The renovations have begun

Since the recent hiring of Leticia our new nanny, we have started the preparations for her arrival. For those who didn't know, we hired a lovely Filipino lady from Hong Kong and her name is Leticia. She is 43 years old, married but no children. She has been a nanny for about 8 years, and she is expected to arrive in mid-September. We found her through Diamond Personnel, which is a nanny-matching service. We were first introduced to the idea by our High-Risk pregnancy nurse from Mount Sinai Hospital.

Day care was simply not financially feasible, so this is the next best thing. She has signed a 2 year contract with but we hope she will stay for about 4-5 years until this kids start school.

Anyway we have started the basement renovations where she will have her personal space/bedroom. I would have liked to have done the space myself, but time just doesn't permit. I have hired a contractor, and they look after everything, all I have to do is sign the cheque. Perfect. We are finishing the living room, as well as finishing the bathroom. Its been about 2 weeks and things are progressing.

The Pool Party

Since the arrival of the sweltering heat, we have moved the party outdoors. Our days consist of lounging about and wading in the kiddie pool. Our adult pool was in the process of repair so we had to use our "bed" in attempts to keep the kids cool. We have been having daily pool parties whilst enjoying the back yard.

Where's the beef?

Since our return from the east, we have kicked mealtime into high gear. We are eating Baby Mum Mums (rice crackers) eating yogurt (there was no stopping them once they had a taste in NB), eating cottage cheese, and eating MEAT. For those you know me, know that I was never a huge fan of the red meat. So imagine my surprise when I opened a baby jar of meat/ground cat to give to the kids for dinner. I could barely stomach it so that is when I decided to cook my own meat for them. I didn't know you could boil meat, and eat it as well, but they are begrudgingly stomaching it for the most part. Chicken seems to be their favorite (obviously my offspring), along with turkey and bringing up the rear in the preference department is the beef. Grace is turning into our star pupil, and Everett has discovered his taste buds so feels the need to gag and quiver every time we give him something he doesn't particularly enjoy. And then there is Avery aka Little Shannon. She is turning into quite the picky eater. Once the meat hits her tongue, that's basically where it stays unless its exceptionally gross then she spits it right back at ya. Anyone who is unfortunate to feed her must wear the standard tarpaulin and not lean in too close for fear of getting a face full of half chewed, saliva-filled turkey and veggies. My next attempt is tofu, so this should get a number of objections.

The New Chompers

Well it has finally happened. Looks like we won't have to get them falsies after all. Avery has 2 brand new teeth. The 2 bottom teeth are coming in and she is more than willing to show them off. She has had them for about 2 weeks now, and I have been holding off on posting this on the website as I was trying to get a picture of her new pearly whites, but the audience is getting restless. It seems our trip to New Brunswick has jump-started many things. All 3 are rolling around, loving the JumpeRoo, sleeping on their stomachs and are on the cusp of crawling. Thank God they all waited until we got back from NB, Jason would have never let me hear the end of it.