Welcome To My World

This post is a wee bit over due

2012-01-30T07:49:00.008-05:00

Welcome to the world little baby Felix Victor Couturier. Felix is the son of Jamie & Lindsay (Denis cousin Jamie and his wonderful wife) He was born on Friday January 20th 2012. Felix was 3 days early from his due date. He is the sweetest little baby. Him and I already have a bond. He likes to pee on me and I let him (hahaha) Everyone in this house just loves him to pieces and will always love him. Justin has a new best friend. This is the first little baby Justin has been around and he is just in aw with Felix. He held him and kissed and loves to look at the pictures of Felix over and over again. So cute. They will be great friends. Here are some pics of Felix on his birthday and 1 week later. Just so sweet :)

Here is Felix at 1 week old:

I can't wait to see this little guy again soon. I know he will grow fast, so I want to get my baby fix while I can. Next thing you know he will be turning 3 (just like Justin) time sure does fly.

Happy New Year and Happy Birthday

2012-01-08T10:22:00.005-05:00

Hello, Happy New Year to you all. Sorry I have not updated in a while but I have been down and out. I have been sick for a while now, with what I thought was just a bad cold. Turns out I have a lung infection. Yeah me!! NOT!! I am on antibiotics and starting to feel better.

My 1st born baby boy Andrew had a birthday on the 2nd. He turned 18. Can you believe it?? I sure can't. I do not feel old enough to have an 18 year old kid. We had a great birthday celebration. 25 of us all attended an Ottawa Senators hockey game. What a wonderful time we had. Here is a list off all who attended: Denis, Johanne, Andrew, Dillan, Justin, Cassie, Aunti Danielle, Uncle Gilles, Jacob, Sebastien, Isabelle, uncle Peter, Trevor, Gregg, Wyatt, Dave, Jordan, Shayne, Shawn, Augustina, David, Matt, Ty, Adam, Aatik. It was a great game. The Sens won in overtime with Andrew's fav. player of all time Allfredson. What a great way to spend a birthday with your friends and family and the best player scoring the winning goal, can't get much better than that.

This was Justin's 1st Sens game, the highlight for him was meeting Sparacat. He was so excited.

Here are a few pics from a little celebration that we had the night before with Aunti Carrie Lynn, Uncle Mike, Cassie, Grandma, Uncle Mich, Aunti Stacey & Sadie. They could not attend the game so we had them over for pizza and cake. It was great. Thanks for helping celebrate my boys or shall I now say (my not so little) man's 18th birthday.

Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year

2011-12-26T22:57:00.009-05:00

This Christmas has been so much fun. Justin is at the perfect age. Everything is just so magical and everything makes him so happy. It warms my heart just to see the twinkle in his eye. He is a happy kid most of the time and is so easily pleased. he has been very spoiled by everyone (as always) and I thank everyone for making his Christmas so special. he woke up this morning asking if Santa came again. He had asked the same thing about Halloween. he had so much fun that he wants to do it all over again the next day. hahaha....here are some pics from the last few days :Enjoy!

Justin's new horsey, we called him Butterscotch :) he makes noise and moves his head and tail, it's so cute. Grandpa gave this to Justin.

Playing his Katar (as he calls a guitar) while riding his new horse

Andrew gave Justin a Sparticat, it is taller than him when up straight

Dillan got Justin this car carrier, it's the same one Dillan had when he was little (of course we didn't keep it) so when Dill saw it, he really wanted to get it for Justin, Justin loves it as much as Dillan did :)

Justin's fire truck puzzle
Andrew opening one of his gifts
Dillan opening one of his gifts
Angry bird shirt
Justin loves presents :)
Gifts from Santa
My Mom & Memere
Great Grandpa, Dillan, Justin & Brandy
Justin's new hat he also has mitts to match
Justin got an Elmo scooter (he is a little short for it right now, I thought it was ajustable :(
Dillan all set for Snowboarding, he loves snowboarding very much
Grandma, Andrew, Cassie, Grandpa getting their Christmas dinner
Mike eating his dinner.
The cutest little moneky ever

Justin also got his own shopping cart, he loves it so much.

My Kiddies of the week Christmas Party

2011-12-23T09:06:00.008-05:00

It's been a while since my last post, I apologize, it's just been a rough month for me. There has been alot of tears and alot of stuff to do. Anyone who knows me knows Christmas is MY FAVORITE time of the year but it is also a sad time of year for me. With my Dad in heaven this time of year is hard. He loved Christmas so much and loved watching the kids at Christmas. I know he is still watching them and all of us from Heaven but the part that makes me mad, is I cant see him. Also the passing of my dear Pepere, it's been 5 years already. It's a strange feeling, it's been 5 years which sounds like a long time but at the same time, it feels like he has been gone forever. I miss him so much too. He loves Christmas as well. We have so many fond memories of Christmas long ago. I can still remember all the years we went to Cornwall for Christmas. I miss those days. Memere has been coming to Ottawa for Christmas these past 5 years and I LOVE that. I could not imagine Memere not being there at Christmas. I can't wait to see her on Christmas Day.

On Wednesday we had our little Christmas Party. I took 2 days off before Christmas and am feeling great about it. It's giving me the chance to get some wrapping done, some shopping done and baking done. Thank goodness, as there is just so much to do. I am not sure how to explain what I am feeling this Christmas, I feel extremely organized but at the same time I feel like I still have so much to do. I dont know why because it's almost all done...it feels weird.

Back to our party. The kids were so very happy. We had a pj day and it turns out that it was a snow day that day which turned out perfect because it gave us alot more time to do stuff. With Mackenzie in school 1/2 days it's hard to cram everything in a 1/2 day. It was more relaxed and fun. The kids had presents. I love seeing the smiles and giggles from kids when they open gifts. They were so excited. I also love to watch the kids and see how they are excited when the other kids open gifts from them. They love they have for each other, even if it's only for a few minutes till they are back at the fighting again. The joys of being a child. Here are so pics for our party:
Mackenzie opening her gifts (Mike watching and smiling )

Ryan opening his gifts

Mike opening his gifts

Jordan opening her gifts (it's so nice to shop and wrap girls toys)

Justin opening his gift from Mackenzie, Jordan Ryan & Mike

Strawberry Shortcake, they still smell like they did when we were kids, so nice (memories)

Justin playing with his new toys
Mackenzie with her new toys
Jordan with her new toys
Playing together
Mike & Ryan love their new trucks
Such great smiles

Mackenzie, Ryan, Jordan & Mike
Our Christmas Green scrambled eggs....the kids loved it, except for Ryan, now way was he putting that in his mouth :) It was funny
our star pancakes were a big hit too :)
Mackenzie decorating her reindeer cupcakes
They are so cute :)
Great job Mackenzie :) She loves to help me bake. If only we had more time to do it.

Merry Christmas to my Kiddies of the week. Hope Santa is good to you and don't forget to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus on Christmas morning. See you next year! haha!!

His very own Baby Jesus

2011-12-02T21:42:00.004-05:00

Justin loves to play with my Precious Moments Nativity set. It is just one of those mini one's but oh so precious to me and I am afraid he is gonna break something. So I went out to buy Justin his very own Baby Jesus. I bought him the Fisher Price Nativity set. He loves it very much and I do too. It will be so fun bringing it out every year for him to play with. He is very proud of his own Baby Jesus. It lights up and plays music too. Here are a few pics of him playing with it.

I've got the spirit

2011-11-27T18:23:00.004-05:00

Of Christmas in my heart & home. I started to decorate for Christmas yesterday, I am almost done just a few other little things to do. Here are a few pics of my decorations. I am sooooooo in LOVE with my tree this year :)
My Pride and Joy, the best Nativity ever :)
My Newest additions my Scentsy warmer with Christmas Balls that have a spot on top for a t-light (these are from Party Lite and my little glitter tree from Pier One that I bought last year after Christmas.
My other pride and Joy, My Mickey & Minnie and my Precious Moments Nativity.

My t-light snowglobe and Santa cookie jar from my Aunt Eva (last Christmas)
My tree in the day light
My Stair way
My new tree topper, I made it :)
My tree in the dark
Stay tuned this week for more pics.

It's begining to look alot like Christmas

2011-11-23T08:05:00.003-05:00

The first snow of the season is upon us. Justin is outside as we speak. He woke up and wanted to go out right now! He still has not even had his breakfast :) fun times. Kids love the snow :) I do have to say so myself, it does look nice. Not nice enough to stay till April :( Please Lord, give us a short winter season, end of January would be nice!

