Last night Simon was called into work… he wasn’t even on call but on  Saturday morning there was an electrical problem and an electrician died and there was a small fire in his building…They had to transfer the system and the people that were on call were called in and needed to sleep so Simon had to go….

This morning he arrived at 9:20 and we left soon after for a friends birthday party at an indoor play area… we got there at about 11:15 and the boys disappeared in the tunnels and slides… Khéna didn’t want to go so Simon watched over him as he went around the arcade games… I was talking to another mom and I turned around to see Simon with Khéna in his arms and full of blood… I tool him and headed to the reception desk and asked for help… his face and shirt and hands were really covered in blood and looked for what was bleeding and found a long and deep gash on his forehead… Simon explained that he was just running along and feel and hit his head on one of the arcade games…

The girls at the reception desk called 911 for an ambulance… we applied pressure and cleaned up most of the blood and the gash stopped bleeding… the police arrived before the ambulance with a small emergency kit and stayed until the ambulance arrived, and as we thought, a trip to the emergency room was needed…

Khéna cried and screamed not wanting to go on the gurney… but the minute we got in the ambulance he was OK… looking out the back window and naming the things that he saw… trucks, cars, trees… it felt good to see him a bit more calmed…

We got to the emergency room and went right into Triage… the nurse asked a few questions and then came to the dreaded question…  “are his vaccines up to date?”  To which I responded that we don’t vaccinate… she said “OK” and then whispered… “I don’t vaccinate either”… and then she warned me that they might push the tetanus vaccine but that it was my choice…She said that the wait would be a few hours and they put a wet compress on his forehead so that the wound would stay soft and clean…

I got Khéna into a Wheelchair because he was heavy and a bit groggy… and went downstairs to get something to drink and get him a stuffed animal at the gift shop… he was happy and choose a stuffed cat that he has almost not let go of since…

I was able to keep him in the wheelchair for about 2 hours until he decided he had energy again and was wanting to walk… and then we walked and walked all over the small portion of the emergency room while we waited… about 2 1/2 hours later he finally sat down and nursed a bit…a few minutes later he was asleep… and they called… we went and waited in the suture room until the doctor came… when he got the he again asked the same questions.. what happened? how old is he? are his Vaccines up to date? I answered that we don’t vaccinate and he just said Ok… and left it at that… he looked at the gash and decided that glue was the best thing for it.. a nurse came in to help hold him while the doctor glues his wound and within a minute it was done and though he cried a bit because he was scared, he let them do what they had to do and the minute it was done he was OK…

I got him ready and headed outside with my little Khéna back to normal besides the wound on his forehead… I called Simon who had since gone to the house of the friends who were having the birthday with the boys. and they came and picked us up…  we were at the hospital for more that 5 hours…

We just got home and he is asleep on me…and now we all are heading to bed… What a long day…

I can’t find any other word than Blah for how I have been feeling…beware… this post is all about complaining…

I am just so tired and have no energy… we have been dealing with some financial stuff and my stress levels have been up… and appts at the bank with three boys alone is not the easiest thing to do…

The housework is not being done and things are piling up and the more it does the more worn out and stressed out I feel… today it has been raining nonstop and they are saying the same for the next two days and not being able to send the boys outside means that they just get restless and make even more of a mess with the house…so of course I have less patience and being a parent is just hard on days like these…

I make supper and the smell of it just turns me off and I don’t feel like eating and I have heartburn that won’t be calmed…

Tomorrow I have another appt and then I should be going to a homeschool meeting… I wasn’t to sure on going but there will be a new mom there that I am friends with and I am looking forward to seeing her….

I think I am going to make some Lime-Cardamom Pumpkin seed cookies to make me feel better…

only 2 more days left until the weekend…

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Wow… I have to admit that am still under the shock of finding out that we are going to have a fourth!

The three boys all have 2years and 2months between them and I was enjoying them becoming more independant, so I was wanting Khéna to be a bit older by the time we had a fourth….

I have admit that on the petty side I was looking forward to celebrating our upcoming anniversary with a few drinks.. it will be the second time we have a date night without the kids in nearly 7 years (the first was 3 years ago when I was pregnant with Khéna and we went to a wedding while my mom stayed with the boys)

We will still go out of course, but we won’t be needing a taxi…

Anyway… with the boys I was “trying” to get pregnant…I even tested a few days before AF was due… but this time I was waiting… and waiting… and AF didn’t come and I just wasn’t thinking about it at all until I realized that I was a few days past… wow … my signs were completely off this month…

So… I’m right at the begining… 5 weeks and a bit I believe and I am bloated or something cause my pants are getting way too tight… I remember the same thing happening when I was pregnant with Khéna…

Yesterday I left the boys with Simon and they headed to the Butterfly exposition at the Montreal Botanical Gardens with Simon’s dad and his girlfriend… (they tookI took that time to have fun shopping in Montreal… I headed to Plaza St-Hubert heade for a liquidation centre that I know of to get some cheap jeans to modify into Maternity jeans but I ended up parking infront of Thyme and walked in and they had a whole wall of clothes on sale.. and I was able to pick out a whole wardrobe for about 10$ a piece…

After that I walked about a bit more then I head out to the west Island to a great Sushi shop that I have been dying to get back to… I took a chance and called a friend to meet me there and luckily she was free so I got to hang out with her for lunch and then got some treats for the boys and then headed to see my friend Gen and her twins… omg.. they are 10 weeks old and SO gorgeous!!!

