Day 26 Not a quiet day

Today was not quiet because of some very loud noise from both Lachie and Amelia. 

Amelia was her usual self during the night and just when she settled down, Lachie woke up- 3 am and hopped into my bed. After half an hour he had “invaded” every spare inch of my bed and I was squashed into cliff dwelling. I gave up and moved into his bed and we both had a sleep. He woke up at 6:15 ready for his breakfast. When he had been fed and was busy with his cars I managed enough of a cat nap to make a difference to my sleep deprived brain.

Just as Amelia was in, she vomited.

The beautiful cover of yesterday’s snow had started to melt under light rain. We aimed to go down the street in the early morning for a walk so that Lachie could have a play in the snow. That was the plan. One and a half hours later we finally set out after a series of meltdowns about being dressed in snow gear. (It was 1 C outside ) Amelia’s joined in the melee by contributing with her first projectile vomit as we were leaving. Both Sarah and Amelia had to get changed. By the time they were ready Lachie was asleep in the pram!

So that meant shopping without snow playing. We walked in falling snow/ light rain down to Rue Cartier. They bought a few items and met friends along the way. We came home via the Patisserie for me.

Just as I was about to photograph the biggest snowman we had seen, he literally fell in a heap, his carrot nose smashing into tiny pieces. Very similar to Olaf in Frozen. 

We returned home and had lunch. Tim eventually went down to the gym. Sarah took Lachie down for a swim with Tim when he had finished his gym work. Amelia fluctuated between snoozing and being unsettled. After the boys came up, Lachie played with Sarah and Tim for a while. When Tim’s family tried to make a video call, Amelia was being bathed and screaming as per usual. During the next attempt I fed Lachie an early dinner to enable a conversation on both sides. This was followed by more loud playing with his truck, while I used my computer. 

Peace finally descended when both children's sleep overlapped, until Amelia woke up while Sarah was eating dinner.  I changed Amelia, successfully removing and replacing the brace for the first time. (It would make a good comedy with all that Velcro. ) Peace again when Amelia went down. 

Amelia under Auntie Dorothy's knitted blanket