So here’s a funny fact – I almost forgot to update my blog today.
Ah yes, while pregnant, I had many, many mothers tell me about baby brain. I did honestly experience moments of baby brain during my pregnancy. Maybe it was due to my random sleeping patterns during pregnancy, or maybe my crazy dreaming… who knows. All I know is that I had lots of brainfarts that would happen without any warning.
Something I’ve been trying to do with Missy Moo is take her to places for fun and new experiences. Even when she was just a few months old we were going weekly to story time at one of our local libraries.
Image provided by CBC NL
It’s not always easy to go out with her, especially now that she’s getting more mobile, vocal and independent… we went to Reel Babies recently and it was interesting to say the least. Thank goodness my mother was there with us!
Next weekend, there’s a fun family activity coming up that we’re definitely going to attend. It’s called CBC Reads with One Book, One Child.
CBC Newfoundland and Labrador is partnering with Literacy NL, Community Food Sharing Association and the Avalon Mall to help facilitate a conversation about literacy in our fair province.
What’s fun is that some of our local CBC personalities will be there to read their favourite children’s books. So if you want to hear Here & Now’s Jonathan Crowe, Debbie Cooper and Ryan Snoddon share their book, it sounds like the place to be. I wonder, will Ryan choose a book about weather?
Just a sample of the many books in our house!
Our little family will be going and so should you. Maybe we’ll see you there!
If you do go, you’re encouraged to bring along new and gently used books as a donation to Literacy NL and the Community Food Sharing Association. All books donated that day will be given to local food banks and distributed to families and children.
It sounds like a fun event for an important cause. I’m sure we can find some books to donate. And books for all ages is encouraged.
I was chatting with my mom just the other day about my reading habits. When I was young, I loved to read and it was something my parents always encouraged. Both my brother and I were avid readers (although I think he had more of a passion for it than I did). I remember going through lots of books and also enjoying library visits where I could find something new or fun.
Do you remember the Baby-Sitter Club books? I had a few… oh yeah. I loved those books. My eldest niece currently has them, but I suspect her reading level is beyond BSC books, but they are a nice easy and quick read.
Into adulthood, I’ve noticed that I don’t read as often as I like. I think part of it is the busy lifestyle we have, but part of it is due to my ADHD. It takes me long enough to get ready for bed at night that by the time I am, it’s really too late to lie back and get through a chapter or two in the latest read. One might say I’m really good at dilly dallying. But with so many books in our house, I’d like to really work on reading more. It’s something I hope Missy Moo will also enjoy since Matt is a super-fast speed reader who devours books.
I’ve been reading to little miss and am starting to notice that she’s liking some books more than others. One book that she absolutely loves is Good Night Moon. I’m not sure why, but maybe it’s the fun contrasting colours, or something about the words. All I know is that she gets excited, bounces up and down and grabs at the book whenever we start to read it. Thank you Auntie Christina, Uncle Joseph and Theo for that book. She loves it!
I wonder if someone will read Good Night Moon on Saturday? We’ll have to wait and see.
This weekend in Canada is our Thanksgiving weekend. While our American friends celebrate Thanksgiving at the end of November, we typically celebrate the second weekend of October.
The Monday of the weekend is a statutory holiday (yay long weekend!) and traditionally there’s a feast of turkey dinner and other traditional treats depending on where you live or what your family enjoys.
This post originally wasn’t going to be part of my Mommy Musing series, but I think it fits.
I’ve had past success with Weight Watchers (WW), both with losing weight and keeping it off, and at the end of April I signed up for WW again to help motivate and encourage me to get my baby weight off.
I’ll confess that during my pregnancy I gained close to 60 lbs! I’m not ashamed of the weight gain. While I did enjoy onion rings and Diary Queen ice cream some days, I did eat fairly healthy for nine months. Heck, I ate so much avocado that I figured Missy Moo would be green when she was born! I also had a lot of swelling and water retention during the latter months of pregnancy (which hung on for a few months post-baby!).
When I signed up for WW again, I managed to already have around 20 of my 60 lbs gone on my own and I had it in my mind that I wanted to lose around 40 lbs while following WW.
I like the Weight Watchers program. It fits my eating preferences and habits and it’s a plan I can work into my regular life without feeling like I have to avoid everything I like. Continue reading
Last week Matt and I attended the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada’s national conference on TS+. We had a great time and gained lots of knowledge, bought some helpful books, and made some knew friends.
While we were there, Missy Moo stayed with her grandparents who are in Barrie. Nana M and Grandpa were thrilled to have her for a three-day sleepover. Three whole days with her on their own without Mommy and Daddy around. They were pretty excited about it and it gave us a chance to really dive into the conference and even get a couple nights of uninterrupted sleep!