Yeah Santa

2011-11-20T21:02:00.005-05:00

Today Justin finally smiled for a picture with Santa. He still did not want to sit on his knee or beside him on his chair but that's ok, as long as we could get a nice picture. The elves that were helping Santa, were amazing. They interact alot with the kids. I have never see this before. It sure is nice to see. One elf brought over a present for Justin to sit on to take his picture. He loved that idea. I thought to myself oh great he is gonna want to leave with this present but nope, he did great. I love the picture alot, I'm sure you will too :)

After seeing Santa Justin got to go to Build a Bear. That place is so much fun. You sure can get carried away. I knew that going in there so we stuck to the basics. He made a penguin from Happy Feet. He had so much fun. This is such a wonderful place to bring the kids, if you have not already, trust me the joy in their faces and magic in their eyes, is all worth it. Here are some pics.
Justin picking his Happy Feet penguin
Showing Mommy the one he wants to make

Helping the lady stuff his penguin
Good job buddy

He is about to put a heart into his penguin
washing his new little buddy
Brushing him too:)

If you want to go to Build a Bear, go to the website and print off a 25% off coupon :) We did and it made buying this little guy alot easier :)

You better watch out, you better not cry,

2011-11-15T08:40:00.008-05:00

you better not SCREAM I'm telling you why! Santa Claus is coming to town. Justin went to his first Santa Claus Parade. He was so excited. Thank goodness he had nothing to compare it to because it was NOT one of the best parades I have even been to. It was ok, good enough for now but I would like to bring him to a real parade. This one was more about advertising than the Christmas joy and spirit. The best part to Justin was the candy, the dogs, the candy, Sparticat, the candy and Santa, did I mention the candy! He was so excited that he was getting candy and candy canes. Now I cant go in any store without him screaming candy canes. That is also one of the word changes in the song from Pout to scream. He has been on this scream kick lately and it's driving me absolutely crazy! That is all I hear all day and now night too. The little boys I watch scream ALOT!!! and Justin is doing it now to. I really don't know what to do about it. If something doesn't change real soon I may just run away!! LOL..... no really!! If anyone has any pointers please point them my way. Here are some pics of the Santa Claus parade.
Justin waiting for the parade to begin
Justin & Dillan
A Polar Bear :)
High Five!

Do you see what Justin sees
The PoPo as he calls them :)

Justin said those horses smell like poop

Max Keeping :) I love him!
Sparta Cat....love him too :)

look at the puppies
If we only knew what they were saying to each other :)
Nice looking fire men....collecting money in their boots
Keep Christ in Christmas :)

The Jolly old man himself
It was nice he had a microphone and was talking to the kids individually, they felt like he was talking to them personally, it was nice.
What a way to ride :)
Merry Christmas Santa Claus :)

Justin's Little Friend

2011-11-01T19:40:00.003-04:00

Justin has a little friend who lives a few doors down from us. Her name is Brooke. She is the cutest little curly blond haired little girl on the planet. Justin loves Brooke very much. He always says let go outside and play with Brooke, I want to play with HER. I think they will be good friends. Brooke was born in January and Justin in March, so they are only a couple of months apart. Here is a couple of pictures of Justin & Brooke last night while trick or treating. Thank you very much to Brooke's Mom Krista for taking the pictures. I wish I would have had my camera on me last night. Too much to think about yesterday, my mind was overloaded.

Halloween Party and Night

2011-11-01T10:12:00.012-04:00

We had a wonderful Halloween Party on Friday with my kiddies of the week. I think everyone had a great time. Here are some pics from that day.
Our Yummy Cup Cakes

Our lights & our decorations

Our Cookies
My Little Monkey Ryan

My scary little Dragon Michael

My Sweet Little Strawberry Mackenzie

My Pink little butterfly Jordan

The whole gang

Mommy's little monster Justin

Sunday we decided to finally carve our pumpkins, Justin was so excited until we opened it he said "Oh my goodness that's disgusting" I thought he was gonna puke. It was funny.

Here is the finished product of our pumpkins, it was fun.
Andrew was spider man and Justin a monster

Here is Andrew & Justin with the Hommer Simpson stuffy. Andrew said he bought it for Justin but I think Andrew likes it more :)

1 already!!

2011-10-25T07:41:00.003-04:00

Today is the 1st Birthday of a cute little boy named Jannick. He is my cousin Nicolien's (in Holland)son. Jannick we hope you have a wonderful 1st Birthday. Hope you have a great day. Sending all our Love from Canada. xxooxxoo

This is a picture of Jannick with his Oma :)

A little red head, finally!!!!

2011-10-23T09:57:00.007-04:00

Justin was so dirty yesterday, he had to have a bath before supper. He loved it though. He was in the big tub all by himself. I didn't get any pics of him in the tub but after he got out. He likes when I comb his hair into what we call "crazy hair". These pics are of him in the bathroom, so the lighting there is not so great. He looks like he has red hair in these pics. I'll take it when I can get it. 3 kids later and not one with red hair. This is as close as I'm gonna get???

Here is a cute picture of Justin with his Caillou. He loves Caillou. I am so glad this is the one show that he really loves and still loves. Thank goodness Barney did not last long.

Oh The joys of Fall and Halloween

2011-10-15T20:29:00.006-04:00

Fall as you know is my favorite season after the Christmas season haha. The cool crisp air, the wonderful colors of the trees and the wonderful decorations. I love to decorate for fall and Justin seems to like it to, especially the pumpkins. Today we bought our pumpkins and a few cute Halloween decorations for inside the house. Here are just a few of the cute pics I took today.

Going Dutch

2011-10-03T09:37:00.005-04:00

Justin really loves to play with his (hand me downs) wooden shoes from Holland. These were Andrews when he was a baby. His Oma & Opa brought them back from Holland. he wore them and Dillan wore them now Justin. They just played with them in the house, I don't want them to get ruined.

Justin also got some slippers that look like wooden shoes from my Aunt Bouktje, Uncle Harry & Cousin Nicolien when Justin was in my tummy. They were here for a trip to Canada. It was great to see them, we are soon due for another visit :) The slippers finally fit him now :) He likes them very much.

Yesterday was a great day for Justin, he got some new clothes for this fall/winter. He loves his new monster shirt. he is so proud of it. He is going to be a monster for Halloween so his shirt is perfect for him. He is finally co-operating with me for pictures, he smiles most of the time.

One Scary Monster

2011-09-19T08:04:00.002-04:00

Justin loves to be a monster any chance he can get. He loves to go rrrroooooaaaaarrrrr and scare you. He will hide and jump our to scare you all the time. We started reading books about Halloween and talking about it alot. This year will be fun and he understands what it is all about. He said he wanted to be a monster for Halloween. So the hunt was on. I didn't not want to pay $50.00 for a costume. We found the perfect one on line but it was 50 bucks that I did not want to spend. The cheaper one's were made out of fabric as thin as paper. Not good, especially for Canada. Our Halloweens are usually so cold. Last year we made a snowman with a pumpkin head. That's how cold it was. So we needed something warm. We found the perfect costume at Old Navy. They didn't have our size (of course) so I was disappointed. Denis said lets try on the 4/5 size. Justin is still wearing 18 month old jeans and 12 month old shorts so ya right this was not going to fit. Low and behold it is not bad. All I need to do is tack the pants so they are not so long and a little around the waste. It gives him enough room to put a coat underneath and warm pants. He is so happy with his monster costume, and Mommy is happy because we can use it for the next couple of years or even skip a year and wear something else and then back to the monster costume the next year. Well worth the $25.00 for sure. Isn't he just so cute. Monsters are supposed to be scary but this monster, Mommy's little monster is do cute :)

The many First (s) of Life

2011-09-06T08:13:00.006-04:00

Today is the first day of Andrew's last year in school. It feels like yesterday that he was born. He was the light of my life, my little boy.....I can still hear him calling me Mommy. It is a great time in his life but a sad time for me. He is so grown up now. All I got from him as he walked out the door was a goodbye and a hand shake, no kisses for his Mommy :( It makes me sad that he is all grown up but I am proud and happy of the young man he has become.

I can't forget about my Dilly. Dillan is starting grade 9 today, also a big milestone. 1st Day of High School. He is really looking forward to going back to school. It is going to be different for him today as well. I hope he enjoys it as much as he thinks he will. Hope my boys both have a great day and a year filled with everything they hope for and more.

