TV

I just don't get tv lately. They play a show starting in September, then in December they have the season final. The show was a HUGE hit. Now the stupid tv stations are going to lose the viewing audience. People are going to think the show was cancelled and not look or watch out for it. When it comes back people are going to think it was on the whole time and now they have missed episodes and not watch it. Then the viewing audience number will go down and they will cancel the show. Networks are being very stupid about this, if they don't have 12.5 million people watching the show gets cancelled. Guess what people do have other things to do and may not watch it right at 7:00 o'clock when it comes on, but if you give them time they will watch it. Just think if the networks did that back when the Seinfeld show was on that show would never had made it past it's 2nd show. Think about that networks.

It's very frustrating as the viewing audience. I like to watch tv at night and if the shows aren't on I'm more likely not to watch anything else and put a movie on or read a book.

Kids

My older brother has 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls. I also have 4 kids, 2 boys and 2 girls. Kinda funny it turned out that way isn't it? So in 2008 when they moved from New Brunswick to Alberta, we took a oldest to youngest picture. Don't they all look so cute?

from the youngest in order it's Nathan age 2, Payton age 4, Clayton age 4, Kaden age 5, Caleb age 6, Faith age 7, Kennedy age 7, & Colette age 10.

At Christmas time, my brother said o.k. we have to do this again, but this time we did a tallest to the smallest one. Which is just slightly different because his kids are so much taller then mine lol.

So here is the best one, it's hard to get all 8 to look in the same direction at the same time. So in order from the smallest is Nathan age 5, Payton age 7, Clayton age 7, Kaden age 8, Faith age 10, Caleb age 9, Kennedy age 10, & Colette age 13.

That's alot of kids. My younder brother just got engaged this christmas, I wonder how many kids he's going to have????

It's Christmas Week!

Our family letter this year.

This has been one hell of a year. The summer started off great. We were going to go too the beach when ever possible. We were going to visit my family often. Yeah none of that happened.

The kids and I were in a car accident. Most of summer ruined fighting autopac and not having a vehicle. I made the most of it, trying to do as much as we could around the neighbourhood. We did end up getting a new 2011 dodge caravan. It is super nice and a nice bright orange color. I love it!

Then my dear friend and her family had a house fire. Trying to help her through that, not much physically that can be done. She's a trooper and is managing to deal with it, with as much grace as she can. We thought o.k we're in the clear, then her husband is in a terrible car accident. I'm thankful the car took most of the damage. They are enjoying their time together. He is finally starting back to work on a part-time bases. Their kids love having daddy home with them.

Then I got one of the worst calls a person can ever get. My mom lost her fight with colon cancer; at the tender age of 53. Having to bury her was horrible.... There is a bright side, my brothers and I got to spent some time just the three of us. We had a road trip too Nova Scotia, 20 hours of driving there and back. I saw my dad for the first time in 10 years. I know my mom would have loved us getting to reconnect.

Our kids are doing wonderful. Nathan is thriving in french school. I really don't think there are many worries with him. He needs to learn to control his temper. He's a cheeky little guy who loves to make everyone laugh. Clayton is improving in french every day. We found a website that reads the french numbers and has them from 0-100. He's been practicing and doing so well. Payton is getting better with her shyness. I've convinced her that having more then one friend is better then just having one friend. I'm still trying to get her to stick up for herself. I'm not sure what she's afraid of?? Faith is little miss attitude. She's a pre-teen and makes sure everyone knows it. She's a very caring person and mothers her siblings like crazy! I don't know what I would do without her lol.

Dustin has decided to paint the kids rooms this fall. The boys have a new jet themed room. The girls room looks lovely with yellow and blue. We have also taken out the dresser in the boys room and put in shelving. So far so good! Dustin is still loving work. He has managed to attend three winnipeg jets game this fall.

I have no children at home during the day. Yes you guessed it I'm back to work. I work at a local school as the lunch room supervisor. I enjoy talking to the kids, they always have interesting points of view on life subjects.

I'm hoping this year brings us better tidings then last year.
Merry Christmas from the Wilson's

A Bunch of Sentences

Well it's almost that time of year again... Christmas Time. It's alittle hard. I pulled out all the christmas cards I've been saving over the last years. There were ALOT of them. I threw out the ones that don't mean anything too me and kept the ones from my mom. It kinda makes me said that I'll never be called sister, sister susie or any of the other nicknames she called me. My dad has nicknames of his own for each kid. I read over the cards and started to cry :0(

Anyways, this year I'm not all that interested in getting a professional family picture taken. We've done one every year since Faith was born. But let's face it, it's a waste of money. I don't see any of Dustin's family putting those pictures up. Even the kids school pictures. I refused to pay all that money, so we only got the basic packages. I have friends who appreciate the pictures more then the family does. So we are just going to take a picture ourselves and mail it out to people.

