Sarah learned to work one of her toys this week. It's one of those toys that has a bunch of balls inside and you can make them spin if you push down on the plunger on the top. Sarah can't operate it using her hands, so she found an innovative method - she sits on it.
Dale flew late two nights this week - Wednesday and Thursday - and Sarah missed him terribly. She kept wandering around saying,"Dada?" When I was doing the dishes after dinner on Wednesday she had to entertain herself, so she piled a bunch of her toys onto the couch and crawled up to hang out with them. She's getting louder and louder when she's playing - often she screeches and shrieks. When we tell her that she's too loud she shushes herself. It's pretty funny.
On Wednesday morning Sarah and I went to the gym. I got half way through my weights class when the sitter came to get me. Sarah had been crying on and off for 45 minutes and she just wasn't going to stop. We are now officially into separation anxiety. Great. She wasn't interested in being left at the daycare at the Military Family Resource Centre on Friday morning either. I sure hope this phase is short lived.
On Thursday night I had to work so we got a sitter in from the coop to bridge the time between when I had to leave and when Dale got home. Sarah met Sheri when she arrived and immediately went into shy mode so I put her to bed and then went to work. One of these days someone else is going to have to put her to bed but I'm not sure how we're going to get there.
Dale got some new uniform clothes this week, so Sarah tried on his toque...and played peekaboo.
On Saturday it was windy but sunny - nice when you're out of the wind. The Lindenwoods (our suburb) garage sale was on Saturday morning so Sarah and I took the wagon and went for a wander to see what we could see (and buy). I took $60 with me and we found a plastic picnic table for Sarah, the bear and chair in the picture below as well as some clothes and a few toys for Sarah. I got a hand grinder for tomatoes and apples, a pressure cooker and a box of canning jars.
Dale stayed at home and tried to sell a few things. He sold his old bike and almost sold my old sewing machine... He got all the yard work done in the front while he minded the store. Good concurrent activity! While Sarah slept in the afternoon Dale worked in the backyard and I transplanted a bunch of seedlings. I hope they're going to last in little pots inside for the next three weeks before we can plant them outside.
We bought a new folding clothes dryer for outside this weekend as well.It's called the Wallfix and we bought it at Canadian Tire for about $150. Here's their website if you're interested. http://www.brabantia.com
Sarah has now mastered hello and bye bye. So much so that she says bye bye continually! She also started saying 'okay' (sounds like oak-ee), 'pickle', 'duck', 'stuck' and 'hat' this weekend. It's hard to keep up with all the new words that she's trying out!
Today I went to Chippawa for the Battle of the Atlantic ceremony and parade. It was -3 and snowing when I left home and we did the entire parade outside (about an hour) while it snowed. It was so cold that I lost all feeling in my hands and I was getting shooting pains up my arms. Good times. I warmed up again after a few hours.
Dale and Sarah went swimming. She apparently wasn't interested in following the class at all - just like last week. She always wants to do her own thing. After Sarah's 2 1/2 hour nap (she always sleeps a lot after swimming) we went for a quick trip down to MEC so Dale could spend his gift certificate from Gwyn and Tim on freeze dried food for his canoe trip with Scott this August. It's amazing what they're coming up with in freeze dried food these days...he's looking forward to the ice cream, I think. :o)
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