Day 1135. This morning I had to set my alarm for 8 am, and it was pretty tough getting up at that time. I'd been coughing so much, when I went to bed that it was 2 am before I fell asleep. And then Emmy came and left a few times during the night, and Tammy and Sammy also needed me once each, so I got woken up quite a bit. After breakfast we dressed them and then we left the house just after 9 am.
We took the 9:20 train, and then the tram, and then walked to the swimming pool. We took the elevator up one floor and had reached our area. We had two cabins, and I went into one with Tammy and Emmy, while Randy and Sammy went into the other one. Once we had all changed we walked down the stairs to the showers and pool area. We all showered and then sat down at the side of the pool with our feet in the water to wait for the previous class to finish. There were some balls, and I gave one to Sammy to play with. Once the people of the previous class were leaving, we went into the water.
The class is 40 minutes long. We did a greeting song, then the kids got swimrings for their arms. With those Tammy and Emmy were able to swim by themselves. She had them pick up balls and swim to a bowl to put them into. She did a few other activities, and just before the end she had them all dive. Emmy refused to and didn't do it, but Tammy and Sammy did - twice each. Then we did the final song and left.
We got them all changed again, which is a challenge, especially with Tammy and Emmy running around everywhere. There are also twins in the same swim class, and their Mom said to me that she didn't know how we were doing it with three. Once we were finally all ready, we left the pool and started walking across the street to the McDonald's there. Emmy already saw it from the distance. We found good seats, and Emmy wanted to come with me to place the order and pick up the food. They've finally switched to better gifts for the kids; now they have Smurf figurines. And so they watched the Smurfs on my phone on the way home.
We were all enjoying our meal, then packed up to walk to the subway. They saw the caroussel again and wanted to go on it really bad. Normally we would have let them, but we needed to get home as Randy had to be at Sammy's therapy center at 1 pm, and it was already after noon. We got on one subway, and then another, and were home by 12:40. Randy immediately got Sammy's walker and left the house to get to the center as quickly as possible. One wheel wasn't working right, and the guy from the company was coming to fix it.
As for me, I put the kids to bed, even though it was before 1 pm. Sammy was asleep first, but Tammy and Emmy just wouldn't fall asleep. I myself was so extremely tired that I just wanted to lie down to sleep. Trying to get them to sleep took way too much effort. After nearly an hour, at 1:45, Tammy had finally fallen asleep, but Emmy was still up.
At 1:15 Randy returned, without the walker, and simply grabbed Sammy who was fast asleep and had been asleep for less than half an hour. The physiotherapist wanted Sammy at the center too. Poor Sammy was very tired the rest of the day. Randy returned to the center with him as quickly as possible. They fixed the wheel, and then they put him into a wheelchair that they are now fitting for him. The stroller is getting to small for him. Randy said he actually liked the wheelchair, especially the big wheels he could move with his hands. They said it will take about two months for him to get the wheelchair. They returned back home at 2:30.
As for Emmy, I could never get him to sleep even though I tried everything. I told him if he didn't sleep he was gonna be too tired to go to dance class. I told him I was gonna take Tammy and Sammy to dance class only. Tammy was up again at around 3 pm, and all Emmy did was crying because he wanted to go to dance class so bad. I finally told him I had a gift for him and put that invisible gift into his hand. It was grace; getting what you don't deserve. And so we all left the house at 3:15 to go to dance class.
We got there quite a bit too early. And we noticed quite a few new kids there. We were the first ones in the classroom. The other kids joined us there as well, including twins once again, but the teacher only arrived, when it was time to start. Today their regular teacher was supposed to be back, but what this teacher said sounded like she was gonna be their permanent teacher from now on. And I have to say, I really liked how she did the class, with one exception, and she was much better than the other substitute teachers.
I expected Emmy to be so tired it would show, but Tammy was the one who participated less than he did. It was hard to get her to do anything. Emmy was more involved, and he danced with the teacher a few times. I had Sammy for most of the time, dancing with him and having him have fun, even though he was tired. We did a few songs that we didn't know yet, and we did songs with the fabric. Tammy and Emmy were very interested in climbing up on the bar, which they did a few times, after watching another girl do it.
After 50 minutes the class was over and we put their shoes back on, then went back downstairs, where we put their coats on and left again. We walked back to the bus stop, and today we did not stop at the grocery store, even though we had a long grocery list. We got on the bus, then took the subway, and were home by 5:40 pm.
I was so dead-tired I could barely keep my eyes open. I lay down for 5 minutes, and then got up to start making their dinner early. At 6:15 we sat down at the table to eat, and Randy left for the grocery store. And so I had to do everything by myself tonight. Tammy and Emmy went into the bathtub once they were done eating at the table, while I was putting their food into a box to take to the bathtub. Then I got Sammy and put him into the water, and all three of them continued eating. Sammy ate everything on his plate. I then got him out and ready for bed first. Emmy had already come out of the bathtub himself, and then Tammy came as well. I got them ready as well and put all three to bed. It was just before 7:30 pm. And then Randy was already back as well. As expected the boys were asleep fast, but Tammy looked like she was wide awake. I stayed with her for a while, but then asked her if it was okay for me to go to the kitchen and make myself something to eat. She let me go, but called me back a few times, and called to me in the kitchen for a while. Until it finally got quiet. It took me a while to cut up my salad, then I sat down to eat. After I was done, i started working on today's pictures. Now it's after midnight and time for bed, after I've cleaned up the kitchen.
