Accepting Change

Well my taking it step by step new found motto is being tested. What was meant to be a nice day with my love ended up being cancelled because of well… life (he had way too much on his plate) but saying I was dumped kind of sounds good. . So here it goes 10 things to do when the day doesn’t go according to plan 1. Call your favorite girls to come to the rescue and help you plan your day so full that you don’t have to face your responsibilities at home ☺ 2. Take a nice looooong walk to your friend’s house because you have no car and you will not stay home. 3. Pick up a diet coke and pomegranate on the way at the grocery store just because you can. 4. Stop to let the unknown husky lick your son all over, and smile at the glow on his face (Joe) even though you wouldn’t let that big furry smelly thing come anywhere near you. 5. Decide to switch you original coffee plans to coffee+ the farm (just because you can). 6. enjoy a beautiful lunch at the farm and even squeeze in some shopping (when will I have enough baskets) 7. Pick up a free coffee on your way to one more store just one more mommy promises.
8. Make a bit more time to go to you’re the nursery to see all their new Christmas stuff and pick up couple new ornament for your tree (that hubby will after question you on??? Aren’t Christmas ornament suppose to be shinny not a solid chunk of wood??? ) Well I like wood + I wasn’t shopping with him ☺ ( shopping with girls does have it's perks.9. Make it back home to realize the cleaning lady never came and then realizing you are the cleaning lady. 10. Just be thankful that even though your plans changed you at least have amazing friends, a beautiful gorgeous sunny day and freedom to plan a great day with your son. there will be an other day to be out with the one I love :)

Just Us!

This morning we're enjoying the warmth of our house, the fireplace I even turned on the heat for the first time ( it's very very cold out there ) french toast, some tea and hot chocolate and I think some afternoon naps for very tired munchkins. A day with no expectations, no plans and each other to be with :) I think it's going to be a good day. Daddy is leaving tomorrow for an other 5 days so we'll enjoy the quiet moments when they come even if they seem fewer and fewer.

Taking it step by step.

Lately I'm trying to take each day as it comes or it all becomes so overwhelming to me. I've been able to find some work in the last month and it has been really good to know that it's not hurting our family time and it's helping with all the extra things that seem to always come up. I feel like the kids at the beach just going from one rock to the next, trying to find a safe dry spot to land. Do you ever wonder why we play that game taking the risk of slipping, getting wet, hurting ourselves I guess the challenge is still worth the risk. Through all of this process I have had to remember to give ALL of my uncertainties and insecurities ( their has been a lot of those) to God and it has been so wonderful to see the ways he has answered our prayers as a family and his faithfulness. Thank you for praying. The walk has been nice so far :) and I feel I have been stretched in good ways.

I've got a secret...

It still doesn't feel like fall, and no one here is complaining!!!

Daddy's day :)

Whishing my daddy a very happy Birthday!

A "not " so good hair day!

Who could resist this boy with the crazy morning hair ( is it time for a haircut you think? ) Begging for a bowl of cucumber at 8:00 in the morning with his shinny necklace really!!! He keeps me smiling.

The Routine

I love finding peace on my bed at night , when my room is clean :), specially if the sun is going down and there's a nice cool breeze. I t 's one of my favorite things to do ( probably because it doesn't happen too often) but it's so good, gives me time to think, refocus. I'm a little bit scared of the fall, scared to get back to the routine , the lunches , finding work, seeing less of everybody. I HATE change even though I know it's good for me and that is how I grow as a person I go into it kicking and screaming and resisting if I can, but the truth is that it's going to happen no matter what. Only couple more days of being home with the kids, of play, of beach , of late night with friends before it all goes back to fall routine, I'm hoping to find joy in my " routine" joy in change, an joy in growth even when it's not always fun, because I know it's good!!!

Perfect chaos!

Enjoying every minute of this month of August. This week it's Ottawa with the kids and my sister. What is better then a messy table with lots of coffee, Ricardo magazines, fruits and yogourt dip and my favorite girl!!!

Missing you so much

It's been a long couple of weeks, trying to find some peace in our lives, times like this I just want to go back to being a little girl and curl up in my mom and dad's arms for comfort, I miss you so much gros bizous

Wishing you all a good day :)

Just when you think...

Just when you think you have said I love you enough, just when you think you have kissed them more times than you can remember. Just when you think that if you squeeze them any harder you will break some bones, Just when you think you have told them so many times how much God loves them... They ask " I'm I special to God even if I have a lazy eye?" My Emma is going through a lot as our next door neighbors are moving this Sunday, she has been crying herself to sleep for the past 3 nights, asking me if we'll be able to have play dates when her friend moves to Greece?. Tonight whe talked for a long time as she sobbed over the lost of a very good friend. Then all the big discussions usually follow because she needs to know she is loved, that it's going to be o.k and that God will provide more friends. But it was so hard to see her just crying out for love when I think " isn't it obvious how much we love you and God loves you" . But no, she wanted to be told again just to feel safe, so I just held my baby and told her over and over what she wanted to hear and kissed her all over until I could see she was at peace, knowing she is special even with her lazy eye.

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.

We're back

Hello everyone, I have been a very boring blogger once again but life has been good. We took off to Florida with the munchkins for about 10 days and had a really good time. The weather was gorgeous the whole time. I love road trips and hope the kids will cherish these times we spend together. Bartley always makes a new road trip CD usually with hits from the 80 the kids think it's soooooo cool. We sing a lot and they watch movies on his laptop, eat lots of junk, play road trip bingo to make the 24 hours or so go by faster. Small price to pay for the difference in price with flying. We went to the beach everyday, and brought enough shells back to start our own little store. We got to go pick oranges which for me was one of my highlights and drink the . We also rented a boat for the better part of a day to go see or more "find" the manatees. We were out on the boat for hours and finally on our way back got to see probably 6 or so of them. I can't believe how fast March is going by. Our Ladies Retreat at church is this week-end so I'm taking off in a couple of hours and will be getting back tomorrow night. And early Tuesday morning Bartley and I take off for San Diego for 8 days for his board meetings+ couple days of fun. Actually ALL fun for me :) I feel very blessed to have my wonderful sister who is willing to come here and keep my 4+ hers to allow her big sister to soak in the sun xox Pay back will come :) So in a couple of weeks I will hopefully be more interesting on my posts but for now I'm just kind of enjoying March and spring to the max and all the blessings.

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