Comments on: The Joys of Fatherhood

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 01:54:01 +0000

HAH I got you beat.. 5 children all with measles mumps and chicken pox all at the same time, house quarantined from the City of Regina, no one in no one out, dad working out of town in Edmonton, middle of winter, washer AND dryer broken, children not believing in going to sleep all at same time, bathing children in calamaine baths, washing sheets in bathtub and hanging over all the doors to dry, cleaning vomit off floors, beds, siblings hair from the projectile from their bed mate, off the couch, out of the tub, off the St. Bernard dog who insisted on sleeping in the kids rooms… yup them were the good old days of my 22nd year of age.

You have to love kids thats for sure hehehehe

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:31:14 +0000

well i was out of it.

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:23:57 +0000

Yes.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 20:11:30 +0000

Nikki

Oh my. Yes, I will remember this family when we have bouts of sickness. yikes, poor parents.

Kim, you did?

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:31:41 +0000

…”slightly anxiety-ridden hour in recent memory”

Tell me about it. I brought my cell phone to bed. Just in case.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 19:00:04 +0000

…which begs the question,”How can a single woman be expected to *properly* care for nine children?”

Am I completely nuts or does this sound like a bit much for any one person?

The Thunderstorms:
We were watching the TV last night and the emergency broadcast system kicked in and told us about a storm warning with possible funnel clouds forming North of Del Bonita.

Well needless to say, I was outside immediately and looking South for some sort of sign.

In the next 5 minutes, clouds rolled in, lighting began, and we were treated to the most amazingly loud, bright, slightly anxiety-ridden hour in recent memory.

In the end, no funnel clouds around us and very little hail – all praise be to Allah. :)

By: Nikki Workman

Nikki Workman — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 17:27:30 +0000

Here’s hoping you get a full nights sleep soon and the children feel better!

In Calgary, we had a family with 9 kids in our ward. Apparantley, the kids ran the gauntlet of illnesses for 2 weeks straight. Dad (who is a fireman and was working most of this time) but mostly Mom, were run ragged. She was so exhausted and sleep deprived at the end of these two weeks she was admitted to the hospital for a 4 night stay! Whenever I’m up in the middle of the night with my sick daughter, I’m reminded : it could be worse!

By: Kim Siever

Kim Siever — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:38:02 +0000

I probably would have enjoyed it more if it wasn’t 1:30 in the morning and I had the day off.

The thunder and lightning lasted 30 minutes straight, but 30 minutes straight twice.

By: Mary Siever

Mary Siever — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:34:59 +0000

I love storms. However I do NOT love storms when they are directly thundering over my head (lightening I don’t mind) and I have to be up at 5 am, after cleaning up from a 5 year old sick boy. Joy.

Well, he’s fine right now, we will see tonight. He is great during the day and then after bed well, not so great.

By: Mike Peterson

Mike Peterson — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:19:29 +0000

That storm last night was AWESOME. The most fun I’ve had watching the weather in a long time. The thunder and lighting was pretty much constant for about 30 minutes straight.

Too bad about the boy. Hope he gets better soon.