September is coming

I have been very busy over the last couples days due to the new stage of life we are entering. We are in the process of looking for a Kindergarten school for Emmanuel. We have two schools close to our house that I decided to check out today, you think that would be an easy process. The first one has a great play ground which drew Emmanuel there, as I walked in I was greeted by the principal.
She asked Emmanuel his name and shook his hand before even addressing me, Huge brownie points!
After talking for a couple minutes she asked if I realized that it was a Catholic school, I of course had no idea. Emmanuel would still be accepted if we were not Catholic. We had a tour of the school and she even brought us into classrooms that were in session. She was open and welcoming, Emmanuel held her hand while we walked around in the kindergarten classroom ( that is a huge step forward for him). I LOVE the school and some of the teachers I meet, Emmanuel loved the school, the big thing I am concerned about is confusing him. I love the fact that they say the Lord's prayer but they also say other ones and have Catholic practices. ( I am in no way against the Catholic Religion, it is just not for us.)
I thanked her for the tour and asked if there were any other kindergarten schools in the area, she said there was one across the street.

Onward I went.

As I approached the school school I had a deep sinking feeling. There were very few windows, and the windows they had were covered in a mesh like cage. The outside of the school was very unwelcoming and cold.
I walked in and no one addressed me or Emmanuel, we found our way to the office and asked if we could have information on Kindergarten program. The lady looked at me like I was stupid and said they have an open house in May and I could get all the information then.
So I asked if I could see the school as she was like, "NOW?"
I said if it wasn't a problem and she was like sorry we don't do that. The biggest problem I have is the school has a no religion policy, no Lord's prayer, no religion classes, and no Christmas concert ( they have a celebrate the seasons concert) NOTHING.
That bothers me so much, I would like to be met half way at least. So now I am back to the drawing board, there is one more school in our district that I am going to check out, I would have to drive Emmanuel or he would need to take the bus. I f that doesn't pan out I am going to look at Christian schools and see what our options are.

Please if anyone has advice let me know. I really just want the best for my child and if I don't feel comfortable with the school I don't think I should send him there.

Hurray for Vanishing spots

Micah is now over the fever that has plagued her since Tuesday at noon. After my last post Micah had spots over most of her body and couple hours later she started to sweat and then the spots disappeared as well as her fever. I thought she was fine and proceeded with the plan to go out. Right before we left Micah's fever was back up , we decided to try and still go out. Skip ahead a couple hours to a child who is inconsolable and hot, when we returned home Micah's fever was at 105.7, I called health links and was told to keep her home unless it stayed that high for 2 straight hours. They also said the rash was most likely due to the high fever as well as the blisters in her mouth. Micah stayed with a fever anywhere between 102.1-104.5 for the next 24 hours. Her fever broke Thursday around 2 a.m and has not returned. There has been many time I wished it was back because she is now a bear, instead for having a pathetic cry and staring into space. She cries all the time and doesn't sleep, last night I finally climbed into bed at 4:30 a.m.
So we are on the mend, She has a stuffed nose and the blisters in her mouth are almost healed.
So after all this trouble my daughter just had a really bad head cold.
I am just hoping that she is better tomorrow, we are taking part in the baby dedication in our church tomorrow morning.
Hopefully I will be able to post pictures of my children all dressed up for church, we bought Micah and jean skirt from once upon a child for $3.50, can't go wrong with a price like that.

Micah's Fever

Well all good things must come to an end, Micah's temp is back up to 104.1. She has also developed a rash on the trunk of her body and has blisters in her mouth. I have called health links and they said she should be seen if she gets worse nut if not it is okay to keep her home. Health links said that it sounded like she was getting measles and only time will tell. I am glad not to take her to the doctors but sad to see her so sick. Needless to say I think tonight is officially canceled, I think we will be celebrating Valentines day at home like the other years. There is always next year :).

Mystery Fever

I think my daughter is now over the mystery fever that has been bothering her, at one point her temp was at 103.1. For the last couple days she hasn't been herself, cranky, not sleeping during the day or at night, not eating much and just not happy. I have averaged about 3 hours of sleep a night since Friday night.
She didn't complain of a stomach ache, no cold symptoms and she said her mouth DIDN'T hurt. Hopefully she stay fever free now, especially since Evan and I are going out of Valentines day tonight. It will be our first date in a couple months, we are trying a restaurant called Newport Grill, it is right on a lake. Not holding my breath that we will be able to see anything, our reservation in at 6:30 and it is dark by then. We decided to celebrate today because tomorrow is Evan's birthday and we are busy this weekend. I am not complaining I think it will be fun, the kids are going to spend the evening with our close friends who also have two kids. There youngest is 5 months and Micah loves "taking care of her".

Just wondering what is everyone else doing for Valentines day?
This is our first year celebrating outside of our home since Emmanuel was born so I am pretty excited. Every other year we have ordered food after the kids have gone to bed and watched a movie, which I also really enjoy.

Blog Design

Welcome to the new Innocence and Sticky Popsicles juice site, Thank you so much to Lena for creating a new lay out for me. I really love the work you do.
Hopefully the new layout is like a new beginning for my blog, hopefully I will have more to say and more updates.
Thank you again Lena.

update

I think that Micah is over the hardest part of giving up her soother. She still asks for it all the time but accepts it when we tell her that we don't have one and she doesn't need it anymore.
It is weird not have Micah on a soother, I feel like she is not a baby anymore. We don't need a diaper bag anymore, I have nothing to carry in it. No more kids in diapers and no need for soothers, I just keep snacks in the car for when we go out. What a freeing stage of life to be in, now if we decide to have more children it will be a rude awakening of carrying a bag around again.

On more exciting news Evan and I are going away for a couple days by ourselves for the first time since Emmanuel has been born. We will be heading to Canmore for 3 days of sleeping in, eating out and exploring the town. SO EXCITED.
It is going to be nice to get away, Evan has been working tons and I am tired after being home with the kids 24/7. Evan is tired too, it is hard to start work at 7:00 a.m and get home around midnight 6 days a week.

hopefully I can post more later, no promises I suck at this type of thing

growing up

My children our officially growing up. Emmanuel will be starting Kindergarten in the fall and Micah has gotten rid of her soother.
I contemplated making the title of this post Going crazy! Micah is driving me up the wall, we took her soother away during the day about 3 weeks ago and now we are doing nights and nap time.
We are working on day 3 with little sleep and a cranky over tired 2 1/2 year old. She was fine when we took the soother away during the day but at night it is a different story, she is always asking for it ( day and night), looking for it and either whining or crying.
I am glad we took the soother away it was getting old watching my toddler walking around with a soother in her mouth. She is also very good at talking but it is almost impossible to understand with the mouth plugged up.
Anyway I will keep plugging away because this to will come to an end and we will be free of soothers.