I was totally dreading this week. Back to work and back to school. It’s back to checking on homework and making school lunches each night as well as a full day of work and total exhaustion at night. I am not trying to sound morbid but vacation time is so stress free. I must say though that princess T and brother Y have settled back to school so nicely and are actually enjoying being back in some kind of routine.

Mommy took a little longer but I too am enjoying getting back into routine it’s really not so bad.

Let’s get real. Who can make realistic resolutions that you can stick to for an entire year. Not many of us. They usually go something like this….

If you are a smoker – cut down or give up altogether.

If you enjoy a bit too much of drinking – cut down or give up altogether.

Eat healthier – and cut down or give up junk food.

Exercise – start doing it, or do it more often

Spending money – cut down on expenses… and so the list goes on.

But… without giving yourselves realistic goals with deadlines no resolutions are possibly going to be able to be achieve successfully.

I personally have a daily resolution for 2008, to always stay positive, look forward and forget things that have already happened. Have fun with my husband and kids and make the best of all situations. As for the rest I haven’t quite written out my list but am trying to write down realistic goals with realistic timelines to achieve.

So best of luck to all of you for your new years resolutions for 2008

Happy new Year to all the bloggers out there. I have been off for two weeks.My family and I enjoyed a wonderful winter break. We truly relaxed, did not do much. We saw some movies, went to some good restaurants with the kids, and just had a super relaxing time. I will now be back to regular blogging. I hope that everyone enjoyed the holiday season and that you are all ready to have a fabulous year ahed.

Happy new Year to all the bloggers out there. I have been off for two weeks. My family and I enjoyed a wonderful winter break. We truly relaxed, did not do much. We saw some movies, went to some good restaurants with the kids, and just had a super relaxing time. I will now be back to regular blogging. I hope that everyone enjoyed the holiday season and that you are all ready to have a fabulous year ahead.

What a delightful movie. A friend of mine and I decided to spend some girl time together. So off we sent to see Enchanted together. I think that if I took 6 year old princess T, she would’ve liked it but not quite gotten the story. The humour in it was wonderful. It was a real girly love story but with wonderful humour. So I recommend it to all the young girls out there, and moms too.

Moms if you want a break, get dads to baby sit and go enjoy a lovely romantic movie.

Nine and a half years ago my hubby and I were blessed with a beautiful blued eyed baby boy. Three years later we blessed with a beautiful dark eyed baby girl.

All children have different personalities and temperaments.

Our boy is very calm and easy going. He is very emotionally mature for his age. He is generally a happy go lucky boy, uncomplicated and eager to please.

 Our princess has the most energetic and alive personality. She is full of life and fun. Unfortunately she tends to be a little more challenging when it comes to listening and not giving us arguments.

 Speaking around to people who have both sons and daughters, most of them report the daughters to be more challenging and not as easy going as the boys.

 I am not really sure if this is a set rule with boys and girls, or just two different kids with two completely different personalities.

Whether you have children of the same sex, or both sons and daughters and even if the girls are a little challenging, I am sure they still bring so much pleasure into your world, just as much as your sons do.

This year hubby’s company took us to ‘little Greece” for the Company’s end of year dinner. What a fab place he works for. His bos and his bosses wife are just amazing people. The traffic was heavy to get down there and parking was a mission but dinner was fantastic. We all shared some yummy starters on platter. Pita with an assortment of Greek dips..

After that we each ordered main course. I had delicious lamb- which is my all time favourite. We had a little wine to go with the meal. We finished off with coffee and an assortment of Greek desert on a platter. The food was delicious and a fantastic time was had by all.

From the time we get pregnant we receive something called the “Guilty mother Syndrome” Somehow when we have our first child, it doesn’t seem too bad. Then we have two children we feel guilty that neither of them are receiving the attention that we were able to give the  first one. If we are working moms, we feel guilty that we don’t have the opportunity to spend enough time with our kids. if we are stay at home moms, we feel that we are always running around and doing chores and also not spending enough quality time with our kids. My mom tells me that even your kids are grown up and married with their own families there still seems to be so much that one feels guilty about. So, I have decided that one of my “new years resolutions”, is to stop feeling guilty. I have two magnificent children and they are okay and growing up well. So I am going to try my best to let go of the Guilty mother syndrome.

Princess T’s nine year old brother loves his sleep so much. He is so happy to brush his teeth and get ready for bed every night. He just can’t wait to get under his blankets and then in two minutes lights are out, and he’s in a deep sleep. However when it’s time for Princess T to go and brush her teeth, there’s always a moan, or an argument. Bed time has turned into an unpleasant issue.

 So what do we do??? If we spanked her, we would be called abusive parents. Sometimes we try the 1, 2, 3 counting thing, and occasionally it works. Other times we threaten to take her favourite toys away, and she sometimes that works. Other times hubby threatens that she can’t do nice family outings- I don’t always agree with that one. Sometimes a smiley face chart works very well.

 So basically each night we try a different tactic to avoid bed time issues, .We seem to have to find something different to use each night. 

I’d be more than happy to receive any suggestions to make ess of an issue

Okay we all know that the world has changed and the digital world has entered our lives. Yes okay we can’t live without, computers, digital cameras, the internet, you tube, projectors, big screen TV’s. and so I could go on forever. What’s most interesting is my son in grade four gets his homework projects do on the computer and the internet. Yes he probably knows how to work it better than me. He brings home web sites that he has to look up his work on and do his projects about. His teacher’s even have their own web sites, and he can find all the home work that he might have missed in a day on the teachers school web sites..I am not bashing the new world of technology. Although I think creativity and imagination is a little lost today, but boy it’s so convenient. Life would’ve been so easy if I were a kid today.