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Still enjoying the babysitter..

Hiring our babysitter is definitely the single most brilliant thing I've ever done in my life. These last few weeks of summer holidays, even with 3 children to worry about, are not even remotely stressful as I've got someone around to help out!

We've also been doing lots - ensuring the boys get some fresh air and exercise every day by going to various parks with friends, or taking trips to fun places.

Tab was in a lovely mood yesterday and I actually braved the supermarket with the 3 of them BY MYSELF. And later took them all to the mall to pick up my rings where they were again really well behaved and it was a breeze! The rings, by the way, are stunning. My engagement ring in it's new setting is absolutely beautiful and I can't stop staring at it! Can't wait to get my eternity ring back on Friday to complete the set :)

Today I have a migraine - blah. Not sure why as I'm off the sugar and off the caffeine....... although I did cheat and have a couple of chocolate chip cookies the day before so maybe that's why.

Another thing to note before I sign off - yesterday I started figuring out how to apply for an American passport for Tabitha. In the UK applying for a passport isn't terribly easy, there's alot of forms, things to be signed by witnesses to your existence, etc. In Canada it's worse again because the law on the photo's is absurd and you try getting an infant to look directly at a camera with both eyes open, mouth closed, and two ears visible. Oh and your witness? has to be of a certain profession and if you're a resident alien in a country where you don't know anyone in one of those professions nor have you lived there long enough for them to sign even if you didn't....... well, you get the point.

I expected applying for an American passport to be more difficult again but it was suprisingly easy. Fill out her name, DOB, SS#, address, and supply a couple of photo's and her birth cert. Easy. The fact that she's sticking out her tongue in the photo and turning her head slightly to one side? Not a problem. Bizarre for a country so security concious.