What a Week!

This has really been my first opportunity to get on the computer to actually write a blog. Ryan started his swimming lessons on Tuesday with Marianne. This lady came highly recommended to me from Suzanne. (Thanks Sue) She is in Aldergrove. It's about 45 mins from here but I tell ya, totally worth it! Marianne suggested I put Ryan in intensive, T/W/Th for three weeks. Ryan does not like getting his hair washed, so I figured going underwater at swimming lessons was going to be a nightmare. Marianne said that by day three he'd be fine. He cried and cried the first two days. That first night he said he had nightmares. Anything to get out of having to go again. Well, today he actually jumped in the pool Not without some tears but he did it none the less. I'm proud of him. He at least tried and did it. As we were leaving the pool, he said that he couldn't wait to come back swimming again and that he like going under water. I looked at him and asked whose kid he was? I told him he had to tell Marianne what he had just told me. She said to me, "see, I told you #3 is the magic number." She knows her stuff.


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Today we also met with Ryan's kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Greenwood and went to see his class. It looks like a great classroom. He was right in there playing. He didn't want to leave. That's a good sign! Hopefully there will be no problems come next week when he starts for real!

Shane is a going concern. He has mastered going up the stairs. Every chance he gets, he makes a mad dash for the stairs. He gets a few stairs up and then all you hear is a giggle. He then proceeds right to the top. There have been a couple of times that I didn't know he went up and he started crying at the top. He didn't have anyone to chase him and grab him to come back down the stairs. I'm getting Tracy's gate from Kelli next week to install! I'm getting tired of running up and down the stairs. Not that I couldn't use the exercise. It's just I never get anything done.

We got an offer on dad's place today. I emailed the realtor with a counter offer. We'll see what happens. I just don't want to keep paying for the house through the winter. I want to be done with it! Dad had a cute place there in Petawawa. Briefly spoke with Jo and she said that she would get up there to clean it out. I really hope that I don't have to go. It would save on the time and money. The whole thing is quite frustrating actually. Too long of a story to blog.

That's it for now, I want to hit the hay. Night.