Seriously...does it get cuter than this?

While we were in the car driving to one of Blake's hockey games we started discussing our upcoming family birthday's, I mentioned that after mine is the baby Jesus' birthday. Blake thought about it for a couple of minutes and asked "who is baby Jesus?". When we didn't answer right away he again pipes up "I'm guessing it's ME!".

Now don't judge me because my son doesn't have the first clue about religion. I was adamant that I would raise my children to appreciate both perspectives regarding religion and evolution. When the boys were younger we read bible stories together and found them to be rather disturbing. To the point where Joshua then 5 or 6 yrs old asked me why GOD would kill people as he had in many of the stories (ie: Noah's Ark). I stopped reading and have given them the freedom to explore their spiritual side on their own.

For the record Blake does know who Baby Jesus is...we have the Fisher Price Nativity and he adores the baby Jesus!

This was just on of those P R I C E L E S S moments! :)

Today my baby graduates ~ Senior Kindergarten!

I can hardly believe that the time has passed so quickly...my baby is going to be going to school full time in 4 short weeks. I don't know about him but I am NOT ready for this milestone!

He hardly slept last night with excitment about his graduation ceremony today...
It's different with girls you find a beautiful dress, do their hair in their favourite style and they look like little princesses. With a boy you cut their hair, pick out a clean t-shirt and they are good to go.

I am feeling kind of meloncholy today!

Funny how inherently attached to our children we are. The pride we feel in their accomplishments is almost as if we are the one who achieved the goal. When they fail we experience the pain as much as they do, possibly more intensely.

I know that people think that I talk about my kids a lot, but they can't comprehend the depth of my pride in them. They don't realize where I came from or what challenges I faced to reach the person I have become. That my children are whole, healthy and highly functioning people is perhaps MY greatest triumph.

The youngest is about as sweet as they come, but he is also very competitive and very gifted athletically. He started lacrosse this May is really quite outstanding at the game. Not only does he play well he is also very fair minded and will stop and help someone up when they fall. He stands out during the games and has been awarded MVP in all of the games he has played in. He started soccer last night and once again dominated the field scored 3 of the 4 goals and was chosen Player of the Game. I was just about busting with pride!

Is it wrong that my identity is so tied to who they are and will become??

Congratulations to my girl!

The song she wrote for the SASS contest (theme bullying) was chosen top 10!

What an amazing night of listening to music created by such talented youth & how gracious they all were complimenting each other and just supporting the fact that each on of them had put it all out there for people to see.

Enjoy the song!


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Wealth consists not in having great possessions but in having few wants.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try!

I feel a pull toward creativity and this is going to be my outlet. I am not what one would describe as poetic nor do I feel like a creative person! We shall see...


I have 4 babies ~ not so ~ they are no longer babies, although I long for this period again.
I would have another but it seems greedy and is probably too late anyway.

So I enjoy other women's babies and help them find their way in this world.


I was a baby myself when my oldest chose me some 24 years ago.
My handsome, intelligent knight in shining armour...
we grew up together, he & I.
He has helped me to become person that I am today.
Sometimes he is angry that he was the one that I had to learn on but someday when he is a father (I know he will be the most amazing father!) he will forgive me the mistakes that I have made.
He is at the precipice of his own life...difficult for me to see him go, yet I know that the bond will always remain.
The hardest part of letting go is knowing that you cease to be the centre of their universe.
My baby boy in a man's body is engaged to married! To the sweetest girl you could ever hope for your son to fall in love with.
They met when they were too young to know what love was...yet they knew and they have held on to this love for over 8 years.
Wow...married! Something I have never done...seems so foreign to me.

My 2nd son who chose our family is 20 and a seemingly typical middle child, unfocused & aimless!
Blond haired, blue eyed beautiful boy!
Dreams of being a rock star, yet does nothing to achieve this goal.
Waits for the knock on the door asking him to make a record!?!
This boy lives for the next party...the next drink...the next blunt.
He is the one that has broken my heart many, many times. Along with the countless number of girls that have fallen under his spell.

My girl, my precious beautiful gorgeous talented baby girl! She is 15 and all things that mother's wish their daughters to be...I thank the universe every day for this miraculous gift!
She is everything that I was not.
She loves school, does not fall prey to the lure of the 'cool' kids.
She is the complete opposite of me yet we are so similar.
She is an INDIVIDUAL!
Everything she does, she does well!

She also has a natural ability to make people feel better about themselves.
She is a scholar, an athlete, and a very talented singer/songwriter.

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She is absolutely stunning to look at and has a beautiful spirit to match...

Last but not least the baby of our family...the smallest one that has been sent to bring us even closer together.
At 5 he is the comedian of our group...he will do almost anything to make us smile
He laughs harder, plays harder, and loves harder than any of the others...something that we were lacking and he somehow knew we needed.
He has the best qualities of each of the others...which if you knew the beauty of them you would understand how truly astonishing this baby boy is.
He has the heart of my first born...the charm of the second...the ability to love of the third ~ and something that is completely uniquely his own.

So as you can see these four people have made me who I am today and I think that is a pretty special person to be. I am blessed beyond my wildest imagination.

I am lucky to be their MAMA <3

Peace & Love