pots and pan store and life!

 the other morning, i was working away and i could hear ante and ellie playing together, a lot of noise, banging and opening cupboard doors was going on
i came into this

nate and ellie set up a kitchen store with my pots/pans and kitchen items
wouldn't you want to by a walked in pan? ha

 nate ran the front end

 ellie was on the sales floor
ha
yes, i wiped out and down each thing they had.  it was cute to watch them playing together!

ellie's assessment. we had a busy week with appointments. wed morning ellie had her 18 month assessment. the province of n.b is no longer doing the 3.5 yr assessment but switched to the 18 months.  i asked why,, and the nurse told me that by the time the kids were coming in at 3.5 they were too late, or too many kids were slipping through the system

the appointment was booked for an hour but we were done in 30 mins. they ran a batch of tests and she passed all of them.  i sat and chatted with the nurse/case worker and she gave me more info regarding the class, basically they are seeing an alarming rate of kids coming in at 18 mth that are far below where they should be developmentally, eating habits and lack of a proper diet, inability to communicate/socialize, lack of attachment, decrease logic/problem solving/critical thinking. yes at 18 mths.  e.g putting a cheerio in a test tube, having the child figure out how to get the tube (turn it over) most kids try and grab the cheerio, then throw it on the floor or at someone. 

i found the whole meeting interesting. its not so much of an assessment but more of a checking to see if the child is being cared for.  they also checked the mother's mental health and again, i asked why.  they are seeing an increase of mothers with anxiety, depression etc

so yes. ellie passed her assessment and is ok'd to go see the dentist. yikes! my BABY is going to the dentist!!!

 ellie had her hearing test by they audiologist at the dumont yesterday morning. due to my hearing loss, ellie is being watched to make sure she's ok. she did AWESOME!  there was 3 dr's trying to preform the test. as soon as they tried to touch her she screamed. i asked if she could sit on my lap. once ellie was on my lap she finished the test in 20 mins. ha. the whole appointment was 30 mins.  her hearing is fine, she passed all the tests but unfortunately, i failed....i forgot to wear my hearing aid. haha. 

yesterday o received a package in the mail, it made me cry.  i got a family calender from my parents

 love it!

 nate claimed the smaller one

 and went over each picture remembering the days of past

what a thoughtful gift! what was even more thoughtful was the awesome maternity outfit they sent along with it!  so nice to have something new and fresh that FITS! haha  after i had ellie i gave away 3 huge bags of mat clothing, keeping a green bag size for me, not expecting that we would get preggers so fast.  so i don't have a lot of clothes!  so a new outfit meant so much!

thank you!!!

i should get off the lap top and stop ignoring my kids now. hahaha

happy friday everyone!

Posted by mel at 9:36 AM