And then some other stuff
Despite my bitching, it has been a nice holiday for the most part. Before we left we did Scienceworld and the aquarium with the kids. There were lots of shows and things at both places, allowing dh and I to seat the kids, then retreat back to an out of the way bench to talk about our Guild Wars builds.
Oh yeah, geek moment for owlsamantha and ms_wu- the other reason I was so pained being in Sechelt was that Guild Wars has all sorts of Christmas events going on, which I was missing by being there, so I also spent a lot of time saying in a Cartman-like voice: I want a candy-cane weapon! I want a candy-cane weapon! I want a Snowman summoner that will KICK YO ASS! Needless to say, this sent the girls into hysterics. Say that again, mommy! Say you want a candy-cane weapon!
Sera got an iDog from the inlaws, and I have to confess that I really like it. Cause I love gadgetry, oh yes I do! She listened to about 8 songs on loop for an entire afternoon. I got one of those nostalgia twitches, remembering being a kid, and getting absolutely obsessed with a song and listening to it over and over and over again.
There was this moment when everyone else was downstairs, and Sera and I were lying on the floor of the spare bedroom, iDog on her tummy, bouncing our heads and singing along to Mr. Brightside at the tops of our lungs to the ceiling. I simultaneouly got this flash of what it felt like for me to be a teenager, and what it might be like for her to be a teenager. It was like a glimpse through the looking glass and it was really intense like time stopped for a moment.
Sometimes I wonder if the intensity is simply because I rarely get a strong bond-y feeling with Sera, my strange and wonderful and self-contained child. For the first 5 months of her life, she rarely left my touch, and even then there was something so very self-sufficient about her. She always wanted to be held facing outward, she never sank back and melted into me. If you crowded her too close with kisses or nuzzles, she turned her face away and cried. That makes her sound like she was a cranky baby, but she was not. She was quiet, and watched the world around her intently, and I suspect was just crabby that the attempted kisses were blocking her view. She likes cuddles just fine now, but hasn't lost that look she gets when people invade her space.
I am so not used to updating. I think it'll be a few weeks of rambling posts til I get used to lj-ing again.
Oh yeah, geek moment for owlsamantha and ms_wu- the other reason I was so pained being in Sechelt was that Guild Wars has all sorts of Christmas events going on, which I was missing by being there, so I also spent a lot of time saying in a Cartman-like voice: I want a candy-cane weapon! I want a candy-cane weapon! I want a Snowman summoner that will KICK YO ASS! Needless to say, this sent the girls into hysterics. Say that again, mommy! Say you want a candy-cane weapon!
Sera got an iDog from the inlaws, and I have to confess that I really like it. Cause I love gadgetry, oh yes I do! She listened to about 8 songs on loop for an entire afternoon. I got one of those nostalgia twitches, remembering being a kid, and getting absolutely obsessed with a song and listening to it over and over and over again.
There was this moment when everyone else was downstairs, and Sera and I were lying on the floor of the spare bedroom, iDog on her tummy, bouncing our heads and singing along to Mr. Brightside at the tops of our lungs to the ceiling. I simultaneouly got this flash of what it felt like for me to be a teenager, and what it might be like for her to be a teenager. It was like a glimpse through the looking glass and it was really intense like time stopped for a moment.
Sometimes I wonder if the intensity is simply because I rarely get a strong bond-y feeling with Sera, my strange and wonderful and self-contained child. For the first 5 months of her life, she rarely left my touch, and even then there was something so very self-sufficient about her. She always wanted to be held facing outward, she never sank back and melted into me. If you crowded her too close with kisses or nuzzles, she turned her face away and cried. That makes her sound like she was a cranky baby, but she was not. She was quiet, and watched the world around her intently, and I suspect was just crabby that the attempted kisses were blocking her view. She likes cuddles just fine now, but hasn't lost that look she gets when people invade her space.
I am so not used to updating. I think it'll be a few weeks of rambling posts til I get used to lj-ing again.