Of course my boys are always so happy to have pictures taken. If they would just do a good picture the first time then we would be done with it but NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!! If they would just smile like their little brother :) Things would be so good.

bees bees everywhere

2011-08-26T12:54:00.003-04:00

This year is the year for bees and wasps and other flying things that I HATE!! We had a wasp nest under our back deck which we managed to get rid of. This past week Denis and the boys were at war with the bees under our front step. This was a big problem as we can not move the step to get at them. They were killing them left right and center. Sparing raid and finally filling the underneath with that expanding foam. Tonight they will seal with cement and hopefully that will be all. Here are a few pics, it's been a funny yet scary week.
If they just made a home somewhere else they would still be alive

from tenis rackets to badminton rackets to hockey sticks
2 by 4's and baseball bats, anything they needed to kill kill kill

Fall is comming

2011-08-26T08:31:00.002-04:00

Fall is almost here, it is my favorite time of the year. The only thing I dont like about it is that it doesnt last long enough. This is my all year long kind of weather. I love everything about it. The colors are amazing. I am putting my blog background to a Fall theme a littl early in hopes that it sticks around for a while, a long while :) Hope you enjoy Fall as much as I do.

Goodbye after all these years.......

2011-08-25T08:17:00.005-04:00

That's what she will be saying today. Aunt Eva is retiring after all these years from being a loving, warm hearted care giver for so many wonderful kids. Her door was always open to anyone who needed daycare better yet, a warm hug, compassion, smiles, loving playtime, many outings to the parks, dedication, story time, craft time, the wonderful lunches & snacks. She was a second mother to so many kids. She was so thoughtful and kind. She always had the warmest heart. She was their home away from home. She always give so much of herself to others. There was always kids in her home from before and after school to summers and holidays, the house was always jam packed but everything was always so organized and the kids were always happy. She would never have it any other way. Every kid wanted to go to Eva's.
I just wanted you to know that she has touched so many lives over the years made a little place in each child heart so filled with love and laughter. I hope that she enjoys her time in the years ahead to enjoy herself, her family and to think of herself for a while.
Aunt Eva, you will be missed by all the kids and families but the memories they have with you will always keep a smile on their faces. You have done your duty, you have done your time, now it's time for YOU :) It's great to see someone as deserving as you retire. Make sure you work just as hard at relaxing as you have at taking care of everyone else.

Enjoy your many new adventures.
Love & Hugs xxooxxoo

Cars for boys

2011-08-22T21:38:00.006-04:00

Last Tuesday we took the boys to Karters Korner, a go kart place. It is definitely a boys place. They loved it. Justin unfortunately was to small to ride the kiddie karts so he had to go on a big go kart with Daddy. It was not so fun for him. The smallest helmet was way to big and they would not let him wear his bike helmet. So with the roughness of the karts his helmet was rattly and he could not see half the time. Daddy took him around 3 times and said no more. Once they pulled in to stop he said "My go again", that's how he pronounces himself "MY". It's so cute. We didn't let him go anymore as he looked so uncomfortable but he said he liked it, despite how he looked. The big boys had more fun. Here are some pics from that day:
Dillan
Justin and his big helmet
Daddy & Justin
Can I ever get a nice picture
Without the sarcasm
Justin enjoying running around, this kid loves to run
Getting ready for the ride
I wish I knew what Justin was thinking at that moment

AndrewReach for the stars

Dillan waving to Justin
I remember when Andrew was as small as Justin, it feels like yesterday. Justin is Andrews Mini Me

Trip to Parc Omega

2011-08-22T08:12:00.012-04:00

We had a wonderful holiday last week. Too bad it had to end. Wouldn't it be nice if we could just have a holiday everyday! NOT!! It was nice but it is also nick to get back to normal. On Monday last week we went to Parc Omega. It is in Montebello Quebec. A beauty place in deed. They have a saying "A MOMENT OF HAPPINESS IN AN OASIS OF NATURE" it is most definitely that. Justin was in heaven, the only problem is that now he thinks he can touch every animal he sees. He had a wonderful time feeding the different deer we saw. He loved it. Here are alot of pictures in particular order.

Denis, Justin, Andrew, Dillan & Grandma

My 3 Boys

If you ever have the chanc eto go, it's a wonderful park. You can drive around and the animals come right to your car to get fed. We bought carrots and took them with us but you can also buy them there (not expensive at all) There are also lots of wonderful paths for walking where some deer come right up to you to be pet. It was alot of fun, a cheap trip only about 1 hour away from home. Would do it again in a heart beat, maybe the fall next time when the leaves are all turing color, that would be beautiful to see.

Family Time at Calypso

2011-08-14T17:34:00.008-04:00

As promised here are some pic from our Family trip to Calypso. I must report I will NEVER use one of those disposable waterproof cameras again, they are the worst quality pics ever. I scanned the pics that I had developed. I will try in the next little while to scan the negatives to see if they turn out better. I was very disappointed. Today I went out and bought a small 12MP waterproof digital camera. Can't wait to try it out. I so wanna go back to Calypso just to try it :) Here are the pics but please know they are not that great.
Justin hugging the water snake

Daddy & Justin, you cant see them too well but it's them :)
Justin on the kiddie slide
Seby trying to look at Aunti Jo, it was so sunny!
Part of the gang, Gilles, Seby, Andrew, Cassie, Carrie Lynn, Grandma, Alex, Justin & Daddy.....missing, Me, Dillan & Jacob
Seby going down the slide, Ready Set, Go!

Cassie
Andrew pretending to pee on Cassie
Denis <3
The gang in the lazy river
Denis again <3 my LOVE :)
Grandma & Carrie Lynn
the gang
Daddy & Justin in the wave pool
Justin & Daddy
Cassie Alex & Justin
Seby & Daddy
Cassie & Justin
Well we sure did have a wonderful time. I can't wait to go back again and stay longer this time :)

Holiday time

2011-08-11T17:33:00.004-04:00

I am so excited to be on holidays again, this time I am determined NOT to be sick this time. I will do everything in my power to do what I can do to not be sick. Yesterday it was raining and the most beautiful rainbow appeared. This was Justin's first rainbow that he can actually know what it is and remember it. I said it was the perfect start to a perfect holiday (fingers crossed)

Justin was enjoying having some of his toys up in our living room today. We usually leave them in the basement due to fighting with the kids of the week :) Somethings are just better left in the basement. You can only take so much crying and fighting. The older kids usually play with them in the basement.

Well more to come over the next week, as we hope to do more stuff with the kids before school is back on. We are heading to Calypso (voted WORLDS best water park) on Saturday. Unfortunately I wont be bringing my camera. I would like to buy some of those throw away jobbies (disposable one's) if they even make those anymore?? The kids want me to get one of those waterproof one, we will see what I can find. So stay tuned :)

Happy Birthday to my sweet little Jordan

2011-08-10T13:22:00.006-04:00

Tomorrow is Jordan's 3rd Birthday. My kiddies of the week are on holidays starting tomorrow so we had our little birthday celebration today. I can't believe Jordan is 3 already. She is growing up into the sweetest little girl. School next year, wow time flies. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and I hope you have fun on Saturday at your party. Sorry we wont be able to make it. I think she enjoyed her gifts she got. I know she loved her cupcakes :) They sure looked good.

Happy 3rd Birthday Jordan, we love you.

Had to share this email I got today, Love it!

2011-08-08T09:19:00.001-04:00

AIN'T

He was just a little boy,
On a week's first day.
Wandering home from Bible school
And dawdling on the way.

He scuffed his shoes into the grass;
He even found a caterpillar.
He found a fluffy milkweed pod
And blew out all the 'filler.'

A bird's nest in a tree overhead,
So wisely placed up high.
Was just another wonder
That caught his eager eye.

A neighbor watched his zigzag course
And hailed him from the lawn;
Then he asked him where he'd been that day
And what was going on.

"I've been to Bible School ,"
He said and turned a piece of sod.
He picked up a wiggly worm replying,
'I've learned a lot about God.'

"M'm, very fine way," the neighbor said,
"for a boy to spend his time.
If you'll tell me where God is,
I'll give you a brand new dime."

Quick as a flash the answer came!
Nor were his accents faint.
"I'll give you a dollar, Mister,
If you can tell me where God AIN'T."

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil......it has no point.

A Very Special Birthday

2011-08-07T09:25:00.003-04:00

Today I would like to wish a very special young woman a very Happy Sweet 16 Birthday. I have known this person and her amazing family since she was 4. We are so fortunate and blessed to have such a wonderful family as our dear friends. This little girl was always such a happy little girl, always smiling. Today she has become a very beautiful, talented, strong and happy young woman did I mention BEAUTIFUL :)

Teresa we would love to wish you a Very Happy Birthday. We hope your day is filled with happiness and love. We hope your year is filled with all your wishes and dreams come true.
Have a great day!!

summer, summer, summer time

2011-08-02T22:09:00.004-04:00

The kids are having a fun summer. The heat doesn't bother them one bit. I on the other hand have found it so so hot, too hot! Here are some pictures of them enjoying the summer heat....if I could run around in a bathing suit like them maybe I would enjoy it more.

