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| Fun at Centre Island |
We managed to make the most of our last weekend before school started. I took the boys to a beach, we went to Toronto Island (Isaac told me that his favourite country is Toronto), Isaac and Graham enjoyed the carnival at our church, and we went to a park and pool with friends to celebrate Labour Day. Graham needed to go to a conference the rest of that week and miss Isaac's first day back at school so we all went out to lunch together the day before (and we did FaceTime of course). In typical Elizabeth fashion, I was searching for indoor shoes that would fit Isaac just before the stores closed at 9:00 PM the night before school started. (I had bought shoes earlier but forgot to try them on Isaac.)
Isaac started group music lessons that he and I attend together. He looks forward to his Thursday lesson and thankfully he loves the Paw Patrol stickers he receives for his practices.
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| Attentive and looking for adventure |
I don't hear well when there is background noise (I have a loud one-and-a-half year old so there is always background noise). I had my ears checked yesterday and they told me I have great hearing. I don't understand how the test works because they didn't test my hearing with any background noise. Also, I was supposed to press a button even if the sound I heard was very very faint. The test couldn't tell how loud or soft the sound was in my ears. Lastly, the woman told me the list of words that she was going to speak in my ear, before she spoke them (I had to repeat the words back to her). She used the same list for both ears. I am dubious. I also had a cold while taking the test. For now, I let Graham know that he usually needs to be in the same room as me and looking at me when he speaks.
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| Daddy time! |
I am trying to allow myself to be stretched. I gathered the courage to attend the school council meeting at Isaac's school and I went to a home to help prep food for the Spaghetti supper. Thankfully (and surprisingly to me), there are actually people who willingly volunteer for the fundraising committee. I invited someone from school over for coffee and I'm getting to know another mom at the library program who has just moved to Kitchener.
Sadly, Graham and I went to our last session with our awesome counsellor who started helping us with our grief process. We heard a month ago that he is no longer seeing people for sessions as of October so we booked a session. He seems to read a lot, he has a ton of experience, he remembers so much, he explains how the brain works, and he is insightful (and prays with us at the start of sessions). We're thankful for the blessing he has been to us.
Graham just went to a sleep study last weekend. We are hoping they can discover why he doesn't sleep well and help solve the problem.
The boys are in good form. Kohen loves to copy anything and everything Isaac does. He loves his big brother.
The cold season has started again in our home. I actually used my hot water bottle for the first time this year. My feet love a hot water bottle.
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| Fall is here! |
The boys picked out pumpkins on our annual trip to the pumpkin farm this past weekend. It included a wagon ride and supper of hot dogs roasted at a campfire, so the kids were in their element.
Graham has an early morning Bible Study so we need to get to bed. We are looking forward to our home Bible Study starting next week. We're going to study Hebrews.
Well, Kohen should be officially weaned as of tonight. He's only nursed before bed at night for a while now but tonight I told him that it was the last night of Mommy's Milk and we were saying good-bye to Mommy's Milk and Daddy would put him to bed tomorrow night. He totally seemed to understand and his lip turned down and he looked so sad. I sort of made it funny and then he nursed a little and stopped and waved and said Bye-bye. I will hold on to the memories of him trying to climb on me while nursing. He's a funny guy.
Thanks for your prayers!
Blessings,
Elizabeth
Isaiah 26:3
You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on You, because he trusts in You.
