Ice Cream Supper:)

Well, tonight is the night that our kids wait for and talk about all year long.... iCe CReaM SuPPeR:) On my husbands last day of school, (yes he's a teacher), we have ice cream for supper. It is the official start to our summer holidays! Yeppers, no veggies, no meat.....ICE CREAM! We do have some type of fruit like bananas, peaches or berries with our ice cream. We take the kids to Bulk Barn and let them pick out some treats that they would like to put on top, we bake some yummy brownies, and of course have chocolate syrup:)
We generally eat healthy all year long, so having one night of ice cream for supper isn't bad. Come to think of it, our ice cream supper is most likely healthier than a meal at McDonalds!
It's memories and traditions like this, that I want to cherish and enjoy, and have our kids continue it with their kids:) My one daughter had to do a project on our family and the one thing she had to write about was a family tradition....and of course she picked Ice Cream Supper for her tradition:)
Well, off to get some treats and wait for my husband to come home:)


Happy Summer and enjoy your children while they are home:)


(This is a picture of the yummy stuff we got last year)

2 Down, 3 To Go

My second child just turned the big 8, which means, she's a big girl now....no more booster seat in the van:)
It is certainly nice to have one less booster in a very crowded van.
Just 3 more to go:)

We had a birthday party, and of course we had balloons.
After the birthday party the boys started popping the balloons. The birthday girl wanted to hold onto a balloon and didn't want it popped.
My three year old came to me and said, "I tried asking her nicely, but she still won't let me pop her balloon. It makes nice fireworks!"

Needless to say, it did end up in the hands of the boy!

Home Alone

Well, my first baby is old enough to stay home alone, and she did for the first time the other night.
We were only gone for about 45 minutes, and the whole time I was wondering if she was nervous or scared and wondered what she was doing.
She called a friend and watched tv.
She was so thrilled and proud of herself:)
I was happy for her too.
Now I just have to wait another 10 months and then she can babysit her brothers and sister:) She is so excited and looking forward to babysitting them, and I am too;)

Little Life Lessons

On the weekend we celebrated 2 birthdays and Father's Day at our house. Because there were candles on the cake we got out a lighter.....and left it on the counter.
That night when the kids were in bed, (well, all but one), I heard this clicking noise. My 'mother ears' sprung and I couldn't figure out that noise, then all of a sudden my 3 year old started crying, you know that painful cry. I ran upstairs as he was running down. He had the lighter and burnt his little thumb with a flame from the lighter!! I held his very sore thumb under cold water for a very long time, trying to console him. After calming him down, my husband had a little talk with him on fire safety. We put him to bed with ice in a Ziploc and he kept his thumb in it.

My heart felt so bad for my sweet, little mischievous boy. But at the same time I was thankful that he got this little life lesson without getting severely hurt. It could have ended a whole lot worse!

The poor boy is so embarrassed by it that he has asked me not to tell anyone....not even his Grandma or Grandpa. (So please do not ask me about it in front of him.)

I don't think he will be playing with fire any time soon:)

Sisters:)

There are lots of benefits to having a sister and I love having a sister! ( I honestly feel bad for those who don't. For those who don't, I hope that they have a really good girl friend:) )
Growing up we wore each others clothes quite frequently. But obviously that stopped when we got married. No more just walking into each others closets and borrowing whatever we wanted:(
But just recently that has all changed:) Because my sister is very pregnant (due in 3 weeks), and I have a 2 month old, I don't quite fit nicely into my clothes, and she is wearing maternity clothes. Because of that, she has been very generous in letting me borrow some of her clothes:) And she has really nice clothes too:)
Now if only she didn't fit into her jewelry ;)

I love watching my girls as they have now started wearing each others clothes and jewelry:)
And I hope and pray that my daughters grow up to be each others best friends just like my sister and I:)

And it just so happens that today is also her birthday, so...

hAppy bIrthdAy bIg sIstA :)
I love you:)

Bumper Stumpers

There was a game show back in the late 80's called Bumper Stumpers, and I loved it. If you are unfamiliar with it, basically you try and figure out license plates. For example KCNO, 44BWTHU, RELEST8.

I am constantly trying to figure out peoples license plates. Why? Frankly, I really don't know. It is just one of those little weird things that I like. And honestly, if I get stumped and I can't figure it out it really annoys me. I want to ask them what their license plate means. My husband thinks it's funny, well, actually I think he thinks I am a little weird, but that's ok:)

You should try, it is a lot of fun:)


(The answers are casino, force be with you, real estate)

Guilt Trips....oh I mean School Trips

It is the time of year when the children get to go on there non educational, fun year end school trips:)

Due to nursing, I am unable to go on my 2 eldest school trips:( They are all day trips. I don't think other parents would appreciate it if I just whipped out my 2 month old sons lunch, (aka 'the boob'). OR if I am responsible for a group of kids how do I say, ' You stay right here for 10 minutes so I can go and pump.' So, due to nursing I had to break the news and tell them that I am unable to go along with them.

I was already feeling bad knowing that I couldn't go, and then when I did tell them, I got, 'but Mom, it would mean so much if you could come! I really want you to come!'
Now with more guilt, and trying to make the situation better, I went on to explain to them how lucky they were that I was able to go on almost all of their field trips and some parents aren't able to go on any.

They will go and have a great time I know. But I know that the day of their field trips I will be wishing I was with them, I enjoy seeing their smiling faces as they experience new things with their friends. I really just love watching my kids learn, grow, experience new things, laugh and love life. Watching them makes me smile:)

Oh, the guilt of a mother never ends!

I (REALLY) Heart Chocolate :)

I went to the grocery store the other day and right there before my eyes was a dream come true....Milk Chocolate Chipits in a 1kg bag!!! :) They have had the semi sweet chipits in the big bag but not the Milk Chocolate chipits! I was so excited that I couldn't stop smiling all the way home:) I like to buy the milk chocolate chipits (normally in the regular small bag), not to bake with them, but to eat them:) I love having them in the cupboard, so that throughout the day I can snack on a few here and a few there.
Another favorite chocolate of mine is the Mint Smoothies from Rheo Thompson in Stratford! And to my wonderful surprise the other day when my husband was driving through, he made a little stop at the store and bought me some:)
It's the little things in life that make my heart smile. Just give me some good milk chocolate and I am one happy lady:)
So much for losing the baby weight ;)