DAY 3 sans Dave. Getting lost, on the beach

Five forty five came quickly this morning!  It wasn’t that I didn’t have a good sleep, It was JUST that.   I was up only once with Janna for a few minutes in the wee hours of the morning, and otherwise slept like a rock.  I find that the first week following a chiro adjustment, I tend to sleep really well.  It’s interesting all the areas that I find my adjustments affecting.  Yes, it has helped my back.  But more noticeable is my energy levels up and stress level down.  I feel like a much better person leaving my chiropractors office.  Lighter, with a bounce in my step, and clearer head.

Robyn started stirring around 5:45 am, and so I got up to get a few minutes of peace before she got too loud.  I had a nice chat with my mom, who was just finishing up a work shift, and then tried to entertain Robyn for a while I read, had a coffee, and got breakfast on the go.   She played in the bouncer for a bit, ate some cheerios, and then played with some string while sitting on my lap.  Finally, I got tired of her randomly darting her chubby little hands over to my bible pages and SCRUNCHING them for all they were worth.  I tried to introduce her to Dora, but she wasn’t too interested.

I have been noticing, lately, that Robyn is happier when more people are around.  Especially the kids.  She likes a crowd I think. When my friend, Rebekah, was watching her yesterday, Robyn woke up from her nap and was totally unsure of Rebekah as she came in to get her from the crib.  Rebekah told me that as soon as she brought Robyn downstairs and Robyn saw Naomi and Jonah and Gideon, she lightened right up.  Rebekah told me that her third child HATES to be alone.  Maybe it’s a third kid thing?

Anyways, this morning Robyn and I ate breakfast early, and then I got Jesse and Jans ready after.  I took the opportunity of the older kids sitting eating to get Robyn dressed and back down for a nap.  I broke my rule of NEVER leaving Janna unattended with food.   You never know what this girl will do.  She loves to sneak food to Cooper- give her food to Jesse- put things up her nose- but mostly CREATE art with her food.  She’ll like mash it up and draw in it, or sculpt it and stick it to things.  Of course, I should not have broken my rule.  When I came downstairs 10 minutes later, a disaster awaited me.

I took the rest of the morning to clean everything up, get dishes and laundry in, and the kids bag packed.  My friend, Kim, offered to watch the 3 of them at her place for a few hours. She has a little boy, Luke, who was born just 2 days after Robyn.  Her sister was in town, and had her 2 girls there as well.  I thought Jesse would love an older play mate to hang out with while I ran some errands. 

 I had a handful of small things to get done.  The post office for stamps, a drug store for some new concealer, a couple of groceries.  However, as the hour to leave approached, I was debating just dropping them and going to relax on the beach for an hour.  Mooney’s bay is RIGHT by Kim’s house.  I threw my camera and a towel in my bag on the way out the door around 9:30.

I dropped the kids off at Kims, and heeded her advice to do some errands for an hour, and then go relax for an hour.  She had things under control!  Well, I’m not too familiar with Kim’s neck of the woods, but I was 90% sure that a few streets up from riverside I would look to the left and see this  strip mall that had a Shoppers/McDees/and Food Basics. I kept driving and craning my head to the left at every intersection, and was surprised that it was much farther up the road than I thought.  I kept driving and driving, and wondered if I had imagined this!? I was certain the corner I had vividly in my memory would appear any second now. Finally, getting fairly close to the down-town, I had to admit my defeat and turn around.  Anyways, I ended up trying turning down a few more popular streets and not finding what I needed.  It was the first time I have ever thought I would like a smart phone. Finally, I saw a mall I was familiar with, and figured I should be able to get the things I needed there.  The problem was, I could not figure out how to get INTO it’s parking lot.  I kept getting so turned around, and when I finally got INTO the mall, I was distressed to see I couldn’t exit the way I came in.  With an hour wasted, I decided to screw the errands,  and try to salvage some time at the beach.   I couldn’t quite see how to get back on the road I needed to, and so went through MCDee’s drive thru for a coffee and directions. 

Ten minutes later, I was resting in the sun and sand without a care in the world.  I grabbed the camera and took some pictures, and then I just kicked up my feet and breathed in deeply enjoying the peace.

This creation I made for Dave

Then this little seagul came over quite close to me, and I spent the last ten minutes trying to capture a super close-up shot. 

As he started inching nearer to me (I MAY have pretended to have food by throwing little pieces of sticks into the sand close to me), the cutest-fatest-red haired- 3 year old came BOUNDING through the sand, and with a thick Brittish accent declared “ Nanny!  Look at me, I’m gonna get that Seagul, I will!”  And off he flew.

I picked up the kidlets and was sent home with three tired, fed, and happy kids and ONE steaming hot delicious lasagna.  THANK YOU KIM and JAYME!  Up they went for their naps, and I started the filing project that didn’t get done last night!  Robyn didn’t sleep too long, and so she joined me in my filing adventures.  Once Jesse and Janna woke up, I decided that it was best to put away the mountains of important paper and play with them.  They were both a bit grumpy, and I think missing daddy.  I sure am!  After some reading, we ate a delicious supper of lasagna. Jesse, Robyn, and I all enjoyed it.  Janna was being 2.  She is SO fussy with her eating lately.  I told her she had to TRY her food if she wanted dessert.  She was bawling her eyes out looking longingly at the mango we were all enjoying.  She would pick up a tiny piece of food and touch it to her tongue, and then just hold it on her outstretched tongue and WAIL with tears flying out of her eyes like a running tap.  I couldn’t hold back the laughter, and wished Dave was here to either laugh at her with me OR perhaps be a better parent and deal with it properly. 

After dinner we played outside, and Robyn managed to swallow a hunk of grass in such a way that it made her seem to stop breathing for a few seconds.   I was happy I had JUST been refreshed in infant CPR and choking, and confidently administered a few good back blows and got up the grass and hunk of dandelion piece AND all her dinner.  We called our outdoor play time quits early, and went inside for a bath.

    

It was an alright day, but I am tired tonight!  I want Dave back.  I asked the kids at different times today to “take a picture for daddy looking sleepy”  mommy is sleepy

Janna for some reason thinks this involves covering her face. I asked her several times per day to "look sleepy"

Clueless and cute!

Well, Katie is here and we are watching masterchef together, so I must be on my way!  I do apologize for all the typos and grammar and poor sentences.  I am only allowing myself 30 minutes to write these blogs, and so I’m just cranking it out.  Thanks for reading. I’m out!