Simon went out walking with the boys after the butterflies and then called me when he was ready for me to go meet him… I headed downtown and picked them up and then went and got some fabric for a new skirt that I want to make for myself…then we headed home…

Anyway… It was good to be out and it was weird to be buying maternity clothes already… I am not ready to wear them yet but they will be there when I need them… the skirt I am making will also be something to wear through the summer and even into the fall with the colours that it will be… the fabric I found is just gorgeous!

It has been one of those times that things are just going around in cirles and I feel that I am getting nowhere…

I go swimming, I feel sore so I don’t feel like doing much… we don’t get outside,  the house gets messier and I feel guilty of not doing things…really though, I shouldn’t feel guilty… my body needs to get used to swimming again because I want to make it a habit for the future as it was before… the soreness will go… I just have to give my body time to adjust…. the house might be a bit messy but it is not dirty and honestly it is not that bad… it just looks like I have kids…

I do feel guilty that we haven’t been going outside much though…but again, I am sore and we are missing a few things for the weather…

Spring is arriving and I am still in winter mode… rain boots and lighter coats have been outgrown so I need to figure out what is needed now… at least I have three boys…

The front yard is in the shade… so we still have a mountain of snow and Ice about 6 feet high at its summit… the back yard is starting to look like spring though and my heart keeps skipping a beat when I look at the pool melting… for now the water level looks high from where I am looking… which is a good sign… hopefully there will be no tears in the liner this year as there has been the last two years…

The snow in back has melted so quickly.. I realized that I need to get the garden planned and start some plants for when it will be ready… sooner than I think…

It just feel weird sometimes, to look outside and realize that another winter is over, another summer is coming and the circle continues even though we are still…

I love Sushi… I really do..

The first time I had it I was about 6 and we were living in Nelson, BC and we were invited to a Sushi party… I remember loving it then but it wasn’t at all popular then so I didn’t have it for many more years…

I had it a few more times over the years… but then I was pregnant with Xavier a little Sushi shop opened near our apartment and I couldn’t get enough…. That place was good and it wasn’t expenesive and I would go at least once a week… it was the perfect pregnancy food and was the first thing I ate when I came back from the birthing center…

When Xavier was a baby and we were not going out as much and the place near us closed I started to make it at home…

Over the years my rolls have looked better and better… and for a while I was making it every week… now I am not making it as often because it does take a bit of time but I make as often as I can and I also make more of an assortment instead of making the same rolls all the time…

For the rice I found the perfect recipe is this…

Make enough rice for what you need (calrose rice using about 1/2 cup rice per large roll) and while the rice is cooking mix together

(per cup of rice)

• 1 tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tbsp sugar
• a bit less then 1 tsp salt

(so for 3 cups of rice…. use 3 tbsp vinegar etc)

bring to the vinegar mixture to a simmer (until the salt and sugar dissolve) and then let cool… when the rice is ready pour the mixture over it and let it cool… it is also best to use all wood instruments… or at least not metal…

then have fun and make sushi… there are plenty of site now that show you how to roll…

Here is some of tonights assortment… (there are more that I made for the boys that are not shown here…)

top row…

Spicy scallop ship roll , kamikaze roll (salmon, tempura, spicy mayo, avocado, carrot and cucumber), spicy shrimp ship roll

bottom…

Spicy shrimp, avocado, kamikaze, avocado, salmon

what a treat… and way cheaper that the restaurant… plus we have leftovers!

I really hate when that happens… and weirdly enough I hadn’t even noticed until Annie that pointed out to me this morning that the blogs were down…and it must of happened last night because I have no stats at all today… not even a spider…

I don’t know why but Bluehost and and Wordpress seem to having trouble together often… and I hate when that happens because my heart drops when I think about when my last back up was… I called bluehost and they checked into it and there were no changes… so I called back and the guy got things back up again…

anyway…

nothings lost but it is annoying…

maybe I should look into a new server when the time comes… any favs out there?

It was a beautiful day outside so we headed out in to the front yard to play for a few hours… our front yard is not big but in the winter  the snow hill is high enough to slide on and off… (last year is was almost twice as high)

and they love to play there…

Sliding….

Colin is always Jumping… (I can’t believe how high he can jump up sometimes!)

Khéna had a lot of fun…

and just some more of the boys…

all tuckered out….