You Capture: Joy

Most of my joy while writing this post came from 30 Rock. Such a funny show. Twist - but on a day to day basis most of my joy comes from Frick and Frack. It was easy week for You Capture: Joy.




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Jenn

Life is Great

The boys are at really great ages. Nathan has started communicating, Lucas has been really fun to be around. I do think this is such a great time in our lives. Nathan smiles at everyone he is learning humor and try's to make us laugh. He'll do something that makes me laugh, like blowing bubbles in the tub, I'll laugh and he'll do it again.




I spend most days smiling at my two boys. I love life.

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Jenn

Smart

Lucas continues to amaze me with how much he knows and absorbs. I'm sure the same will happen with Nathan once he starts talking. But here are some of Lucas's latest shenanigans.

He is very interested in math lately. He knows that 100 is a alot. But can also distinguish when something is more or less then 100. 41 is that more or less then 100, he'll know it's less. 754 is that more or less. He knows it's more. He's also been adding. Although I wonder how much of it is memorization more then really knowing how to add. But he'll recite off a bunch of addition to me. 2+2=4 right? 1+3= 4 right?

He is also catching onto French quite a bit. We have a french counting book and he is quite good with counting in french. Which reminds me I need to go and order more french books. We have about 5 and I'm getting sick of them.

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Jenn

Weakerthans

This weekend we had a wonderful treat in store for us. My amazing parents babysat our kids and our best friends kids and we all went out. Started with wine and steak from the Keg for dinner and then headed out to a concert at the University. Unfortunately when i showed up with my camera they had to call the tour manager out because it was "semi-pro", when I told them I just use it to take pictures of my kids, they still didn't let me bring it in. Another funny thing was you could really tell we were at a university. They played in a "gym" and there were lots of young people there ( I was feeling kind of old). And it was loud. Especially the Constantines. My ears were ringing, my pants were dancing (even though my legs weren't moving) after the first couple of songs. The Constantines did improve after the first couple of songs. But oh.. the Weakerthans, the reason I was there.



This band is amazing. The lyrics they write are so Canadian Pennies for the GST, provide such great imagery And they bite their mitts off to show me transfers, deposit change and make me want to sing along all the time I hate Winnipeg. Funny love songs You may role your eyes at this, but I'm so glad you exist. Such great music. I can sing along to most of the songs. And play air drums to them too, peel the corner gaurd, dance down the sheet to the tune of hurry, hurry hard Some songs are slow, some songs are fast. It was a great concert. Made me come home and download more of their songs. It also took me back to some of the great memories I had from cruise. Although there were many more people there then we out on the deck of a boat.

If you haven't heard of them I highly recommend them.

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Jenn

Go Flames Go

One of the things I love about my city is how people get so excited about things that happen here. I've written before about Stampede and how everyone puts on their cowboy hats and plaid outfits for a week. Now the Calgary Flames are in the playoffs and the same excitement sweeps over the city. People are putting flags on their cars. Everyone is wearing their jersey's on game day. The "sea of red" in the dome. It's so fun. I hope they go a long way in these playoffs becuase I love this excitement.


So if there are some nights I don't post you may know what I'm doing.

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Jenn

Funny Drive

Yesterday as I was driving to work I was behind a car with a bunch of bumper stickers. One was for a website "acomplaintfreeworld.org" and there was another that said "Having trouble with your marriage" and then a website below it. I was thinking if I had a pen I would cross out the website and put... "Having trouble with your Marriage.... Well don't Complain to me".

So funny

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Jenn

Eat off the Floor

My best friend is a neat freak. She has two things on her counters and her house is a mess. I on the other hand am clean, but not over the top. Do I leave dirty dishes in the sink some nights? Yes. Do I forget to wash my bathrooms some weeks? Yes Do I only wash my sheets once a month? Yes. I vacuum/sweep every other day (although I do have two cats and a dog) I was the floors generally every week (although maybe less in the winter). So a couple of weeks ago when I was watching my best friends son he didn't want to eat the ice cream sandwich I had dropped on the floor, so I gave it to Lucas. Then I dropped the second one on the floor and he was still hestitant to eat it (as it had germs), but he did. So I'm wondering where the "world" stands on this. So tell me, do you or your kids eat stuff off your floor?

