What a wonderful week

As a stay at home mom I can get really tired of not leaving the house. Sometimes I have the car and then I try and pack as much as I can into the day and it ends up feeling to full and I have to deal with cranky kids.

I am super pumped about my week ahead of me. Today is a house cleaning day, dishes need to be done, the bathroom needs cleaning and the basement. On Tuesday I have the car, I have a meeting with the Kindergarten teacher at the last school in our district and I have my Body Jam class in the evening. Wednesday My brother is moving in with us, we are super pumped about that. Also on Wednesday I have my Body Combat class in the evening.
Thursday I am at home and Friday we have our small group meeting in the evening.
I know this must be a boring post but it feels great to have something to look forward to during the week.

I hope everyone had a great weekend.

The new class

I have spent the last 6 months trying to revise my eating habits and how much I work out. In November it was recommended by the doctor that I stop eating wheat, anything with Gluten and starchy foods. I was told to go on this diet to see if it makes my I.B.S any better.
Let me tell you I feel like a new person, my stomach used to look like I was 5 months pregnant everyday ( no, I am NOT joking) and I had the worse stomach pain.
I know have a smaller stomach with just a little baby flab. I also started biking in December every night for 1 hour, I lost 15 pounds by the end of February.
I stopped biking the end of February due to physical and emotional circumstances and have been trying to get back to doing physical exercise.
Well, I did it I joined a womens gym called Goodlife. I do a couple classes they offer one is called Body Jam and I love it. It is high energy dancing for an hour, anything for Salsa to Hip Hop to Line dancing with tons of pelvic thrusting and bumping and grinding ( SO fun). So yeah for me and now that everyone knows I can't slack off, time to shed some of my excess body fat.

1 st time on the Gondola in Baniff

a couple weeks ago after an especially long and hard week Evan and I decided to take the kids to Baniff on a Sunday afternoon. When we got there we discovered that it was a lot cooler in Baniff then it was in Calgary, and Evan and I were only in Spring Jackets, we brought the kids winter jackets.
Instead of taking a couple hours to hike some of the path ways we paid the HIGH price to ride the Gondola. I have to say that it was the best money we have spent on our family in a long time.
It takes about 10 minutes to get up to the top of the mountain and then you need to get out. We spent time walking around the store at the top of the mountain and walking outside on the walk way. The outside walk was awesome but we only lasted about 10 minutes before being to cold.



after spending about 1 hour with the Gondola we drove back into Baniff and took the kids to the candy shop. We love the candy shop there, it is filled with candy and only candy.
After our kids had picked some candy we spent about 1 1/2 hrs walking around the main street. Baniff has the best stores, we wouldn't be able to afford things but it is great just to look around.


Update on our school situation: I have yet to chose a kindergarten school for Emmanuel. I still haven't had an opportunity to see the last school in our zone, but I am leaning toward the Catholic school. I am hoping to be able to get to the other school later this week and I will make a more informed decision.

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend and is enjoying the warmer weather.

*** We are selling our double jogging stroller, if anyone is interested around the Calgary area or Manitoba ( I am coming out in May) be write us an e-mail at echo_mtn@telus.net
We are asking $75.00 o.b.o It is navy blue with black trim, with 2 large baskets under each seat.
both seats recline individually and it has a 5 point harness system.
I will post a picture this afternoon when it is warmer outside.

Lots to say just no time to sit down and write. maybe I should make it a bigger priority in my life.
New entry to come when the dishes are done, hopefully tonight.
Sorry for the prolonged silence.

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 :).