Rollin'

A good part of every day is spent riding in the car.......

How to make cruisin' with your friends fun for the whole family....

All the minors are in the back seat! (Haha Hollie <3)

Johnny Napam from GHIII?

Yup, that's my boy! The coolest 4 year old I know... We were shaving his head and he decided he wanted to look like his favourite Guitar Hero. Don't worry, the red gel rinsed right out....

Don't work too hard, no one will notice anyways...

The last line of this article stuck out at me-I know many people (one in particular) who work their butts off, never call in sick, don't take vacation and still don't seem to get enough recognition for being a hard, dedicated worker. Oh, the sad reality of the message behind this article...

Remembering My Beautiful Sasha

Taking a moment to remember an old best friend...

Oh my baby how I miss you! I will never forget the 8 years that I had with my 'poo-poo.' I don't know how you ended up with that nickname but it stuck and you loved it :) I still remember the day we picked you up, 6 months old, from those poor excuses for humans who had beaten you into a cowering mess of a puppy. I instantly loved you.

You were there for me when no one else was. Truth be told you were a bad dog, and probably still are, but you were a loyal, kind hearted and loving creature. You changed my opinion of pitbulls forever.
Truth is your faults are all a direct result of your loving nature. You loved me, your Mommy, so much that you just couldn't bear it when I left you. You chewed up flooring, fences and door frames. You destroyed the inside of my van, couches and carpets. Oh Sasha I would have kept you forever if I could and it breaks my heart that I gave you away. If I were a home owner I would put up with your naughty behaviour forever but, we are renters and my babies need a place to call home; we can't get evicted because of a dog.

I've never met a dog who picks up 1 day old kittens ever so carefully and licks them as if they were her pups. You always knew when I was sad and came to put a reassuring paw in my lap. We went to months of obedience training together. You came with me to dinners with family, to friends places to visit and even came with me to work. You were there when I got engaged, married, and travelled with us across the country. You were always my brave protector and when my babies were born you loved them too. Never have I seen a dog more gentle with children. Oh how you loved my babies! They could play right in your food dish while you were eating and you ever so patiently stepped back and waited for them to get out of the way.

Do I ever feel guilty. Sasha I am sorry and I feel I've let you down. I pray that you are in a wonderful home with a new Mommy who has all the time in the world for you. Maybe she spends so much time with you that she will cure you of this 'seperation anxiety.'

Watching over us and protecting us with his angel's wings

When I think of my Grampa I think of his red plaid hat. I've never seen anyone else where one like it but it just sort of suited him. I think of fishing, going for drives and watching Coronation street. He loved war films, playing pool and taking me to the place he grew up to pick apples in the orchard. When I spent the night at my grandparents' house he would always make breakfast for me and my Nan in the morning. He was always laughing and smiling and he made the best rice pudding ever!!! Being the only granddaughter on my dad's side I was more than a little spoiled by my grandparents, I even had my own room at their house ;)

This morning just after 3am my Grampa got his wings. This is especially hard for me because I live half the country away and don't have the means to make it home to be with my family. I am hurting and longing to be with my Nan and my father and brother. What a great man our family was blessed to have.

I am taking today to remember him, as he was before he got sick. Such a gentle kind hearted man. I looked forward to spending (almost) every weekend with my Nanny and Grampa when I was a little girl. Those almost weekly visits continued for years. When I was in college I would visit them at least once a week on my lunch period or when I had a spare. Their house is on College cres, so it wasn't far to go :)

After my son was born I flew home so he could meet my family. My grampa had already suffered a few strokes among other things but his face lit up when he saw me and he had the biggest smile when he held his great grandson for the first time.

This past June I flew home again and he got to meet his great grand daughter. By this point he was already living out his days in the hospital, but none the less he smiled at my babies and managed to tell me with the few words he had that my babies were sweet. It was so hard to see him like that, all frail in a hospital room but I am glad I was able to see him that one last time.

Goodbye Grampa Howie, I love you. I just know that you have left your pain behind and are now fishing in the sky. (...and I bet you're wearing a red plaid Scottish hat!)

