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Astrid – Winter is Coming

03 Saturday Nov 2018

Posted by canadianveggie in Family, Parenting

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asthma, dentist, gymnastics, halloween

Reach Up

It’s November and cold and flu season is officially upon us. That means all the kids at daycare are snotty-nosed germ carriers now. Our doctor told us that Astrid would likely get her first cold in mid-September – two weeks after kids go back to school. And like clock-work Astrid got sick on September 14. Luckily the first cold wasn’t too bad and barely triggered her asthma. A few weeks later she had another cold which took longer to get over. The third (and most recent) moved quickly to her lungs. She was wheezing and coughing, and Ventolin was barely making a difference. So off to BC Children’s Hospital we went for Astrid’s 9th emergency visit for asthma. We’ve since started Astrid on a new asthma drug (montelukast) that we’re hoping will get us through the next 5 months of cold and flu season without regular hospital visits. It’s going to be a long winter.
Hospital Visit #9

On the positive side, Astrid started gymnastics at the beginning of September and loves it. On Sundays, she gets to jump, swing, and climb for 45 minutes at the gym. Then she comes home does all the same moves in our living room with piles of pillows and our couch as a trampoline. She’s learned to do somersaults and has gotten much better at jumping with two feet and landing with bent knees.
Jump Gymnastics

Astrid had her first dentist appointment and it wasn’t a complete disaster. I was surprised she let the dentist poke around in her mouth. The feedback was mostly positive (she has all of her teeth and no cavities). She needs to stop sucking her thumb before it causes lasting damage, and we should be brushing her teeth twice a day and flossing them too. There is little chance we’ll be able to floss her teeth, but we’ve been more persistent since the dentist that she actually brush her teeth, instead of just sucking on a toothbrush before bedtime. The thumbsucking is going to be a harder habit to break, but we’re working on it.
1st Dentist Visit

Astrid’s vocabulary has really exploded in the past two months. Unfortunately her pronunciation is lagging. We’ve gone from understanding 90% of what she was trying to tell us to 50%. Sometimes it’s like charades – “Astrid I don’t know what that means, can you point and show me?” She also likes to sing and make up new words to her favourite songs.

Monster
For Halloween Astrid dressed up as a cute monster. This is the first year she understood what was going on. She enjoyed the costumes, riding the ghost train in Stanley Park, decorating a pumpkin, making the hallway spooky, and going trick-or-treating. The hard part is now limiting how much candy she gets. Last year she didn’t eat any of it, but this year she knew what it was. We took away the really sugary stuff and have been letting her have one treat a night.

Loves: Jumping on the couch, running around with her daycare friends, building towers with blocks, helping daddy make pancakes on Saturday mornings, and her Mickey Mouse pajamas.

Hates: Getting her hair washed or brushed.

Mastered: Turning on/off the lights, putting on her jacket by herself.

Favourite expressions: “I no like it” and “my turn – 2 minutes.”

Making Pancakes

Acrobats

Playtime

More photos from September, October, and Halloween.

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Apartment Halloween

01 Sunday Nov 2015

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apartment, costumes, halloween

Apartment Halloween

We had about 20 kids come trick-or-treating through the apartment this year. Not bad. I noticed it was mostly younger children with their parents. I think the older kids prefer to hit the streets with their friends.

We did our best the make our hallway look spooky for them.

Zoro and Frankenstein

Boo was very confused by the plastic rat.

Costumes at work.
Halloween at Enernoc Vancouver.

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Halloween 2012 Pictures

03 Saturday Nov 2012

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carving, halloween, jackolantern, pictures, pulse energy, pumpkin

Pulse Pumpkin Carving Contest 2012

Pulse Halloween 2012

Emily's Gone Batty

Halloween at Stornaway / Halloween à Stornaway

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Happy Halloween

30 Sunday Oct 2011

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carving, costume, costumes, halloween, Jack-o'-lantern, pumpkin, train

This year Emily and I carved a ‘ghost train’ Jack-o’-lantern.
Ghost Train Pumpkin

I dressed up like Zorro and my bike was my faithful steed.
Zorro Bike Costume

I was impressed by all the costumes at work (Pulse Energy).
Pulse Halloween 2011

Here are some of our pumpkins from years past (most of them carved by friends):
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Pumpkin Party

31 Sunday Oct 2010

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halloween, party, pictures, pumpkin

Seasoned Pumpkin Seeds Pumpkin Carvings Pumpkin Pies Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin carving and dinner featuring pumpkin casserole, a salad with pumpkin seeds, pumpkin pie, and pumpkin wine.

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Dressing in Drag

05 Monday Nov 2007

Posted by canadianveggie in Holidays, Uncategorized

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halloween, pictures

Despite coming down with a nasty flu the weekend before Halloween, I still got to enjoy most of the festivities. On Saturday, I wore 12 layers of clothing and a frog hat (that my mother made for a school play when I was 7 or so) and attended the Parade of Lost Souls on Commercial Drive.

Then for Halloween, I was feeling a bit better and dressed up as a naughty school girl to complement Emily’s school boy look, and headed out to the bar. I got lots of comments, but no one tried to pick me up. The pictures speak for themselves.

Honour the Dead  Frog Man and School Girl  Pyro  Grim Reaper  Dancing Skeletons  Springing into Action  Parade of the Lost Souls  Parade of the Lost Souls  Creepy Bunch  School Girl and School Boy  Henryetta  Pirate Dan  Hug time  Trick or Treat?

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