M is for Monday

M is for my big sister Maggy!




For the first time today Josef called his sister by her name " Maggy" otherwise called " Emma??" for the past year. Now he also calls Emma " Emma" but today all day it was " Maggy" this "Maggy" that, he was really proud of himself. Now he's not stupid because I know he knew who she was but for some unknown reason he enjoyed calling his two sisters by the same name. Until today...

My Mommy Thinks I'm Cute!!!

An amazing week-end of sunshine and heat. We've been taking advantage of the beautiful weather. The kids have enjoyed every minute of the weather outside riding bikes, playing with the hose and water guns, running around the house pretending they're pirates, eating outside, riding their bikes, having friends over. We had a great spontaneous Friday nights with friends and family eating some salmon on the grill and enjoying lemon meringue pie over the counter :) Saturday was a day of tackling the great beast " THE GARAGE" between 6 bikes, wagon, camping gear, 3 recycling bins, 2 garbage cans, golf bags, beach stuff and the list goes on it took a while, but it was fun to get things ready for the summer and feel organized. My body is also dead from biking with my great friend Angie who will bring more pain to my life :) and taking Joe out today while daddy took everyone to Awana. I feel good about the progress done before summer craziness starts but there is much more to do...

( I couldn't resist the pictures of Joe eating his yogurt even if they have nothing to do with my week-end)

Sometimes Overlooked

My Emma's love language is definitely WORDS and TOUCH and just this week she gave me this note that I barely glanced at and she said " I'll put it on the fridge for you". Couple of days after as I was just standing in my kitchen frustrated at something ( can you believe " I " get frustrated?) I saw her note and remember how excited she was to give it to me and my lack of response. I made sure that when she came back from school I told her how she had made my day! It's so easy not pay attention to the zillions of notes and drawing that I get forgetting how their hearts and souls are usually poured in the making of it.

Work in progress!

What is this you ask? Isn't it obvious? It's " A PIECE " of granola bar. When Joe was having his snack this morning I asked him, "could mommy have a piece?" Well very carefully he picks up " A PIECE" that had fallen and hands it over to me all pround of himself :) Sometimes I'm sure that's how I seem to God when he wants to spend time with me and He wants to know He's first. I pick up the leftover from the counter and hand it over to Him. Small lesson learned from my 2 year old today :) Just like Joe has much to learn about generosity and sharing I have so much to learn about some areas of my heart that I keep to myself.

M is for Monday

M is for M'gonna try to make it back to the gym today :). M is for Messy week-end house and Massive load of laundry. M is for Mommy needs a cup of coffee. M is for Missing my morning sunshine and its wonderful heat. M is for Make sure you take some time to enjoy you day!!! M is for my Myriam's last Monday morning at work :)
We miss you Lots. Plein de becs d'amour xoxo

Sorry Angie :(

The background color against my sunset was driving me NUTS, I probably tried 10 or more colors and I'm trying white for a while not that anyone really cares but me but that sunset is so gorgeous and somehow agaist that limmy green it didn't work. Maybe someday I'll figure out this whole blogger HTML :( that's what you get for a free service and then I can add features or maybe I should get typepad just so I can be cooler than Angie. Enough complaining I'm starting to sound discontent. We had one more crazy week-end. Hockey Banquet, outing with friends, first ever Dim Sum after shopping at a chineese market and getting a lesson in what some of our friends favorite foods where. Roller Skating at Skooter's Roller Palace :) what a name ( An other free hockey activity!) My baby roller bladed for the first time and made his mommy so pround. Tomorrow is a new week and I'm hoping to get started a little more rested so I'm off to bed

This and That...

We are back for good! our Month of March is over and busyness has started again, We had an amazing time. spent a week in San Diego for Some meetings that Bartey had followed by 4 days to ourselves. It was chillier than we thought but I can't complain. I think some of my favorite moments are when I get a chance to walk by myself in a town I don't know, new coffee shops, beautiful flowers and bushes everywhere it's good to think, refocus, breath. I am sooooo thankful for my wonderful sister who put up with my munchkins for over a week and blessed us once again with her generosity. We spent a day Tijuana just to say we went. Not quit the same side of Mexico we saw 4 years ago but I love watching people and being reminded of how blessed we are here in Canada. It was overwhelming to see how much we have... so so much. We feasted on coke, coca cola light, peanuts and guavas. Not brave enough to take a chance of being sick. My hubby's
Spanish class ( beginner :) came in handy as we drove around in the local buses and tried to get around but more importantly RETURN to the states. Now we're trying to get back to our routines and looking forward to the nice weather. I'm all excited about spring cleaning and doing some small project around the house, without spending money :) We have been in our home for a year an a half and I still haven't done anything to the kids rooms, actually anywhere upstairs ( my son still has a table cloth, hanging from his window) he said tonight as we talked about doing some stuff to his room. " I look like a cheapo !!!" and it kind of does look weird so I will challenge myself to "try" even if I might fail to accomplish what "I want", to my son anything but a green table cloth will be more than appreciated.


Random thoughts: I want to try cooking an artichokes this month and I was just surfing on a great web page and found this so I will conquer my fears of the unknown and try it not a big challenge but I have never tried them fresh so I'm really excited about that :) And I want to learn how to make authentic salsa, yum, yum. So that's it for today.