Pet Peeves

So you know I have many pet peeves, give me any example and I can come up with something that makes me really angry about it. Does that make me an angry person? For example I hate when you're trying to shop and people are standing in the MIDDLE of the aisle, and you can't get around them. I hate that people let their dogs pee in my yard. I hate that my kids see something ie clothes on the floor, garbage on the floor and they just walk over it. See I have many pet peeves lol.

Anyways on to today's topic.

I really hate houses side by side that look exactly the same. All these new houses going up in Winnipeg and you just have to go down a street to see the new designs. Yes there can only be so many show homes but come on! There is NO WAY I'd have my house the exact same as my neighbours even if it was only the mirror image. I want my forever house to be as unique as I am. Am I wrong in thinking this? If my neighbours did build their house the same as mine I think I would paint mine like bright pink or something. What do you guys think?

I mentioned this to Dustin today and he says wow your parents must have really hated their house. I was like no they didn't; or at least as far as I know they didn't. Maybe it's because I grew up with identical houses around me that I feel this way? For those of you who don't know I grew up on many different Canadian Military Bases, so the houses basically came in 4 different styles.

That's something to think about.

New Favorite Picture

Just wanted to share a new favorite picture today.

Pumpkins

Now let's be honest, I carved all the pumpkins but I let the kids pick what they wanted on it. Even Dustin didn't carve his. I do a dragon pumpkin every year and he just happened to get this one claimed as his. His work was doing their United Way Campaign so I carved the pumpkin for their pumpkin carving contest. I was really disappointed that there were only 3 pumpkins total. But non- the- less I won! Yeah me! lol. I love carving pumpkins, there are only a few things I'm good at and this is one of them. Enjoy the pictures.

undead Ted-Nathan's

headless horseman-Mom's

owl in a tree-Payton

flaming car-Clayton

howling wolf-Faith

dragon-Dustin

Halloween 2010-The Cat In The Hat

This year's costumes were from the Cat in the Hat book. It didn't take very long to organize but once I had a plan of what I wanted it went smooth. I had originally wanted Nathan to be the fish but I couldn't figure out how to make a fish bowl. Once I talked it over with a few people I was like "duh! that would have totally worked!" But non the less he liked his costume and the kids look so cute! They actually lasted for a bit but their bags were getting heavy. We really only do around the block but when the kids are young people tend to give them more candy. Faith wanted to go with her friends this year and I was like no, I don't think so.

So what do you think of their costumes?

Next year I'm going to try for Alice in Wonderland.

Amazed

So do you know what amazes me? Children... I was thinking the other day that my oldest child will be able to drive in 7 years. I know you're thinking it's 7 years... but do you realize how much mental growth will have to happen? Not to say her in particular but any child. But then I got to thinking look at how much mental growth happened since she was 2; that was 7 years ago. Isn't that amazing?

No other time in a person life does this much mental growth/maturity happen. At 16 she'll have the maturity to drive a huge metal object without (hopefully) hitting anyone. Growing up you never think of things like this. But as a parent whoa just think of all the stuff I put my parents through.... which we won't discuss here lol.

Why do children have to grow up?

What Makes Me Happy

So do you want to know what made me happy this week?

Nathan colored a picture INSIDE THE LINES! I know your all thinking "so what" He's 3 almost 4. What almost 4 year old colors almost perfectly inside the lines and chooses a different color for each pedal of the flower? I almost cried.... I thought when the heck did he get to be so old?

Then when his big sisters saw the picture they told him what a good job he did. They said things like "way to go Nathan" "that picture looks so pretty". How nice was that?

I know it's just alittle thing to you.... but to me.... it made me happy...in a bittersweet my baby is growing up kinda way.

Randomness

So awhile ago we were eating super and as usual everyone finished eating except the younger three. We all leave the table and next thing I know Payton and Clayton are done eating.

me: how did you finish so fast?

Payton: well I threw it in the garbage

me: why did you do that?

Payton: Clayton did so I did too

me: well no snack for you tonight then

Payton walks up to Clayton and says: why did you throw your supper out? it gave me ideas and I followed you, now I get no snack!

Dustin and I laughed so hard....

SEPTEMBER

September is going to be super busy. With the kids getting in their back to school mode. Nathan is going to be at preschool 3 days a week (tear).

