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.

Even though we are not taking a winter vacation, I am looking so forward to the two week winter break. A great break from making school lunches daily, overseeing school homework, and rushing the kids in the morning, not to mention my major rush for myself each morning. I am looking quite forward to major relaxation time and family quality time. The kids are looking so forward to the break, and a break of weekly routine. We are taking them to see High School musical on ice. To be honest I am as excited as them to see it. The rest of the time spontaneity it will be.  

Last night was the first night Hanukkah. I thought I was all ready. The candles were ready, the menorah was up and the first candles were in place ready to be lit. The Hanukkah geld (chocolate money) was all set. Dreidels were out to play with and gifts were wrapped. The spirit was in the air. We were going to have a small family dinner and celebration after the working day was over. On Friday night my sister and her family are coming over for the bigger family celebration and we will go all out not leaving out latkes or the jelly doughnuts. About an hour before hubby returned from work. My princess T asked where are the latkes? I told her that because it was a working week day, I did not have the time to fry them, but promise that they will be on the tables, on Friday night when her Aunts and cousins are here. Princess T began to sob. How can we have our first night Hanukkah without latkes??? After feeling horribly guilty hubby ran to the store before returning home and brought home some latke mix and there I was frying the latkes for heart broken princess T.