Wordless Wednesday - a funny song

I'm already starting to use some of these phrases and my oldest is only 2 1/2. Oy

Goodbye Sasha...

Today was hard. I had to give up a best friend. Mr.Magoo said to me this afternoon. 'Mommy, I'm sad.' Even at 2 years old he knows the value of a good friend :) We took Sasha for a ride in the van (she loves van rides) and then for a run at the park. While we were there I took some pictures of our beloved pet, whom I will never, ever forget. Isn't she beautiful? Enjoy...

Tired Tuesday

This morning while on a message board I frequent, me and fellow mommies were comparing our morning. I was surprised when I was reading the lists of what us Mommas get accomplished every morning. It all seems routine but when you write it all down it's unbelievable to me! Take my morning for example:

• Got up at 7am because I heard Mr.Magoo in the kitchen banging his spoon against the table.
• Poured milk into the dry cereal he was eating (I set it out the night before) and gave him a cup of milk (from the fridge also prepared last night)
• Peed
• Got Miss M up, put her in highchair with sippy and poured a teeny bit of milk into her shreddies.
• made coffee
• gave kids their vitamins, Mr.Magoo his puffer
• fed the dog
• ate bowl of special K
• fed M a yogurt
• changed Mr Magoo's pullup, got him dressed
• let the dog out
• had a coffee
• checked my email
• packed bottle and bag for daycare
• talked on the phone to my best friend for about 45 minutes (while doing other things)
• did dishes
• cleaned up 3 cans of pop that exploded when M took them out of the case and threw them on the floor
• Mopped the floor
• cleaned the pop off walls
• washed pop off M
• changed M's diaper
• got her dressed
• washed face and did makeup
• got the kids ready to go
• had to come back in to change one more poop
• took kids to daycare
• got to work at 9:30am
• watered the plants
• checked email
• did a bank reconciliation

I am now enjoying a nice relaxing coffee and reading message boards!

Compared to my husbands morning:

• Rolled out of bed when the alarm went off
• farted
• shit, shower, shave
• grab lunch out of the fridge
• go to work

Men think they have it so tough!

TMI Tuesdays - This was too funny not to share!

OK So it's not really TMI but I laughed so hard! Now I know it's not nice to laugh at other people's misfortunes but the way they kept playing it over and over... Oh man I'm crying here....

Motherhood is.....

My friend Papaya Mom introduced me to the MommaBlogga website. Jordan from MommaBlogga hosts group writing projects, so I thought what better way to get better at writing then to enter? Want to enter? You can Enter Here!

Moday's blog is Motherhood is/means to me..

Where do I even begin with this statement?

Motherhood is graham cracker kisses, hugs around the neck, tiny feet and belly laughs. It's knowing full well that a piece of your heart is walking around outside of your body and trying to hold on to that piece and keep it near you for as long as possible.

It means sticky fingers, handprints on the walls and crayon artwork where it doesn't belong. Car seats, diapers, potty training and Elmo DVD's. It can mean loving your husband/partner even more because of the knowledge that he helped create this wonderful little person.

Motherhood is stretch marks, 3am feedings and saggy boobs. It's realizing you're totally out of the loop and SO much less cool than you used to think you were.

Most of all, Motherhood means that your life is changed forever. Not for the weak or the faint of heart, motherhood is the most important job you will ever be blessed to have. It's 24/7, 365 days a year and though there are no sick days or vacation time alotted you will be paid full well in 'I Love You, Mom's,' macaroni artwork and toothless baby grins.

Seriously... Where does the other sock end up?

I thought it would be useful to google 'blog ideas' to come up with some interesting things to post here and this was one of the first things that jumped out at me.

Why, you ask? Because I have the answer!!! A few months back my landlord purchased the most FABULOUS front loading high efficiency washer and dryer set. Around the same time my babies socks started to disappear! And me, being a tad OCD went crazy trying to figure out where they were going. It seems the flexible rubber around the front of the door is just soft enough to suck small items in.

So now to my delight, at the end of each wash cycle I pull back the rubber to find tiny socks, change and sometimes one of my husbands lighters.

Fabulously interesting blog I've just written, hey?