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Jenn

Monthly Newsletter- Month Forty Four

Dear Lucas,

This weekend you turned forty four months old. Things are really good with all of us. You are a good listener and well behaved. You have become easier to reason with. We are able to explain things to you and and you understand a lot better. In turn you are rewarded with fun stuff, whether it be sleeping mommy's bed or a new toy or playing outside. Daddy went away for a week this month and we had a great time together especially sleeping in bed together.



You continue to be great with your little brother. As Nathan grows older he is able to play with you more and so you are getting better at playing with him. You love to come up and listen to Nathan's books. Hugging and kissing Nathan before bed. Although you still yell at him if he is doing something you don't like. Although I think that is kind of a poor reflection on my parenting skills. I don't yell a lot but when I do get upset I do yell. And I can see that now reflected in you and Nathan.



You are loving giving hugs and kisses . When anyone leaves you want to give them a hug and a kiss. Whether it's Grandma or Auntie Lexie or Shaun or Nathan, hugs and kisses are where it's at for you.


This month you also started back at Lesley's 3 days a week. The transistion has been pretty easy for you. You really enjoy your friends at Lesley's. And you enjoy the different things that Lesley does with you compared with me.
This is your bones shirt. Hands down your favorite shirt. You love that it glows in the dark. It is the shirt we have to take off you and wash right away so that you can put it back on in a couple of hours.

You are funny, you love music. If there is not music on the house, you'll ask for it. You love most all the music I play. Today in the car we were listening to the Barenaked Ladies song "Long While" and I was explaining what the song was about. At the end you said, "This is my favorite Barenaked Ladies song". It made me so happy. In so many ways you are like Darryl. You are reserved and observant like he is. But you love music like I do and I hope we always have that in common.


We have spent lots of time outside this month as well. At the beginning of the month there was still lots of snow but Daddy would go out with you and play on the tobagganing hill he made. Later this month the snow has all melted and we have the nice weather to enjoy. I much prefer the nice weather. You have been amaing with your bike this month. We bought you a big boy bike (with training wheels) at the end of last year and you have done such a great job with riding it. One weekend even biked all the way to the store! We did stop at lots of benchs and every park, but it was so fun. I love it when we are buddies.




You are willing to say sorry for anything but it's not always heartfelt. I'll correct you for something you've done wrong and the first thing out of your mouth is sorry. I do like that you apologize when you do something wrong, now we just have to get you to think a little more about why you are apologizing.


This month someone in the blogging community lost their child. I don't really know this women only some of the words she writes. But it leaves me in tears many nights when I'm feeding Nathan or snuggling with you in bed and sharing our favorite things. I can't imagine what it would be like to lose either of you. This woman and her husband wrote this beautiful remembrances of their daughter and talked about how lucky they were to have had her in their lives. I can't imagine going on if one of you were to pass away, nevertheless getting to the point of being grateful for your life. Instead I am trying to enjoy all of my moments with you, even the bad ones, because I'd rather have all the bad ones then none at all.

with all my love

mommy

My Dad Will Be So Proud

Today I made my famous sausage soup for dinner. It's always better with bread. I was at the Superstore and bought whole grain fresh bread and I ate three pieces of it.



Aren't you proud Dad =)

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Jenn

Tongues

One of Nathan's newest tricks is sticking out his tongue. Although not sure if he has put the words together with the action but we are trying to teach him. Today in the car I was trying to get Nathan to stick his tongue out, but he wasn't putting it together. So Lucas starting sticking out his tongue at him and Nathan started to do it back. It was hilarious. I laughed and they did it more and I laughed more.

Life is good.

Till Tomorrow

Jenn