Still here!!

Wow! It' s been exactly 1 month! We've been crazy busy... Let's see...can't even remember what's happened in the last month.

Well I worked like crazy, I was on a project installing a new phone system in the Laval office. That was quite fun, except for the day we worked 21 hours straight...still recovering from that one.... But, it was very interesting work, I loved it and hopefully will be doing much more of those.

My parents were here last week, that was a nice visit...nice break from the kids. Kids are still here...they just say "Memere!!!! all day long!!

Believe it or not...I've just signed up BOTH kids for soccer this summer AND myself as a coach!! Now the hardest thing for me was to realize that I got my Level 1 soccer coach certification 20 YEARS AGO!!!! OUCH!! I've never coached soccer but we'll see how I do now.

Camping season is finally here!! We are going camping in Tremblant this weekend; we all can't wait! Friends who just got a new camper are coming with us. Should be lots of fun. Kids have been waiting for so long.

So this is about all I can manage tonight...can't think anymore. I will try to be better about writing...just had this idea about stealing Gilles' laptop to sit in front of the TV and write. I'll just have to do that more often.

Life goes on...

It speeds past us quick as lighting...That's as poetic as I get.

We are so busy...running all the time. I consciously try to slow down and take it easy but it's almost impossible! It doesn't help when you don't feel good either. Last week, I was soooooo dizzy all the time. I have never been that dizzy in my life!! It was horrible. I figured it had something to do with my new diet. (For those who don't follow my blog...it's not a fad weight loss diet, it's to get my pancreas and adrenal glands working again so I can go back to living!)

I called my naturopath and she said make sure you eat enough... eat protein every 2 hours. Well I've been much better since Saturday. Today I actually had enough energy to play with the kids!!! Yesterday we few kites!! I hope I keep climbing that slope!

Easter bunny was here yesterday..didn't leave anything for me but I stole a few from the kids ;-)

Rebecca was here to play with the kids today...they had loads of fun. Alex got a new bigger bike from Noémie, the neighbor who got a bigger bike. She got last year's purple Brats bike, it's like new!! She loves it...she didn't even want to bring her small one home! I'll take photos when I get a chance. Speaking of which, I'm downloading photos from my camera and the kids were at the Museum of Science and Technology with their Dad last week and I hadn't even seen the photos!! I'm shocked...Dad too really good photos!! Scrapbooking photos!! And Alex looks so old!!!

Museum of Science and Technology

Easter Egg Hunt

Kite Flying

Had enough kite flying...

Mellow day today

So folks...It's 10:10PM and I still have 5 loads of laundry to fold (did I mention Alex changes her clothes 5 times a day??), lunches, snacks and my special breakfast before I go to bed...I guess we're eating out for lunch tomorrow :-)

Scrap (ed) Weekend!

We have been planning this weekend for months, been counting sleeps; finally away in a cottage, without kids, scrapping, 1 whole weekend...too good to be true...well it was.

Started out great. The rented house was great; huge! Deer all over the place, by a lake, etc.

So we got settled Friday afternoon, scrapped Friday night...slept really well. Saturday morning, up and raring to scrap all day. We sit down to start, an old man comes to the door, say she 's a neighbor and lets us know the road is washed out on one side of us an flooded on the other!!

If we want to go, we need to go soon. So some girls start to panick...some go out to see, come back and say we have 1 hour to pack and get out of here. Well it had taken us 2 HOURS to unpack!! 10 minutes later we're all packed, but some girls who had left come back and say we can't go, it's blocked. Anyways, some of us decide to go out and see. Turns out a local is driving through it no problem, but he says it's only getting worse and you may not be able to get out tomorrow. So since we were already all packed we decide to make a run for it. The guy leads us out (btw, there are still really nice, helpful people out there...Merci Denis!) and we make it.

Half of the girls stayed and waited for the police to escort them out. I think they're still there...

needless to say, we're kind of pissed. So we decide to go to my house and scrap. Everyone stayed till late last night and a few came back today. If you're a mother, you will know that once you are in town...it's really hard to get away from the husband and kids...that's why we had to go in the middle of nowhere to start with!!

We ended up having a nice weekend anyways but not nearly as relaxing as we had hoped...we will surely be planning another one for the fall...there is no thaw in the fall...

You can see my new pages on the left.

Spring has Sprung!

Yes, this was at 7:30 AM this morning! It's cold but they got dressed and out they went. We took out the bikes last night and they've only ridden on the patio so far but I'm sure that won't last too long...especially for Dominic. I think we'll take out the patio swings today. It's so warm during the day on the back patio, no wind at all.

