Archive for November, 2009

Home Schooling for Matthew

Yesterday I was mentioning it to a friend that I wasn’t sure if Matthew was enjoying home schooling.  I knew Natalie and Andrew loved the extra time with mummy and being able to play all afternoon.

Personal Development, family, go green, kids, nature, school, work ethics

Natalie’s old people meter….

Tonight we are going friends house who have 2 boys, whom are 8 and 10.  So Natalie told my mum that she and my dad that they couldn’t go.  My mum asked her why and as her answer was because they were old and everyone else who will be there are young”.  We asked here [...]

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Thankful for my Kids and Husband

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Everything is amazing and no one is happy

The title tells is all, we need to be appreciative of what we have.  Louis CK tells it so well in his interview with Conan.  Think about it before we complain about different things.  We have it really good right now!  We are happy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8r1CZTLk-Gk

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Halloween

We came back from our road trip just in time for Halloween 2009.  I think that is Natalie’s favourite celebration.  They were excited to be able to go trick ‘a treating only thing was that we didn’t have any costumes.  We looked at costumes at different stores on our road trip and quickly decided that [...]

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The joys of Facebook – Social Media

I am on Facebook everyday, for the last year and a half at least.  Initially when I heard about Facebook, I remember how I would think that it was a waste of time.  I created an account and would only befriend people who requested me to be their friend.  It did feel good thought that [...]

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April 2009

April 2009

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Dancing Kids

Tonight we went to Aunty KP’s place for dinner.  A awesome dinner as usual with good company and lots of goodies.  Now that Emma is 20 months, she is more mobile and loves playing with other kids.  Here is a movie clip of what they had fun doing tonight.

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The kids are growing so fast

Since we came home from the US, I have noticed Natalie’s behaviour with friends and family.  She has grown, she is so much more confident and independent.   I am not the only one that noticed it, others have mentioned it too.  There is something to be said about being in new places and meeting new [...]

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1% of anything

I just finished watching a Korea Soap online with English subtitles.  Not something I do often but I got hooked into it.  It had a pretty good story line.  The teaching in the story is summarized at the end of the show and it hit home.  Here is the quote at the end of the [...]

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