Sad day

It is a sad day for me today, my Grandma (or Grams) passed away this morning. She was in the hospital for the last two days, and we knew she wouldn't come home again, but is still sad today more than before.

I was thinking this morning about my Grandma, and what would make me remember her. It is simple things, but they are my Grandma all the same!

Corn bran cereal. Thick sliced peanut butter and honey sandwiches on homemade bread with a big glass of milk. Homemade noodles in her homemade soup.

I remember when I was a little kid, my grandma would break the tips off of her needles (she was a diabetic) and let me play with them. I could pretend to be a doctor to my dolls, or if my cousins were around, they made great water squirters! She always had long nails, always had her hair done, and had a sassy sense of humour! I will miss her.

Random cute things (or Amelia-isms)

I need to write some stuff somewhere, just in case someday I get to scrapbook. Amelia is almost 3, and if you ask her when her birthday is she will tell you that it is 'to January'. So because it is almost her birthday, and she is as cute as can be, I thought I would write some of these things down, so we don't forget!!!

Amelia is the queen of the crooked smile, and one of the cutest things she says lately is "a much and a much and a much" which means a lot. If she wants to have something, or wants to do something, or is talking about how much it hurts or doesn't hurt when you brush her hair, she says it is " a much and a much and a much". Too adorable!

Speaking of brushing her hair, she never wants it in a pony tail, because she wants to have 'curly hair'. She wants to leave it down, and will concede to barrettes, or even a half pony tail, just as long as some is left down, so it is 'curly hair like Mrs. Holowachuck'. Now that she is in gymnastics, she has to wear it in a pony for her class, and is kind of okay with it, as long as I assure her that the pony tail itself is curly.

While we are on the subject of her knowing what she wants, she ALWAYS wants to wear a dress. I was remembering yesterday when she went through a few months of ALWAYS having to have a sweater on over top of her shirt. And now it is dresses. So she wears one every day - now that it is winter, she has to wear tights, and really prefers if they 'spin' - which of course means that they go out when you twirl! She likes to clunk in play shoes, which she calls clunky shoes, and loves to wear the dollar store tiaras - even when we go out!

She also is usually the first lately to say thank you to me for making supper. I don't know if these kids got together and decided that this would be a good thing to do, but that is what they do lately. Every day after supper, someone says "Thank you for making suppper, mom" and then the others say thanks too! It is too funny! Usually lately, it is Amelia who says it first!

Yesterday she was having a hard time opening this puzzle that she got for Christmas and so Grace was helping her, and she said "you the best sister I ever had" which was probably the first time I have ever heard her say it to Grace. It is also cute when she tells me that I am the best mom she's ever had!

We were having a problem with whining for a while, and so I told her that the Bible says "A cheerful heart is good medicine". Now she quotes it to people all the time - to the point that Tracy said Sarah was trying to remember it last week!

She is so funny, and smily, and fun, every time you say "yes" to any request, she responds with the absolute most enthusiastic "Fwanks"

She is always getting stuck on the counter when she is brushing her teeth, and she'll call quite desperately from the bathroom "Heeeellllllpppp, I'm stuck on the counter" and when she has to go to the bathroom, she runs there singing, "Run, Run as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man!" Or ever since Christmas, she sometimes says "Run, run, with a leap and a twirl, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread girl" Too cute!

Did I ever mention this is one of my very favorite ages? She talks about her 'cousin Katie' and always calls Erin 'Erin Emily' and Sarah is always 'Sarah Mile' . She has her own ideas about stuff, can communicate so well, and learns so fast! I am so incredibly blessed with these kids!!!

(Now this is all written down for the days when she is being 3 and driving me crazy!!!)

Happy Birthday to me!

Yes, it was my birthday - 32 this year. I remembered this year that this blog was originally started because I turned 30 - do I dare make another resolution to try and be a better, more faithful blogger???

I did get my main birthday wish! I had to have my foot checked yesterday, and I was so hoping that the big pink monstrosity of a cast would come off, and thank the Lord, it did! I still have to wear this air cast thing for three weeks, but that's okay - it is like a big plastic and foam boot with inflatable air pillows inside to keep everything still. At least I can take it off to shower and to sleep! So yesterday I had my first real shower in 3 weeks, which was a birthday wish! And I slept without a boot on, so that was awesome as well.

It is so funny, my right leg looks so skinny - I was joking with Tracy that I should cast the other one for 3 weeks, then maybe I would want to wear a skirt! LOL!!! It made me think of this time my cousin went for a seaweed wrap thing, and was so impressed by the shape and size of her knees when she was done! Yes, I know, beauty is so weird! Olivia said the other day that in the real story of The Little Mermaid, the mermaids had to fasten oysters to their tails, and the more you have, the higher your rank was. So the Grandmother says to the Little Mermaid, "One must suffer to be beautiful" because the oysters hurt! I couldn't help but laugh at her insight to some stuff, it is so true!

Anyway, here's to another year of trying to share our lives with those friends who still check in on us by this medium!

Check this out!!!

This video is only about a minute - very exciting day around here!

I have videos of the kids at gymanstics yesterday too, but they will have to wait until after Abbey's doctor's appointment. Very cute!

This is one of Amelia and Katie on the balance beam!

Renovations

Abbey is helping Daddy make sure the underlay is straight and flat!
Laying the floor.
Good thing Uncle Clay came to help!
Boy, is this ever tiring!

The living room is almost done in this pic.

Now the whole of the floor is done! For those of you who sometimes check my blog who live in Regina, wait until you see it next Tuesday at MEM!!! I am very excited! It looks quite nice, I am happy with it for sure.

Greg ripped out the carpet on New Year's Day, and started laying the underlay when his brother Clay got here to help him. They laid basically the whole living room on the first day, and then Greg worked on the 2nd up to the angled wall, through the dining room, and through the kitchen to the point of putting the fridge back. On the 3rd his dad and Clay came again to finish it off, Greg wanted his dad's help with lifting the banister, because laminate is a floating floor, you can't screw it to the underlay to re-attach the banister. It worked well and now it is done all the way through the living room, dining room, and the kitchen, up to halfway down the hall. We bought enough floor to do the entire hallway and the hallway at the back door, but we will wait until the bathroom renovations before we do that flooring, since the one wall in the bathroom will be moved for sure. It looks so good!!!!

Now he is installing the baseboards, and the plan is to get the kitchen painted as well, but since there is really only one day left (and half of Sunday) I don't even care if it happens (although it would be SOOOO good). If my stupid foot wasn't broken, I could be taking the wallpaper border off of the kitchen walls right now. Stupid foot!!!

I will take some more pictures and post them tonight, once I hobble back upstairs!