J&M got Maui'd!

Elsy has been complaining about monsters for a couple of weeks now. She would indicate that there is a monster outside, or somewhere out of sight, and I would tell her that there are no monsters there. She has also started expressing fear a bit more, saying that she's "scared". I guess this is natural to start getting these feelings of fear as she starts developing an understanding of the world and expanding her imagination. On a not completely off topic segue, we were walking around in Yonge-Dundas square and a lady commented to her companion as to how Elsy looks so much like Boo from Monsters Inc.  I found that statement quite humorous as we got the same comparison when we were in Ottawa a couple of months ago. Is that why the daycare keeps tying up her hair in pig tails?

So our weather here has been very "spring like". Loosely translated means: "unpredictable". We had an ice storm last weekend, and relatively nice weather this weekend. Our health, on the other hand, has been fairly predictable. Sick, sick, sick. Maggie has been sick for all of April, and it was only a matter of time before Elsy and I succumbed to something. Both of us ended up with runny noses and coughs. I was more in the mood to sleep this past weekend than doing anything outside in the nice weather, but.. well, sunlight is good for you? To top it off, the warm weather highlighted a difficulty with living in some of these older buildings. The central HVAC is currently set to heating mode and as our unit faces west, the afternoons get uncomfortably warm. Opening the tiny windows we have helps a little, as do keeping our fans blowing at full blast. Sleeping has not been very comfortable at all for me, going from cold, to hot, to cold, to hot. (Being sick in this s...

Elsy finally slept through the night without a high fever in the morning. It has been a long week and a half, but I think we are finally through the worse of it. My parents were so worried on Saturday that Maggie took Elsy to Sick Kid's Hospital to see what was up with her and her constant high fevers and her potentially infected blister on her thumb. I cut my evening activities off early to go down and ended up waiting until midnight before we were able to get a diagnosis of the flu. So, we recalled that we had wanted to give Elsy the flu shot, but when we brought her in last year, the vaccine was not ready for her. Since then we have been sick, sick, sick or busy, busy, busy. In any case, at least we have a diagnosis and Elsy seems to have finally gotten over the illness.

So Elsy has been sick for a number of days now. She started off with a mild fever which has become a moderate one (>40 C) which we have been trying to keep in check with medication. Apart from the loss of appetite, trouble sleeping, runny nose, constant coughing, and occasional vomiting, she has been doing okay. She did go and see the doctor on Monday, but the recommendation was to just keep giving her drugs until it goes away. Well, hopefully we all recover soon from this recent round of illness. It sucks to be sick. Oh yeah, Maggie hasn't been feeling well either, although I do feel like I am on the up and up, so.. that is a good thing?

Elsy's second birthday was a couple of days ago. She had a blast playing with some of her cousins. She's at that age where she can definitely participate in group play of some sort and enjoys interacting with other (older) kids. She definitely charmed the Kwongs this weekend, and had a blast chasing after Zoe the cat, calling out "Kitty Cat!" repeatedly while she unsuccessfully tried to keep up with the frisky feline. She did get in a number of pats though, once Zoe got a bit more accustomed to her, but the cat still fled after contact. Gentle Elsy, gentle!

For Maggie's birthday I booked us a couples massage and float at H2O Float spa and then dinner at Le Montmartre. After convincing my parents to watch Elsy of course. When we arrived at the spa, we discovered that the building (and block) had no power, which meant that the water and room was not going to be warm enough for the float which meant that we had to cancel the float. The massage was still doable though, so we decided to go ahead with the massage. Luckily enough for us, in the middle of the massage, the power came back, and it was early enough that our float session could continue. I've always wanted to try something similar to this for a while now. The idea of just being able to float and not feel anything seems like a novel idea to me. In any case, we got into the pool and the temperature of the room and water was such that (apart from my arms) I stopped noticing the temperature difference between the air and water. The water was dense enough that floating was...

I've noticed that Elsy has been crossing her middle and index fingers quite often recently. I'm not sure what prompted it, but I have seen her sitting and watching on my iPad with fingers crossed in one or both hands. Maybe it is easier for her to manipulate the device with her fingers crossed that way? Normally when she tries to use her fingers either her middle or index finger gets in the way so crossing them allows her more control. Hopefully this doesn't become a habit..