Fifi took 10 years off my life

Posted on September 2nd, 2010 in Fifi, Hospital by jolenecmom

Fifi and I were watching Oprah early Tuesday evening when she fell off the couch onto a pile of blankets and towels. She was non responsive and gasping for air. I got the fright of my life, I’d never seen a convulsion like that (my kids have all had convulsions with eyes rolling back and shaking, never like this) and I panicked. The convulsion lasted about 3-4 minutes and our neighbour came over to help with her as I didn’t know what to do. Thank the good Lord that our neighbours were home and rushed over to help as soon as Noo called. I really thought that we were going to loose her. Our neighbour’s wife rushed us to Wilgeheuwel Hospital (which is 5 minutes away) and stayed with me until Papa Steve arrived about 15 minutes later. We were lucky enough that their son was home and offered to stay with the boys until my FIL arrived. We are really lucky that we have such wonderful people next door. They even sent dinner over for the boys ♥

When we got to the hospital they saw us immediately and stabilised Fifi. She had a temperature of 39*C and was given a suppository immediately. She had fallen asleep in the car and I couldn’t wake her. When they did the light on the pupil test, her eyes didn’t dilate, but as soon as they wanted to check her ears she screamed blue murder, she doesn’t like people touching her ears. That was the first sign that she was becoming coherent. They sent out down for a CT scan to check for possible brain damage and a chest x-ray to eliminate fluid on the lungs. Both scans were clear!!!

They wanted to admit her and we were informed that we have to abide to visiting times and won’t be allowed to sleep over. We were not going to have that and she was transferred to Olivedale Clinic. When we got there, we found out that the transfer wasn’t done correctly and they had to do all the tests and examinations again. Wilgeheuwel never transferred us, they discharged Fifi without following the correct procedures.

Papa Steve spent the night with Fifi in hospital so I could spend the day with her on Wednesday if she wasn’t discharged in the morning.

When I got there on Wednesday morning, the Paed was there to see her. She was fine, like nothing had happened He checked her over and said she has a viral infection which probably caused the fever and the febrile (fever) convulsion. He says there is no physical signs of head trauma, so she probably had a convulsion which caused the fall. She was discharged immediately and was running around the house like a mad thing as soon as we got home.

Thank you everyone for all the prayers and messages on Facebook, I truely appreciate it.

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Monster Munchies #4

Posted on August 27th, 2010 in Monster Munchies by jolenecmom

Ack its very late this week, I apologise *blush*

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Our Meal Planner

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Last week I Featured the Another Lunch Blog and decided to try out making Bento Boxes. Here are my first attempts:

Monday
Safari dried fruit bits, Cupcake, Pasta and mince with Lion & Sun cheese and Provitas with Lion cheese slices

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Our lion shaped cheese made with my animal cookie cutters

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Tuesday
Provitas with mouse cheese, Pie and Rice with Horse cheese and Chocolate Pudding with a sweet puff pastry horse

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Wednesday
Our lunch for today is a little different than planned.
Provitas with cheese slices, Chicken Mayonnaise toasted sandwiches with sweet puff pastry horse and trail mix

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The Snacks
Mini Marie Biscuits and Cheerios

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Noo’s juice bottle

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Koko and Fifi’s juice bottles

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Thursday
Today I took the kidlets out for Lunch :) Here is Papa Steve’s work lunch :)
Meatie Macaroni and Cheese, Sour Cream and Chive mini rice crackers and Strawberry Yoghurt

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Friday
No packed lunches today, the kids and I were out for the day, we had lunch with friends.

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Cherry on Top award

Posted on August 26th, 2010 in blog award by jolenecmom

Monsters Ed
1. Thank the person who gave you this award:

Thank you Elizabeth from Creative Learning Fun for giving me this lovely award.

Check out her wonderful printables. We just love them here and use them often during our lessons.

2. Copy the award and put it on your blog:

Done and dusted.

4. Post a picture you love:

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5. Pass this award on to 5 of the sweetest bloggers:

a) Wayzley Academy
b) Alston Academy
c) Stay at Home Librarian
d) Live, Laugh, Love
e) Our Many Beautiful Blessings

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I won!!! I won!!!

Posted on August 23rd, 2010 in Giveaways by jolenecmom

SpellQuizzer

My friend Julia over at Live Laugh Love hosted a SpellQuizzer giveaway a little while ago and I won!!!

I’ve downloaded and registered the software. I can’t wait for the kids to go to bed so I can start putting our lists in.

