Quick sickness, Mum's Day, and some good happenings

Last Thursday, May 11, the Family all went out to a wedding at the
Telegraph Station, followed by a reception at the Windmill Restaurant
and Function Center. The wedding ceremony was for Logan's Day Care
provider, Rosalie, who has watched Logan since he was about 1 year old
(nowadays she watches him for about 2 hours every Thursday morning).
Anyway, it was a beautiful event and was well-attended by children as
well as adults. Dad was dressed in his suit, tie, and sunglasses, which
made a number of other boys think he was a secret agent... so Dad played
up the appearance by making sudden 'karate chop' type movements without
giving any notice.
Throughout the ceremony (2:00 PM) and on until about 7:45 PM Logan
kept complaining about not feeling well and towards the end he really
wanted to go home. He avoided playing with all the other children and
didn't even want wedding cake or ice cream. Mom and Dad relented to the
Logan and left the festivities a bit on the early side (apologizing to
Rosalie and Michael). Upon entry in to the house, Mom put Delenn into
her crib while Dad started 'processing' Logan. Within one minute of
being home, Logan asked for a bowl and summarily vacated his palate out
the end it had entered. A series of these vomiting episodes ensued
leaving somewhat weighty remnants. There was then some crying and much
'wanting' of cuddle time followed by an exhausted boy succumbing to
slumber... all in the space of about 20 minutes.
Both Dad and Mom felt bad for not having understood the level of his
discomfort during the day, but were extremely impressed and proud that
he maintained good behavior throughout the event and was somehow able to
keep his composure enough to ask for a bowl and then purge himself once
back at home! Mind you, it would've been fine if the poor kid had lost
his cookies and grasp of staying civil while being away from home too...
just amazing to us that he kept himself together.

Saturday, May 13, Mom and friend Kristen hosted a 'Welcoming' Party
for pals Rachel and Tom who just had a new baby girl, Amanda. This was
also at the Telegraph Station and it was funny to see the size
difference between 7 month old Delenn and an under-2 week old baby!
You still think you've got a small one until you realize they actually
do grow. Delenn was perhaps three times larger!
At the event, Logan tended to stay away from the other kids and only
associated himself with his good pal Nicholas (Holly was sick in the
stroller). It seems as though Logan is a bit like his old man and is
shy or introverted enough that he only wants to play with kids he's
grown acquainted with. With that being said, Dad and Logan and Nicholas
went on an adventure around a hill of rocks looking for dragon caves.
In the afternoon Mom went to play Field Hockey and came back
jubilant! She had played very well and had given an assist which
resulted in a goal. Also, she had received an assist and was easily
within striking range and clearance to make a goal herself.
Unfortunately she made a little mistake and missed, but was still
excited and upbeat all the same. Yay!

On Mother's Day, May 14, Dad and the kids stayed away from Mom so that
she could sleep in (well, sleep in meant only another 1 1/2 hours of
sleep). Then we all gave Mom a brekkie of waffles in bed and a tub of
'lush.com' hygiene and body products. Delenn helped open the gift by
chewing on the paper packaging. Later, after nap time, Mom went ahead
to our soccer game to play the first half while Dad got the kids ready
so that he could take over and play the second half. While this took
place, Logan said he needed to go use the big potty, which concerned Dad
since he usually uses his smaller potty. But Logan had no trouble
pulling his pants off, climbing up without a stool, straddling the
toilet, and then proceeding to do his business. No problems! It's
great these days because for a little while now Logan is pretty much
self-sufficient. He's been taking his pants and underwear down, going
wees, and then picking it all back up without any need for help. Only
when he does a bigger number does he then call for assistance to help
with the cleaning up. Unfortunately, at night we still can't trust him
to use the facilities and put a diaper on him, but nap time in the day
he is just fine sleeping in his undies and pants.

Today, Monday, May 15, just before going to Kindermusik Sign & Sing
with Logan and Delenn, Mom was attempting to use the telephone to call
relatives for Mother's Day. By accident Mom caused the phone to go into
SMS mode and she couldn't get it back into a normal phone mode. Logan
was still asleep until Mom pushed a button that caused the cordless
phone in the kitchen to beep loudly! Rushing out of his room, Logan
yelled "Mommy Mommy FIRE FIRE!!" just like Mom and Dad had instructed
him to do in the event the fire alarm ever went off. We were very proud
of Logan for following orders and remembering what to do even though it
didn't turn out to be a real fire alarm.
Tonight at dinner Logan was laughing himself silly because he was
explaining to everyone what happens to the food when he eats it. "First
I put this food in my mouth, then it goes down my throat into my
stomach, and then it goes down into my feet and toes!" He then would
laugh, say that he was being funny and that it doesn't really happen
that way, and proceed with somewhere else the food ends up. It's great
when kids can start to entertain themselves!

Throughout all of this, Delenn grows to be much much more smiley to
everyone out in public and is like the angel baby. It's only at home at
nighttime when poor Mom has to deal with the constant wake-ups and
crying fits for some milk that the devil child emerges :-) But all in
all, she's a dream babe who LOVES playing and entertaining herself with
toys on the ground and watching Logan run around. Her smile melts
Dad's heart and he has to force himself not to give her multitudes of
kisses. Dad tries to spend as much time as he can with Delenn before
Logan becomes excessively demanding of Dad's attention. But Logan is
very good with her, dotes on her, and unquestionably loves her. Just
Dad would love it if he could get a bit more of that quality time with
her as well. Otherwise maybe Delenn wouldn't be quite so much of a
Momma's Girl as she is right now!