CRAZINESS!!

Life has been CRAZY lately....I went away for a weekend to Stratford. Saw a play and had too much to eat and too much to drink...BUT it was FUN!! If I could stay in a hotel for a month it wouldnt be enough. I NEVER have to do anything...its all done for me! I am sure that the novelty would wear off eventually and I would miss home, kids and the Hubby....BUT FOR A WEEKEND..I missed nothing, well mostly nothing. There were times in the day that my mind wandered to children and the Hubby....ok my mind wandered to them alot...poor me!! There is more to report...but right now, with three kids and my nephew and having just said good bye to my Aunt who was here overnite....its a bit busy....so more soon...please stayed tuned!! Hmm...how many more days till school??

Things in waves....

There are some weeks that nothing particularly happens..there is a lull, you have your daily events, your routines...and then there are times that THINGS happen all at once. Take this past weekend, yes, Katie's birthday cake turned out great! GREAT, cause she LOVED it and helped to make it. AND that is all that matters. The whole night before, I was lying in bed, trying to think about how to make a DORA on a chocolate icing cake. I was pondering at mixing various icings...you know...just thinking of all the possibilities, to make HER the PERFECT DORA CAKE!  Saturday morning Katie decided that she wanted a ROUND cake...the cake pan was a bunt pan...therefore, all my hard work of thinking went out the window. I found three cake characters from a few years ago(I save everything, you never know) Dora, Boots and Swiper. And since Dora's clothes are orange and pink, they were the colours for the cake as well, so all in all, I think it turned out OK...and Katie was HAPPY!!

Dora, Boots and Swiper!

The second event was that Josh lost his other front tooth! His current theme song is "All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth"....it has been fun getting him to say certain words! He lost his tooth on a mammoth OLIVE! No, there weren't any pits! He also forgot to put the tooth under his pillow! We left it by the coffee maker. That is twice that we have left it by the coffee maker, purely by accident...BUT I think that I have started something new..leave your tooth by the coffee maker, that way the Tooth Fairy can grab a cup of coffee during her flight! She does get tired, and needs a jolt of java. Besides, why do we leave it under the pillow? Do you know HOW hard it is to get the tooth out from under the pillow!!?? Who started this?? And what really is the going rate for a tooth!? We do two dollars! That seems fair, with todays economy and all! I'm glad that Josh hasn't asked too many questions about the Tooth fairy, like where does she live? How does she travel? What is her real name? What does she look like? Is she old or young? I think there could be a story there...

Thirdly...the most eventful is the fact that my LITTLE BABY is now sleeping in the lower part of the bunk bed. He will be 21 months old in a few days. We started him off, more for fun, to see if he would sleep in the bunk bed at nap time. AND he did, no fussing/crying or wanting his crib. Even though his crib was still set up on the other side of the room...quite visible to the little lad! At night, he fell once...and just laid there, stunned! But Mamma saved him!! So today, I took the crib apart and made the lower bunk his BED...and today at nap time, he tried to climb up...he was excited. I have part of the bed blocked, with the back of chair, like a rail, and then his BIG Pooh Bear and a Giraffe....and he is quite comfy and happy! He is HAPPY and my heart is breaking! He is growing up and I am growing OLD! I have waited for YEARS to have kids it seems. Excitedly we did, three of them...and now they are little people. I feel like my BABIES are gone! Do you understand!? I know I still have years with them living in house etc etc...BUT THE CRIB IS DOWN! Just wait till he goes into school...OMG....that will be the END!! LOL!!

No more crib in the BOYS' ROOM!

Kids Remember EVERYTHING!!!

This weekend I HAVE to MAKE a Dora Birthday cake for my daughter who turned 4 in the middle of July. A little late..yes! We were all sick, plans were cancelled and life moved on...but not for her! It stayed and still is(to her) her BIRTHDAY! And it will be her birthday till she gets her Dora Cake. She says "No Mommy, its still my birthday, I need my Dora cake...it cant be your birthday!"  Our birthdays are eight days apart. So this weekend we are planning to visit my Mom and Grandparents to celebrate her birthday. Tomorrow I take on the task of making a chocolate cake, decorated with Dora and Katie(my daughter) is helping me!! It should be fun...the temp is suppose to be UP and the HUMIDITY. It doesnt matter if one has AIR CONDITIONING, its still gonna be HOT in that KITCHEN!! Fingers crossed things go PERFECTLY!!

