Julia and Emily's World

Julia's a big girl now. No more little bed for Julia. She has now moved up to a full bed and is thrilled.

On Saturday we went to the Brampton Santa Claus Parade. Not quite the extravaganza being held in Toronto but still an exciting evening for Julia. Unlike Toronto's parade, Brampton's is held in the evening...so it's COLD! We were freezing after 30 minutes and there was still an hour before we saw the Man. Julia had lots of fun giving everyone high fives but she even said she was cold. We'll be better prepared next year.

Tuesday was Julia's last dance class. The parents and family were invited to watch. Julia had fun as always and was proud to show off her moves.

Sunday was Jacob's first birthday party (actually it was his 3rd birthday party...but he is only one)! Lots of fun for the kids as always and lots of food as always.

Julia's illness turned out to be a short one. She threw up at 1:30am on Thursday but was fine when she woke up. She still had to stay home from school. On Saturday we went to visit Selena, Mya and Jacob. Grandma and Papa were there helping out Uncle Gary who was manning home base while Auntie Jackie was away. The kids had fun playing together. Sunday was quiet. Papere, Grandma and Auntie Weezie came over for dinner.        

Happy Halloween! Today Julia and her school friends dressed up in their costumes and went trick or treating at all the buildings at my work. They all were very excited to show off their costumes. When I picked up Julia after work she was as white as a Halloween ghost. She was not feeling well and wasn't playing with her friends. Her teacher said that she was complaining of a tummy ache. She slept in the car on the way home and laid down on the couch. She didn't want to move let alone go Trick or Treating. Once the first group of kids came to the door she started to perk up. She ended up going out afterall and even went to Grandma and Papere's. She came home for dinner and immediately barfed after a few bites of her dinner. Yikes! Stomach flu? I hope not. She was fine after that so we'll see how she fares tonight. I hope I don't barf next.

This year Julia told me specifically what she wanted the pumpkins to be: Dora (an encore from last year), Boots, and a happy Jack O Lantern. No scary ones this year. Oh well. Still fun. Boots was tough because I didn't have a pattern for it. It came out pretty good though. Check them out.

Today we went to find our pumpkins for Halloween. There were plenty to choose from. I think we got some good ones. Julia wants a Dora pumpkin again this year. I'm thinking something scarier.

Saturday was cousin Nathan's birthday party. He is 3 years old now! The cousins had fun playing together and modeling their Halloween costumes. Julia likes to play with Mya in particular. Mya likes to be like a big sister to Julia. She even took Julia to the bathroom to go poo! Julia told me that she wiped her bum by herself (I could tell! Gross). She also said that Mya didn't check her bum to see if it was clean. I said that's Mommy and Daddy's job, not Mya's.

Friday morning was Family Day Breakfast at daycare. Mommy and I joined Julia for sausages, waffles, hash browns and fruit. I particularly enjoyed sitting on little mini chairs and using little mini utensils. Julia was thrilled to have Mommy there.

Julia was stung by a bee on Tuesday. This was her first sting ever. She was with Grandma and Papere at Tim Hortons and was stung on her finger. Although it swelled up a bit and she was in discomfort, it cleared up by the next morning. She didn't complain about it at all on Wednesday.

On Saturday, Julia had a pizza party with Grandma, Papere and Mommy while I went to the Leaf game. Julia had a great time making her first pizzas. I ate some when I came home from the game...not bad.

Busy weekend again. Friday we went to Papere and Grandma's for dinner. Mandarin take out...yum...bad for the diet. On Sunday Papere, Grandma and Auntie Weezie came over for Thanksgiving dinner. Good food and lots of it. On Monday, more food. We celebrated Mama's 90th birthday (and Thanksgiving) at her house. All of Mama's 7 great-grandchildren were there. Julia had fun as usual playing with her cousins. Lots of good food and plenty of desserts. Bad for the diet.