Tonight when I came down from putting Lyra to bed the phone started ringing, I was still on the stairs and Ace was next to the phone.

She shouted "OH NO MOMMY," and picked it up off the charger, but the phone continued to ring.

"Aisy," I said. "Can you take the phone to someone?" It rings a second time

"Mommy! Mommy! Oh no, Mommy!"

"Aislyn, can you answer the phone?"

A glimmer of hope shines in her blue eyes, she smiles a crazed smile and starts pressing buttons. "Mommy!" She shouts gleefully. "Mommy! Phone, Mommy!" The phone rings again but is cut off by another button as she runs to the kitchen. "Ka-kew!" she proclaims to her Grandmother. "Ka-kew, Ka-kew, Ka-kew!" she thrusts the phone into my mothers waiting hand.

Whoever was on the other end was very confused.

We were away while we settled in and visited with Daddy on his vacation, and since vacation has been over and the settling is done here is a recap.

Our flight went amazingly well compared to previous attempts. We flew Porter out of Ottawa, I was previously a huge fan of west jet but lately their prices are no better then Air Canada, and they no longer fly direct to Halifax, also last time we flew with them the flight staff left something to be desired. By which I mean we waited for over an hour to get our wings de-iced and the flight attendants continued to insist that Ace be buckled in even though she was in a full out screaming panic. However we flew Porter home in the spring and the flight staff brought Aislyn little "gifts" from the pilot (a signed postcard thing and a sticker) and bribed her with a cookie to not scream during take off.

Her only problem is with the seat belt. This time I brought a bunch of bags of mini oreos and that worked for take off. Then since it was an empty flight (there were like 15 people) the girls got to move around and sit in different seats, they seat belted their daddy dolls, and colored and watched movies on my iPod. Landing was a little rough, Ace didn't want to sit in her seat and then Lyra climbed off my lap while Ace was flailing and ended up kicked in the face but one of the flight attendants helped me calm her down (she was too smart for the bribe this time). The flight staff was awesome with not getting on my case while I was trying to calm her down and strap her in while wrestling another kid on my lap.

We've had visits from Daddy, from all our aunties and uncles and even honorary ones. So far so good on a great visit.

To Whom it May Concern,

The whiny 3 year old in my bed watching He-man and She-ra better be back to her normal happy self tomorrow morning. I will only accept this unexplained whiny, sobbing, mess of a child I've had for the last 3 days if she is an angel on the air plane tomorrow, I require no fighting of the seat belt or tantrums about wearing it that involve biting hitting and ear shattering screams. If my demands are not met I will be seeing who ever is in charge and we will be getting our old personality back, you will reinstall it for free and so help me if she malfunctions again I may have to seek a refund.

Thanks