We have a new member of our family. After years of the kids begging for a dog, we gave in and got one. We put him in a box and rang the doorbell. The kids were super surprised and cried.
I am not really sure I fully understand the magnitude of what I did and what I will be giving up but ... it was about time and it was not impulsive. I had thought hard about this and my dream was to give a dog to my girls .
Welcome home Barkley !

Mother's Day

Today , the day was as perfect as could be ...

The girls gave me a lot of cards, a show and my s'well what're Bottle

Morning breakfast with my mom 

Afternoon bike ride with Jason and the girls, followed by some soccer and some tickles 

Jules and I went shopping and we finished with some amazing dinner 

steak and corn !! 

I am very lucky and I love every minute of motherhood ! 

Soccer

Alessandra is playing soccer for the first time this season. She is loving it and really like the girls she is playing with. Today was the first time she played as a goalie and ... 

First 3 goals were from the other team and the balls were so fast that Alessandra did not see it coming. 

Alessandra was so disappointed and started crying. 

The next few goals ... She save them !!! And everything was good after that. 

She just told me that goalie is one of her favorite position!! 

Merry Christmas

Julianna got a laptop and shopkins 

Alessandra got a big withe tigger and Legos 

Both got mermaid tales from Vovo 

My birthday

I am turning 40 years old today and I am feeling old . 

I took the day off work so I could celebrate with my girls. 

I had a lot of fun and we went to Belmont Park. Julianna still afraid of the roller coaster but Alessandea was brave enough to go a few different times. 

I am "old" but I am happy.

I truly have an amazing family and we are all healthy and happy . 

First tkd competition

Julianna had her first competition today and it was really good. I was really proud of mine red belt. 

She did not rank in the top 3 but did an amazing job 

Start for the day 07/21/2015

Today was her day to shy and she was amazing ... Smiling and having fun the whole time . 

It was a 2 weeks summer camp where they researched for this show .

Jules ... You are my star !!!

Jules 1st camp - 06-21-15

Julianna went to her first resident camp. 5 days GS horse camp. Her buddy fwaa Genavive 

She loved it ...her horse name was Tarzan and it was white. She said that the food was amazing and that the leaders really cared about them. She sent us 2 letter and received a daily letter from me. 

I missed my big girl but I am really proud of her. Not broken bones and even her brakes from her braces came back intact . 

She is ready for the next one !!! 

Sick baby

What a weekend ! 

Alessandra started feeling sick Sat morning . At about 3pm , she started puking non stop . Every liquid that we put in she would put out . I spent my day next to her and trying to give her some liquid every 10 minutes . 

After 29 hours, I think she is finally turning the corner as the throwing up stopped.

She is so cute and does now complain ... Just want to be next to momy smooching .

Feel better cockinha! 

Shy ? Who ?

Easter

6:00am - Julianna run to my room - mom !!! 

Me - go back to sleep ... Too early 

7:00am - Julianna and Alessandra run to my room - mom !!! It is Easter 

Me - please , a little more ... 8:00 am 

8:00am - Julianna and Alessandra one more time come to my room - ok exactly 8am let's see what the bunny brought us 

I tried to get a few more minutes and after a lot of smoochi, kisses and massages we ha do wake up at around 8:17am 

Went downstairs and saw all the gifts their gramrabit sent them and it was time to find some Easter eggs. The weird thing about this Easter is that the first time, some kind of animal found the Easter eggs before th kids. Some of them were opened and a tic tac box opened with a trail of purple and free tic tacs. 

The kids ate a lot of white chocolates , got some minecraft, sea animals inside their eggs and did not want anything for breakfast as their belly was full of candies and they wanted to play with their brand new sea animals. 

4/5/2015

Independence

Julianna, Isabella and Zaiden were very independent today... The plan was to go to a restaurant and have the 3 girls seat by themselves , order the food and pay for everything without any intervention. 

They were sooo cute and very grownup. Julianna ha a piece is cheesecake that was bigger then her actual lunch but everything was great! 