My local Families of Multiples is having their used toy and clothing sale coming up. Of which I'm apart of. So not only do I get to sell I punch of stuff I have to volunteer some hours. Then my Y-Neighbour's group is having their used toy and clothing sale. I don't get to sell at this sale but I do have to volunteer and bake lots of goodies to sell. I love selling the cookies! I can talk lots of people into buying them lol.

This year I'm the leader for my Y-Neighbour's group. I really hope this year goes smoothly and that I do a good job. I'm alittle nervous and alittle excited.

NOT ME... SATURDAY SPA DAY!

It's suppose to be not me monday but saturday works better for me lol

I did not get kidnapped saturday.

I did not spend the afternoon saturday with a great friend eating lunch at a restaurant, with no kids or no husbands.

I did not spend the afternoon having a long shower.

I did not spend the afternoon sitting in a nice warm mineral spa.

I did not spend the afternoon sitting in a hot tub.

I did not spend the afternoon having my toes painted, massaged, or mint chocolate scrub scrubbed all over my legs.

Nope not me.... must have been some other friend.

Let me tell you if that "friend" wants to do it again.... all she has to do is kidnap me LOL

Summer Time

Well it's that time of year again..... SUMMER

We've been busy, the spray pad, the beach, the park, the zoo but have we've been getting enough summer fun? Sometimes it feels like if we're not outside soaking up the sun, sand and water then it's a summer wasted. Is it o.k. to enjoy a pj day during the hot summer months??

The kids have been good and I'm so thankful that they enjoy where ever we go. No ones feels too "old" to do anything. I've been pulling out the pool more times then I can count, the bubbles, the water balloons, going for walks whenever it's not too hot. I've enjoyed the summer and I'm hoping the kids will look back at this summer and think yeah that summer was good.

Meet Sir Onyx

Our new puppy is here... mind you he's been here for a few weeks now but with everything that's been going on I now have the time to write something.

Onyx is totally different then Aero. He's loud, likes to bark and chews things. Although he is much better then he has been. Onyx is a black lab from the same mother as Aero but different fathers. He's cute and cuddly and likes to nip. It takes a lot more to train another dog, I thought I was done with potty training lol. Since Dustin insists on having the gates up so high someone has to go out with Onyx to pee... usually that's me.

All in all it's been fun and I've learned what not to do with Aero so hopefully Onyx won't have the same leash problems Aero has. But I'm sure he'll have different problems.

Kidney Stone

Kidney Stone Kidney Stone
I don't want to play
Kidney Stone Kidney Stone
Just go away
Kidney Stone Kidney Stone
I just want to pee
Kidney Stone Kidney Stone
I blast thee

If you haven't figured it out I have a kidney stone. What fun, what fun. For the past couple of months I've had about a period of about a week where I'm in excruciating pain. I finally went to the ER, I spent 24 hours there. I had blood work, CT scan and they put me on some drugs.

My kidney is slightly enlarged and the stone is infected. So now it's just a waiting game of when I go see the urologist. There isn't much else to do until the stone is out.

What really makes me made is that my doctor knew I had a stone back in Jan and didn't say anything!!! Thanks for the follow up!

I've done some research and found out that the more water I drink the better I feel. I've been carrying around a water bottle with me everwheres. Some people say that kidney stones are better then child birth HA at least with child birth you get something after it.

So now it's just the waiting game.

Sick, Sick, Sick

Last week was a very interesting week. First Faith was sick, she's almost 9 and managed to puke ALL over everything in her room. I was like see this is why I don't want you to have things laying around on your floor. There is always a teachable moment right?

Then Clayton and Nathan were playing with Faith's water bottle and were drinking from it so of course they got sick. Clayton at night but he managed to make it to the toilet. I put him on the couch for the night and didn't hear anything from him till morning. Nathan is the silent puker. He pukes with no noise and continues to play/sleep/pee what ever he's doing at the moment. So I "found" puke on the couch, on the floor, I managed to get him to sleep on towels and he puked on that too. Have I ever mentioned how much I love towels? They are so much easier to clean then couches lol.

Last but not least I got sick. Thankfully it was only one day and felt better by the end of the day.

I will say though that I am thankful that my kids get sick on different days... they are so thouughtful lol

Labrador Specialty

As most of you know our puppy Aero is a show dog. There was a lab specialty here over the weekend and Aero and his littermate Nigel won!! Aero won Best of Opposite Sex and Nigel won Best of Winners. Aero's new tittle is BOSS! How exciting is that??? I'm so proud of my boy he's awesome!

