We have some breaking news...
Nope... not pregnant! LOL!
Ava has officially given up her bottle. Bedtime and nap time are little touch and go, but mostly peaceful. My little baby is a little girl. AND she pee'd in the potty for the first time too. I have to say this occurrence is few and far between, but she seems to becoming more and more determined about becoming trained. Last night, she came in to the bedroom and said "I poohed." With dirty diaper in one hand and a new one in the other. What a sweetie, eh?!?!?
As for Kynan, his drawings are becoming a lot more clear. I wish I could say he is drawing people, but more so cars with wheels and steering wheels. He is also working on identifying and drawing letters. This has been a long time coming and is usually done with bribery.... yes, I am a fabulous mother. Thank you. LOL.
Anyway, speaking of mothering, I have a mountain of laundry calling my name.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Daydream
What do you find yourself daydreaming about???
I daydream about so many silly things, just to name a few:
1. Fabric. All kinds of funky brightly coloured fabric. I could spend hours in a fabric store.
2. A day to myself to work on my photography. I am no way a professional, but one day I would love to be as good as Janice, Christy, Teena, and Robin.
3. Interior Design. I often find myself piecing together a room in my head. What colours I would use, what textures, any statement pieces. I love HGTV and Home Depot for this reason.
4. Vacations. I dream about vacations with my kids or just with my hubby. Mostly tropical lately because it is SO cold right now. But also all sorts of little places. I think my dream would be to just get in the car, have a final destination in mind, but have fun getting there. You know, stopping at all the little quirky places along the way. We did this once with my Aunt and Grandparents when I was in Grade 7. We went to Tofino, BC. We stopped at some pretty random places, and at one I saw a goat on a roof eating grass. I will never forget and I am pretty sure that was the highlight of that trip.
5. Owning a book store. Have you ever seen You Got Mail, based on the old classic. I love that movie and how it makes me feel and ever since seeing it I wanted to own a book store, with a special kids section.... mmmmm.... just thinking about it.
6. Weddings.... I have been married at least a 50 times..... in my head. I love thinking of different weddings, themes, colours, flowers, favors, cakes, ect, ect, ect.... If I could afford it, I would subscribe to all the wedding magazines.
7. This is a weird one. I sometimes daydream about having like a dozen children, like in the movie 'Cheaper By the Dozen'. I will admit that I may not be the worlds greatest mom, but I have always loved the idea of having a large family.
What do you daydream about?????
I daydream about so many silly things, just to name a few:
1. Fabric. All kinds of funky brightly coloured fabric. I could spend hours in a fabric store.
2. A day to myself to work on my photography. I am no way a professional, but one day I would love to be as good as Janice, Christy, Teena, and Robin.
3. Interior Design. I often find myself piecing together a room in my head. What colours I would use, what textures, any statement pieces. I love HGTV and Home Depot for this reason.
4. Vacations. I dream about vacations with my kids or just with my hubby. Mostly tropical lately because it is SO cold right now. But also all sorts of little places. I think my dream would be to just get in the car, have a final destination in mind, but have fun getting there. You know, stopping at all the little quirky places along the way. We did this once with my Aunt and Grandparents when I was in Grade 7. We went to Tofino, BC. We stopped at some pretty random places, and at one I saw a goat on a roof eating grass. I will never forget and I am pretty sure that was the highlight of that trip.
5. Owning a book store. Have you ever seen You Got Mail, based on the old classic. I love that movie and how it makes me feel and ever since seeing it I wanted to own a book store, with a special kids section.... mmmmm.... just thinking about it.
6. Weddings.... I have been married at least a 50 times..... in my head. I love thinking of different weddings, themes, colours, flowers, favors, cakes, ect, ect, ect.... If I could afford it, I would subscribe to all the wedding magazines.
7. This is a weird one. I sometimes daydream about having like a dozen children, like in the movie 'Cheaper By the Dozen'. I will admit that I may not be the worlds greatest mom, but I have always loved the idea of having a large family.
What do you daydream about?????
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Priceless
I wanted to share this before I forgot....
1. At dinner, Kynan was eating his food and paused to say. "Mmmmmm, mom this is good. I feel better now. I am going to grow bigger, and Bigger, and BIGGER." I then asked him what he is going to be when he grows up.... He pondered it a little and then said, "Oh, maybe I will be too high." What can I say put burst into laughter.
2. If I share a story about Kynan, I should really share a story about Ava. I was crying today (I am pretty emotional) and I was putting Ava's laundry away while she played. She heard me crying and came over gave me a real big hug, kissed me, and then told me "It okay". She continued to rub my back and tell me that over and over until I hugged her back and said thank you. Then she went back to playing dolly. What a heart hey?
I just had to share what wonderful and humorous people my kids are.
