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Natalie’s Friend Birthday Party
Natalie has seen her siblings having their friends over for birthday parties so this year as she turned 5, she wanted to have her friend over too. It was a fun Monday afternoon. She had 4 little friends over which age ranged from 2-9 years. The party started at 1pm till about 5ish… They played [...]
Natalie’s New Haircut
Natalie does not like having her hair brushed. She finally asked me to cut her hair. So I did. Here are the before, during and after shots. It is so much easier for short hair, less shampoo, less conditioner and no need to use the hair dryer and no time wasted combing or complaining….
St Jean Baptiste Day Celebration in Winnipeg
Today is St Jean Baptiste Day and there were some activities for the kids here at Provencher Park in St Boniface. I took the kids to watch the entertainment which was all in French, good thing I had my translator, Matthew. Great chance to be exposed to the language. They had a great time and [...]
This is Attitude – Words of Wisdom
This is attitude IF AN EGG IS BROKEN BY AN OUTSIDE FORCE..A LIFE ENDS. IF AN EGG BREAKS FROM WITHIN…… .LIFE BEGINS. GREAT THINGS ALWAYS BEGIN FROM WITHIN . This is attitude IT’S BETTER TO LOSE YOUR EGO TO THE ONE YOU LOVE. THAN TO LOSE THE ONE YOU LOVE ……. BECAUSE OF EGO This [...]
The Rosary and Mother Teresa
I received this story about the rosary, I not sure if it is true, I do not doubt it and it is a great story. I know the the power of prayers of these simple beads and I wanted to share it with you.
Andrew’s Negotiation Skills
Last night when it was time to get ready for bed, we asked Matthew to brush Natalie’s teeth. In the past we had given him 25cts to do it but he either didn’t hear us or ignored us so we asked Andrew to do it. Andrew said that he would do it for $1. We [...]
Are you enjoying the weather?
Now that the rain has stopped, we are enjoying the great outdoors. Mum and dad love BBQs so tonight we ate our veg(lentil/chickpea) burgers outside on the deck. From the picture you can see that some of us had sweaters as it was a little on the cool side. The kids are so happy that [...]
Creating a Vision Board
Last Monday, the weather was not very nice and it was pretty gloomy so we decided to go into the basement with our magazines and pictures to create our vision boards. Actually we created vision books, which is a little more portable for us.
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Sleeping In Their Fort
Yesterday, Natalie and Andrew built a fort in the basement and decided to sleep in it. They asked our permission and we thought, why not? They were so excited, they brought that clothes, stuff animals, pillows and blankets down there and set up for the night. We were not sure how long it would last [...]