Dominc has his first "school friend" birthday party today. The little boy lives in our neighborhood so that's nice. I'm hoping we can just kind of relax today...you know, along with doing the laundry, answering Alex's 20 000 questions, etc. If I can spend 30 minutes out back in the sun today my mission will be accomplished.

DS fever...

It's been a while, we are busy busy busy...running all the time. I saw a Naturopath last week for my chronic lack of energy; and she determined that my pancreas is working overtime and producing too much insulin and litteraly sucks the energy right out of me (kind of like Alex...)

So I'm on a very high protein diet, almost no carbs in order to regulate my blood sugar and pancreas. Lots of fruits and veggies, meat. Not bad, I get to eat meat, cheese, make really good shakes. Kind of the kick in the but I needed to eat better and lose weight. I lost 5 lbs in the first week!

Anyways, when I first started this diet, I was so weak and exhausted! I could barely stay awake last weekend; but I've gradually been getting better. Going to bed early last week. That's why I haven't been writing, or doing anyhing else for that matter. Planning and preparing what I'm going to eat takes time...which is why I haven't been doing it before.

Dominic's been loving his DS, he's not playing too much, not exagerating. But Alex has been unbearable! She wants one and will not let up. They fight constantly, Alex steals it, Dominic wants it back. So I got fed up that I told her if she wanted one, she would have to buy it with her own money. So she came down with her coin bucket. Turns out she had half the money! So I paid the rest and got her one! Everyone's happy.

Well, this morning, we were supposed to go to the store to get some birthday presents. So I was still on the phone, hadn't showered yet, and I told the kids to go get dressed since they were still in pyjamas. 5 minutes, later, still on the phone, I come up and this is what I find...

You realize my parents wished this on me....I know! They've been telling me all my life I would get what's coming to me!

Anyways...I'm so looking forward to my scrapbooking weekend...in 2 weeks!!! About 16 of us rented a big cottage and we are packing up and leaving town!!! Woohoo!!

So proud!!

I am so proud of my Dominic! He came back from NB wanting a Nintendo DS since he played with Félix-Adam and loved it. Well, I said I would NOT buy him a $150 video game! No way! (The WII was MY birthday present...who could tell...) So then I told him that if he really wanted one, he could use his money in his piggy bank which he's been filling up since...he was born. I explained the rules: He would have to save until he had enough, he would have to buy his own games, he would have to save up his money again since he would have none left, and of course, no more than 1 hour a day of playing, etc, etc, etc.
Last night, we counted and rolled change...he had $160!!!! So tonight, we went shopping...he chose a nice candy apple red new DS Lite, a Mario Brothers case and I bought him (I know, I cheated) a Mario game. I still can't get over the fact that my 6 year old saved up $160 and bought himself a video game! He works so hard! He is so good! We sometimes give him money for work he does or if we ask him to do something harder or special, we tell him we will pay him. He puts everything in his bank. So the lesson starts....save up, pay cash, be patient. Now if only his parents could get that....

Busy busy busy

Wow! It's really been a while! I have been crazy busy! Starting last week, my parents came over to spend some time and pick up the kids to bring them to NB for March break. Kids were so excited!! We had planned to stay home but treat ourselves a bit to outings and fun since we were going to be kidless for a week. So Saturday morning, the day before they were to leave....Alex starts running a fever. Pretty high fever and complains of a sore throat. Come Sunday morning...no better, my parents have to leave with Dominic and leave her behind. Poor Alex. She was so sick she didn't mind that much but I promised her we'd go to Québec to pick up Dominic and we'd do something fun.

Alex was better by Tuesday, so back to work. Work is crazy busy; first I work only 4 days a week (30 hours), but my job is still the same 40h/week job. Plus, now I have to do 2 jobs as I'm working on the Laval office new phone system implementation. Needless to say...we didn't go out and didn't have fun. On Wednesday night, we were ALL asleep by 9!

So tomorrow morning (Saturday), we are going to Québec, going to Galleries de la Capitale where they have an amusement park to spend a few hours. Then we are meeting "The Cousins" for dinner and swimming at the hotel. Should be so much fun!! Can't wait to see them!

My parents will come in on Sunday morning and we'll have a quick family reunion with Pizza, then come back home with Dominic.

He's been having such a good time in Edmundston! He LOVES Félix-Adam (my parents' neighbors' son) They get along so well and miss each other terribly when they are separated. They've been building forts outside and skiing all week.

Germain (neighbor), Félix-Adam, Dominic, Marie-Krystine, Dad

Andrée Dominic, Luc, Marie-Krystine, Félix-Adam

Best Buds

So now, off I go to fold laundry and get ready for our fun weekend. Life will get back to normal on Monday and hopefull slow down soon...Don't think I can take this much longer...neither can this blog!