Good Morning Everyone!This kids and I were just having some breakfast (coffee for me) and I thought I'd put up a little update. We made it through our weekend without Jay. He got everything done with the old house and today he locks it up for the last time and hands the keys over to our realtor.
While he was gone I continued to get things settled in. All of the sorting methods we used in the den at the previous house are packed into boxes so the kids and I went to Wal-Mart to get one of those portable accordion filing cases. That way I can keep track of all the important move-related papers, bills, and other documents between now and getting the office set up in the new house.
I've wandered around Guelph enough now that I can find my way to Wal-Mart, Tim Horton's (possibly the most important thing, HA HA), Zehr's (which is our version of an Extra Foods) and the post office. So for Grandma Shirley, if you want to send anything to the kids, I know where to go to get it.
Speaking of the post office, if anyone doesn't have our new address or phone number, please e-mail me or give me a call on my cell phone. Jay and I haven't changed our cell phone numbers yet, so you can still reach us that way if needed.
The kids have been spending a lot of time outside. They have their Little Tikes mini van from Grandma Shirley and they push it up and down the back sidewalk constantly (usually Sydnie riding in it and Lincoln pushing). We also set up their sandbox in the back and they really enjoy playing in that. We don't have too much of an are for them to play, but they don't seem to mind. They generally obey the rules (no going past the end of the garage, since there is a busy 'alley' behind us and no going into anyone else's yard, since there are not fences between houses). I can watch them easily from the dining room table while I sort things or make phone calls.
They both know that this is not our long-term house. Lincoln often talks about the new house with the 'big back yard' which is his main concern, HA HA. Once they start building it (which should be soon) I plan to take them over there every few days to check out the progress. Of course I'll take pictures for this site too so that everyone can see.
Jay and I are talking about taking the train to Ottawa this weekend, since he has Monday off. I've never been on a train, and we know how excited the kids would be! Via rail is also having a special right now so that the kids can ride free. Jay and I would just have to pay for our tickets (and I get a reduced rate because I am under 25). It would be so neat to take the train! Jay has a good friend in Ottawa, Tina, who he grew up with. I've never been to Ottawa so it would sure be neat to see it. If we take the train then we will just take transit everywhere because they have a really good public transit system there, and Tina knows her way around. With the move and all we think it might be nice to take a bit of a family vacation during the summer since we didn't get a chance to go camping or anything with the kids.
If we do end up going I'll take a lot of pictures of the kids on the train and of Ottawa, and I'll update you all once we get back :)
I am already looking forward to next summer and planting new things in the yard at the new house. I drove by a greenhouse here the other day and saw that they were advertising a sale on fruit trees. Specifically pear, peach, and apple. Apparently we can grow peach trees here! Wow! I knew we could grow apples, but I am thinking I will buy a peach tree too.
Speaking of plants, I decided to try growing a mango tree from a seed. Apparently it is possible (they have to be kept indoors of course) so I saved the seed out of the last mango I ate and wrapped it in wet paper towel and left it in the cupboard. After a week of checking it and occasionally adding moisture, it began to send out a shoot. Yesterday I stuck it in a pot of dirt and I am hoping it will grow.
All of our houseplants survived the trip, if anyone was curious. We brought with us the jade plant that my mum gave me (it's 32 years old), a couple of aloe vera plants, a big spider plant, and a really small hoya that I'm growing from a cutting. What I did to move them is get the most enormous plastic garbage bags I could find. Then I put the plant in the bag, misted it really well, and packed balls of damp packing paper in around it. I sealed the bags and then we put each plant into an appropriately sized box (the jade needed a wardrobe box) and taped them shut.
All of the plants made it here in good shape. The jade was a little worse for wear. They are so delicate you know, it lost loads of leaves because they fall off at the slightest touch. However, I cleaned it all up, removed all the fallen leaves from the pot and propped up the branches which sort of fell over from the trauma. I think that it will be fine. The spider plant it excellent and has already started sending off new 'babies' as I call them (if you have a spider plant you'll know what I mean). The hoya and the aloe vera actually loved being in their little makeshift 'greenhouses' and grew quite a bit during the trip. I was really only concerned about the jade making it here, since it's something of a family heirloom.
Sydnie must know what a pushover her mum is. The two nights that Jay was gone she wandered into my room asking if she could sleep in 'Daddy's Spot'. We generally really discourage that sort of thing, we don't want to encourage them to be crawling into bed with us. Even all the weeks that Jay was here for work and we were at the old house I didn't let her sleep with me.
Last night though, I wasn't feeling inclined to say no, and she's just so sweet and snuggly. I relented and she cuddled up quite happily. I often refer to her as my little bed bug because no matter how hard I try to keep her out of our room, some mornings we still wake up with her in there. She has learned to be really quiet and sneaky about it, HA HA.
I also allowed it because the other day I overheard her telling Lincoln about a nightmare she had, that a bad man had taken me away and told her that she wasn't going to have a mommy anymore. Things like that just make my heart break. I think she is just feeling insecure and uprooted right now. I also noticed that with Jay being gone so much she developed a bit of an abandonment issue and was constantly asking me if I was going to leave them too. It's harder for her to understand at this age, so she's been having some nightmares about her fears. She is much better now that we are all together again though, so hopefully in a few months she won't be having bad dreams.
Anyway, I think that is enough of an update for now! Take care all :)
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