Halloween Haunted House

This year, Halloween lands on a Monday and we decided to visit a friend's neighborhood to trick or treat and see the haunted house.

Immediately after work, I picked up Jas from daycare, fed her quickly and got ready for the big night. As we get ready to go, I took out a beautiful butterfly costume for Jas and a spider costume for Jules. Jules had no idea what was going on but really liked all the legs hanging around her body. However, Jas refused to put the butterfly costume on. She wanted her green dragon outfit more (she already wore it all day at daycare). No matter how much I pleaded and convinced her, she absolutely refused. Oh well. At the least, she is in a costume. Above, is our family photo.



We met up with Alyssa, Michael and Connor (l'il tiger) and got some candy in Renfrew Heights. Both kiddies really enjoyed walking from house to house, ringing the doorbell and screaming "trick or treat!" In fact, Jas started enjoying her treats well before she got home. (we have to go thru all her treats to screen out all the ones with peanuts in it). Even Julia caught on that the packets in the bag is for eating, but she's not allowed to have any treats. Poor Julia. Maybe next year.

We also toured a haunted house on the block, which was really well done. It felt like a real haunted house, with several rooms to walk through, flashing lights, scary objects moving inside, people hiding around corners and jumping out, and even a pitch black maze at the very end. Pretty creative and impressive. We had a terrific evening and we'll be sure to do this again next year.

Indoor Exercise (video)

When it is raining outside, the girls get cooped up inside and have to find ways to burn off their energy. Indoor exercise is what they like to do. Running and screaming, all day long. Can you imagine hearing this all day long?

By the way, Julia loves wearing her safety hat.

Potty at Daycare, Finally!

Today is Jas' second day at daycare. She actually used the potty at school today. Yay! Not until after she held in her pee for so long that she wet her pull-ups first though.

I was in meetings all day and the teacher left a voice message on my cell, to see if I could pick Jas up from school. Apparently, Jas looked like she was in pain and still refused to go pee. By the time I called the teacher back, Jas already peepee in the pull-ups, so it was fine.

I guess Jas felt embarrassed by it so by the time I went to pick her up after school, Jas already used the potty. Wow, what a sudden improvement. I'm so proud of you Jasmine!

First Day in Daycare

Today is Jas' first day at daycare. We had to wake her at 6:45am (her normal wake time is 8:30am!) so it was quite a challenge to get her up that early in the morning. We packed all of her things the night before so all we had to add into her bag is her lunch. The daycare provides 2 snacks a day.

Rich dropped Jas off at the daycare at 7:45am and I picked her up at 5:30pm. Apparently they went on a field trip to the Richmond pumpkin patch today. What a fun first day!

Because Jas does not use the bathroom outside of the house (she is fully toilet trained, only using the house washroom), we put on a pull-up diaper instead of undies. When I picked her up from daycare, I was expecting a full wet diaper... but her diaper was completely dry! And she didn't pee at daycare. Uh, bad sign. She held in her pee for 10 hours. I can the trouble ahead - in a couple of days, Jas will be constipated (not drinking fluids) and will get a bladder infection (from holding her pee in all day). Let's see how tomorrow goes.

Hitting in School

I stayed home this week to take care of the kiddies. It's been a hectic week, with LoYe in hospital and both kids being sick. Jas still had to go to preschool on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays so I took her to school.

On the Friday, when I picked Jas up after class, the teacher pulled me aside to tell me bad news. Jas took a toy from one of the boys in class. This angered the boy, who then went and smacked Jas in the face. Poor beeps!!! They put ice on her face and separated the two kids for the rest of the class.

Jas seemed normal. Didn't look hurt or upset. She was fine so I left it at that. Maybe she'll learn from this and not take anyone else's toys anymore.

LoYe Back at Home

Great news! LoYe is back at home today, after spending 5 days in the Burnaby hospital. He seems to be recovering well, although a little weak. He needs assistance going up the stairs and he's not allowed to lift anything over 5 pounds. It is recommended that he stays on bedrest for the next few weeks so no cooking, no chores, no looking after kids. After a few weeks, LoYe will be able to build up strength slowly, and should be able to do all the things he used to do. In his current condition, LoYe will need to be on medication daily, to control the blood flow and prevent clots. We hope that the meds will be all that he needs.

In the meantime, we are trying to find fulltime daycare for Jas, since LaiLai can't look after both Jas and Juls at the same time. LaiLai doesn't drive either so no one can take Jas to school. The search is on!

LoYe in Hospital

We had quite a scare yesterday. Lo Ye was rushed to the hospital at midnight last night. He had chest pains that didn't go away; he had difficulty breathing. He actually informed that he's had these chest pains the past 7 days, but the pain would go away after a couple of minutes. But on Friday night, the pain continued even after 20 minutes. Very painful. We drove LoYe to emergency.

LoYe had a major heart attack. His front coronary artery was 90% blocked. This type of heart attack is termed the widow maker (most people don't survive this). He had immediate surgery and a stent was put into the blocked artery. We are lucky that LoYe is alive today.

He also found out that two of the other arteries were blocked as well. One is 80% blocked, the other is 30% blocked. LoYe is recovering in the hospital now. Please please hope that LoYe will fully recover from this.

It's Roseola - Hives!!!

When Julia's fever went away two days ago, I thought that we were on our way to recovery. But nope. She got hives all over her body now! Eeek. I vaguely remembered that Jasmine caught this type of sickness when she was about 1.5 years old as well. Fever for 3 days, then as soon as the fever went down, the body broke into hives. It's called Roseola.

We took Julia to the doctor's office, just to be sure, in case she caught something else. We were told that the hives will go away on its own, no medications needed. It's roseola.

Both Kids Sick

It's that time of year again. Cold season. Unfortunately, Julia caught the cold first (I don't know how that happened) and then passed it to Jasmine. Now both kids are sick.

Julia has had a fever since Sunday (3 days ago) and the temperature just went down today. Jasmine's fever just started today. Ick. Let's hope the kiddies will recover soon.

Auntie Melissa Visits Vancouver

Today we took a visit to the airport to visit an auntie, Auntie Melissa from Calgary. She is stopping by for a quick visit so we met with her and the family (they are on their way to HK). The airpot is H-U-G-E. I ran off (this is Julia by the way) and Mommy quickly chased after me but I got trapped by these two big luggages and Mommy picked me up. Boo.

Then Mommy, Daddy, uncles and aunties all sat around (boring) and ate food while they trapped me under the table between chairs. They didn't want me to run off again... It got near my sleepy time so I made a scene and they took me home really fast. Yay!

Meika's 1st Birthday Party

Jasmine is so proud to show off her rainbow on her face. Today is Meika's 1st birthday and the celebration was held at Renfrew Community center. Due to the timing of the party, Julia had to go down for her nap so she didn't go to the party. Yay for Jasmine. She had Mommy all to herself.

At the party, there were lots of toys, play cars, slide with brick builder, face painting and activities. It was so fun. Too bad Mommy forgot to bring a camera, and her cellphone ran out of batteries! So no pics of Meika with Jasmine together at the party (bad Mommy!) Happy Birthday Meika!