Now on to concur the states!

Another Hurt Child

Thursday was a busy day. I was caring for my friends two youngest and Nathan had swimming. I thought I would be chasing the kids around the pool but they actually stayed where I asked them too. We get home and I'm like o.k let's eat lunch. I just happened to look at the phone and notice alot of calls. The kids school phoned and Dustin phoned. Those combinations are never good. So I phoned Dustin and he told me Payton fell and split her lip opened but she was fine and not crying. Off to the school we go. Payton was eating lunch already and had a band aid on her lip. Just looking at it you can tell it was still bleeding. So I pulled off the band aid and sure enough you can see it's deep and you can see the layer of fat underneath.

I'm very thankful that the walk-in near the kids school will glue cuts. We only waited 20 minutes or so. Payton was holding her breath and I thought she was going to pass out. She did not like the alcohol cleanse at all, but really who can blame her?? I kept her home friday. She's not suppose to talk, move her lips or get it wet. The glue had to dry and set. Today she thought I was going to keep her home again. She's like mom do we have school today? I don't really feel like going. Yeah o.k. kid it only works the first day after you're hurt lol.

So that was our thursday, now all my kids have had some sort of cut glued or stitched on their face. Faith fell at daycare when she was about 18 months split her chin. Clayton was jumping from dresser to bed and hit the base board heater. Nathan was pushed into the furniture by Clayton and hit the corner of his eyebrow.

Thank god it hasn't been worse.

Projects

So my birthday is coming up soon. YEAH ME! So I told Dustin that for my birthday all I want is for him to finish the projects he has going on in the house. We've been living here for 7 years and the basement has been a work in progress/unuseable since then. How fun is that???

There is still a bounce of little things that need to be done. He's going to be starting on the cottage soon and the house will be left to shit, I just know it. But he has started to do little things around the house again. We'll see....

Finally Warm Weather

If you live in Manitoba you know we go through extreme weather conditions. One day it could be -30 the next it can be -10, then the next it can be 0. Now that it's spring time it's actually +16 today. Can you image??? It's April 18th and +16 out???

With that said we have to take the necessary spring pictures. People out there with kids can appreciate how hard it is to get these pictures.

Our New Puppy

Yup you read that right. We are getting another puppy. Aero is 15 months now so time for a new one lol. The litter is due today! It's going to be another lab from the same mom as Aero. I'm looking forward to seeing him. Hopefully she has a nice male in this litter. He's going to be another show dog, very exciting! Keep your fingers crossed for me. If you want to take a look and see if one of those pups interests you, click on the link for Azureblue Labradors on the right hand side.

Spring Break is Finally Over

The weather was suppose to be good, sunny and warm all week. Nope! It was very windy and here is MB we all know the wind is cold. So sometimes it rained, sometimes it was nice. I know I'm asking for alot with it being April already but come-on, a few not so windy days would have been nice.

The kids of course LOVED not having to go to school every day. Although I do think they were getting bored with me making them clean up their rooms every few days.

Easter is not a super big deal in our house, we have no family here to celebrate with us. So it's not like we had a HUGE turkey dinner or anything. We just had ham and potatoes on friday. The kids of course loved looking for eggs. Faith always gets the high ones, the twins always get the middle and Nathan gets the ones on the floor. I think Nathan might have come off better because I was helping him. They were actually very nice to one another, normally it's a free for all.

Saturday we went to a friends birthday party. It was at the Y and they have a climbing wall there. The older boys went up and got about halfway. Faith went up and got all the way to the top. Man she's not afraid of anything. She was like alittle spider on that thing. It was awesome!
Dustin of course had to do it too. He went to the top, but that was the easy wall. He then decided to do the slanted wall. He didn't make it very far up. I do have a good picture of him "falling" off though.

All in all I think it was a good week.

SPRING BREAK IS HERE!

Today is the middle of spring break... so far we've played at the park, went for a few walks, rode bikes and made and decorated sugar cookies. It's only wednesday.... good thing it's nice outside. This weekend is easter so chocolate chocolate and more chocolate. These kids are going to be bouncing off the walls.

