| ~As Good As It Gets~ |
Summer timeTime is flying by. Its summer time and Kids are out of school. Let's see... since I updated this blog... lots has happened, but at the same time, nothing. haha My routine is pretty much always the same, all the while there is something new going on everyday. At the end of the day, i wonder where it all went! The kids have been enjoying their summer. I hope so anyway. I didnt get to do one hair close to all the activities these kids get to do! I hear the usual "i am bored" whenever we are not doing something "special", and that is starting to irritate me. They have no ideas how good they got it. All i do, I do it with all my heart and i love seeing my children happy, but they also have to learn that sometimes, a good day is simply chilling with your family.
Jay got us a Hammac. He knew i always dreamed of having one of those... as silly as it sounds!! He installed it without me knowing than called me in the backyard :) this thing is soooo comfortable!! I have tried to lay down in it and read a book... but its just something i find practically impossible with the kids running around. So i wait at night to go relax in it. ![]() You wouldnt know that since i sat down to write this entry, i got up from my chair 5 times and its been 50 mins. That's a long time to write this little amount. haha Now, Angelina just spilled a bunch of yogurt on herself, so she tells me very seriously "mom, now i really need a bath" haha Hmm K! We'll see how much i can write until i hear "mommmmm i want to get outttttt" :) awww she is calling me now... "mommmmm come here" Alright... had to turn the running water off.. Good idea haha She usually does it by herself, but for some reason couldnt this time. Where were we? Hammac... ok so yes, its nice! hahaha I thought it was such a nice gesture from my hubby. A nice surprise on a regular day!! Oh, he turned 49 ! His best friend and I took him out to a very nice area of the city. i think its officially my favorite part of town now. Its beautiful and simple! Not the fancy beautiful (dont like that) just.. the perfect place to walk around. We had dinner , so yummy, than we played pool. We had a wonderful night. I got him some very good headphones, a gift certificate to Sears so he can buy either electronics, games or music or clothes or tools hahaha and i got him a Xbox 360 game: Call of Duty 4. It's difficult for me to buy him things because 1)i dont have money and 2) i am never sure how much we can afford at the moment. I know he really enjoyed his whole birthday and that is all that matters. We all had a fantastic time. I suck at pools but laughing at myself is my favorite hobby so its perfect haha That is what my sister and I do when we get together. We laugh so hard at each other trying to hit those balls... My problem is that i end up forgeting which one is mine, and i even mislead our friend telling him his were the stripes one while they were mine, and he got in 3-4 of mine before i realised he was hitting mine. Well, he still won. hahaha It is suppose to storm today. I love it. I am afraid of tornados.. but i always loved thunderstorm in NB. Its just when i moved here that i realise that here, they meant possibility of tornadoes. Jay really had to calm me down the first time i heard that siren, because i thought it meant a tornado WAS coming. I never get franctic or hysteric, just not me, but I was obviously terrorised. Ah! now, i still get very nervous when i see we are on tornado watch... but i still enjoy the sound of thunder and lighting. Rain? i love rain. It never bothers me. Of course its not fun when i just straithened my hair (wrong spelling i know) but who cares if my hair is silky smooth or curly? I usually dont. hahaha i tell myself at least i have the advantage of having it both ways, right? We found a new church. I absolutely love it. The kids love it too. Here is the link : RiverHills Christian Church If you know me you know how challenging my spiritual journey has been in the past few years. Yet, God has always been more than important to me. Nicholas is in Mississipi for a month with my mother in law. I think its going to be good for him... to keep out of trouble. He is turning 16 tomorow!! So we got him his birthday before he left. I know he'll have a nice birthday with mother in law tomorow so I am not worried. Here is a picture he took yesterday while over there. ![]() Oh and no, it CANT be a beer! Nana sure would make sure this doesnt happen! Root beer? ice tea? but not a beer haha
