I haven't written anything in a few days, so I thought I had better do so. Not that I have a lot to say, although I keep thinking Maeghan has done something cute and I need to be telling someone about it, but Maeghan is always doing something cute so it is hard to find the really special ones.
I was talking about her dancing last time and how much she loves going. I don't think I have told you that we are not allowed in the room when she is at class. We have to wait outside but we can stand and look through the windows to watch. Maeghan has figured out that we are watching through the windows. She discovered me watching her one day and started waving and saying Hi daddy. She would then tell the teacher that her daddy is at the window. It is probably very distracting for the teacher but since the kids are not really following her anyway, it is not more distracting than when the other kids run around the room and ignore her.
I did tell you she is going to be in the dancing program. I don't think there will be anyone there to watch besides us but they are going to do it on Dec. 17. The teacher's mother is making all the costumes and she will be making Maeghan one. We don't know what it will be but she says it is usually animals or butterflies or something. There are only three girls in the class and most days, there are only two. I don't know if they will all be participating or not as we were given the choice and at first, we said no because Juanita was having the baby around that time and we didn't think she would be up to it. But, I convinced her that Maeghan would want to be in it so as of now, she will be.
They are taking class photos on Dec. 3. I will post them when we get them. Maeghan just interrupted me asking me about a picture she found on the table. It is the picture I posted last time. I put it in a frame for Juanita's birthday last year. I says 'I Love My Mommy' on the frame and has balloons on it.
Maeghan wants me to take her to bed now. She has started telling us she wants to go to bed at night and asks me to take her. She actually knows that if Daddy takes her, she gets to play in bed for a little while and if Mommy takes her to bed, she has to go to sleep. So, she always comes up to me and says 'will you take me to bed now' before Mommy decides it is bedtime.
Before I go, I do have some other news about William. We had another ultrasound today. The baby is a little bigger than normal, but not too much bigger. Everything is alright and looks just fine. We have some 3D pictures of him. He has his arm on top of his head and he has puffy cheeks like Maeghan had. Of course, I am sure they could just be making all that up but the pictures are pretty clear so I guess it is true.
I know I did a lot of complaining about petrol prices earlier. I shouldn't have. They are expected to go to $1.30 a litre next week and possibly $1.50 by the end of the year. That translates to about $7 a gallon over there. That is definitely out of our price range. I am not sure what that will mean if it goes that high. I know I will be working at home a lot more than I do now but it is just way too expensive to drive anymore. We are thinking of selling one of the cars just so we are not tempted to drive anywhere we don't have to.
Juanita's parents and sister are coming over for Christmas. At least, we are hoping they are. If they raise ticket prices, then they may not be able to. I am going to try to buy the tickets now to lock in the price, but I am sure everyone else is going to do the same, so I don't know if any will be available. Of course, I have no idea when they would be going back. They normally stay for several months but with the ticket prices as they are, they may not get back for a long time.
I am taking three weeks off when William is born. Most people over here take six to eight weeks off. I will actually be taking about six weeks as my time off goes into the Christmas shutdown time for the company and if I am not deemed essential, I will be forced to take two weeks off for Christmas. If I do, then I will take my three weeks, go back for three days and then take two more weeks. And those three days, I plan on working from home, so it will be like having six weeks off. I have never been off for that long before, except when I didn't have a job when I first got here. It will be good to get to play with Maeghan everyday and William will be here although he will probably be sleeping all the time. Sleeping or crying or eating so he won't be much fun to play with, but I am sure Maeghan will love it.
She likes it when Daddy gets her out of bed in the mornings. She always calls out to Daddy when she wants something at night. She used to just cry but since I am the only one who hears her, she now just calls out to Daddy and I wake up and go see what she wants. Normally, she has lost her bottle or it is empty and she wants another one. Sometimes, she wants to sleep with Mommy but I have started making her sleep in her own bed now. She doesn't really mind sleeping in her own bed, as long as you lay down with her for a few minutes until she falls asleep. She hasn't slept in Mommy's bed in a few months now.
Well, she is sitting in my lap now asking me to take her to bed. I guess I have to go. I will talk to you again later.
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