Today was McD's day. I thought it would be fun to get out and have a nice lunch and let the kids play on the play structure. We went with friends; she has three kids, the kids were loud and I think they had more then enough energy. I swear they were feeding off each other lol.

Tomorrow I think it's painting easter decorations. I bought them at the dollarama. You've got to love the dollarama. They have so many kids things there, yes they may be junk but it's junk they can play with, and it's cheap; so you don't feel bad when you throw it out LOL.

SPRING BREAK IS HERE!!! hopefully I survive the remaining days.

Meals

So I've never been one to make big meals mostly because my husband comes behind me and says I'm cooking it too high, I'm doing things wrong or whatever. If it's not done the "wilson way" it's done the wrong way is a popular saying in my house. But on to my rant. So I had the best chicken wings at a friends house and she gave me the receipe so I could make them at home. I had to thaw them, spice them and cook them for 45 mins, I make french fries to go with them. There was alot of time, effort and work put into these. Dustin says to me, "I don't really like chicken wings", "there as good as the ones in the store". Thanks that means alot to me.

Then Payton comes up to me and says "mommy I hate to tell you this, but... your chicken wings aren't as good as the ones in the store." thanks kid... geez no wonder I don't prepare meals.

But I like them and 2 out of 4 kids like them, so I'm going to continue to make them and everyone else can find something else to eat.

Dance

Dance like no one is watching... or better yet dance like a 3 year old lol. All you parents out there know what I'm talking about.

Today I have the music cranked on a local radio station. Nathan is dancing around and being silly. The other side benefit is he'll be tired tonight.

Laugh, Dance Sing!

Aero

My Aero has achieved his championship! He competed in the Brandon dog show a couple of weekends ago and got enough points to finish! He's awesome. I'm so proud of my boy. Now we will just compete in the speciality Lab shows. These shows are for breeders to show off their dogs and get people interested in them for breeding. I'm hoping to handle Aero in the specialty show. I'm going to need to practice and go to sanction matches which are mock shows where people go to learn what to do in the shows. I read a saying that said the easier it looks in the ring is because the handler is working extra hard. He will now be known in the ring as Ch. Azureblue Aero Bar None.

Keep your fingers crossed for me!

Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is about more then just loving your spouse. It should be about showing love to the whole family. I decided to take pictures of my kids with the things they love the most.

Funny Sleeper

My youngest son is sleeping on a mattress on the floor. Not through any of his own doing, Dustin built them bunk beds; or bunk-a-bee beds as Nathan calls them; and hasn't finished them. We need a ladder and guard rails along the top. So Nathan has taken to sleeping in funny stops around the room. I being the loving mother that I am has decided to take pictures when ever he does so. Here is Nathan crammed into two very tight spots.

Children's Quotes of the Day

Payton "mommy I love red apples cause they taste like candy"

Clayton "I don't like spaghetti but I'm pretending it's something I do like, like mini wheat's!"

Nathan sniffing the air "I smell... chicken!"

Weekend fun

This weekend we had a visitor.... a friend was going out of town for the weekend and asked us to watch their dog. Sure no problem. Aero is what you'd call a "friendly bully" he doesn't realize that what he's doing the other dogs don't like it. There were a few reminders but all in all I think the weekend went well. Aero likes having other dogs to play with. The other dog actually wanted to play and would start playing with Aero. They were tired but the end of the weekend.

They actually drank out of the same bowl, chewed the same bone or rope toy at the same time. Mind you if Aero wanted it there was nothing the other dog could do to stop him. Nathan thought he was in charge of the dogs, if they were playing and he didn't want them to he was right in there trying to stop them. He got a few bumps and bruises this weekend. When Nathan sits on the floor he is at the same height as Aero's butt. When the dogs were playing they didn't care who was near them, I had to remind Nathan that if he didn't want a face full of butt he'd better move LOL. Aero is male the other dog is male but neutered I think Aero will do fine when we bring the other puppy home. Which should be in time for my birthday in MAY!

This morning was fun! There was a power surge about 7:30 and then the water slowly ran out. It was off for maybe 20 minutes. But in that time you're thinking OH CRAP! We as a city have a new water treatment plante and I think the power surge affected it.

Oh the joys of having no water lol

Back to School

4 bowls of cereal
3 lunches packed
3 kids dressed and out the door
0 screaming
0 crying
equals
one happy mom

gota love back to school time