My Family

My Family

Wednesday 27 June 2012

Busy, busy!

So for the past few weeks (ok, the past 8 months) the weather has been terrible. I'm so sick of it (and I've grown up here!) So If it's not raining, or it's just about to rain, I take the kids out to the park. This morning I tidied up the kitchen, living room and bathroom then fed the kids lunch(I don't know why I do... they never eat what I make them, and I have to make them something else, or they just help themselves in the fridge)then we rushed out the door for some much needed vitamin D. Just down the street there's a great sports park with a turf soccer field and a little enclosed park. So we headed to the soccer field to get some running into our afternoon(I ran too!) and then headed off to the park. By the way... I DEFINITELY need to bring my camera out with me more often.

 Anyways...I am really enjoying the ok weather and being able to get the kids out of the house and run off some of their energy. Living in a condo is so not fun, and we're ready to get out of here. But in order to sell this place we need to organize our finances and just make sure we (and the house) are in a position to sell. It takes a lot of preparation. There's a lot of goals that V and I are working towards, and that's just one of many.
This picture is a fairly recent picture of the kids. They grow so fast and I'm so amazed every day at how much they learn. Sam is talking more and more, and really testing his limits when it comes to obeying rules. Soph is asking lots of questions and trying so hard to be a good sister and good helper around the house. She loves to play games and loves to play pretend.

 This weekend is Canada Day so I'm going to take the camera with me everywhere and write about it next weekend. The plan is to go to church(canada day is on Sunday) then take off to some of the free activities going on, then if the weather holds out (yup, rain in the forecast, AGAIN!) we're taking the kids to the fireworks. Sophia LOVES fireworks, and Canada Day in general. I would say it's one of her top holidays. So it'll be pretty special for her.

Monday 11 June 2012

It's been too long!

So I just looked, and I haven't blogged in over a year. What the heck!! I'm on the computer a lot, and don't take time to write about the family or whats going on in my life? Fail!!! I'm going to start again and it should help me organize my thoughts and what has been happening lately. So what major events have happened since I left off? Well V was working from home (which was awesome and frustrating) I loved having him home and he was able to help me with parenting and watch how amazing our children are, and how fast they grow. Then we headed off to Brazil for a month for Christmas. It was amazing and I was finally able to enjoy since last time I was pregnant with Sophia and sick every day. But I vowed that this trip we were going to enjoy as much as we could, and boy did we ever! I loved watching the kids interact with their foreign family and see how loved they are by them. They are so lucky to have such wonderful family in Brazil. We played at the beach, pool, and outside in the warmth. They were picking up the language quickly(so was I), but we had to come home... darn. After Brazil V and I decided that the days of being at work-at-home dad needed to come to an end if we were to look into getting a bigger house and get out of this city life we're stuck in. I love the city, and how nice it is to have everything within walking distance, but I hate living in an apartment and we want a big, big backyard and lots of space for a large family. Not going to happen in the city. So Vitor is back in engineering(and still doing the evening work-at-home dad) and getting all our finances in order to make the move and get a bigger place. Just this past week we've had an excellent opportunity to ponder and do some goal planning. instead of writing them on paper and sticking it on a shelf, or on the fridge, V bought some presentation paper and we wrote our goals on them and posted them on our bedroom wall. It's a great way for us to wake up and go to bed... being constantly reminded of our goals and what we did in the day to get closer to accomplish those goals. Every day we're getting a little bit closer! So this is a glimpse of what has happened in the past year. More blogging to come. Promise!