1. At dinner, Kynan was eating his food and paused to say. "Mmmmmm, mom this is good. I feel better now. I am going to grow bigger, and Bigger, and BIGGER." I then asked him what he is going to be when he grows up.... He pondered it a little and then said, "Oh, maybe I will be too high." What can I say put burst into laughter.
2. If I share a story about Kynan, I should really share a story about Ava. I was crying today (I am pretty emotional) and I was putting Ava's laundry away while she played. She heard me crying and came over gave me a real big hug, kissed me, and then told me "It okay". She continued to rub my back and tell me that over and over until I hugged her back and said thank you. Then she went back to playing dolly. What a heart hey?
I just had to share what wonderful and humorous people my kids are.
My emotions overcome me and tears creep up in my eyes, as she sings a lullaby to her child. She is sharing her soul through her music, but does she realize how much she has touched me. Her song, her story, her heart.
On Wednesday, we had two ladies come in and share their music with us. It was very touching, but even their stories are miraculous. One lady touched me specifically. She has three boys and her and her family live in a small, northern, native community where there is 80% Unemployment and 80% Substance Abuse. One of those communities I heart alot about working with the Coalition, but never really felt personally touched my. Dara's songs often were inspired by her community and the children who live there. These children, start off with basically no chance to get out or change their surroundings. It is proven that most of these kids will most likely be part of the cycle. But Dara shared that when they moved to this community she had a choice, to close her door and protect her family from this obviously dangerous community. Or to "open her door" and open her heart. She chose the ladder and has since started a bible study for women and helped the youth start a small youth group called Y2Y. She was thinking one afternoon about what prayer request she had for the bible study and she decided to ask the other ladies to pray for her son's potty training as it was not going well. That night came and the ladies shared their requests and when it came to Dara's turn, she wide-eyed said she didn't have a request. She then shared with us that while her concern was relative to her life, the other's put her concerns into perspective. Some of the other requests were; abuse, alcoholic abuse, drugs, eviction, ect.... She shared some of her photos from this small community and these individuals who live in the middle of distress without hope of overcoming it, looked happy... at least for the moment that the picture was taken. As I looked closer there was one commonality in every picture, Dara.
What a strong mom this Dara. I don't know her two ways from Sunday, but I can visually see that God has put a calling on her heart. She is confident, seems to know what her purpose is and what direction she is going. Two of her boys came for the presentation and she seemed to be an excellent mom. It got me thinking about who I am to my children. Am I a strong mom? Do I provide a safe haven for them? Do they feel God's calling in my life? Have I taken the time to ensure that this is so. Do I look to my kids for purpose? Or to my Heavenly Father? These are all questions I asked myself while listening to Dara sing. Pretty powerful music to have such deep questions come to mind.
In the New Year, I wrote a list of things I wanted to do this year. Two of them were volunteer and learn. Last week I joined the Design Committee at church which basically means I am helping host once a week. I get to do some public speaking, spend some time learning about scripture in a small group, and volunteering.... Also, I am enrolling in a photography course in April. This will be my first college class since 2001. I am pretty nervous, but excited to be finally investing in myself for a change. I also looked forward to the fall, and if all goes well, I want to take the 2nd Photography Course and the first of three Interior Design course. I have spent some time creating some new things: bracelets, some earrings, scrapbooking, and quilting.... So I would say I am well on my way this year.... now if I could only shed a few pounds while I was at.
PS: I am wondering if there is anyone out there who still reads my blog. I average about 2 comments per post and I was just wondering if I was writing for myself or if there are others getting anything out of this blog? I like writing, so I will continue either way. I was just curious.
On Wednesday, we had two ladies come in and share their music with us. It was very touching, but even their stories are miraculous. One lady touched me specifically. She has three boys and her and her family live in a small, northern, native community where there is 80% Unemployment and 80% Substance Abuse. One of those communities I heart alot about working with the Coalition, but never really felt personally touched my. Dara's songs often were inspired by her community and the children who live there. These children, start off with basically no chance to get out or change their surroundings. It is proven that most of these kids will most likely be part of the cycle. But Dara shared that when they moved to this community she had a choice, to close her door and protect her family from this obviously dangerous community. Or to "open her door" and open her heart. She chose the ladder and has since started a bible study for women and helped the youth start a small youth group called Y2Y. She was thinking one afternoon about what prayer request she had for the bible study and she decided to ask the other ladies to pray for her son's potty training as it was not going well. That night came and the ladies shared their requests and when it came to Dara's turn, she wide-eyed said she didn't have a request. She then shared with us that while her concern was relative to her life, the other's put her concerns into perspective. Some of the other requests were; abuse, alcoholic abuse, drugs, eviction, ect.... She shared some of her photos from this small community and these individuals who live in the middle of distress without hope of overcoming it, looked happy... at least for the moment that the picture was taken. As I looked closer there was one commonality in every picture, Dara.