On another note, about kids remembering EVERYTHING, my eldest son, Josh who just turned 6, brings up things that happened a LONG time ago, questioning the events. He remembers certain toys, that have gone on to the BIG playground in the sky! Toys that I dont even remember...I have to pause and ponder....a big orange garbage truck???? Now if they can remember events and toys that are no longer with us, even clothing....why cant they remember  certain RULES of the HOUSE!?  I repeat them enough...sometimes DAILY!! Ahh...kids...gotta love them!

A Chill in the Air...



Yesterday was miserable..it rained and rained, heavy at times. It was the kind of day that you were opening and closing the windows for fear of furniture/floors being ruined. Once the rain ceased, I quickly opened all the windows again. It was very humid, the air just hung, keeping your skin moist and hair frizzy. The odd thing was that it was humid and cool...by evening the humidity broke and the coolness entered the house, there was also a breeze, a lovely breeze that swept out the humidity. It was that type of chilliness that had me thinking of scones. Something lovely baking in the oven...the aroma wafting about...it brought coziness and a sense of security. I love to bake, I am at the point where I dont need a recipe...I just fumble about and perfect things and then smile when it tastes divine. The smile is bigger and brighter when my kids and Hubby love what I have created. Last night I was using a recipe from my Grandmothers Church Cookbook. It is called "Fluffy Biscuits" and I have changed and perfected it in so many ways. I still use the basis of the recipe...but everything else is new. Last night I made Blueberry Scones with a sugar sprinkle on top. They were soft, delicate and just delicious as each Blueberry burst in your mouth. Coziness was everywhere and so was security, you see I lost my Grandmother just a short 4 years ago...she never got to see my daughter or my younger son...she would have LOVED them. She was a baker and had many recipes, handwritten and clipped out of newspapers. I am pretty sure that she would have been proud of me and what I have accomplished today. Married, mother of three and having bought a house and making that house a HOME!  And now tonight, for my daughter, she was requested that I make Apple Cinnamon Scones with a Brown Sugar Sprinkle!!





Blueberry Scones...



Making a HOUSE a HOME!

We are like most families, well maybe slightly backwards...two and a half children came before we got married. We have been together for 7 years, married for 2 of them and have 3 kids. Josh is 6, Katie is 4 and Alex will be 2 in November. So basically it has been every two years and a child has come along. Not this year..we are finished! And there are times that I think that I was crazy to have three kids...and then there are times like a few days ago, I felt a pang at the idea of taking down the crib...no more babies!! There is no way that we could afford another baby, its just the idea, or fact that there are NO MORE babies. It feels like I had waited for years, to have a family...then I found Matt, we had three kids and now its over...what happened!? It happened too fast! BUT now we bought a house, just over a year ago. We had to move further north, just to afford everything. I wanted and still want to stay at home with my darling brats. So we are one income, balancing everything and trying to make the house a home. Its hard...everything I see in magazines to make a house a home costs $$! Or so I thought! Everyone can paint, add warmth. I wanted antique furniture...and I found it, Kijiji!! I am INLOVE with that site. I have found a hutch, chairs, two old desks and an old sewing machine from the early 20's that I just had to have. I have resurfaced some and am still in the process of doing others. BUT its easy and is making my HOUSE a HOME to LOVE. All items cost from 40-50$$...there is no way that you could go into a store today and purchase a hutch for 40$! Everyone must rethink where to buy items to furnish your home! A HOME that was built on Kijiji! My only problem now is that my husband is scared of what I will buy next...you see our house is small...my next blog might be on Hoarders!

NO!!

It is a question that I started to ask myself..daily...HOW MANY TIMES DO I SAY NO to the kids!? I keep meaning to record the data in a day, how often I say NO! Then half way thru the day, I lose count! BUT seriously, as parents, to one child or in my case, to three kids...I feel like a broken record, more so now that it is summer and there is no real routine. Its like the kids forget everything that I told them NO to the day before...cause here we go again,a new day, a fresh start...and its all the same mistakes and wrongdoings! I suppose that I could record myself..."NO, dont do that...NO dont touch that...NO dont go there!" I should fast forward and press PLAY for every error that occurs! NO NO NO..I am soo tired saying NO! Dont kids learn from past mistakes?? Then again, dont adults learn from past mistakes?? NO!?

Welcome!

I just had another birthday..I shouldnt complain, I'm not that OLD...but at times 36 feels like the end of the world. I can remember my parents being 36 and thinking "wow...they can do anything and life is easier for them then it is for me!" HA....I guess thats what all kids think! There are soo many things that I enjoy. I am trying to find my niche, I love to write(when I had no kids), love cooking/baking, decortating, gardening and recently fell inlove with Kijiji and buying "old antiques". I am married, three GREAT(?) kids, have a mortgage and am just trying to get by. Life is good, most of the times...I really dont have any complaints......