So today is the first time we had turned the AC off. The windows are open and it couldn't be more perfect. If the rest of summer is anything like today, I will be a happy gal.But something tells me it's not gonna happen. We can only hope.

StoryLand

2011-07-15T14:37:00.019-04:00

When we were kids our parents took us to a place called Story Land. Its an amusement type park with a theme of Mother Goose type stories. Three Little Pigs, Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, I guess its more rimes than stories. Anyhow we took Andrew and Dillan years ago and yesterday we took Justin there. He had so much fun. It's in a small town about an hour away from home. We were there for 3 hours. Justin had the run of the place the whole time and just loved it. He couldn't hurt anything (but himself) and he could just run run run. He loves to run. He was so happy that he didn't have to hold anyone's hand. He was FREE :) The place is really run down and I think it's still the same from when we were 5. It could use some tlc and some soap and water. All in all we had a great time. I think it's just the Mom in me that thinks things could be cleaned up a little bit. The older boys laughed and kept saying how do you know these stories or rimes. I guess kids these days have other stories and rimes to hear but it brought memories back for us. Here are some pics from yesterday:
Story Land Rabbit

If only Justin would have saluted
mmmmm.....cookies
there were lots of these little guys around the park, Justin loved them
Cinderella's pumpkin carrage

This still baffles me....what does this have anything to do with kids stories??? But being boys they wanted to do pictures with this.

One of the 3 little pigs
There were so many chipmunks in the park

feeding the animals....the best part
donkey....yeeeeeeawwwwww
getting ready for a boat ride
donkey.....Justin loved them :)
The goat wanted to play on Andrew's phone too

safety first
Justin going on a boat with Daddy
Andrew & Dillan on the other boat

There was an old lady who lived in a shoe......can 1 more little kid be too much?
rock climbing
pink elephant????
Hugging a little dutch girl

kisses too

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall with his friends
wwwwwweeeeeeeee
monkies in the making

Run run as fast as you can, you can't catch me......
water break!
spider.....oohhhhh spider
Andrew going down a slide that was CLOSED!
boys just have to break the rules
but he did have fun :)
Big show off...........
Hansle & Gretle
Does not want to be in jail

Riding a mouse
A boat ride, this was his first ride, all by himself, he did great, he loved it.`1

What a HAM :)

Then he rode a car all by himself. Mommy wanted to cry....he loved it and again was so proud of himself.

Jump Jump Jump

Dancing to the beat of his own drum....dancing away with no music on it was funny....

Hole in one.......
two.....
three.......
FOUR :)
just keep swimming.........
enjoying the pool at home, cooling down after a long day of walking, those little legs have miles on them now :)

post 2 of the day :)

2011-07-08T19:08:00.008-04:00

It's me again :) I have more to post and have the time to do it now so why not? We have a new Splash Park or as some say Splash Pad near our place. Justin calls it the Water park. It is so much fun. With everyone being sick this week we didn't have much time to go but he has been twice now and he loves it. I like it much better than a pool. It's alot safer and he can do what he wants at his own pace. Also I dont have to go in with him :) Here are a few pics, they will not be the last as we plan to sped more time there next week :)

Brandy also enjoyed the water this week. She had a bath outside with cold water from the hose. Mean or what! She was crying a little. It was sad but funny.

This is how I feel, so sleepy and tired. I have had more sleep this week than I have all last month. I still feel like a lump on a log. The more sleep you have, the more tired you feel. When will I feel better, when I start back to work, please no!!

It's been a while....

2011-07-08T11:40:00.021-04:00

It's been a while since I have posted. So sorry just have been busy and fighting a darn cold in the middle of a heat wave summer, go figure! I wanted to post about Justin and his new bed. Well he was sleeping in it for a couple nights, then Daddy was on nights and Mommy was sick so he just spent a week back i my bed. I had no energy to get up every couple of hours so it was just easier this way. Now he is sick so it will be a few more days in our bed but he does love it. He is proud of his new bed. Especially when his brothers climb in with him. Here is him & Dillan sleeping in Justin's bed.

Dillan always wanted his own car bed, well ow he can share with his brother Justin.

My niece Cassie graduated from high school last week. I cant believe it. She is so grown up, it makes me feel old. I remember the day she was born, it felt like yesterday. She asked me if I could be her photographer for her prom night. I was so honored ad said of course. I didn't go to my prom so it was such a blast for me too. I took over 230 pictures. They turned out wonderfully. I am going to post a lot of them here. Sorry if you get sick of them, I love them and she was so happy about them as well. I know there a few of you that will be happy to see some of them. Enjoy :)

Carrie Lynn (my sister in law, Cassie's Mom) doig Cassie's hair for prom. She had the nicest hair of any of the girls all evening.

also make up :)

Alex (Cassie's Boy fried) and his Mom Barb

Gorgeous girl eh! I am so proud to be her Aunti :)

Alex, Maralne (my mother in law) Cassie, Carrie Lynn & Barb

Alex and Cassie and their friends had 2 limo's

Cassie & Rachel
One group of friends, I dont know all of them

inside the limo

A couple of days later we all gathered for a graduation dinner for Cassie & Alex. There were alot of people there from both sides of their families. It was nice to see everyone again after all these years and to meet some new faces. I also would like to congratulate Cassie on a job well done, she got a bersary for $500.00 tomwards her schooling. Great job Cassie. Here are some pics for the grad dinner:
Shawna (Cassie's step mom) Cassie and her Dad Mike
Papa Cassie & Nana (those are her dad's parents)
Alex and his Dad (I dont remember his name)
Dillan & Grandma
Antoine Cassie & Louise these are Mike's (cassie step dad's) Parents
Alex, Cassie& their little buddy Justin :)
Monique, Reannen (sorry dont know how to spell it) Jim, Ty & Cassie (this is cassie's step dad Mike, his siter and her husband and their kids)
Mike (Cassie's step dad) Cassie & Carrie Lynn
Mike & Cassie

Cassie's Papa (always having a grand ole time)
Alex's Mom Barb, Alex Cassie & Barb's Partner Maggie
Rolly (Denis Dad) Denis, Carrie Lynn, & Marlane
cassie's Dad Mike and Step dad Mike with Cassie's Boy friend Alex.....their are keepig you close by Alex, watch out ;)
Grandpa Cassie& Grandma
We also celebrated Canada Day & Dillan's birthday o the 1st. We had a low key day. The first in 14 years. It was kinda nice to not worry about everything this day. It's always so busy for me. We went out for dinner and the over to our local park for the firworks. It was nice. My sister and her gang joined us at the park. Everyone had a great time.
Dillan skipping rocks
Daddy Dillan & Justin trowing rocks in the water
Seba & Dillan
Isabelle :)
Uncle Mike & Justin eating chips and dippies
Dillan & Andrew
Daddy, Justin & Seba
Grandma
Isabelle
Seba
Justin, eating his 1st cotton candy, he loved it but I would not let him touch it :) messy messy

Diallan & Isabelle
Seba & Dillan

Justin killig some time while we wait for it to get dark.

The whole gang waiting for the fire works to start, it was a great day / night! Thanks Everyone :)

Just singing in the rain……

2011-06-26T08:32:00.003-04:00

What a glorious feelin'…………..I'm happy again……..That’s how Justin felt while playing out in the down pours that we have been having all week. He just loves it when Daddy says “Justin wanna go play out in the rain” This time I actually got out there to, under my umbrella ella ellla (LOL) to take the pictures. Can’t get my baby wet. Hahaha.

Sorry for not posting much lately, we have been busy but with nothing to report. This week is super busy, lots going on. My niece Cassie is graduating high school this week, Dillan is graduating grade 8 this week, Dillan's birthday is coming up on Friday. So much to do, so much to report. Then I will be on holidays for 2 weeks. We plan to do stuff around Ottawa, so I will have lots to post in the next little while, so check back often. For now, enjoy your summer :)

Almost A Perfect Day

2011-06-14T09:41:00.005-04:00

Have you ever just sat there, blocked everything around you out and just looked at our wonderful world. The blue skies with the fluffiest white clouds, the sun, the cool but comforting wind. The green grass and trees that blow in the wind. This morning was one of those moments for me. I didn’t hear the kids laughing and playing while waiting for the bus, I didn’t hear the cars or buses go by. My mind my spirit my soul was captured by Mother Nature and its beauty. It was the kind of morning that my Dad would love. I could see him sitting on the front step with his coffee, just relaxing. As I looked up at those beautiful clouds I saw the word Hi………I knew at that moment, my Dad was with me. The tears just started flowing. He was watching the same things I was watching. Enjoying it along with me. I wish I could hold his hand and just freeze time at that exact moment. I miss my Dad so much, and some days are just harder than others.Today is “Almost A Perfect Day”, just one thing missing.