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Lesson Plans 23 August - 27 August 2010

Posted on August 22nd, 2010 in Homeschool, Noo, Planning by jolenecmom

Lesson Plans 23 August - 27 August 2010

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Story Starters - My first stories

Posted on August 22nd, 2010 in Homeschool, Language Arts, Noo by jolenecmom

Language arts

~Noo is currently in Grade 2~

LITTLE GREEN RIDING HOOD

By Noo

Once upon a time there was a little duck called Little green Riding Hood. One day, Little went to rabbit’s house with a basket full of food. “Be careful of the Big, Bad troll,” Mother said. On the way, little met Big. “I would like to eat Little green Riding Hood,” thought Big. And away Big ran.

When Little got to the house, Little saw Big in disguise. “My, what big feet you have,” Little said. “The better to draw you with, my dear,” said Big. Then Big tore off the disguise and chased Little around the room. Little cried so loud, a dog came in and chased Big out the door.

And Little lived happily ever after.

The End

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Read all of Noo’s Story Starter Stories here:
1: A STRANGE MORNING & THE SECRET HIDING PLACE
2: I FOUND A SPACE ALIEN
3: IF I WERE AN ANIMAL

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Monster Munchies ~ Bento box supplies

Posted on August 22nd, 2010 in Monster Munchies by jolenecmom

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Seeing as I have decided to start doing Bento Box style lunches (see this post, I decided that I would go through what I have and then decide what will be used to make our lunches. I want to start building up my Bento Box tools, so I’ve added what I want to our Wish List

Our Bento Supplies

I have a box of 100 cookie cutters in all different shapes and sizes, I’ve decided that I’ll have a theme for each week. These are the different themes

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Animals

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Sports

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Spring/Summer

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Transport: Air

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Transport: Road

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Transport: Rail

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Figures

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Flag & 4 Leaf Clover (Irish?)

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Alphabet

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Dinosaurs

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Shapes

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Shapes: Miscellaneous

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Numbers

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Winter/Christmas

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Halloween

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USA

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Preschool ~ Letter Ff

Posted on August 22nd, 2010 in Koko, LOTW F, Letter of the Week, Preschool corner, Tag Along School by jolenecmom

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Tiny Tag AlongsPreschool CornerLetter of the week
~Koko is 40 months old~

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This week we worked on “F for Fish” from the Letter of the Week Curriculum. This curriculum is a huge hit here! I’m keeping all the laminated goodies for Fifi when she’s old enough.

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These activities come from Creative Learning Fun. She has the cutest freebies and also has kits available at her Etsy Store

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Mini Box Day!!!

Posted on August 20th, 2010 in box day by jolenecmom

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I ordered some school books and they arrived today *WOOT*

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A Menagerie of Animals: Illustrated Collective Nouns of Animals - I thought this looked cute when a friend recommended it, its a lovely addition to our growing library.

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The Handmade Alphabet - Noo has been asking to learn sign language, I thought this would be a good place to start
“Presents the handshape for each letter of the American manual alphabet accompanied by an object whose name begins with that letter.”

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Baby and Toddler Learning Fun: 50 Interactive and Developmental Activities to Enjoy with Your Child - I’m forever running out of ideas for Koko and Fifi, I’m hoping this is going to help
“More than 50 interactive, innovative play ideas for parents to use with children from 0 to 3 years old that foster early learning, from an education expert. It’s never too early to share the joy of learning with a child! Sally Goldberg gives parents the tools to provide such rewarding experiences in an organized, fun way with this special book.”

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Monster Munchies #3

Posted on August 20th, 2010 in Monster Munchies by jolenecmom

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As part of the lunches for the Kidlets I have 1 juice and 1 water bottle each that are in the fridge for them. Their water bottle gets replenished as they finish it, but they are only allowed one bottle of juice a day.

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Monday
Strawberries, Spanich, Sweet Carrots, Rice with Gravy and Pork Roll Roast and Orange Jelly

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Tuesday
Strawberries, Monster Pie and Rice with Gravy and a Banana Fritter

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How cute are these little pies, I took a big flower cookie cutter put the pie filling in the middle then folded it in half and use a heart cookie cutter to make it extra special

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Wednesday
On Tusday night Noo requested spaghetti, it tastes 100 x better than it looks, LOL. So in our lunchbox today we have blue and yellow banana cupcakes, blue spaghetti and mince (ground beef) and greengage jelly covered apple slices

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A closeup of the spaghetti

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Thursday
Dried Cranberries, Fish Fingers with Toast and Lichi Jelly

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Friday
Pumpkin Fritters, Boerewors (traditional South African sausage) Stew

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Next week I’m going to have a go at making my family Bento Boxes and see how that works out for us. I’m quiet excited to get started.

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