Julia and Emily's World

Today Julia went back to daycare. Her fever is gone. She is still coughing and her nose is pretty runny. Something is going around the room. There is only one toddler that is completely healthy. Everyone else is sick with something. That's daycare in the winter!

Today Julia stayed home from daycare. She woke up with a slight fever. I think it is just the cold that she has. As a precausionary measure we had her stay home with Grandma. She was in a good mood tonight and she ate well at dinner. We'll see how she is tomorrow. That would have been quite the mixture of viruses had Nathan's party happened on Saturday with all the kids carrying some kind of illness. Good call Deb.

Today Ron and Julianne came for dinner. It was good to see them. It's been quite a while since they last saw Julia. Julia warmed up to Julianne very quickly. She didn't totally warm up to Ron but she was ok with him. She gave Julianne a big hug good-bye. She gave Ron a big hand shake good-bye. Yesterday we were suppose to go to cousin Andrew's birthday party. Unfortunately it was cancelled because Nathan was ill. I used the time to put together Julia's new big girls bed. She will soon be moving to the bigger room...the "Purple Room". Julia hasn't been sleeping well lately. She has been getting up frequently throughout the night. We are all very tired. Last night was the first night she slept through in about a week. Hopefully there will be more of that tonight. Julia's had a lingering cold for about a week now so that may be contributing to her restless nights.

It's been a while since my last entry so I'll try to summarize this past week. Monday - The painters came to paint the rest of the house and install the crown moulding. This included Julia's new PURPLE room, as she requested. Once she saw the room she said, "This is PINK". Oh well. The house looks good though. Wednesday - I woke up with a sore back...again. I went to work but I had to make Julia walk. Of course she falls on the way into school, bawls and then I had to pick her up anyways! So much for my back. Thursday - My back was killing me in the morning so I stayed home from work to rest. It help a lot. Julia went to Grandma's for the day. Saturday - Mommy and I went to IKEA to look for Julia's bedroom furnature. We got the bed but they were out of the matching dresser and storage unit. Typical IKEA situation. Julia stayed with Grandma while we were out. Sunday - Julia went to church in the morning with Grandma and Papere. She enjoyed...

This weekend we ate out 2 out of 3 nights. On Friday Grandma and Papere treated everyone to Kelsey's. Julia got pasta like usual. She had a bit of a freak out there because she didn't have her own plate. She wouldn't eat until Mommy put the pasta in a container we had a snack in. That was a close one. On Sunday we went to Boston Pizza for dinner. Julia had fun because she got a balloon doggie from the clown. We remembered to bring her bowl this time. Earlier, Julia went to church and then went to lunch with Grandma, Papere and Auntie Weezie at Wendy's. Tomorrow the painters are coming to paint the rest of the house and install crown moulding. We will be painting the spare room purple. This will be Julia's room very soon. She picked out the colour. Mommy wanted to pink. Julia insisted on purple. Purple it is.

So what did we do besides the regular chores? Let's see...played play-dough, watched Finding Nemo, put the "babies" to sleep (several times a day), pulled the wagon, threw balls...etc. Lots of playtime at home this weekend. It was nice for a change. We rented War of the Worlds...6 out of 10. Stephen Harper visited Julia's daycare this week to hold a press conference. Topic was daycare of course. Press Release Photos

Julia is back to school. It's like she never missed a beat. On Monday she was so happy to get there. Today, not as much. She had a bit of a meltdown before we left. She was fine after napping in the car. Today Jacquie and Roland left for Toronto. They will be in T.O. for the rest of their vacation. We were happy to have them stay with us. Julia! Pull up your pants!

This afternoon we went to Mama's house for dinner. All the cousins were there. The food was great. Mommy even had something to eat. Julia filled up on rice.

Last night we rang in the New Year at Dan and Bernice's house with all our friends. It was a great time. It's good to see everyone. We don't get to do that enough. Julia is still a bit too young to last until midnight so she stayed at Grandma's for the night. It was Julia's first overnight stay away from home. Next year she should be able to stay up to see New Years. This afternoon we are going to Mama's house (Julia's great-grandmother) for New Years celebrations.