Dear Oma

2011-06-07T12:32:00.005-04:00

Happy Birthday Dear Oma. Today is my Mom's 60th birthday. Mom, I wish you the very happiest of birthdays, I love you with all my heart. Hope you have a fantastic day. We can't wait to celebrate with you on Saturday. You are the best Mom & Oma anyone could ask for. We thank the Lord for giving us such a great Mom & Oma. A shout out to my Memere as well, if it were not for you, we wouldnt have My Mom, Thank You :) Mom, Thank you for everything you have done for me and my family. You mean the world to us. Thank you for raising me the way you did, it has made me the person/Mom I am today. I love you. Justin also loves his Oma very much. He has sung you a wonderful rendition of Happy Birthday, to him the song never ends, or shall I say it ends when he says it ends :)

Sorry the quality isnt so good on here, it's much better on our tv :)

Such a trouper

2011-05-27T21:41:00.005-04:00

That's my boy! A trouper. He has been through so much in 3 weeks. It has been the longest 3 weeks ever. He has not played outside in 3 weeks and has not had shoes on in 3 weeks. I am hoping the weather co-operates with us and give us a few non-rain days. He is doing much better. His feet look great. This is his foot at the beginning of healing followed by his feet today. Much better eh!

This picture looks like her is saying, My feet are better, "Thank You Jesus :) God is good ".....now can I go put my shoes on and go for a run :)

They look a little more red tonight than they were this morning but I think that's because he has been playing hard all day with his trucks and trains. He is on his knees as he moved them forward so I think his feet have been rubbing on the carpet a bit to much. But they are still looking good.
The poor little guy still suffers bad from allergies. I know how he feels, it's been a bad season for myself as well. Hopefully it will get better soon.

Life of a 2 Year old

2011-05-23T11:04:00.006-04:00

How rough can a 2 year olds life be? Pretty bad if your name is Justin. With all he has been through in the last 3 weeks....I think I would crawl into a hole and never come out. One good thing is that he got the green light to "No more band aids" Happy happy joy joy. He can not put shoes on yet, play outside, or go swimming for another week at least. That's all fine and dandy with me. We will do whatever it takes to heal those cute little feet. He is happy to be able to wake barefoot, in the house only. If we go out he needs to put socks on. No shoes yet, just socks. His feet are still healing right before our eyes. Everyday looks different to us. Here are his feet on Saturday May 21st

Here is a picture of them today....much better eh! (yes I am Canadian)

So back to the rough life......Justin now suffers from allergies. Poor little guy. He has been having red, itchy eyes and stuffed up nose. Poor little guy. he is now taking Claritin. You should hear him try to breath at night. Its so sad. Here are a couple pics of his eyes, he looks so miserable.

Too top it all off, Justin was running full speed at the same time that Daddy was opening the fridge, he slammed right into it. Big goose egg on his forehead. Please pray the rest of this week is much better. I don't know how much more Mommy & Daddy can take. Justin is gonna be the death of us.

Tulips....a tribute to my Daddy

2011-05-21T13:49:00.004-04:00

In the fall I finally planted tulips in honor of my Dad. I planted a little over 100 of them. They have finally opened up in the past few days and they look absolutely beautiful. There is a small bunch of tulips that my sister brought back from Holland when she was there. They don't seem to be as big as the one's I bought here. Maybe they are just a different kind? I also have a bare spot in my garden, where nothing came up??? Don't know why but the rest make up for the ones that didn't come up. If everything multiplies the next year, wow I will have so many more wonderful flowers. Hope you like them as much as I do :)

This bunch are the tulips from Holland

4 Years ago

2011-05-20T14:20:00.003-04:00

Today 4 years ago The Greatest Man alive was taken from us, way too soon if you ask me. I know the Lord has his plan for each and everyone of us. I know we all have our day when The Lord has other plans for us up in Heaven. I know that and believe that but it still breaks my heart that My Dad had to go. I was not done with him (not that there would ever be a day, haha) but I wanted my boys to grow up with their Opa. They didn't get the chance to spend as much time as I did growing up with such a wonderful person in my life. I am grateful that he did spend time with my boys. They love their Opa so very much. Everyday I keep saying to myself, if Opa was here, he would be having a blast with his boys. I believe everything in life happens for a reason. When I was young and got pregnant at a young age, I believe it was meant to be, there was a reason I was having a baby boy at this stage in my life. I am so grateful that I had my boys at a young age because they got to spend 13 & 10 years with my Dad. Opa was the center of their worlds. They still talk about him all the time and I can see how much they wish he was still here. Andrew went yesterday to apply for his drivers permit. Unfortunately he didn't pass. He missed it by 2 questions. He will try again in a couple of days. It was a stressful day for him (with appointments etc) I don't doubt that he will fail again. My Dad could not wait for Andrew to drive his car. My Mom still has the same car, so I am hopping he will get to drive it soon and make his Opa proud. The one thing that makes me sad is that Justin never got to meet my Dad and my Dad didn't get to hold Justin. I know My Dad is always watching and he will be there for every event my boys have. I just wish he was sitting there with us. I feel in my heart and know in my mind that Justin in his own way knows my Dad and he and my Dad have a special place for each other in their hearts. I find myself saying I wish Opa could see Justin and then I have to shake my head because I know that he is here with us. I just wish we could all give him a big hug. We miss you Dad and love you more each and everyday.

Not much to report

2011-05-18T08:09:00.004-04:00

There is not much to report that is any different. Justin continues to heal nicely, when you look at the pictures look at his foot last Tuesday vs. this Tuesday. What a difference. He is really looking forward to playing outside. the one good thing about all the rain we have been having this week, it's not just his feet keeping him from playing outside, it's the rain. So Mommy gets a break from being the mean Mommy. Mother Nature is the mean Mommy this time :)

Bath/shower time

2011-05-16T21:55:00.003-04:00

So we have not been able to give Justin a bath/shower for the past week. I know you all must be crawling in your skin. Really though, he gets daily bottom cleansing with his diaper wipes, and he has done nothing to make him dirty. We did clean his face and hands etc everyday, he just has not been in the shower/bath until today. We wrapped him in saran wrap, topped off with medical tape (that I stole from the ER, while we were there LOL) then I put each of his feet into a ziplock freezer bag and topped it off with the medical tape. He though it was funny. He was a little bit afraid while in the shower from the water. I guess we should have expected this to happen, hot water on his skin (not burning hot but to him hot is hot!) But all in all it went well. he didn't want to come out of the shower. His feet were a bit wet, how that happened????????? I had him well wrapped. but his bandages were fine, just the bottom of his socks were a bit wet. So again he is healing well. It amazes me each and every day to see the difference. Mommy was a good nurse today :)

A nice day out

2011-05-16T09:07:00.007-04:00

Yesterday (Sunday) we decided we needed to get out. We spent a good chunk of the day, walking around the mall. It was nice. Justin of course was in his stroller. he still can not walk outside of the house. He cant put shoes on yet. He did have a few rides on the machines at the mall. What a rip off those things are. When we were kids it cost us 25 cents for a ride and I remember my parents saying now all the time. It was a rip off then. Now it costs $1.00 thanks to our Canadian 1 dollar coin. If we didn't have that, I'm sure it would not cost $1 to ride them. Oh well. It was worth it to see the happiness Justin was having. After a week of crap!! he deserved a few good rides :) Poor guy. His feet are healing up nicely, slow but nice. They all say he is healing quick, i know it is quick but it just seems long.
Amanda is the nurse that comes to see Justin, she is so nice. So great with him. Justin loves her very much.

We took some nice pictures outside with my tulips. I wish they would last all year long but I know they wont. I just hope they last at least 1 month. They are beautiful for sure.

I have been singing a song to Justin forever, "Jesus loves me". He really likes it. I have been wanting to get him this bear that sings the song ever since he was born but just never did. I think because it's white and we have a black dog. Darn dog hair! The bear sings, moves his head and his mouth moves while it sings. It's so cute. yesterday I was out to get this bear, was not gonna leave without it. Thank goodness they still had them. Grandma wanted to get it for Justin, thanks Grandma. Justin loves it very much. He brings it everywhere even to bed. When we woke him up at 2am to give him his antibiotics he saw his bear and had to hold it and play the music. It was so cute. The song goes like this:

"Jesus loves me! this I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
they are weak but He is strong.

Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so."

Justin got some new clothes yesterday and a couple of new hats. My boys are particular about hats and Denis is as well, so it made it hard to find a hat that everyone likes. None of those silly colorful looking things in our house. There are some really strange looking hats out there. I like these one's and everyone else does as well.

Here are just a few more cute pics I had to share. The nurse has been coming everyday and watched me while I changed Justin's bandages yesterday. So I will be doing them for this week and they will come back on the weekend to check up on him, unless I feel they need to come back before that. Justin is such a good boy, he lets us do what needs to be done, with no crying fussing or moving. He just lays there and lets us do what we need to do. he is such a good boy.

The younger you are.......the better

2011-05-14T19:03:00.002-04:00

They say the younger you are, the faster you recover from illness or damage due to accidents etc. Thank goodness Justin is young, first off, he wont remember the pain he went through and secondly, he seems to be healing quick. The more you move, the more your body gets oxygen. The more oxygen your body gets, the faster your body heals. Trying to keep a 2 year old still is the hardest thing to do. It's great that Justin keeps moving. This is his body's way of doing a speedy recovery. The nurse was here again today and she said he is doing beautifully. I took another picture today to compare and I sure do see a difference. I am so happy he is doing so well. He has not had any pain meds today at all, even during his bandage changing. He did a "super D duper" job. This is one step closer. I am so proud of him. He doesn't fuss or cry when the nurse comes. He lays there and lets her do her job. I hope he is as co-operative when we start changing his bandages ourselves. Wish us luck. Tomorrow the nurse will let us do the changing while she watches us. So hopefully we can do it and the nurse comes once or twice during the week to make sure he is healing well and no infection is showing. Here is a picture to show the progress. i know it looks bad and painful but really it looks good and looks like it's healing well. Here are a couple fun pics we took of Justin today. He is so cute.

Oh how wonderful

2011-05-13T13:47:00.003-04:00

Everyone is always so negative, as I am one of them at times. We always complain about our Health care System and how bad it is. Yes I have to admit it can be so frustrating to have surgeries canceled all the time, unbelievable wait times in the Er, months and months before we get appointments to see specialists etc. We have been waiting now for over 3 months for Andrew to see a neurologist at the Children's hospital (CHEO). I just have to say that this week, I saw first hand that somethings are just so wonderful. The doctors at Queensway have sent a nurse to our home everyday (weekends and holidays included) to help Justin. They are so wonderful with him. Its so much more convenient and so much healthier for them to come to our home than for us to pack up Justin and his big bag of happiness (food, diapers, games, ipod etc etc) and head to the ER everyday to change bandages and clean wounds and check for infection. They come to us. We have had 2 boxes of medical supplies couriered over to our home (same day drop off, no waiting). AMAZING.....this is such a wonderful country that we live in (or shall I say province). There are times when we all could just scream at the top of our lungs and hate but today I am not hating, I am grateful and thankful. I also have to give props to our family doctor (she is ALWAYS)the BEST doctor ever. She was there for me in a panic when we needed a prescription for Justin's miracle cream. This cream is liquid gold, healing powers. It's made from silver. It's called Flamazine......it is the best product to heal burns. It really is a godsent. Our doctor at the time didn't know what had happened to Justin, she didn't get the report yet but did all she could (with my help) to get the report and get a prescription called into the pharmacy....all so quick. Thanks to her Justin is on the road to recovery. He will see a doctor again today (wish us luck) and the nurse will continue to come to our home as long as we need her too. I again am so grateful. Here are a few pics of Justin, being loved by us all. Not that we didn't love him before :)
This is Justin's foot yesterday, 2 days after the last pic of his foot. It was with my camera not an ipod (like the last one)
Mommy & Justin
Dill & Justin playing with Dill's i-pod (Justin's fav. thing)

Daddy & Justin
Today is 1 week since the accident, the LLLLLOOOOONNNNNGGGGGEEEEESSSSSTTTTT week of my life!!! Why can't fun holidays last this long?

Update on my little man

2011-05-10T17:10:00.002-04:00

Poor Justin, like burning his feet are not enough, now it looks like he may be getting infected on one foot. They said it is small but we need to treat it now so it wont get worse. He went back to the ER today to have his dressings changed and they also took some of the skin off that was just hanging there. Poor Little Guy. We took him off the codeine but now that they played with the foot a bit he seems to be sore, so we put him back on. We will have a nurse come to our house tomorrow and Thursday and back to the ER again on Friday. Please pray that the infection goes away quick. He is now on Tylenol, advil, Codeine and antibiotics. I have never seen a kid so little on so many meds at one time. Along with all of this stuff I have the flu. Yes I needed that like a hole in my head. Like I don't have enough to deal with. Please pray everyone is well, real soon. I have attached a pic of Justin's foot...if you have a weak stomach please skip the pic.

What a SHITTY weekend, sorry but thats how I feel

2011-05-08T19:11:00.003-04:00

Friday was one of the worst days of my life. Justin got hurt so badly. I thank the Lord that it was not as bad as it could have been, THANK YOU JESUS!!!!!!!!!! It is so incredibly heartbreaking. Just to see such an active bouncy little guy to just be laying there all drugged up and spaced out. Each day is better. Justin is on tylenol & pure codeine every 4 hours and advil every 6. Tonight will be his last day for codeine (one exception changing of his bandages on Tuesday) It's so sad. If you would have seen him or heard him cry it would have torn your heart apart. It sure did mine.

What happened was, Dill was making KD.....he had to go pee and forgot to close the gate for the kitchen and Justin took the pot of water off the stove. None of us were in there and we didn't know Dillan had left the kitchen. We are assuming he took it off the stove and then dropped it, or tipped it and it started spilling out and then dropped it. It could have been so much worse. It could have spilled over his face and down his chest and legs. THANK GOD, it was only his feet. He has 1st & 2nd degree burns on both feet. It is so awful, blisters from hell and peeled skin. Poor little guy. I wish it were me instead. We went back to the er today to change his dressings, and apparently it looks like it's healing good, Denis said it looked worse to him than Friday, more blisters and bigger one's. They only let 1 parent in today so I let Denis go. I think on top of all this I have the flu and my stomach was not so good, so I didn't want to look at it and feel like I was going to throw up.

So all in all he is doing ok and it could have been way worse I keep telling myself that! Dillan felt so bad, I have never seen him scream and cry like that in my life. I have to keep reminding him accidents happen. Not to be so hard on himself. It is something that will never happen again.

This mothers day was non existant. I feel so bad but I will make up for it another time. I want to wish my Mom and Mother in law and grandmother a very Happy Mothers day. Love you all so very much. We will do what we planned today another day, I promise :)

My Fav. singer of all time......

2011-04-30T18:02:00.003-04:00

Carrie Underwood, she is the best. I love her so so much. She is always so amazing and finally after a week of being on tape, I finally got to watch Country Music's Girls Night Out. It was an amazing show and my girl was the best. She makes me want to cry after she sings. This song was amazing. If you want to hear you will need to pause my music on the left so you can hear the video. She is like I said before AMAZING.....

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Wonderful Weekend

2011-04-28T18:20:00.006-04:00

What a beautiful Easter weekend we had. The weather was wonderful. We spent most of the time outside playing. We played (well the guys did) street hockey & basket ball, we did some park hopping, we went to the farm and blew lots and lots of bubbles. I left Justin with the boys on Sunday so I could go to church. I miss going every week and I think I will start leaving Justin with them so I can go. I wish our church had a daycare so we could attend. Justin just would never last. It was such a wonderful service. The choir was so amazing. I love going to church. Here are some pics from our wonderful wonderful weekend.
Justin climbing the fence at the park
A Family walk, something we love to do, as much as we can. Justin was happy, he got to hold Brandy's leash.
Blue Jays at our tree
Eating from our bird feeder. There are so many wonderful birds at our feeder these days, people are going to start calling us the bird people.
My Easter Tree, cute eh!
The boys playing hockey
Justin climbing at the park
His fav. thing to do at the park, we need one for our lawn....anyone know where we can get one or something similar???