I finally get to have my family around for christmas this year. You have no idea how much that means to me. It's been 10 years since I got to share christmas with someone (other then my kids) who actually make me feel welcome and wanted.

I don't know how well christmas is going to go this year. I'm angry over somethings that happened this summer/fall and don't know if I can or even want to keep it to myself anymore. The kids and I were in the car accident and my friends were there for me more then "family" was. I got a hug weeks later and a "we were so worried about you" which basically meant nothing to me. Even Dustin didn't drop everything and come running, cause of course I wouldn't need moral support that would be too obvious. My mom passed away and all I got is a card "sorry for your loss" Everytime there was a loss in their family I was there to support them. I know I shouldn't expect anything from them, based on past experience, but come on alittle compassion would have been something more then what I got. I know you might think I'm being selfish, but that's how I feel. My dad who hasn't been married to my mom for more then 17 years and his girlfriend dropped everything and drove 12 hours to be with us. That's kinda what most people expect from "family".

Anyways I am looking forward to christmas with a break from our daily routines. I'm hoping there will be alittle bit more snow, so the kids have something to play in and do over the holidays.

Children's Museum

We went for the first time to the children's museum in Winnipeg. The kids had so much fun. This is a picture of us leaving. We got a goody bag and some balloons.

Pay it Forward

I find it interesting in this day and age, that there are actual movements in the Canada and the US about “Pay it forward”. I was doing web searches for a newspaper and I came across this http://www.chieftain.com/life/local/here-are-some-easy-ways-to-pay-it-forward/article_5932b212-04eb-11e1-b0aa-001cc4c002e0.html

Where basically they say donate blood, clean your local park and donate gently used clothing. Really?? We have to have a movement for this? Isn’t this just common sense?

To me paying it forward is paying someone’s Timmie’s bill for them, or small acts of kindness. Not simple common courtesies like holding a door for someone behind you, moving over on the sidewalk so you don’t take up the whole sidewalk, and saying thank-you when receiving Halloween candy.

Has our society really become that self involved? That common courtesies have to have a “movement”?

Favorites

So I was watching Anderson yesterday. His show was about Mom's having favorite kids. They say that every mom out there has a favorite, they just don't talk about it. I find that interesting... one mom yesterday was absolutely favoring one child over the other. She openly admitted it. How is the other child going to feel later in life??

So growing up my mom totally had a favorite. You'd think it was me cause I'm so awesome, well you'd be wrong. My older brother was totally the favorite. Then ten years later my younger brother became the favorite. Need examples, o.k I'll give you some.
- mom had pictures taken with each child when they were babies... she blew up the ones with the boys and hung them on the wall.
- mom would take Nic out of school for a "special day" these happened quite often... on a side note I did enjoy going to school and Nic didn't
- mom and dad had a plaque with Nic's birth info engraved on it.
- there were 2 times more photos of the boys then me hanging up on the walls. I actually went around one time and counted them, just to prove a point. That is when she blow up a baby picture of me and her and hung it on the wall.
- mom had a huge photo frame of Nic and then Chris of all their baby pictures.
- Nic could do no wrong and I was the one who had to take care of my younger brother when mom was working. She later told me that she was harder on me because I was the girl and she was trying to make me more of a responsible, independent person

The photo thing still bugs me to this day. That is why when I put photos together of my own kids I make sure there is equal number of each child.

I asked my kids "does mom have a favorite?" Faith said yes me, Clayton said yes me, Payton said yes Nathan, Nathan said yes me. How funny is that? I do tell them at different times that they are my favorite. You are my favorite Faith in the whole world... which is totally true they are my favorite out of the whole world. I've also whispered in their ear that they are my favorite child.

I can remember one time when a friend said to me that she always thought she was her parents favorite child, only to find out they had been saying it too both children through out their childhood. Each child grew up believing they were the favorite and not to tell the other one cause it would hurt their feelings.

So do you have a favorite child? do you let on that they are your favorite? Do I have a favorite child? yes, but it changes with how I feel about the children on any given day.