He is so tall.. I personally hope he is done growing. haha He is at least 6'2 now. Seriously, my strongest, deepest desire for him is to live a life that reflect all his potential, to be truly happy with himself and the ones he loves, and to simply have no doubts that they love him back. Sebastien is doing good too. He is our "thinker". He loves to spend time by himself, yet he loves his friends too. Zachary on the other hand, cannot stand to be my himself. at all. and i mean at all! He HAS to have someone to play with. He is such a boy. He is learning to live with his short term memory and CAPD. I noticed he gives himself some tricks to remember things much more often than he used to. ![]() ![]() Angelina, well she is still the princess haha To my amazement, as much as her brothers treat her like the queen and she has it all made, she is an amazing little girl. This child is so.... understanding! That's the best word i can find right now. Of course she gets upset at certain things, but normally, she is extremelly patient, obedient and just... good! She knows where everything is and take care of her things so so well.. more than anybody else in the house. Except me of course , but i am a mom it doesnt count haha
![]() Those pictures were all taken at my girlfriend private pool. We had a wonderful time. We spent a whole afternoon there. She took those pictures :) Here are some more before i change subject haha
![]() ![]() Like i said earlier, I have been very busy with the kids. I am the type of mom who welcomes any kids that wants to play, any time. Well almost anytime. However, i never turn any kids away if they show up by mystery. haha I think the most I had in my house at one time was 12. Well not counting the crazy birthday party i gave the boys: ![]() yes, that was pretty intense. But i knew that once they both invited all the friends they wanted to invite, they would realise to themselve that having lots of friends over meant no room to move and a very VERY noisy time. After everybody was gone, they said "thanks mom, but next time, can we only invite a few?" haha some of these kids were out of control!!
So, here is what our group looks most of the time: ![]() Now who is left to talk about... hmmmm me? hahaha Me, well i am not of fan of talking of me. haha Nothing is new. Same old s0ame old me. Even the fact that i cannot find a bra that fit is no news. OH i know what is new!! i bought myself a pair of big sunglasses for 4.99$. hahaha i even hesitated because i hate spending money on myself. But hey, any girls want some big sunglasses. Not the kind that makes you look like a bug, of course. But these:
![]() The view with these on is amazing. I love it haha now i need contact lenses to wear underneath them. I still love my prescription sunglasses my dear husband made sure i got, but those are the "chilling dont need to see far" sunglasses hahaha I was just leaving with the kids to go to my friend's pool.
Here again after pool time. 4 hours later. Yes, its the same hair. I dont straithten them that very often. Usually only on a special occasion, because i think it looks better and i loveeee having soft hair haha ![]() Sorry about the boobs, they try to talk sometimes. but its kinda hard to hide them in a bathing suit... They are kinda loud, even with a turtle neck on. Plus if you are reading this, you are either my sister, my mom , my cousin or my closest friend, so my boobs are no surprise. That's the greatness of a private blog hahahaha Here is O naturel as i call it. Usually what i look like. I only Paint my face when i go out. haha ![]() Awww Angelina just gave me a peach. How sweet! Mmm talking of food, I finally made those Pot Stickers I have been wanting to try forever. I am really happy how they turned out and will be making them often! I love cooking new things. My mom is a chef so I am not scared of cooking anything. I think the only things I cant cook properly is fish. I dont know why!!! I cant grill it in a pan. I have to grill it in the oven. some fish are so good grilled in a pan haha i just cant do it! So my fish is usually pretty bland and i have to serve it with Frish's tartar sauce hahahaha Ahh i am still loving the bread machine Jay got me for christmas. It use to take me 12 hours in all to make homemade bread. This one take 3 hours. Homemade is not that hard once you know how, but it take a long time for it to kneed, than rise, than kneed again. You have to kneed this for 45 mins straight. Let's just say that my hand musles are strong since i was making bread since i was 12. haha Talking about muscles. I still work out. Like always. Its usually the only time i get to myself unless