May 30th, 2009
Lauren’s Chinese Song
Here’s a song that she was singing about 2-3 months ago. I can make out ‘Qing Wa’ which means frog, the rest I’m not so sure.
May 29th, 2009
Ninja Kitty wants to play
Ninja Kitty came to live with us because I saw that amizadai was looking to rehome a small, skinny, sweet & affectionate kitty that they found starving. I thought we’d start by fostering it for a week to see how our family would react.
I was worried. Megan had severe allergies the last time she visited the SPCA. Even before she left the place, there was a rash forming around her eyes, and sneezing. When she got home, her face was covered in big red blotches. Joe too, will sneeze around pets. Since then we were very careful around animals. Which was a pity cos we all love them very much.
Then I saw this link. She’s sweet and affectionate. How not to think about her and think hard if we were ready for a pet? So we gave it a week. It’s been almost 3 months.
The kids LOVE her. Everyday, whenever anyone comes home from school, they wash up, and visit her. She’s like royalty. The allergies have not flared up at all, and so she’s allowed in more places in the house.
She’s fiesty, and naughty. She bites, which I hate, but I think she’s learning not to push her luck.
But oh is she cute. She will patiently be carried all over the house by my enthusiastic 4 year old, and will look for the lap of my oldest to climb on. Joe has talked about her several times on his podcast at morningjam.com. She suffers from Dogism. She will come when called and keep to heel when we walk around the house. She’s such a loud motorboat.
We’ve decided that her birthday is Valentine’s Day.
We’ve named her Yuki, which means ’snow’ in Japanese. Funny right??
May 17th, 2009
We’re taking good care of Jordan
Everyone’s so tickled to take these photos 
He’s not in pain.
He’s actually walking around fine, we’ve pasted a rubber mat on the sole of his cast so that it’s not slippery.
He puts his cast into Joe’s size 12 sandal when he goes out so that he doesn’t get it dirty when he comes back home.
He’s been to Mama’s house and back. Church and back. Someone’s birthday party and back.
But he has 14 days MC, and so is taking advantage of it tomorrow.
He sees the Dr for a review on Friday.
Thanks for your kind thoughts everyone! Please pray that this fracture won’t affect his walking in the future.
May 15th, 2009
Jordan’s fractured metatarsal
Last week on Monday, Jordan had a bad fall at home. He was just walking to the bathroom to wash his hands and he tripped over his feet and landed on his own foot. We thought it would be ok, but even after ice and rest, he couldn’t really walk.
2 days of resting, and he was back in school, because he said he could handle it and because it was exams, wearing sandals cos he couldn’t bear to have his feet in socks and shoes. His physiotherapist was concerned, and told us about fractures in the foot. She also said to look out for swelling that happens again, after the bruise had subsided. It had swelled and turned an angry purple, but subsided after about a week. By the weekend he was walking ok.
Yesterday his foot was uncomfortable when he tried to wear his night splints to sleep, and so he went without. He woke up and went to school as per normal. When I picked him up after, he commented, dunno why but my leg very pain today. Since yesterday.
I took a look at it, and since I was told to look for swelling, I saw it, and toggled between taking him to our family GP or KK. Decided on KK cos saw the need for possible x-ray.
He’s been walking on a fractured metatarsal (see his pinky) for a week and a half. Oh the mommy guilt!!
