This has been a shitty week (pun intended!)

So, this week has been a total gong.

The 3 of us have all been battling coughs and colds for months now (I call it - the daycare curse!), but for George and Phoebe it took a turn for the worse.

One morning, I had to leave at 6am for work. Phoebes was fussing a tiny bit while I was eating breakfast, but since she usually sleeps till 7:30ish, I decided to leave her hoping she would fall back to sleep.
Well, apparently, when I left the house and the garage door went up, Phoebes started to scream and yell and panic, so my hubs went in to ensure everything was okay...well it was ugly.
Phoebes had puked in the night and slept in it all night. She ate steak and grapes for dinner, so you can imagine what it looked like! Apparently the smell was horrendous and it was all dried all over her hair face and pajamas.

So, I felt like mother of the year when I found this out later on in the afternoon...why didn't I check on her when she was fussing?

Then, she must have passed along whatever bug she had to my hubs because he got it and was sick in bed for 3 days as a result. The only time he got up was to go to the washroom to puke, or to shower because he sweat thru his clothes.

The 3rd night of all of this sickness, I was giving P .a bath and she suddenly squatted and then took a huge dump (I mean HUGE) in the tub. Have any of your kids ever done that? What would possess her to do that? She is potty training and likely knows the difference between the tub and the potty (you would think!)
So anyways, my hubs got up to see what all the commotion was about and help phish the shit out of the tub -then started to puke from the smell...! fun times!

To top it all off, I have this chest bacterial infection that I can't free myself from. I have had it since mid November-no joke.
I just has a nice long soak in our jacuzzi with oil of oregano and eucalyptus oils and am resting up for next week.

Hopefully next week isn't as "shitty"

Oh, the things kids say!

I think kids become even cuter as they begin to talk more and notice more of their surroundings. Often when we are in the mall, my 2 yr old will point at a billboard of a model in a store and yell "Mummy!", it is very sweet and flattering that a model, although about half my size, reminds her of me. We have a bunch of Audrey Hepburn photos in our house and she tells Daddy that it is "Mummy" all the time, too-again, I just wanna kiss her.
But today, it was different.
We were playing on the rug in our family room and she and I created the following toy together, and then when asked what the toy's name was, she said with pride "Mummy!". What would you think if your 2 year old thought you looked like this?

4 P's

My day consisted of the 4 P's.

1) Phoebe
2) Panties (Dora, of course)
3) Potty
4) Peeing in the Dora panties instead of the potty (I am talking about Phoebe, of course-not me)

-Oh and then of course, I stepped in the pee.

Fun

Paperbag Princess

I love the Robert Munsch book "Paperbag Princess" and so does Phoebe. Since Christmas, I have read it to her each night. I wondered if she had memorized it yet (as she has Good Night Moon) so I asked her to read it to me tonight.

I couldn't figure out much of what she had to say, but I did pick out the following.

"Princess, dub a duba dub a duba, Ronald, Rhhhhhhhrrrrrrr, Ronald, Dragon, Princess, Princess, Go away! and Bum."

She is juicy!

All I want for Christmas is...

1. Lululemon pants
2. Lululemon sweatshirt
3. P.J's (tank and long pants)
4. Aperture (software)
5. HomeSense Gift certificates
6. A facial gift cert from Dermacare
7. Jacob Gift Certificate
8. Nine West Gift Certificate
9. Ipad (I won't get this, but I thought I would throw it on here!)
10. Any "Tarte" cosmetics I can get my little hands on

Is it impersonal to request gift certificates? I am requesting them because...well, I really enjoy shopping for stuff and picking out things I like for myself. Also, you can get some bangin deals on boxing day and the week after Christmas, so why not use your gift certs to reap in the deals?

Do you like to give/receive gift certs?

xoxo Gong Show Mommy

Travel Blog

I have missed my mommy blog while away in Montego Bay, on vacation with my hubby. I have to admit, I was tempted to go online and blog while away, but I had made a promise to myself that I wouldn't spend much time doing the things I do at home (ie. facebooking and blogging). I did my utmost to enjoy the time away from my every day routines and relax.

But, I decided that upon my return, I would blog about the resort and Jamaica in general-rather than mommy stuff.

First off Geo and I are VERY picky when it comes to resort travel. There are many reasons for this. 1) George has a wheat allergy so the food matters a lot to us 2) We love resort travel- and have been many different places 3) we are kinda high maintenance in general-especially when dishing out a tonne of our hard earned money to go away somewhere.

We stayed at Secrets Wild Orchid. It is a fairly new (March 2010) resort in Montego Bay. Arguably the BEST location in Montego Bay- right at the tip of the peninsula. We had an amazing view of the mountains from every spot on the resort. All rooms are ocean front.
It was glorious.

Here are a few things I learned while in Jamaica at Secrets Wild Orchid:

1. I am one of the few people in the world who does NOT have a tattoo
2. 99% of the world look better clothed than in their bathing suits
3. I don't think it is necessary to eat fruit and food that is GOOD for you on vacation
4. Rum Cream is better than rum in all traditional frozen drinks
5. Jamaicans are the BEST, most SPIRITUAL and POSITIVE people in the world
6. Jamaica is my fave spot in the Carri bean to visit
7. Tropical mosquitoes, Canadian mosquitoes- no matter what type of mosquitoes, all like to feast on me (not to self: bring antihistamines next time)
8. I will ALWAYS pay to upgrade to a Preferred resort or VIP area within a resort. The benefits are unreal for really, quite a reasonable cost
9. Travel with my hubs (just us as a couple) needs to be more of a priority. We need to nurture our relationship just as much as we nurture Phoebe

I had to include this one. This is a store at the Montego Bay airport. Too funny.

Apparently this is Bob Marley's Brand name? Who knew?

My attempt at artistic photography: ) These are my footprints in the sand.

Namaste. Nothing like doing yoga at the ocean. Those rocks were slippery little suckers so I couldn't hold the pose like I normally do, but it was still fun.

Huts along the beach

Hubs and I at the Italian restaurant.

Jerk Chicken, MON! This was a daily staple for us. Every day, we would get it and eat it on the beach, beer and daiquiri in hand!

Because of the mountains where we were, the clouds often congregated over the mountains in the distance. We still got quite a bit of sun at the resort, but in many pics, it looks cloudy. I think it made for gorgeous pics.

View from our balcony of the pool and beach.

If you are interested in my travel resort ratings, check out my post on TripAdvisor.com

I WOULD LOVE COMMENTS FROM YOU GUYS ON RECOMMENDED RESORTS, as Geo and I are actively planning our next getaway!

Dog Kisses

My blond cuties!