What's going on....

Life has gotten busier. Or I have gotten more tired.

It's a good thing, believe me.

When last I blogged I had just taken a nanny position which I am LOVING still. This is how my days go:

9am-arrive at work
9:15am- set out on an adventure with A, toddler in a stroller and G, 6 weeks old in a sling carrier. We usually end up at the waterfront watching the boats and airplanes land.
Noon-arrive back for lunch and time with their Mommy
2pm- 4pm Quiet reading and A goes down for a nap.
During her nap I feed and cuddle little G.
4pm-5:30pm playing inside or across the street at the park.

I spend my days in the sand...I am actually starting to develop a bit of a tan!

What I have learned from a toddler this week:
1. It is okay to read the same book over and over as long as you enjoy it every single time.
2. It is fun to laugh for no other reason than because someone gives you a funny face.
3. Ask for a cookie. Usually if you ask someone will give you one.
4. If you are strapped into a stroller you might not always have control of where you are going but if you ask loud enough to go to the park you will probably end up there.

Happy Monday!

Nanny, day 2.

Okay, so I am aware that I have only been doing this nanny thing for two days BUT I am loving it. I basically get to be a kid again. Okay, so that is not entirely true. I get to be a kid half of the time and a negotiator the other half. My "charges" are two little girls. A is 23 months and G is five weeks old. Little G is pretty chill. You put her in a sling, she cuddles and sleeps for the majority of the day. I am sure once she gets older life will get more hectic but for now she sleeps, poops and eats. Today she was smiling at her Mommy which was really adorable.

Little A rules. She is hilarious. Coolest kid ever. This afternoon after her nap we went into the kitchen to have her afternoon snack. A is just learning to talk and her vocabulary is expanding day by day. Her mom is trying to keep the kids on the same schedule so naps will become easier in the future but for now G sleeps most of the day. Her mom warned me that if A she sees G sleeping she wants to wake her up. Anyhow, I am in the kitchen with A and a cuddly sleepy G. A is having her snack and looks at G and says "'wake?" meaning "is she awake?" and I say "No, G is sleeping". A looks back at me and put a finger up to her lips and says "shhhh!" which is obviously her mimicking what her parents say to her at home when the baby is sleeping. A then says quietly, "Morning G!" and then a little louder...and then a little louder. G is still sleeping.

At this point I really want to see where this is going to go. So A starts to give G kisses on her head. First gently. Her kisses then start to become more and more aggressive. Still nothing. I am not stopping it because I want to see how her little toddler mind works. She asks to give G a hug, so I let her hug us both. G keeps sleeping. It is right around this time that A sees her tactics didn't work and she goes back to her snack. It was pretty hilarious.

Happy Tuesday!

This week so far....

So, if you count the week starting on Saturday, which I am going to do for this purpose, have been very busy.

Saturday afternoon brought with it flood number one. In Toronto we had some flash flooding. My bedroom is in a basement.....my bedroom was flooded. C and I were in the backyard trying to stop the water and in the bedroom bailing out water from the window well. It was a very unpleasant experience.

Saturday evening brought over our friends Pete, Nathalie and Adam and loads of fun card playing. That made me happier. I drank away some of my stress.

Sunday afternoon brought along even more rain and there was no stopping the flood this time. The carpet was ripped out and it is now a damp concrete and a metal bed frame in my formerly serene bedroom. Needless to say, the air mattress we have been sleeping on in the spare room has not been giving me restful nights.

Monday was happier! I spend the afternoon with some cool ladies and their bebes! I played the role of "mom" without having to actually go through the pain and stress of having a child and it got me ready for my new role as uber-nanny. Or nanny-extraordinaire. No, I will not simply be a "caregiver" I will be the coolest person they will ever get to hang out with! This will be a task since everyone who knows me will probably agree that I am mostly lame....

