A Flood... in the Bathroom

I feel like things have been piling up on me lately and as a result I have let the household chores slide.  So on Wednesday I thought that I would skip play group and stay home and catch up on some cleaning.  

Cali was playing outside with the sidewalk chalk, then decided to come in to wash the chalk off her shoes.  So I plugged the bathroom sink and put a bit of water in the bottom so she could wash off her shoes.  I then went back to the kitchen to finish my cleaning.  A few minutes later I went back to check on Cali...  

Water was pouring everywhere! I immediately shut off the water and threw towels on the floor to sop up the water.  Then I heard water dripping.  I ran downstairs (our newly finished basement) water was pouring out of the smoke detector.  Luckily there was a box right underneath it on the floor (one advantage of not cleaning up) catching the water.  

Then the smoke detector in the basement went off (not only does it buzz it also talks, who knew?).  Of course it scared Lexi, but that was okay because it was only in the basement.  So I attempted to reset it to no avail.  (I guess the water would cause it to continue alarming.)  Like I said it was only alarming in the basement so as long as everyone was upstairs they were happy. 

So I went back to work sopping up the water, then of course the alarm started going off upstairs.  So both girls began to cry.  I did not know what to do.  If I held the girls I couldn't mop up the water and it would continue to leak into the basement.  If I let them cry it would have been horrible.  So I called Ed in a panic at work asking what I should do.  I kept repeating "I just don't know what to do" over and over until he decided he should come home.  It would still be another half and hour until he would get home.  What should I do?  I did not know.  

So I thought that I would call someone who would know.  So I called the fire department  surely they would tell me what to do.  So I called and told them what happened they said they would send someone over shortly.  The joy of living in a small town... I heard the sirens immediately, hoping they weren't for me.  First the fire chief showed up in his car.  I was relieved to know that they didn't send the big fire truck.  He came in and disconnected the smoke detector for me.  What a relief to my ears.  

Then the big fire truck pulled up in front of my house.  How embarrassing!  My visiting teachers were due to show up at this time and actually followed the fire truck to my house.  Anyway the firemen were very nice  gave me a new smoke detector, and Cali some fire dept. tattoos.

Ed came home shortly after and helped me clean up and air out the basement.  The contractor is coming over tonight to let me know the extent of the damage.  Hopefully it's not too bad.  Just another adventure at our home.         

Now if only I could figure out how to use it and make a post. So far I can only make the title of my post and not a complete post. I also don't know how to load pictures onto it. It's also old, from 2004 I believe. But soon I hope to have more on here that just a title to my blog. Today is Cali's 3rd brithday and I hope to be able to post photos and videos from the weekends festivities.

I got a Mac

New Pictures

Last month I got Sarah to take some new pictures of the girls.  Then my CD drive decided to crash on my computer.  So I only have some to share and I am waiting patiently to get a new computer.  There were some really cute ones of Lexi sleeping.  Seriously what's been going on lately?  Everything of mine is crashing!!!

Enjoy.

 

Had a Bad a Day

This was our theme song today. 

I was up late last night with a teething Lexi.
I was woken up early by my Calla Bella Baby.
Cali smeared yogurt all over herself and the floor.  (This was after she was dressed for the day.)
Lexi continued to cry/ scream all morning.
Cali got changed then washed... then peed her pants.
Lexi had a blow-out.
Cali got rewashed and dressed for the third time.
Lexi continued to cry through all of this.
Cali was standing on a chair behind the fridge door drinking milk.
I opened the fridge.
Cali fell off the chair and spilled milk on her baby doll.
I called Ed and I started to cry.
Cali started to cry.
Lexi was still crying.

Half an hour later:

After another half hour I was asleep.

We slept for 4 hours.

Cali wet the bed.

Our Yu Adventure

Yesterday morning was beautiful. Ed went to the driving range for two hours while I prepped for our trip to Edmonton. Ed returned home and we were on our way by about 1:30pm. Since Lexi has to be rear facing for another 6 months we decided to take our Neon as the body is bigger than the Jetta. When we all take the Jetta my knees are cramped against the dash.


Anyway so here we are on our way to the City of Champions when Ed starts complaining about the car. He told me that the car wouldn’t go any faster than 100km/h. Since the Neon is getting old it really doesn’t like to go fast and I will rarely push it past 100, so I suggested that he not drive faster than that. I didn’t understand that he meant the car wouldn’t really go any faster than that. As we continued on Ed couldn’t go any faster than 80 km/h. At this time we felt we should turn around and go home. So we stopped in Olds, filled the tank, and headed back home on the country roads.

As we continued on our way back home our max speed was becoming less and less. We found that we could only go about 50 km/h and we were really struggling to make it up the hills. Finally our max became about 20 km/h and Ed suggested that I call a friend to come get the kids and me as we were only about half an hour from home.

As we putted along I asked Cali to say a prayer that we would get home safe. Not a second after this prayer my cell phone rang and a friend of mine was on her way to rescue us. We continued to putter along and then it started to rain. Then the rain quickly turned to freezing rain and wind began to blow. The freezing rain then turned to snow and Ed decided it was time to pull over and wait to be rescued.

With winds reaching the speed of 100km/h, and wet snow surrounding us, we waited. Due to the white out conditions our rescuer got lost. As I am always prepared for long car trips I had packed cookies, bread, apples, and lots of water to snack on. We also had plenty of blankets, and each other as sat in the car but our poor rescuer was all alone.

As Ed and I worried about our friend Cali filled the time in with wiping the condensation off the windows, singing songs, and eating snacks. To her it was a great adventure filled with cookies. Lexi also was a little trooper for everything she needed was there as well. I am just so glad that Lexi is a breastfed baby otherwise we would have been in trouble.

About an hour into our wait Cali informed us that she had to pee. I suggested putting a pull-up on so she should pee in it. Cali wouldn’t go for it. She was a big now and that was that. Luckily I packed a potty in the trunk… but it was in the trunk. Ed offered to go and retrieve it but he couldn’t open his door because the wind was blowing so hard. So I jumped out in my flip-flops and grabbed the potty. I sat the potty between Ed and me and Cali had a pee. Then a few minutes later she told me she had to poop. So we repeated the process and Cali had success. I opened the car door and flung the poop into the storm. Then a few minutes later Cali informed me that she had to poop again. Once again more poop was subjected to harsh weather outside. I am so glad that I thought to pack the potty.

After about four hours (that actually few by) our friend came to our rescue. The weather remained crumby but we made it home safe at an average speed of 30 km/h.

All in all everything went well. Ed was able to get a ride out to the car today and brought it home safely. Let me tell you that car will be replaced ASAP.

Thank Heaven for answered prayers, good friends, and family that can make you laugh even in the worst weather. With every adventure we are building memories.

A Few Good Ones

Going through my pictures today here are a few from the past couple of months that I simply love! 

Cali's giant " 'tend" spider. 

(She loved her gift by the way Uncle Steve and Auntie Beth.)

Cali passed out reading "The Clown-Arounds".

Cali chilling out in the laundry basket.

Cali and Lexi in their princess dresses.  I just love Lexi's little Sumo hair, and the fact that she lets me do it.

Lexi's retro style by Cali.

 

Our personal "naked chef".

I can't help but pinch those cheeks!

My favourite juniour stylist.

Lexi taking it easy in her swing.

I just love this picture.  I don't know if it is Lexi's expression or Cali's but it makes me giggle.  You can also see the Fountain tongue here.