Penaten, Penaten Everywhere, and Not a Drop of Rash

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Gwen

This morning after Aidan had a short nap and T. was down for the count I decided to read my scrapbooking book. Aidan was happily watching Veggie Tales or baby crack as we like to call it here, and I thought I was safe. Aidan was moving around a bit but his attention was still on the songs so I really thought I could read. He then found the tin of diaper cream, you know the really thick zinc oxide. I thought (stupid me) that it was ok, because he was engrossed in the Veggie Tales and he couldn’t open the tin anyway.

Now to be fair (to me) he is always quiet when he watches these songs and usually he doesn’t even move, so it really wasn’t any quieter than usual to get my mommy radar going. When I looked up Aidan, the coffee table and all of the clothes he was wearing were covered in diaper cream. Silly me I went down to get my camera and started a video conversation with Anthony at work before I cleaned him up. Well, I guess that it was the parent in me. I couldn’t be angry at him as it was totally my fault for under-estimating his ability to open things.

So, check out the pictures and laugh with me. I think the shirt and the pants are done for.

After a lot of work, baby wipes, dish soap, soaking, baking powder, Spray n’ Wash, detergent and a super hot Super wash most of the Penaten came out except for a little stain on the shirt. Wow. I thought they were done for. Now if only the Spray n’ Wash didn’t have such a bad smell. I have had a migraine since spraying the clothes.

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Thursday Love

Posted on August 24, 2006 by Gwen

Last Thursday Karen Walrond of Chookooloonks and Irene Nam of Momster started Love Thursday. I really liked the idea but didn’t get around to getting the picture and links up last Thursday, so today I am doing a double.

The first picture is of my husband Anthony and my son Aidan in the first 48 hours of Aidan’s life. I love the picture and it really reminds me of the love I have for both of my boys and the love my husband has for our son.

This second picture shows my grandmother’s love for her first great grandson. I love all that you see is Aidan and his grandnana’s hands. The love that radiates from this picture is almost tangible.

Happy Love Thursday!

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Canadian Idol

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Gwen

So Canada you have kept Tyler again. Sigh, what are we going to do? I really thought he sucked.

Canada, please start to listen to the sounds coming out of his mouth. He SUCKS!!!! Dude needs to get a brain and go back to Saskatchewan. If you are only voting for him because of the Western alienation thing, get a grip. It is a friggin singing contest. Therefore the dude who doesn’t have a brain and can’t sing shouldn’t be there. Please, for the love of Pete get rid of him next week!!!

As for the rest of them, I don’t really care who wins. Eva and Chad you should get to the top two but if you don’t, do like the song says “Blame Canada.” 🙂

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Weekend Update

Posted on August 22, 2006 by Gwen

I guess you could say that like most of my weekends this one was nothing too out of the ordinary. Friday night filled with “Take Home Chef” and “What Not to Wear” on TLC. Saturday filled with “Flutag,” sunburns, video games and cards. Sunday filled with two sickies.

It seems as soon as Aidan gets a cold the next day Anthony has it as well. I am not really sure what to make of this. It is a little annoying but there is not much we can do. Anthony will almost never take time off when he is sick so he stays sick longer and on the weekends he is pooped. Both of them are getting better but as with any cold they seem to linger for a long time. This one seems much longer since it came only 3 weeks after the beginning of the last one.

Friday I managed to get a couple of cute pictures of the kids. Aidan and T. sitting on their matching chairs.

Aidan sitting like a “big boy” after nearly giving his mother a heart attack. He has taken to climbing on anything that he possibly can.

On Saturday we went to see the Flutag (Flying Day) sponsored by Red Bull. We went with our friends Tomer and Carla and we found a pretty good spot to watch the first few. It was pretty shady and Aidan took the time to suck up to Carla. I swear he is an opportunistic little devil.

The flying machines were pretty silly and most of them didn’t make it very far. This one was still in first place when we left.

When we got home we decided to extend the day and Carla and Tomer stayed for supper. A nice corn on the cob, nugget potatoes and green beans for Carla and that plus some good steak for the rest of us. While we were preparing supper the boys were able to get some video game time in on the x-box. NHL hockey anyone? Aidan had at least three controllers trying to find one that would actually let him play. I am thinking that we will need a game system for him very soon. (Ok we will play too, but it will be mostly his.) Carla managed to get a nice picture of the boys playing.

After supper we got Aidan down to bed and then played the weirdest game of wizards ever. I swear that in the first game Anthony had crap and got way too many tricks for the hands that he had. In the second game I was under 50 until the very end because he had passed the luck my way. There was a hand where I had 2 wizards and a bunch of trump and still managed not to get the right amount of tricks.

Sunday we made a lazy day. Aidan was pretty cranky and Anthony needed a day of rest to get back to work on Monday. I was a bit cranky too, but Anthony really did need the time and he rescued me when I reached the end of my rope.

Now that I have the weekend up I might have to do a week update. 🙂

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