Sunday

Sunday
We had such a great family day today, woke up and jumped in the car to go garage saleing... we LOVE yard saleing, If we have something specific we are looking for than we will go Saturday morning bright and early.... If we are just looking at whats out there then we go Sundays, people are just trying to get rid of stuff at that point so you get better deals.
We did not find anything today but had fun looking.
Then Steve remembered that there was an A division baseball tournament playing so we went and watched a game while Emma ran around and Hailey chilled in the grass, If you know us at all, you know how much we love baseball... we will stop and watch anyone play... Its a great thing to do as a family and most of the time FREE.
After the game we were planning on going grocery shopping, but because I still have a bad case of mommy brain that plan was derailed because I forgot my wallet on the computer desk at home. So we went and tinkered around Canadian Tire. Where, I am excited to announce I finally got my new CAN OPENER!!! hahaha, I have been needing one for months, but for whatever reason never thought of it while I was out so I would struggle with the 3 broken ones I have untill it was open enough to pry open with a butter knife. If nothing else it was a good workout :)
After that we came home with not much planned except the girls having naps, and haning out.
We started talking about our very very overgrown garden. the flowers in it were pretty but there was old bulbs rotting and it was starting to smell, the whole things was a crazy mess. Next thing I knew Steve was ripping things out... we left a shrub and the rose bushes, everything else was destroyed. Back to town we went, this time to home depot (closest to our house) ... Emma, Hailey and I walked around and checked out the flowers while Steve picked out what he wanted. I cant remember the name of the flowers he chose, but I picked some Gerbera Daisies which are my fav so he planted a few of those in the corner for me.
We came home, Emma and I made dinner while Steve planted the flowers and then we all ate dinner on the porch.
I know nothing at all exciting happend (except my can opener), But I love days when you wake up and just go with the flow. Have an idea and go with it. It makes me appreciate my little family. It makes me appreciate Steve who is my best friend and my favourite person to have these random days with. It makes me appreciate having somewhere to teach Emma how to plant flowers and laugh at how scared she is of worms. It makes me appreciate listening to Hailey make rasberries and talk to herself on the porch while we are yanking weeds. And new neighbours just comming over to introduce them selves and say hello.
We are so very blessed to have what we have.

Children learn what they live

Children learn what they live

If children live with critism, they learn to condem.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themself.
If children live with recognition, they learn to set goals.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with fairness they learn justice.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with kindness, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in others.
If children live with friendliness, they learn that the world is a nice place to live.

-Dorothy Law Nolte 1972

BLAH

I have always been someone who can live off only a few hours of sleep.
I have had pretty bad insomnia in the past, I could function on little to no sleep.

now not so much

I am so flippin tired lately.

• Hailey is teething, she doesnt want to sleep unless she is with me, which means I dont sleep. or we give her tylenol but I dont like drugging her all the time if I dont have to.
• Emma has been having problems with her brace, I cant blame her that thing can not be comfortable. she wakes up complaining of sore toes and sore knees alot.
• Steve works hard, he needs alot of sleep to get through his long days at his job. So I have been sleeping on the couch so that when Hailey cries and I have to get up he can sleep.
• Our couch sucks, it is not a pillow top mattress by any means. The cushions are constantly falling off and I find my self half on half off the couch often.
• We just moved, so taking a break and relaxing is replaced by moving boxes, lifting dressers down stairs on my own and non-stop organizing. in addition to the regular day to day 50s housewife crap.... laundry, dishes, cooking, repeat.
• I got fat, I gained 60 pounds when I was pregnant and it definatly did not come off as easy this time, so I have been jogging everyday in the morning and taking the girls for a walk in the evening.

I must be getting old

These few things are wearing me out!
It is so hard to get out of bed in the morning, and by noon I could use a nap.
before Steve even gets home from work I am fighting to keep my eyes open.

PITY PARTY! ... Ill get over it
After a LONG nap (ya right) and a few coffees :)

a quick update :)

I must be the worst blogger in the world, I honestly forgot this poor neglected space even existed for a few weeks until I got a few requests for an update! So instead of a random blog about something random I figure I will just let everyone know what has been keeping me so busy that I cant update every day like some lol.
PACKING PACKING PACKING! yes we are moving AGAIN. We seem to move every year we just cant find a place that suits us (usually we cant stand the neighbours) ! when we moved into this apartment we knew it wouldnt be for long it was just somewhere to be untill we found what we were looking for here in Orillia.
We finally found a house, it is aproximatly a 10 minute drive outside Orillia towards Barrie. we are surrounded be fields NO NEIGHBOURS!! , and can see bass lake from our yard. we have a half acre, I am sooo excited for Emma to have her own yard to play in! we intend to make it as fun filled as possible, with a fire pit for us of course.
The thing I have always said that I want when we get a house is a GARAGE, not just a garage but one that we can get to from the house... the whole cleaning off the snow in the winter, packing the kids in carrying loads and loads of groceries through the snow, none of this was ever my idea of fun, yes we have a garage! I know that we will most likely loose Steve to the garage most days, but thats ok, hes out of my way lol... ! I cant wait. the house also has lots of storage, and a basement, The only downside... only two bedrooms! but hey ya cant have everything! I will give more details and pictures in a later post. we move in 5 days EEEEEEE!!
I have also been PACKING PACKING PACKING at my mothers house, she is down sizing from a 3 bedroom to a 2 bedroom, although she is only moving down the hall in her apartment building she is a pack rat, so I have been trying to organize and get rid of the boxes upon boxes of things she no longer needs or uses.
I have been trying to be more frugal, I have only worked 4 months in the past 3 years, with the insane cost of daycare for 2 kids I look at it as my way to contribute to our income, everything I save feels like I am making money for my family. I put alot of time into it, usually 2 hours every morning is spent hunting for deals and sending emails etc.
We still have a wedding to plan =/ we had a budget for our wedding but thanks to my new frugal/enviro friendly attitude I have cut the budget by ALOT ... this of course means I have alot more to do myself, which is fine with me... I like the fact that every little part of our wedding has our imprint, it may not be what other people like, but its unique and its us.
I have two kids! hey that takes up enough time right there lol... with everything going on I still try to make time to sit down every day and do a project with Emma. Hailey sits with us in her bumbo, we sing songs, paint, make recycled bags, make puppets, pretty much whatever we feel like doing that day =) that plus the usual cooking, laundry, cleaning etc I have had my hands full
Emma is growing up way to fast like usual, somedays I feel like I have a 15 year old in the house with the attitude she has, but most days she is still my little angel the only problem we have had is potty training, She goes on the potty most of the time at home but as soon as we go ANYWHERE else there is no hope =/
Hailey is getting SO BIG, I say she looks like a fat Steve lol, she is so bright and coos non stop. She has rolled over from her back to her belly a few times and loves to jump in her jumparoo. She has become such a happy baby, she pretty much only gets mad when shes hungry. That kid likes to eat!
As I write this Emma is singing Skinamerink a dink a dink Skinamerinky DOOOO while Hailey is jumping in her jumparoo laughing at Emma's silly dance. I love this age when they both love each other, I realize that soon enough it will be an all out war over everything between them, So I am cherishing this.
So there is our update, bad spelling/puntuation and all lol.