Slumber Sac

Picked up a Slumber Sac @ Winners today for Niko that will match the nursery bedding/ theme perfectly.

Back when ds was an infant I used similar products but they didn't have any quality ones here in the stores back then. The ones I had were just fleece. It's nice to see a lot of the products that we had trouble buying or had to buy online when d was a baby are now much more accessible locally.

These type of sleep bags have been proven to reduce sids. Here's there "why" section:

Why Sleeping Bags?

Your baby will wake up warm and therefore be more likely to go back to sleep.
Your baby cannot slip down inside the sleeping bag; sheets, blankets and duvet's can go over baby's head.
Your baby can kick and wriggle contentedly and does not feel constricted.
Babies cannot get between the cot bars.
Sleeping bags can prevent baby from scratching.
When travelling or in strange surroundings, your baby will always feel always feel comfortable in it's own sleeping bag.
The move from crib to cot and eventually to bed is much easier.


It even comes with a little thermometer for the nursery and suggestions on how to dress baby in the bag for varying temperatures. I bought size 2 which is suppose to be for 6 - 18 months. I am expecting another big boy, plus it will be summer so we won't likely need it until September.

NL needs more maternity stores

Took d to get his hair trimmed today at the Avalon Mall. While there I popped into Motherhood and spent the last of my Christmas gift certificates on a few shirts. I had to tell the staff to "back off". Within 3 minutes of being in the store I had been bombarded by 2 staff members one to my left and one on my right. They both kept bouncing the same questions and info at me and making comments as though I had never before been in the store. This might not have been so annoying if I had not been standing there fully decked out in the stores clothing... some of which was still on racks in the store. Unfortunately, Motherhood is the only maternity store in St.John's at present. I swear if someone wants a good business idea for St.John's open up a mixed brand maternity store.

Lazy Daze

Pretty lazy weekend here compared to the craziness of last weekend.

Dh has the plastering done and started sand the playroom. I've been trying to brainstorm with d and dh over what theme to go with. If it was up to d we would just do another Thomas room, but I think one Thomas room is enough lol

Been trying to get back into the habbit of doing some writing grading for work. I figure even when I'm not actively teaching, a little grading would be a great way to keep receiving a small pay cheque.

Sid the Science Kid

Sid The Science kid started airing on PBS week days in 2008. How much do I love this show!!! It's just awesome! First of all it's a digital puppetry production from the Jim Henson company. You can totally tell too! Even though the characters are digitally animated they still have that distinguishable Muppet look to them.

The main character in the show is Sid, an "inquisitive youngster" who uses comedy to tackle questions kids have about basic scientific principals and why things work the way they do. He tries to answer questions and solve problems with the help of his classmates and family.

Like the Muppet Show it is a real variety of a show. You really do get a bit of everything mixed together with Sid the Science Kid. There is animation mixed with real video, music and comedy and so much more.

A recurring feature is the joke wall. The kids go to a section on the playground where they open shape panels and tell jokes in the style of a "laugh - in" but of course targeted at preschoolers. They did this on the Muppet show too, particularly in "the dance" section. I also remember this type of thing on "You can't do that on television" with the locker jokes. Other recurring segments include The Sid Survey, Rug Time, The Super Fab Lab, Susie sings, and Sid's "super-duper-schmoper" big idea.

D is always going around saying he has a "super-duper-schmoper idea" hehe I got him a large magnifying glass like Sid's at the dollarama and he was going around yesterday with it saying "Let's get to the bottom of this!" Way too cute!

Dylan's New Room

Well Dylan's second Thomas room is nearly complete. He had the option of any kind of room he wanted, but was adamant about having another Thomas room. Not bad for a weekends work! It's nearly done... needs new blinds and I have a secret project I would like to complete, but that will have to wait until after the playroom and Baby Niko's nursery are completed. Dylan is over the moon happy with it and that's the main thing :D

A trip to "The Rooms"

We visited "The Rooms" today and I was pleasantly surprised to see on display the Dory from the Creoula that was donated to the Newfoundland Museum upon our arrival in St.John's back in 98'. The Creoula is a schooner; part of the Portuguese White Fleet. I spent a summer sailing from Portugal to Newfoundland on her back in 1998. The dory is part of an exhibit titled "Slicing the Waves: Canoes, Kayaks and Small Wooden Boats" . The exhibit is located on the 2nd level of The Rooms and is ongoing until Sunday, September 13, 2009 . http://www.therooms.ca/

D loves visiting the museum. Cute moment of note: Right now the archives has an exhibit regarding Canada's role in Afghanistan. When d saw the model of the soldiers uniform he said "Look a Knight!". What a smartie pants to make that correlation! I am somewhat doubtful that the modern day solider will go down in fairy tale history the way the iconic knights of ole have though.

The Run Around

I had to run to the paintshop and get my paint colors altered a bit.. the blue was too girly (I should have known better with a name like "fairy tale blue" lol)and the green wasn't dark enough. All straightened out now I hope!

Next, I ran over to coochicoo. They have the bumgenius 3.0 cloth diapers there. That's the line that had been at the top of my list... So I got one! I love to be able to buy stuff I want locally. Gonna try to buy one every pay day. That way won't seem like such a huge expenditure. They have sooo much stuff in that little store... I could have stayed forever looking around!

I also went into that new/used kids clothing store on topsail rd. Pretty similar to once upon a child... but much smaller space. The name is eluding me at the moment... but its right across from the turn onto blackmarsh in the building with Reid's music. They have sizes newborn up. Also a small amount of maternity clothing. I think it works similar to once upon a child... i think they buy some used stuff there and also have some suppliers. There was a lot of stuff with tags... mostly from children's place. Probably from outlets lol I got d two pairs of old navy jeans with tags on and a mix of old and new stuff for the baby. Only spent like $35 Definitely gonna have to make dropping in there a regular thing.

Then I ran to walmart and got the new light fixture for d's room. Hoping to start the painting tomorrow... can't wait!