What a strong mom this Dara. I don't know her two ways from Sunday, but I can visually see that God has put a calling on her heart. She is confident, seems to know what her purpose is and what direction she is going. Two of her boys came for the presentation and she seemed to be an excellent mom. It got me thinking about who I am to my children. Am I a strong mom? Do I provide a safe haven for them? Do they feel God's calling in my life? Have I taken the time to ensure that this is so. Do I look to my kids for purpose? Or to my Heavenly Father? These are all questions I asked myself while listening to Dara sing. Pretty powerful music to have such deep questions come to mind.
In the New Year, I wrote a list of things I wanted to do this year. Two of them were volunteer and learn. Last week I joined the Design Committee at church which basically means I am helping host once a week. I get to do some public speaking, spend some time learning about scripture in a small group, and volunteering.... Also, I am enrolling in a photography course in April. This will be my first college class since 2001. I am pretty nervous, but excited to be finally investing in myself for a change. I also looked forward to the fall, and if all goes well, I want to take the 2nd Photography Course and the first of three Interior Design course. I have spent some time creating some new things: bracelets, some earrings, scrapbooking, and quilting.... So I would say I am well on my way this year.... now if I could only shed a few pounds while I was at.
PS: I am wondering if there is anyone out there who still reads my blog. I average about 2 comments per post and I was just wondering if I was writing for myself or if there are others getting anything out of this blog? I like writing, so I will continue either way. I was just curious.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Plus ONE!!!!
This has been a fun filled weekend with lots of fun moments. Like the kids in the bath. They love playing together and blowing bubbles.
When mom is away, the kids will play. This is Dana's influence of course, one night while I was out.
We went for a day of taboggoning because the temperature was PLUS ONE!!! That is unheard of in these prairies so we took full advantage. It was SO much fun.
Then I was able to get a little creative while the kids napped. I spent the afternoon creating and working on my scrapbooks. Check out my etsy site for some new creations.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Mommy Diaries: Growth
In November I did a post to the first chapter in this book I am reading with my MOPS group. Today we did a group discussion on Growth (the 2nd Chapter). I actually hadn't read the chapter so I couldn't really relate to where the discussion was going. So I came home, took a bath, and read the 2nd chapter in my book. **Just a side note: I am reading like 4 books. I really am a slow reader, but not that slow.**
Anyway, I really identified with this chapter. It talked about how mothering makes us grow beyond our comfort zones, and stretches us as women. It talked about how God is truly the only one in control of our lives and how we become more of the woman that God wants us to be within the daily adventures of mothering.
In this chapter, one mom shared a story of how her and her daughter went boating one summer and were in the middle of this river. Her daughter and a few other passengers jumped into the cool depths and then looked back to encourage her to do the same. This was apparently out of her zone and she declined. Her daughter begged and pleaded saying that she would like it. But still she refused. She then wrote that combined with the look on her daughters face and the fear of losing that child like play with her children.... she jumped. She said it felt exhilarating and totally worth it. She said from that moment on she made an effort to say "yes" even to things that scare her. Because of her kids, she was pushed beyond her comfort zone and experienced things that she never dreamed she could do.
My own kids have pushed me in many ways. The one that springs to mind immediately is actually unexpected. They have pushed me to just be. In highschool, I was a very busy gal, always on the go. I had an insane schedule filled with sports, volunteering, leadership, and community involvement. I always felt that is who I am, busy. But my kids stretched me in the sense of just stopping and enjoying little pleasures. Like play dough on a cold winter day and how a globby can look like a dinosaur. How swimming in the bath can make me giggle. And when your daughter learns to say "Helileuia" at 19 months, it blows your mind. They have also stretched me to find myself amongst the chaos. To love myself beyond stretch marks and sagging boobs (too much info?). Granted this is a continual process for me, I am so blessed to have my kids unconditional love and support. God truly knows me better than I know myself. He knows what I need in this life, and who I need to grow to be.
So my question to you other moms is, how have your children stretched you? Made you grow? Has it been a positive experience? Or possibly challenging? Let me know if you identify with this chapter.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Happy Birthday Video!
We had Kynan's Birthday Party at ChuckECheese this year. Kynan's choice, of course. It actually was pretty fun. I even got to ride a rollar coaster. Or at least an assimilated one. Kynan got everything he wished for. Transformers, a remote control car, neurf ball, stickers, and a cool truck. Chucke even made a private appearance just for Kynan (que screaming babies).
Even though this is an expense, there was no prep, no hosting, no clean up. The simplest party I had the pleasure of hosting.
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