Big surprise party extravaganza!!

Today I held a surprise birthday party for my Mom's 65th here at my house. There were more than 40 people in and out of my house, with kids here, there and everwhere (but mostly outside). We were supposed to have showers in the afternoon, but they never came, so I'm ever so grateful for that. It was nice to be able to go outside, sit on the deck and watch the wee ones have fun.
My Mom was so surprised! She thought it was odd that I had balloons tied to my fence. She walked into the house and looked around to see her cousins, the expression on her face was priceless!! I'm so sorry I didn't have my camera at the ready. She had this look, like, what are you guys doing here?!? People came from far and wide to celebrate with us. Mom, I think is so grateful to everyone.
The one downside is that I have lost my voice, like totally completely. I had started losing my voice yesterday night, I was able to communicate with people during the party, but now, it's just a whisper.
Not having a voice has it's complications when you're taking care of two wee ones. The two things I really don't like about not having a voice are: not being able to read a bedtime story to the kids and not being able to sing to them/with them :(
Oh well, it's only temporary.
At any rate, the party really was a great success! Woohoo!!

Birthday party, first air course

On Saturday the kids had the pleasure to attend the first birthday party of one of their own friends. It was really nice, the party was outside. It's funny though, my kids were the only ones wearing wide brimmed hats, long pants and long sleeves. These mothers probably thought I was crazy or over protective, but that don't bother me. All in all, however, the kids had a great time, especially Emma of course.
Yesterday, I needed to re-certify myself in first aid (for work). Which meant I would be away from home ALL DAY. Luckily Polo Park shopping centre is across the street from St-John's Ambulance, so I was able to meet up with Richard and the kids so I could breastfeed little man.
The course was alright, you know, same old same old. A few changes to CPR, but overall the same. They didn't touch on infant CPR at all or infant related injuries, so I may take another first aid course specifically for this.
Xavier seemed to survive being seperated from me, however, by the end of the day he was getting antsy and tired of me playing what seemed to be a very long game of peek-a-bood.