The slide, one of many at this great park!
Justin's Easter treats :)

Justin and his hockey stick
more hockey
and some more :)
Our Internet is a little slow today must be all the storms. I will put the remaining pics up tomorrow. Enjoy what I have up for now :)

Finally.....yes :)

2011-04-11T17:26:00.003-04:00

So we finally have nice weather. Its so warm and everyone is just so happy to be outside. Last night we had a Huge storm. Thunder, lightning, rain, wind....it was a big storm which lasted from about 2am till 6am ish. When we walked to the bus this morning there were worms everywhere. You could not walk 1 foot without stepping on them and with my 4 seater Tain wagon there was no way I could dodge them, so sorry little guys but we couldn't help it. It is extremely windy out all day, everyone's recycle bins and garbage cans were flying across my lawn and beyond my lawn. It's good that I am home all day so once they pick it up I could run out and get our bins before they were gone, its funny watching those who are at work all day run around the street looking for everything. The wind is so strong so I am keeping Justin inside, he would get blown over. The only good thing about the wind is that it's a warm wind, so nice for a change. This week is going to be a mixture of rain and sun and warm temperatures, it's so wonderful. Here are a few pics of Justin ready for the warm weather and the rain too :)

He is so funny. He loves his boots and wears them all the time.
Justin loves to do everything his brothers do. From playing hockey to running to play fighting to playing basketball. The boys took their basketball net out from storage last week and Justin wants to play with them all the time. He is just a little to short, just a little. So we went and bought Justin his own basketball net. He loves it so much. For the time being we are keeping it inside, this way he can play in rain or snow :) We all know how unpredictable Canadian weather is, it may even snow tomorrow (just kidding). Here is Justin playing with his new net. He loves it.

2011-03-30T07:58:00.003-04:00

OK Mother Nature must be busy or on vacation (maybe next time she could wait to go on vacation when we are about 15-20 degrees outside and take a really long vacation then ). I guess she forgot about us here in Ottawa (Canada). It's very cold these days, still below 0 (average of -8). It's almost April, come on! Yesterday we all screamed (not with joy) as we looked out the window and saw that it was snowing. Really almost April and it's still snowing. Thank goodness it didn't stay and it didn't snow for long. I am sooooooooooooooo looking forward to spring. Justin is as well.

COME ON SPRING WE ARE READY FOR YOU :)

Testing Testing 123

2011-03-22T21:28:00.003-04:00

I am just testing out my new signature for my blog :)Hope you all had a great day. Today I had the last 2 of my wisdom teeth taken out, yeah! it's over and done with. It was a strange feeling today. Last time I only had 1 tooth at a time done this time I had 2 done. So my whole face and mouth were so numb and it felt so strange. I could not talk or smile or laugh it was so strange. But its done and over with. The only good thing is I had (thanks to Denis birthday) ice cream cake for breakfast lunch and dinner. Lets hope I can eat real food tomorrow. Also the Tylenol #3's work great :)Sorry for the strange post, as I was saying its just a test :) Good night :)

Justin's Happy Day

2011-03-21T09:10:00.022-04:00

On Saturday Justin turned 2, can you believe it. Time has gone by so fast. He is growing up so fast too. He is such a fun boy keeping us laughing all the time. We had a wonderful birthday party. I have been planning this party for months and everything went well, at least I think it did. I hope everyone had as much fun as we did. Here is a list of all the people that were at the party:

Oma
Grandma
Grandpa
Aunti Carrie Lynn, Uncle Mike, Cassie, Alex and their friend Alex
Aunti Danielle Uncle Gilles, Izzy & Seba
Uncle Mich, Aunti Stacey & Sadie
Leslie, Greg, Brittany & Wyatt
Larry, Tina, Tanya & Tony
Uncle Pete & aunt Ruth
Shannon, Mackenzie & Jordan

Thank you everyone for coming and for the wonderful gifts Justin got. He loves them all.

here are alot of pics that we took, there are alot more but we can only post so many. Enjoy :)
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Mommy Daddy and his brothers got Justin his own lap top
Justin opening presents from Mommy Daddy Andrew & Dillan

Justins Sesame Street decorations

Elmo & Cookie Monster cupcakes that Aunti Carrie Lynn made, they were awesome :)

Can't have cookie monster without cookies :)

Justin opeing gifts from all his friens, he loved them all so very much

Hugs for Dillan
Hugs for Seba
Hugs for Alex
Hugs for Uncle Mike

Hugs for Shannon
Hugs for Jordan
Hugs for Izzy
Hugs for Mackenzie
Hugs for Cassie
Hugs for Alex (the other Alex)
Hugs for Wyatt
Hugs for Brittany
Hugs for Aunti Stacey
Hugs for Uncle Mich
Hugs for Grandpa
Hugs for Sadie
Hugs for Aunti Carrie Lynn
Hugs for Aunt Ruth
Hugs for Grandma
Hugs for Tina
Hugs for Uncle Gilles
Hugs for Aunti Danielle
Hugs for Tony
Hugs for Uncle Pete
Singing Happy Birthday
Hugs for Andrew
Hugs for Oma
Hugs for Larry
Hugs for Tanya
Yummy cup cakes :)

Wyatt, Greg, Leslie
Jordan enjoying her cup cake
Izzy enjoying her cup cake
The kids table......man we need a bigger house

The water bottle labels i made for the party

Cassie & Justin

Justin showing us his new potty from Oma :) he did 3 pee pee`s in it so far, its a start :)
His new bike from Mommy, Daddy Andrew & Dillan and his helmet too, he loves it very much.

We were going to take him for a ride today but guess what! the first day of spring and it`s snowing, gosh darn it. Most of the snow melted and it looked like spring was finally here but now today mroe of the white stuff......bbbbbllllllllaaaaaaaaa,,,,, so so sick of winter, come on mother nature give me a break!

The Count down is on :)

2011-03-05T20:34:00.003-05:00

Justin will be celebrating his 2nd birthday in a couple of weeks. We are officially on a countdown. We are having a Sesame Street themed birthday party. He loves Sesame Street and I figured it would be alot of fun. I have been making some decorations for the past 2-3 months, a little here and a little there. I am happy with what I have done so far, it will be so fun, so cute.

Justin is in love with Caillou. Today we bought him a caillou of his very own. He loves it so much. He is sleeping right now and Caillou is right by his side. He is so proud of his Caillou.

Water Fun

2011-02-21T21:23:00.005-05:00

If the weather outside is frightful, the water inside is delightful :) We had a nice visit with my Mom on Saturday. The kids had fun swimming at the pool in her building. Justin loves swimming :) Two of my sisters kids were there as well, Isabelle & Sebastien. Justin loves to play with his cousins. They too love to go swimming. Here are some pics from our swimming day.

Seba
Izzy getting ready to dive right in
Swim Izzy swim
Justin kept licking his lips, the salt water was interesting to him
Dillan & Justin
Justin sitting on the steps of the pool
Seba, Oma & Izzy
Brothers being brothers, Justin was trying to hit Andrew for bugging Dillan
He just could not keep his tongue in his mouth
Andrew & Justin

If Justin cant be in the pool swimming he likes to think he is swimming in the bath. He always loved his bath since he was born. It used to be the only thing that would calm him down in the evening, he used to have a cranky 2 hour period where nothing would comfort him except the bath. I do not miss those days, well the days I really miss but that cranky period I don't. Here are a few pics of Justin in the bath. Playing and swimming :)
Look it's Nemo, Justin loves Nemo
Splish Splash I am taking a bath

Look at me swim
Do I want to dumb this bucket over my head??

Long Winter Days

2011-02-15T21:01:00.004-05:00

The last few weeks have been the longest weeks of my life. I am so over winter. I am so sick of it. It feels like there is no end in sight. With everyone taking their turns with the stupid flu and the weather being so unpredictable and crazy, it is enough to drive anyone to the mad house. Yesterday morning it was so warm, well warmer than usual, it was 3 degrees out and it was raining. Taking the kids to the bus, we were soaked. The afternoon it started to chill a bit and then it started to snow, by the evening it started to freeze and they called for a flash freeze which left us with -30 this morning. Only in Canada can it go from 3 degrees to -30 in less than 24hours. By Friday they are calling for 10 degrees, please let that be the begging of spring. The kids are all gonna want to run around in shorts. I am so looking forward to it. I know its a few days away and anything can happen but it is something to look forward to :) Here are a few pics of Justin playing out in the snow the other day. He likes the snow but cant walk so well so he doesn't like it that much. If he was a little taller it would be easier.

Let's hope spring is almost here, I don't know how much more I can take. Hope you are all not feeling the winter blues and that you are looking forward to some relief as much as I am.

