She Can Sit AND Type Once Again

This is the first time I have actually felt like sitting at the computer for a bit….

On Saturday JUST before heading to a seminar, I pranged something in my back.  Sitting in said seminar did not help and I could barely walk by the time it was over…Subsequently, I spent MOST of the weekend laying down.

The seminar was awesome though.  It was a talk by Barry MacDonald..the author of Boy Smarts, and mentoring boys and making our boys be the best they can be.

It was a great talk, made even better in that it wasn’t a large group, so we were all comfortable enough in shouting out our own questions, stories or concerns.  

He is a very nice man as is his wife..I cannot believe they are OLD enough to have grown children.

What I got out of it all was that we are actually pretty darn good parents.  We strive to understand our son, we TRY to anticipate his reactions and we are also advocates for him at school.  I also saw that the teacher, who I have (as you have read here) does a lot of the ‘tricks’ that MacDonald himself advocates and has used and so she can’t be all that bad.

Now if we can find a seminar about “Mentoring freaky tempered young girls with massive tudes” we would have this parenting thing nailed!

While I was at the seminar, dad did awesome duty and took the kids to the Earth Day celebrations at Everett Crowley Park.  They came back with paper flowers that they made and much painted faces.

Today I was relieved that my back wasn’t TOTALLY killing me and because my mom rocks, she DROVE me n the kids out to Chilliwack so we could see my little nephew and drop off MORE gifts and baby stuff.

The kids were horrified that the little guy was asleep when they arrived, but had fun with their uncle and then were treated to a sleepy baby that Adam and Caity got to hold.

It was interesting seeing their reactions to him.  Adam just loves babies….wants to hold them, isn’t bothered by the cryng or anything…he is going to be really fun as a big brother this time around.

Caity….more reserved, not so thrilled with all the attention..so we can see that hurt feelings MAY arrise when our wee one shows up.

But it was a great day..sunshine and nice temperatures…Good for a drive.

So I just got the kids to bed and my never sleeping Midwife called and told me that I sort of passed the glucose test…..but failed one part of it meaning that I more than likely have something called Impaired Glucose Tolerance…the step BEFORE Type Two Diabetes.

So no testing…but diet diet diet….exercise exercise excercise.  No more fatty mcmommy here.

I have been warned.

She is going to set up an appointment for me with a dietician to get me on the right track..also to help me not have a uber giant baby either…something my vagina will thank me for.

Back on the mend, new baby fix, and not diabetic. 

I will take that.

Add on the fact that the husband has had quite a few interviews means I should be able to stave of any more doom and gloom!