Daddy comes back home.
Friday, January 14, 2011
Survival Test - Day 6 of 15
So tired. I shouldn't have stayed up so late last night. The boy was up at midnight, 2am, 5:30am and up for the day at 7:30am. At 2am, he fell back asleep while I was changing his diaper, so I just moved him back to his crib after.
Breakfast: strawberry motts and a big bowl of oatmeal. Rain, rain. *sighs* I think I might drive to class. I'm going to need a nap before my friend visits this afternoon.
Took out some garbage then drove to the library, tried to see if Isaac would sit in on story time (no he wasn't interested), then we went to music class. I have some reservations about the class. For one thing, he kept wanting to leave after 15 minutes. The class is 45 minutes long. It's mostly just sitting in a circle singing songs - which is a bit tough for Isaac since he doesn't like just sitting there. There are some songs where you move around, but the instructor doesn't really want your child running all over the room... I like that there was some arts and crafts and exposure to different simple instruments. Today they played with sticks to tap out rhythms. We'll try the class again next week and see. If it doesn't work for us, then I'll probably withdraw from it.
While we were out, our Lego car got delivered. I'm so glad the delivery guy was willing to leave it at our door!!! Yay! Isaac loves his new toy car. He didn't want to eat or nap... just play. I regret not saving the toy until AFTER his nap. Cries ensued when I took it away. All he had to eat was a few bites of bread and mommy milk. Oh well, I'll try to feed him when he wakes up. I'm not sure how this afternoon will go. Mommy's having a friend over to have some bubble tea. So SO tired. I must eat lunch though.
The boy is sweating in his sleep. I stripped off his clothing and put a thin blanket over him. I also opened the window a crack to let him some air. Hope he cools down without getting too cold. Time for me to close my eyes until my friend arrives.
P stayed for a couple of hours. We had bubble tea from Bubble Queen. The boy woke up, played lego with P, ate an avocado (and had some of my strawberry mango slushie), and went to the potty. Tonight's dinner offering: pasta, ham, cream of mushroom, and broccoli. Me, I'm planning to eat rice, left over rice and beef broccoli plus some of the pasta. I was up late updating my ebay account and watching an auction on a lego duplo trainset. I'm tempted to bid on if it stays in my price range (I've also factored in the shipping costs). ... Nevermind. I just checked the bids and it's now out of the range I'm willing to pay - though it's still cheaper than a similar lot on Craigslist. I'll just keep my eyes out for bits and pieces of duplo track while I'm at Value Village.
For dinner, Isaac had a bowl of macaroni, with turkey bacon, broccoli, and cream of mushroom. He finished his yogurt for dessert. I had some of the pasta for dinner after he ate. We went to vv after dinner. I put Isaac into bed at 9:15pm. I hope he'll go to sleep soon.
Asleep at 9:37pm.
Breakfast: strawberry motts and a big bowl of oatmeal. Rain, rain. *sighs* I think I might drive to class. I'm going to need a nap before my friend visits this afternoon.
Took out some garbage then drove to the library, tried to see if Isaac would sit in on story time (no he wasn't interested), then we went to music class. I have some reservations about the class. For one thing, he kept wanting to leave after 15 minutes. The class is 45 minutes long. It's mostly just sitting in a circle singing songs - which is a bit tough for Isaac since he doesn't like just sitting there. There are some songs where you move around, but the instructor doesn't really want your child running all over the room... I like that there was some arts and crafts and exposure to different simple instruments. Today they played with sticks to tap out rhythms. We'll try the class again next week and see. If it doesn't work for us, then I'll probably withdraw from it.
While we were out, our Lego car got delivered. I'm so glad the delivery guy was willing to leave it at our door!!! Yay! Isaac loves his new toy car. He didn't want to eat or nap... just play. I regret not saving the toy until AFTER his nap. Cries ensued when I took it away. All he had to eat was a few bites of bread and mommy milk. Oh well, I'll try to feed him when he wakes up. I'm not sure how this afternoon will go. Mommy's having a friend over to have some bubble tea. So SO tired. I must eat lunch though.
The boy is sweating in his sleep. I stripped off his clothing and put a thin blanket over him. I also opened the window a crack to let him some air. Hope he cools down without getting too cold. Time for me to close my eyes until my friend arrives.
P stayed for a couple of hours. We had bubble tea from Bubble Queen. The boy woke up, played lego with P, ate an avocado (and had some of my strawberry mango slushie), and went to the potty. Tonight's dinner offering: pasta, ham, cream of mushroom, and broccoli. Me, I'm planning to eat rice, left over rice and beef broccoli plus some of the pasta. I was up late updating my ebay account and watching an auction on a lego duplo trainset. I'm tempted to bid on if it stays in my price range (I've also factored in the shipping costs). ... Nevermind. I just checked the bids and it's now out of the range I'm willing to pay - though it's still cheaper than a similar lot on Craigslist. I'll just keep my eyes out for bits and pieces of duplo track while I'm at Value Village.
For dinner, Isaac had a bowl of macaroni, with turkey bacon, broccoli, and cream of mushroom. He finished his yogurt for dessert. I had some of the pasta for dinner after he ate. We went to vv after dinner. I put Isaac into bed at 9:15pm. I hope he'll go to sleep soon.
Asleep at 9:37pm.
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