Monday :(

2011-02-07T13:40:00.003-05:00

I know everyone hates Mondays just as much as I do. If there was no work on Mondays then everyone would hate Tuesdays? We are never happy are we! Speaking of not happy, its snowing again :( When will it ever end? I am so waiting for spring. While Justin was sick last week we all got to watch Toy Story 1, 2 & 3. We know the movies word for word. He love Buzz & Woody. he has a few of the toys from the movie and he is so proud of them. Andrew used to have all of the toys, I guess e should have kept them eh. Here are a few pics of him with Buzz & Woody. So cute :)

Sickies

2011-02-04T21:39:00.004-05:00

This is my poor little boy. The flu bug hit our house this week and it hit us real bad. Denis, Dillan & Justin went through alot this week. Fever, coughing, sneezing, runny nose, congestion, sore joins, shivers, sweats, crankiness and did I mention crankiness. Justin went to the doctors today and left with 2 prescriptions, one for his ear infections, yes both ears and a puffer for bronchial issues. I hope the meds help him. Justin is great when it comes to cleaning his nose. That's one of my BIGGEST pet peeve, a dirty nose. I cant stand seeing kids with a dirty nose. He hates it just as much. I am always cleaning his nose and he lets me. In fact he is always saying Mommy, nose. He wants me to clean it up. The nose sucking machine that I wrote about before is the absolute best purchase I have ever made. I LOVE IT!!! Thank goodness this week is almost done. It was the longest week of my life. My poor daycare kids were home all week with the same thing. They had a rough week to. I am looking forward to having everyone back healthy & happy. Here are a few pics of my poor boy. Doesn't he look awful, that's how he felt.

My poor boy!

Elmo's Green Thumb :) SO MUCH FUN!

2011-01-23T15:34:00.007-05:00

Justin and I got tickets to see Sesame Street Live. It was a great show. So much wonderful music and a great story. here is the story line of the show:

Elmo has raised his sunflower, Sunny, from a seed, but his floral friend has outgrown the flower pot. Elmo and friends find Big Bird’s garden the ideal place for Sunny to flourish and grow but they are too excited to wait. Rather than let Sunny follow nature’s course, Abby Cadabby, Sesame Street’s fairy-in-training, casts a spell to make Sunny grow. The spell does just the opposite and, instead of growing, Elmo and all of his friends shrink! While Abby searches for just the right words to reverse the spell, Elmo, Zoe,Telly and friends explore Big Bird’s garden from a smaller perspective and learn some big lessons about patience, overcoming their fears and appreciating the role that each creature plays in our ecosystem – from dancing ladybugs and beautiful butterflies to grouchy beetles that scavenge the garden floor.

Our seats were a little far but my camera did a pretty good job with the pictures. We have some great memories. I can not wait till they come back again, I will definitely buy tickets, closer up :)

Besides Elmo, can you tell which character is my favorite?

A few more cute pictures of my kiddies :) of the week

2011-01-15T20:16:00.002-05:00

Ryan was a little camera shy but I will get some cute one's next week. The boys are a basket full of smiles, you just look at them give them an eye brow up & down and they smile. Its so cute. I just need to get more shots without them seeing me holding a camera. More cute faces to come :)

Day is Done, Gone the Sun

2011-01-14T19:27:00.003-05:00

Yeah it’s Friday. My first week back to work is over, yeah! After being on and off Mat leave (me and my daycare Mom) for the past 2 years, I started back with all 4 kids on Monday. So with my little guy Justin that makes 5 kids under 5, 4 wearing diapers. Mackenzie is the big sister and Jordan the middle sister and twin boys Ryan & Michael. They are so cute and keep you laughing. They also keep me busy, which is good as my days go by quick that way. I now know how John & Kate plus 8 felt.
Here is a summery of my week:

- Surround sound with tears :(
-25 bottles of milk
-15 diapers per day = 75 diapers for the week (at least ½ of those were poop)
-75-100 baby wipes
-25 cups of yogurt
-10 dirty face clothes
-20 minutes to dress 5 kids, 5 minute walk to the bus stop, 5 minutes to wait for bus and 5 minute walk back home. All with cold faces & 2 little guys crying the whole time. By the time we get back home they are so tired they need a nap :)

Today was day five and I think the boys are gonna like it here? They seem to know that this will be their 2nd home each week, during the day. I just hope the weekend doesn’t set us back at square one.

Justin loves the boys; he calls them babies or boys. Mommy boys cying…it’s funny. He doesn’t like it when they cry. He is a little jealous for sure. He does everything he can to get my attention. All good though, not resentment. He wakes up in the middle of the night saying boys boys boys. He really loves them. They have been good for him too, he is eating really well this week, Go Justin Go. Keep up the good work. He has also been telling me all week when he does a poop in his diaper and says change bum Mommy. If I am busy doing something I will say ok just a minute. Then I will forget and go to sit him down and he says no Mommy poo poo, change bum. It’s a great start to potty train, I am hoping he is just as easy as him brothers were. Some how I doubt he will be :( he does everything they never did and more.

Well I am so looking forward to my weekend off. I need it to clean up, adjust a few things to make my days go a little smoother, you learn as you go :)

Hope you enjoy your weekend as well.

18 years beautiful

2011-01-09T09:50:00.007-05:00

Today is my niece Cassandra's birthday. We all call her Cassie. 18 years ago the cutest most precious little baby girl was born. From the moment I held her I knew she was part of my life forever. I would do anything for her like she was my own little girl. I am so blessed and privileged to know her and be part of her life. I love her with all of my heart. Cassie is full of life, so happy and loving. She is the total package. We have so many wonderful memories with Cassie. I know she has a wonderful life and my wish for her is that the next part of her life is even better. I made a video of pictures of Cassie from her past 18 years. I have synchronized it to 2 perfect songs. One that explains how amazing she is and one letting her know what my wish is for her. Please make sure you pause the blog music on the right side of my blog or you wont be able to hear the music from the video. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I enjoyed making it. Happy Birthday Cassie, my favorite girl (shall I now say young woman) in the whole wide world. I remember the day you were born like it was just yesterday. You are so special to me and always will be. I hope you have a wonderful birthday and many more wonderful birthdays to come. Love you with all of my heart.

Love Aunti Jo

xxooxxoo

Outdoor Fun

2011-01-04T10:10:00.007-05:00

On January 1st we took Justin skating for the first time. He didn't really like it to much but once he learns to skate he will love it. He wants to play hockey with his brothers but he needs to learn to skate first. He really likes skating with his boots and playing at the park more. We are not to worried, it will come, he is not even 2 yet :)

On January 2nd, it was Andrew's 17th birthday. Anyone who knows Andrew, knows he is a comedian. Joke after joke after joke, well this year the joke was on him. We got him a Hannah Montanna cake that said Happy Birthday princess on it. It was soooooo funny. Payback is a b#*$h, isnt it! Hahahah.

We really love when we can get Andrew back. Its all in good fun. Love ya big boy!

My First Born Son

2011-01-02T13:27:00.003-05:00

Today is Andrew's 17th birthday, wow that's making me sound old. I don't feel that old but it sure does sound old. I can not believe he was born 17 years ago, it feel just like yesterday. Happy Birthday Andrew, I hope you have a great day & many, many more Happy Birthdays to come. Love you with all my heart, even though some days you would never think it :)

Oh the joys of Christmas

2010-12-29T22:13:00.017-05:00

So the hustle and bustle is over at least for our house. We don't usually do anything on New Years Eve, so the parties and food are over. I am fine with that. There was way to much food prepared and eaten over a 3 day period. Christmas Eve was our annual Chinese food dinner with My Mom and Denis' Mom & Dad. Its a tradition we have been doing since Andrew was born. We only order Chinese food once a year so its always so good and we all look forward to it very much. After dinner the kids open gifts from the grandparents. Justin had his first taste of gift opening, he loved it :)

Christmas Day was wonderful. Justin had a great time opening gifts and singing Happy Birthday to Baby Jesus :) Over and over and over again, so sweet though.

I bought this at Salem's our Christian store on Merrivale Rd. I love that store so so much. I could go broke just shopping there. This little cupcake plays Happy Birthday while the candle flickers, the best part is that you can actually blow the candle out. Its so cool. I also bought these other decorations the day before Christmas Eve for 1/2 price.

Christmas day was also great, we had wonderful family over to celebrate and have dinner. Everyone had a great time.

Marlane (Denis Mom) My Memere and My Mom & Justin
Denis & Mike
Augustina & Shawn (great couple)
Oma & Justin
Justin got some Walmart money from his Oma, so far we bought this cute chair for him and this flashlight thingy, it spins while the lights shine. He loves them both very much, except that it tips over when he tries to get into it, he is small so its a little hard for him sometimes. But he is so proud of it.

So that's all for now. Tomorrow is Andrew's 17th Birthday, man that sounds old (for me, not him) I will post more tomorrow.