Seven Quick Takes Friday

1. Dave is home from work today recovering from a head cold. Thus, I was able to take Jacob to the hospital this morning for a follow-up x-ray. The x-ray tech is the mother of Hannah's godmother and, ahem, we were allowed to see the x-ray images. Don't tell the doctor. I also saw the initial images of Jacob's arm and these ones didn't look too different. As our friendly x-ray tech said, "It was a bad break, Elena. Let's see what the radiologist has to say." Indeed.

2. Jacob is sitting next to me and, when I blog, he is only interested by two things: the title (pronounced tittle) and the spellcheck function. He now wants me to tell you that he was allowed to borrow three books from the hospital until next week (The Pixie Trick books). He has been waiting a week since his last check-up to finish reading where he left off. I just hope the books are not harbouring some nasty bug.

3. Because Dave is home, I am contemplating going somewhere by myself this afternoon. I just can't think of anywhere to go. And, no, I really don't want to go to the grocery store.

4. Benjamin is a denialist. If you ask him anything, he has to respond in the negative. For example, I was re-telling his birth story to someone the other day, when he piped up to say, "I not born, Mommy!" He is always very emphatic in his denials and often thrusts his finger into the air to bring home the point. He also denies his baptism quite frequently. Dave's mother said, "So, Benjamin, you're an atheist then?" I replied, "Forget the existence of God; this boy denies his own existence." Dave's mother also claims that this denialist trait is directly inherited from her husband.

5. Jacob just asked me what a dentalist is. He also just asked me to check the spelling.

6. The kids had soccer practice for the first time last night. Dave is helping coach the JK/SK kids. Poor Dave. His group consisted of Jacob and Hannah; two children who only spoke French (I provided translation but kept inserting Spanish verbs. No wonder the poor dears left before the end claiming that they needed to see Maman.); the remaining kids were all homeschooled and unused to following directions in a group. Overall, not much was achieved but I think that Dave is now grateful for teaching gr.7/8. Also, we checked with our doctor if Jacob could play soccer with his cast. Her reply was: "Just watch out that he doesn't hurt anyone."

7. I have resolved to only use Burt's Bees products for moisturising my hands. However, the hefty price tag has now given rise to a new resolution: to stop moisturising my hands.