Owen and Brandon are both two different little boys; and when it comes to teeth they are very different. Owen got his teeth quickly and with little “pain” – in that I mean we could give him Tylenol and it seemed to help and when his teeth came in, they came in a matter of days. Brandon’s teeth have been a whole different story. Brandon’s first tooth didn’t come for quite some time and at 17 months old Brandon has 8 teeth – which is completely normal. It seems when Brandon’s teeth come in they take their time moving around and slowly, painfully slowly come through the gums. Brandon seems to teethe for weeks on end before anything comes though and then it’s just a tiny break in the gums. Hooray this week Brandon broke another tooth, this time a molar. Unlucky for Brandon it appears he was teething while sick, so not only was his nose running and had an awful cough, but his gums were hurting him too. An awful combination to go through! Hooray another tooth, so very exciting! We are all assuming he is still teething but this time he won’t dare let my fingers feel his gums, so if he does get another tooth it may be sometime before we fine out!
I make this comment all the time and if not by now, you will soon grow tired of hearing it but our boys are growing up to quickly! Owen is registered in a summer camp this summer. This is a summer camp that he goes to for a couple hours a day for a whole week and goes without his Mom or Dad along with him. In searching for a preschool for Owen (which we have all but given up on as apparently preschool wasn’t made for children with full-time working parents; that story is for another day), I found Springhill Community Preschool, a preschool that offers summer camps and just so happens to offer a summer camp that would interest Owen and is during one of the weeks our day home is closed. It also worked out that their open house was this week too! We took the kids to the open house and asked our many questions that first time parents would have – the teachers answered all the questions so patiently and without judgement. The answers were wonderful for us, so we registered Owen on the spot. Once we told Owen about the camp he got very excited but a little confused that camp wouldn’t be till the summer – many months from now. After a short cry and a hug Owen seemed to understand!?
Grandma K is moving from her BIG house to a smaller home; Aunty Claudette has been wonderful in helping Grandma pack and when we can spare the time we have been over helping — if you call two little boys pulling everything out of boxes, because it’s cool stuff, helping. Saturday there was a bunch of thing needing to get done and little time, so in the interest of being efficient Sean and I thought that Sean going to Grandma’s house with Brandon and I going to gymnastics with Owen was a good use of time. Apparently this was not a good idea in Owen and Brandon’s eyes. Owen was very upset that he didn’t get to play at Grandma’s house and Brandon was upset that Owen and Mom weren’t staying to play either! Owen cried for most of the drive to gymnastics (I was very worried he wouldn’t participate in gymnastics) but then he saw the train go over the Anthony Henday and all was forgiven. The warm up at gymnastics was the parachute — Owen LOVES the parachute. After some coaxing and pushing I was able to get Owen onto the parachute with the other kids to help “pop the bubbles”, then with more coaxing and pushing I was able to convince Owen to crawl under the parachute in a game of “cat and mouse”. Owen loved it all so much he cried when the parachute was put away; poor guy by the time he warms up enough to enjoy the activity the activity is usually over. Over the course of the class Owen excelled and I was so proud and excited for him. On the much loved trampoline (in that he loves the idea of jumping but not actually jumping) Owen was excited for his turn but this time he jumped right on and did all the actions the coach asked him to — Owen jumped and jumped and smiled a HUGE smile. When it was time to play in either the foam pit or trampoline Owen actually chose the trampoline!! After class the first words out of Owen’s mouth were “Mommy we have to go to Grandma’s house to get Daddy and Brandon!”
Sunday morning we had Grandpa and Grandma S come over for a visit; it took the boys some time to warm up — Owen warmed up to Grandpa and giggled and ran around Grandpa; Brandon preferred to watch Grandpa from Mom’s lap. We had a brunch for a change — eggs, bacon (cooked in the oven — oh so good and really no mess!), toast and hash browns (home-made, recipe supplied from Colette; she is a wonderful cook and has a dozen or more recipesup her sleeve). Oh and don’t forget the Tim’s, of course what is brunch without Tim Horton coffee and muffins! Owen and Brandon gobbled the fresh muffins down while everyone else enjoyed their roll-up-the-rim coffee (well everyone but me, still can’t stand coffee). We started the day with grandparents visiting and ended the day with grandparents visiting; Grandma and Grandpa H came for dinner — bbq’d steaks – yum! I couldn’t imagine a better way to spend a Sunday!