despite the surreal fact that over the next days charles will be visiting three countries (australia, japan and india), life is as normal as it gets. on occasion, jasper will look at sela and say, "poor georgi!" and then carys, remembering, will say, "sela did a poo in her knickers!" sela of course, gets incensed at this propoganda and then screams OVER her siblings "YESTERDAY! I DID A POO IN MY KNICKERS YESTERDAY!"

if they keep haranguing her, she begins sobbing.

it seems to me that my kids cry more than other children.

some people say, "that's because you have four children. of course there are more tears." clever people give a mathematical name to the statistic or formula they use.

but i don't mean that. i am not saying that there is more crying in my house than in other homes, i am saying that my children cry more than other children. per child. not overall.

the kiddies below us are twins. remember tallulah "lulah" and cade? and their baby sister roxie (or in jasper speak, "woxie"?) great. they never cry. believe me, i would know if they did, the walls and ceilings are not great in our building.

but they dont cry. ever.

it's not as if my kids see me crying alot. possibly the crying is a retaliatory move, to repay me for not teaching them to cry. or i could be reading wayyyy too much into this.

it is halfway through november. it is getting frantic. it isn't going to slow down until after chinese new year. have to say i am doing very well on Christmas present shopping, and that makes me v. pleased. i have gotten some great gifts chosen this year!

a friend of ours died last week of cancer. she was a beautiful, caring woman, with struggles, trials, loving friends and family and cancer that may have infected body, but despite it's close proximity, never came close to her heart. she was an inspiration. i would like to see her now, healed at last, and i am already anticipating the day i will.

tomorrow jasper, carys and sela will be seeing an ent specialist to see if they need grommets put in. wish us luck. xo

Comments

[Boulder]

Luck!

[Bangkok Expat Mama]

Are your younger three living with hearing loss? My son age 7 was and the grommets truly helped. Surgery wasn't fun, to say the least, but he went from hearing impaired to perfect hearing within a few days. What a difference in his speech and behaviour! I hope the ENT doc says they're not necessary for your little ones, but if the doc recommends grommets and you're comparing people's stories to decide what to do, you can count my son as someone who's had a good experience.

[Bangkok Expat Mama]

Oh and of course good luck with the appointment tomorrow -- may your wee ones be as stoic as possible while someone's checking their precious little ears! x

[joeinvegas]

Grommets? As in Wallace and?
As for the tears, the trips plus one across the street seem to be the same - lots of screaming going on all the time, and dramatic?

[maggs]

Tess: I can’t help but laugh at the tales that come from your side of the globe. I hope that someday our families get a chance to meet. Good luck with the ENT appointment. Miss A had “grommets” or as we call them here ear tubes, and did great. She was to the point that her hearing was beginning to suffer so we got t hem at the right time. They are supposed to fall out on their own. Her tubes didn’t so we had a 2nd surgery to have them removed. No big deal.