Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Happy Mother's Day!
I would like to wish a very happy Mother's Day to everyone I know, who has had the privilege of being a mom. I would also like to share, today, my experiences of having a wonderful mom, and my experiences of being lucky enough to be a mom.
To my mom:
I have so many great memories of you and I, and I thought that this Mother's Day, I could share some with you.
I remember......
- sitting in your bedroom while you brushed/did my hair in all different styles (despite the pain) ;)
- drinking Ovaltine together
- sitting underneath your big hair dryer, reading a book, waiting for my hair to dry
- hearing you talk to others about how proud you are of me
- always seeing you in the audience at my concerts
- watching you draw and learning from you
- having brunch after church every Sunday
- me coming into your room some nights after you and Dad separated, and crying together
- growing up through my teenage years with you...just you and me :)
- traveling with you and Gill in that pop-up trailer, and having to crank it open upon arrival to a campsite, in the pouring rain (yuck)
- talking about what names would be good for my future kids- getting ready for my wedding with you
- watching how great you are as a grandmother to my daughter
- learning what a wonderful person you truly are
To my daughter:
I remember......
- hearing that you were happy, healthy, and a newborn baby girl :)
- watching you and videotaping you, waiting for a bit of a smile or a laugh
- playing with you in the morning, with the sun shining in on you and your diaper off, and your favourite CD playing
- feeding you in the early morning, trying not to fall asleep
- feeling so sad when we decided to stop breastfeeding
- your giggles when I pretended to chase you on my hands and knees in your bedroom
- being so proud of you when you began to read at age 3, and having to tell you to stop reading late at night because you supposed to be sleeping
- hearing your preschool teacher tell me how you would do puzzles upside-down in school (the brown side up) to make them more challenging
- watching your personality unfold, and being so proud of who you are turning out to be
- loving your unique traits, like the fact that you prefer mis-matched socks, the fact that you loved construction for years, and your developing fashion sense
- watching your incredible thirst for knowledge and your huge imagination
- hearing that you came out of brain surgery healthy and even fighting ;)
- watching you recover so quickly this past year!
- always getting a "Happy Mother's Day, Mommy!" from you every Mother's Day morning, including this morning (along with a plastic breakfast - thanks!)
To my mom:
I have so many great memories of you and I, and I thought that this Mother's Day, I could share some with you.
I remember......
- sitting in your bedroom while you brushed/did my hair in all different styles (despite the pain) ;)
- drinking Ovaltine together
- sitting underneath your big hair dryer, reading a book, waiting for my hair to dry
- hearing you talk to others about how proud you are of me
- always seeing you in the audience at my concerts
- watching you draw and learning from you
- having brunch after church every Sunday
- me coming into your room some nights after you and Dad separated, and crying together
- growing up through my teenage years with you...just you and me :)
- traveling with you and Gill in that pop-up trailer, and having to crank it open upon arrival to a campsite, in the pouring rain (yuck)
- talking about what names would be good for my future kids- getting ready for my wedding with you
- watching how great you are as a grandmother to my daughter
- learning what a wonderful person you truly are
To my daughter:
I remember......
- hearing that you were happy, healthy, and a newborn baby girl :)
- watching you and videotaping you, waiting for a bit of a smile or a laugh
- playing with you in the morning, with the sun shining in on you and your diaper off, and your favourite CD playing
- feeding you in the early morning, trying not to fall asleep
- feeling so sad when we decided to stop breastfeeding
- your giggles when I pretended to chase you on my hands and knees in your bedroom
- being so proud of you when you began to read at age 3, and having to tell you to stop reading late at night because you supposed to be sleeping
- hearing your preschool teacher tell me how you would do puzzles upside-down in school (the brown side up) to make them more challenging
- watching your personality unfold, and being so proud of who you are turning out to be
- loving your unique traits, like the fact that you prefer mis-matched socks, the fact that you loved construction for years, and your developing fashion sense
- watching your incredible thirst for knowledge and your huge imagination
- hearing that you came out of brain surgery healthy and even fighting ;)
- watching you recover so quickly this past year!
- always getting a "Happy Mother's Day, Mommy!" from you every Mother's Day morning, including this morning (along with a plastic breakfast - thanks!)
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Random moments from our week
We have been busy during the past 2 weeks, doing many things.
One recent weekend, I took Jaymi to a WildArc event, where she was supposed to meet other kids that love animals, do animal crafts, fun animal games, etc.. It turned out to be not much of a event, at least by the time we got there, but Jaymi had fun playing on the monkey bars and dressing up like a cat.
Jaymi went to her last session of Story Club at the library, where they learned about spy things, and made fingerprint art.
There was an extra fun day for Jaymi because she had TWO field trips in one day! At school, they went to a local beach for a Parks programme, and at Brownies that evening they went to a local garden place for lots of kid fun, and she brought home a marigold that she had planted.
Thursday, the 29th, of course, was Jeans Day, which went very well.
I will be blogging about that soon - I'm just waiting for some final donations to come in.
In the later half of this week, the weather is finally getting warmer (it has been very sunny but with a cold wind until then), so we are getting outside more. Jaymi and I started to bike again, and this time she made it right to the top of our first big hill, the first time! Without having to get off and walk it at all.
I also pulled out a fantastic game that I had bought months ago. It's called Hyper Blast. I bought it because it looked a great O.T. (occupational therapy) type game. It tosses out 5 balls, each with their own colour and number, that only fit in their own slot properly. Then it calls out which one to get, in a certain order. There are various levels and games, including addition, double digit numbers, and the thing that I love the best about it, is that it is a very active game as well. So it gets Jaymi thinking and running at the same time.
As usual, Jaymi has been having lots of fun figuring out her fashion lately. One day she had on orange leggings, a purple tutu, and a green shirt! The next day she decided to dress like Eloise (from the book). (I love the red bow in her hair.)
