“Don’t criticize the joy in people“Gabe “Don’t criticize what you’re not doing”Alexandra I have a couple of brilliant children on my hands. We were missing a few people for dinner tonight (minus Rob at a work function and Zach and … Continue reading
The kids carved their pumpkins on Saturday, and the house got decorated. Sam and I made his “Surprise Dinner” on Sunday night: Calamari, honey mustard pork, spinach salad and a yummy “orange and chocolate cake”. He did a great job … Continue reading
We went shopping for Halloween costumes today. Zandra wanted to be an 80’s girl. I was happy I couldn’t even remember what an 80’s girl looked like and had to google it. Did we really wear that?? Anyhow, I thought … Continue reading
I can’t let Thanksgiving go by without sharing some of the things I am grateful for. Today we have no children around. It’s weird being Thanksgiving Sunday and it just being Rob and me. However, we are getting used to … Continue reading
Every year for the past 5 years I have attended the kid’s Cross Country Meet. It is usually a fun day – waiting with them at the start line, giving them pep talks, then cheering them on as they start, … Continue reading
I do love traditions, but I think I have created a monster. Or five of them. Josh is a February baby. For his 8th birthday this past year, he didn’t know what he wanted since we had just had Christmas. … Continue reading
Well the summer is officially over. I know that is the case when we transition from the summer sports to the fall sports. We had a fun summer, with all the kids in soccer. Sam, played on Team Argentina. He … Continue reading
Hard to believe that another year has started! Gabriel has gone off to Grade 8. Alexandra is starting Grade 5. (Check the cutey curls!) Zachary is starting Grade 5. Joshua is starting Grade 3. (I threw in a goofy pic … Continue reading
I got a text the other day from one of my BFF’s who mentioned that she was impressed with the fact that while my boys were away I was taking the time to hang out with my skids. She thought … Continue reading
Zandra and I decided to have “hair day” today. We had been watching some hair tutorials last week and decided we needed to set aside some girl time to figure some new do’s out. Her hair is getting longer again … Continue reading