Today I tried a little bit of the uber-nanny role and spent the morning with just one of my new "wards" Aoife. She is the neatest little kid. We went to H&M, Shoppers Drug Mart and ended up for an hour at the park playing in the sand and enjoying our yummy snacks and water. One thing about me? I have no issue getting dirty in the sand and actually chatting with my little friends. One mother followed her toddler around chatting on the phone and not even interacting with the child....made me very sad.

I also successfully bottle-fed little Gwen (4 weeks old today) This was her first bottle and she took to it so well....this means I will be much more flexible since I can be out longer because she won't need to see Mommy for her food. This makes me elated! I can go to the waterfront! I go go to further away parks! This summer will be grand!!!

Happy Tuesday!

Tripping Daisy...

I have Tripping Daisy's "I've got a girl" stuck in my head. I still call this song one of my favourites. I plugged it into itunes and Spacehog also showed up. When I got Resident Alien I played it non-stop! It was a great album. It is missing from my collection.....along with a few others. Maybe I loaned them and forgot about it. Maybe they were left at other people's homes.

The album I miss is Twice Removed by Sloan. In my opinion they peaked at this point. The album is solid from start to finish. Maybe this dates me....."If I drink concentrated OJ..." I remember very vividly listening to this album on my Walkman on the way to high school. Cheryl and I were even in one of their videos at York University....

What did you listen to in high school?

Happy Friday!

In other news....

I am officially a nanny. In two weeks I will be caring for a month old infant and a toddler. Scary, yes? How did I go from the girl who cringed at children to the one who wants to care for them? If anyone says something about my biological clock I swear I will hunt you down....

In other news, C and I have just made our living room into a Moroccan theme. The funny thing about this is that our dining room was supposed to be Moroccan themed. We then realized we NEVER go into our dining room. There are two of us living here. To be honest we usually sit in front of the TV and eat out meals. The theme is a work in progress so I guess we will see how it works out....a good excuse to drink mint tea? Who knows, next week it could be back to green and pink. My styling is tres schizophrenic sometimes....

Tomorrow "new girl" starts at work and I am thrilled. K and I are buying croissants and lattes to celebrate. We are going to sweeten her up (or butter her...croissant...get it?) so hopefully she will like us forever.

Alright, enough blabbing...must find a new book to read. I just finished "Paris Enigma" by Pablo De Santis and LOVED it. C bought it while we were in London. Highly recommend to mystery lovers, or Paris lovers, or history lovers. Or book lovers I guess. Pick it up, you'll love it.

I also read the new Marian Keyes book "This Charming Man" and liked it too. A few years back I became OBSESSED with Marian Keyes. I read every book she wrote....and then...well, the only way I can describe what happened is becoming allergic to her writing style. When I started to read one of her books my mouth went dry and I felt slightly nauseous. I had overdosed on the lovely Irish author. This is the first I have picked up since and it was fab. Intelligent chick lit.

The third book I finished this month is "Obsession, deceit and really dark chocolate" which is one in a series of mystery novels by Kyra Davis. This is another author I love, but that tends to give me the dry mouth thingy. I overindulge on authors. It is completely my fault. These books have clever, clever titles and I love the heroine. I just read another new one has come out so I guess I will be picking that one up to...

Does anyone have a book recommendation? Nothing too heavy, it is summer after all. Message me if you do.

Happy Wednesday!!!

NASA....hoax or truth?

Adding further fuel to the conspiracy theories, NASA admitted this week that they erased and taped over the original moon landing footage. Really? You didn't really think it was something you might want to look back on in the future? Their reasoning? It was being used for more of a "live TV event" than anything else......stunned silence from the rest of the world is the appropriate response.

The idea that maybe the moon-landing WAS all an anti-Soviet cold war hoax is starting to seem more and more realistic.

Happy Thursday!

If I ruled the world...

If I ruled the world there would be cupcakes in every coffee shop. Fresh ones with sprinkles.

If I ruled the world coffee would be served in a french press and it would be dark and hot. And no one could speak to another person in the morning before having at least two cups....

If I ruled the world champagne would be a mandatory beverage every night after work. Maybe it would even come through the taps....

What would you do if you ruled the world?

Happy Wednesday!