And one day, this was her outfit - like the sparkly pink belt?
Jaymi has also been working very hard on her ballet routine, preparing for her upcoming spring recital. She is completely in love with the costume, and even brought it (carefully) for Show and Share at school.
One recent weekend, I took Jaymi to a WildArc event, where she was supposed to meet other kids that love animals, do animal crafts, fun animal games, etc.. It turned out to be not much of a event, at least by the time we got there, but Jaymi had fun playing on the monkey bars and dressing up like a cat.
Jaymi went to her last session of Story Club at the library, where they learned about spy things, and made fingerprint art.
There was an extra fun day for Jaymi because she had TWO field trips in one day! At school, they went to a local beach for a Parks programme, and at Brownies that evening they went to a local garden place for lots of kid fun, and she brought home a marigold that she had planted.
Thursday, the 29th, of course, was Jeans Day, which went very well.
I will be blogging about that soon - I'm just waiting for some final donations to come in.
In the later half of this week, the weather is finally getting warmer (it has been very sunny but with a cold wind until then), so we are getting outside more. Jaymi and I started to bike again, and this time she made it right to the top of our first big hill, the first time! Without having to get off and walk it at all.
I also pulled out a fantastic game that I had bought months ago. It's called Hyper Blast. I bought it because it looked a great O.T. (occupational therapy) type game. It tosses out 5 balls, each with their own colour and number, that only fit in their own slot properly. Then it calls out which one to get, in a certain order. There are various levels and games, including addition, double digit numbers, and the thing that I love the best about it, is that it is a very active game as well. So it gets Jaymi thinking and running at the same time.
As usual, Jaymi has been having lots of fun figuring out her fashion lately. One day she had on orange leggings, a purple tutu, and a green shirt! The next day she decided to dress like Eloise (from the book). (I love the red bow in her hair.)
And one day, this was her outfit - like the sparkly pink belt?
Jaymi has also been working very hard on her ballet routine, preparing for her upcoming spring recital. She is completely in love with the costume, and even brought it (carefully) for Show and Share at school.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Monday, April 26, 2010
Asking for your help
My family has a favour to ask of you.
As most of you know, our 7-yr-old daughter Jaymi was suddenly diagnosed last June, with a large brain tumour and we had to fly to BC Children's Hospital, for
immediate surgery. She was operated on, by one of the best
neurosurgeons, Dr. Paul Steinbok, and David Andersen, and was taken very
good care of, by all of the staff and nurses on the neurosurgery ward.
The hospital staff were so great with her, from the nurses
who took the time to 'attach' an EVD to her stuffie, to match the one
she had coming out of her own head, to the Child Life workers and
physiotherapists who visited her to make sure she didn't give up after
surgery (she got very sad and discouraged afterwards), to the wonderful,
talented doctors who made sat and talked to us with no rush at all,
showing us the images on the computer and explaining in detail what they
were going to do in surgery.
So many of you also helped all of us, by sending cards, balloons,
emails, and stuffies for Jaymi, by supporting and being there for us, by
praying your very hardest for Jaymi, and by visiting her when she needed
it. I still haven't properly thanked all of you for that.
We are hosting a Jeans Day event THIS THURSDAY to raise money for the BC Children's Hospital.
Our hope is to be able to walk into the BC Children's Hospital Foundation after the event is finished, along with Jaymi, and present them with a large cheque.
We need to thank them and help them out. It means so much to all of us that we have a specialized hospital for children, and to be able to thank them in this way, is so important.
I have set up an online page for those of you who do not live in B.C., so that you can donate online.
Here is the link:
https://secure.bcchf.ca/JeansDay/main.cfm?Jeans=3152
You can donate online with a credit card (securely) and they will email you a tax receipt right away. You can list it as a regular donation (instead of for a button or lapel pin - since I won't be mailing out buttons or pins).
Please pass along the website link and the information about our event, to all of your friends and family. Every bit counts!
As most of you know, our 7-yr-old daughter Jaymi was suddenly diagnosed last June, with a large brain tumour and we had to fly to BC Children's Hospital, for
immediate surgery. She was operated on, by one of the best
neurosurgeons, Dr. Paul Steinbok, and David Andersen, and was taken very
good care of, by all of the staff and nurses on the neurosurgery ward.
The hospital staff were so great with her, from the nurses
who took the time to 'attach' an EVD to her stuffie, to match the one
she had coming out of her own head, to the Child Life workers and
physiotherapists who visited her to make sure she didn't give up after
surgery (she got very sad and discouraged afterwards), to the wonderful,
talented doctors who made sat and talked to us with no rush at all,
showing us the images on the computer and explaining in detail what they
were going to do in surgery.
So many of you also helped all of us, by sending cards, balloons,
emails, and stuffies for Jaymi, by supporting and being there for us, by
praying your very hardest for Jaymi, and by visiting her when she needed
it. I still haven't properly thanked all of you for that.
We are hosting a Jeans Day event THIS THURSDAY to raise money for the BC Children's Hospital.
Our hope is to be able to walk into the BC Children's Hospital Foundation after the event is finished, along with Jaymi, and present them with a large cheque.
We need to thank them and help them out. It means so much to all of us that we have a specialized hospital for children, and to be able to thank them in this way, is so important.
I have set up an online page for those of you who do not live in B.C., so that you can donate online.
Here is the link:
https://secure.bcchf.ca/JeansDay/main.cfm?Jeans=3152
You can donate online with a credit card (securely) and they will email you a tax receipt right away. You can list it as a regular donation (instead of for a button or lapel pin - since I won't be mailing out buttons or pins).
Please pass along the website link and the information about our event, to all of your friends and family. Every bit counts!
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