What Love means to a 4-8 year old
The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined See what you think:
Christmas 2011
Wow it is that time of the year again. What a wonderful year we have had, full of adventures and stories.
What we learned from Barbara Coloroso in Ottawa
Kyle and I had the privilege of listening to Barbara Coloroso speak here in Ottawa last night. She is full of information. I had watch a video of her a few years ago and the biggest thing that we learned then was that kid don’t get much of a chance to make decisions. Decision making helps them to learn to think for themselves. So if it is not morally degrading or life threatening, let them do it. That is what we have been using when it comes to out kids. This was very evident in their choice of clothes. “I did not dress them!”
Halloween – use your creativity
A few weeks earlier, I went into St Vincent de Paul, a second hand store and noticed that they had quite a bit of halloween costumes. I figured that it was a good time to bring the kids in to find a costume. When I took them to the store, Natalie and Andrew found something on the rack. Matthew said that he couldn’t find anything. I told him to use his creativity and find something as I didn’t want to spend too much on a costume. A few minutes later, he comes along with a cowboy hat and says that he is going to be a cowboy. We find him a nice red shirt and a costume has been found.
Fall Apples in Ottawa
Since we are in Ottawa this fall, we havn’t had a chance to enjoy the wonderful apples from my mum’s tree in Winnipeg. But we have had our share of yummy free apples here. When the kids returned back to school in September we were pleasantly surprised to find out that the tree right in front of the school was an apple tree. Imagine my excitement of being able to make those apple pies and apple crumble.
Happy Thanksgiving 2011
I have much to be thankful for. Life is good.
I love long weekends. This weekend, the kids and I cleaned out their bedrooms, it was long overdue. We started on Saturday, took a break in the afternoon and finished on Sunday. So now the deal is that they have to clean up every night before they go to bed. I think we have said that many times before. I need to put down my foot down more and not let the kids take advantage with excuses. Tonight Natalie had a fit when we told her she had to put her toys away even though we helped her she didn’t have to do it herself. The tears… So their room is now tidy. The goal is to make sure they keep it that way! I am thankful for clean and tidy rooms.
French Lessons
Wow, I am onto my 3rd week of French lessons. It has only been 2 weeks but it feels like forever. It helps that it is every morning. With out busy schedules, when the classes are everyday, it is ok if I don’t get a chance to review in the evenings. I just practice and speak the next day.
Easy to make purse
Natalie had a birthday party to go to today and I had not bought a gift. I was planning to just go shopping last night but it was just pouring rain. I really didn’t want to go out in the rain.
I know why I feel good in Ottawa
Today was a day off from school for the kids so I decided to them out for a bike ride this morning. It was a beautiful cool day here, a slight breeze and the sun was shinning. As we live close to the Ottawa River, we decided to go for a ride along the river path. We saddled up and off we went.
Back to Work
When I quit Engineering 10 years ago, I always thought that I would have to go back to school if I decided to go back into an Engineering field. Now I realize that is not the case.