Growing up too fast

Today Alessandra the first official play date without me. Lisa ( Kyla's mom) came her to pick her up and they went to see the movie "Home". I was so nervous that something maybe would not go well and they I would receive a phone call that she was crying and did not want to talk. Silly me ... Everything was great and my little baby is not as little anymore . 

Gymnastic

Blisters ... 

Alessandra is turning to a little monkey ... Wants to do every monkey bars from the park, school, club .... So much that she got a very big blister. Even though she loved the idea to have her hand all wrapped up to school, she was not a happy camper in the shower .

Love you little monkey ! 

3/22/2015

Sweet little Alessandra

I got to Alessandra room and she was crying and sobbing inconsolable ... I asked her what happened and she told me that she broke Jason's headphone . She said that cost $150 and that she was so sorry and she wanted to spend all her money so her Dady would be happy again 

Natal 2014

For some reason this Christmas was a very special one for me. I feel very blessed to have an amazing family. 

I told my kids yesterday that they got the best dad ever ... We got the funny, smart and the one that cooks ... Haha ... I chose really well 😊

Julianna is a very loving caring girl. I love our talks where she tells me all her little secrets... All the dramas that happened at school and all her little crushes ( like Josh ). Julianna wrote a little letter to Bela ( our elf on the shelf ) and left nagas with carrots for every single raindeers. 

Alessandra is not as outgoing as her sister but she is very funny ... I keep saying that she is attached to my hip as she wants to smoochi all the time. I love every minute of it and I am dreading the moment when I will need to beg her for my hugs. 

They got almost everything they wanted and it was fun to see their faces opening all the presents. 

The magic of Xmas is very alive in our house and the only word that come to my mind is Thank You !!! 

Lady bug

Today was Alessandra show and she was the cutest ladybug ever !! 

It is funny how she is shy when around people that she does not know and can't come up with words when asked simple questions but when she had was in the show for school, she was full of expressions and was the cutest ladybug ever !!! 

Forgot lunch

Today I decided that I needed a treat... I had a tough couple of days at work and decided to get an acai to make me feel better. I asked Craig and he decided to join me.I went to get them and when was at the store, I got a phone call from ESS...Alessandra forgot her lunch 

I tried calling my mom and Don but they did not answer so I decided that the only solution was for me to drive home, get the lunch and bring it to Alessandra. The problem is that I had 2 acais in my car and they were going to melt. 

I called Craig and asked if I could give his acai to Alessandra and he agreed.

When I arrived at ESS they called Alessandra and she came up running and said : mommy...you forgot my lunch ! 

I said I was sorry but showed her the acai ( her favorite) and she opened a huge smile... For me mommy? All of it ? I said yes and I told her that I was going to eat lunch with her. 

We ate lunch together and she told me that it was the best lunch ever.. 

After all ...seeing her and having lunch with my baby was the treat that I needed to make me feel better 

Shower talk

Almost every night when Julianna needs to take a shower, she wants me to go with her so we can talk. I know that she just wants the company but I enjoy our conversations. Today she was telling me that she had a fight with her best friend at school ( Dylan) when I asked her why, she explained that Dylan and Abbie were not talking I with Kathlyn and Julianna was trying to make them talk again. When Kathlyn went to sit by herself, Julianna was sorry and sat with her. Dylan's got upset that julianna did not sit with them . 

Julianna is very mature regarding her friends and she has a very clear idea to what it right and what is wrong .. I am very proud of you Jules.  

Thank you

Today I woke up feeling very thankful ... I normally don't like to brag about my husband as I don't think it is fair to do this with my friends ... but since this is my bragging blog :-), I just wanted to remember how special he is for me and for the kids.

Julianna and Alessandra, you are very lucky to have such a caring, loving and most of all fun dad. Jason is an amazing father figure... He is the guy who helps with everything around the house and at the same time, he has so much fun playing with you girls...playing his games, making up stories and playing tickle monster. 

I had to work these last 2 days and he stayed home with you... I get home, you guys are playing games, the food is ready , all the Xmas decoration is put away and the laundry is done. 

I was very lucky to fall in love with the most amazing guy and you girls are very lucky to have the most amazing dad.