It has been a long, long time! Wow! A lot has happened, lost a good friend, gained some new ones. Our baby is 1 and a half and our oldest is starting kindergarten in a few months, and Ada our middle monkey goes to pre-school! Cannot believe we have a 5,3 and 1 year old!
As much as I am thinking that we need a little squishy baby in the house again, I am loving this stage we are at! Evan is so funny, you never know what is going to come out of his mouth, Ada is trying to figure out how she fits, so it is often Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde, and Jane is hilarious, the smiles and looks keep my laughing all day. Though she is 17 months, she still LOVES her milk, she comes up to me, climbs up, assumes the position and smacks my shirt to signal she needs some `happy`juice. I call it that because if she does not fall asleep nursing, she finishes smiling. She is so affectionate and sweet, but don`t let that fool you, she can hold her own against her brother and sister!
I am really trying to focus on my family, my kids mostly! I want to make the most of our time and make lots of memories! I find this harder being that I am on my own a lot, but I am trying. A friend had once told me that a parents job is to show their children the world. And another one said she has wished she had taken the chance to teach her kids instead of yell. With both of these said, I really believe that we are a product of our environment, especially when it comes to our parenting styles. I love my mom and dad to bits! But both worked really hard to support our family, and take care of us. So with that there was not always a lot of extra time, patience and (with 3 growing girls) not a lot of extra money. So no extra programing, only a few family vacations and so forth. Since Larry and I have the sme amount of children, quite a few of the traits carried over...................oops! But I am doing my best to change it! This past weekend we camped in the back yard, it was so much fun, the kids and Larry got a great sleep, I not so much, but they all woke up late and ssssooooo well rested. And I got to drink a cup of coffee, eat some cold pizza and read my book on the deck, for an hour before anyone else woke up! It was a much needed beautiful quiet morning. So nice!
I am planning a summer of memory making! We are going camping the last week of July with my girlfriend and her boys, a trip to the Devonikon Gardens, Jurassic Forest, the Zoo, hopefully the Calgary Zoo too and Drumhellar (as a whole family venture), these are my summer goals, with pictures gallore and lots of notes taken so I can beat the memories in. Just kidding!
Wish me luck!
Signed.
Setting Sail for Adventure!!