the kids are asleep. There is nothing better than a Gym that has a child care service. I need to do more cardio if i want to loose some weight. I am so muscular and find it hard to loose weight. At 150 pounds, i KNOW there has to have some fat in my body. Come on! just getting down to 140 right now woudl make me happy. I changed my 130 pounds goal. It's just not happening no matter what I do! So 140 it is. Size 6 maybe. Ahhh dont be upset with me... i know you get tired of hearing me talk about weight. I just cant accept this 150 number. I am not a slim woman.. yet, i touch myself (hey that sounds perverted hahahahhaa) I mean i ... feel to find my flab... and i cant grab any. On my sides i do a little. I do 300 crunches a day, so i know that if there is some flab there, only cardio will melt it off. hahaha But my body has never been in a better shape than since i liftt weight. I cannot wait to become a certified personal trainer. My dream is to be a trainer, than specialised in sport medecine. Its basically to know what certain people with challenges can and cant do as for as training, and help them acheive the best shape possible in their conditions. That is something i know i'll do. the dream is to be a paramedic on the side. The type of paramedic that volunteers, but you have to live in a small town for that. Medicine will never leave me. I love it. and I have no regrets to have put it behind to raise children, but the desire to be part of it will never leave me. ![]() This used to be my dream. To become a midwife. I love love babies. After giving birth, and loosing, 2 of my babies, the whole birth experience became so... simple to me. I didnt care about no pain anymore, there is no pain compared to giving birth only to give death. Giving birth 2 months early is what killed my babies. So its the birth of death. I just wanted women to know that this birth experience is not painful... its pure joy and as physically hurtful as it can be, there is no other pain on earth that can be this rewarding. There is just none. And i wanted to become part of that...
SO, maybe i can become a doula too, someday :) I think i have enough experience to be a good birthing coach. hahaha Alright enough about babies!!! I have lots of work to do~ I want to clean the basement today and donate a lot of the kids toys. The only toys i am going to buy from now on are the ones that i know the kids really enjoy. Any child has 1 or 2 activities they absolutely enjoy and only expanding their collection makes them happy. Zac is army and car. Seb is challenging stuff like build your own rocket, lina is babies and barbies, and nick, well, games. So why buy them a bunch of stuff!!! just keep expending the collection you know they enjoy!!! Ok, Off to work. Tuns of laundry too! We'll see if i can do a good clean up today. Its hard to keep the house nice and pretty when i spend the day playing/occupying them. Because taking care of the children is my first job after all! I will let you go with our latest pictures: ![]() ![]() Here is what i found one morning when i came downstairs. Of couse, she asked me if she could "do my makeup too" and of course i said yes. The funny thing is I totally forgot about this, and i went on with my day.. and i went to talk to some neigbhors... That's totally so me. haha
![]() ![]() ![]() Arent they precious! I love the "are they all yours?" comments i get. haha Here we were, making homemade cinnamon rolls! It was good to teach the kids to be patient to eat the goods, because they take 2.5 hours with rising dough time and they loved to kneed their dough! ![]() ![]() ![]() Here is Angelina with Tinkerbelle having a "fever nap". She was sick and fell asleep on the couch. Yes, it is a tattoo on her cheek. haha ![]() enjoying ice cream haha ![]() Sebastien in a kayak!! ![]() Zachary doing what he loves!!! ![]() Angelina doing what she loves too haha ![]() Angelina needs big sunglasses too ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sebastien with my friend M's glasses ![]() This is what i call my "french nose shot" hahaha Oh and see, French women DO shave their armpit. hahahaha i have had people ask me if i shave my armpits after they hear im french.... LOL All i can say is : Ewwwww ![]() So, dear friends, enjoy your day. If it stinks, always remember maybe its just the smell of your own nose. Stop and smell the rose and the littlest happiness instead. Find your hammac and relax, whatever your "hammac" is.
And most of all: SMILE ![]() 09:08 - Saturday, June 28, 2008 - post comment
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