Awards night.

At last, Champion 's first school year is coming to an end. I'm so proud of her, she managed to learn french in a single year. She even got nominated for the schools award night and got a certificate for improving her french. I framed it and put it up beside her bed. CONGRATULATIONS !!GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.

Champion's birthday party

Happy Birthday Champion

Saturday was champion's fifth birthday and we had a blast. Great friends,good times and lots of food.  It rained so I organized different play areas for the kids in the basement, they loved it. We still had the barbecue and we were able to do the pinata outside thanks to my new patio roof. The cakes where yummy, the presents were wonderful and everybody had a great time. Oh ya! and I think the loot bags were a success too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAMPION, WE LOVE YOU SWEETIE.

Garage Sale Disaster!!!

About a year ago I started planning on having my first garage sale. I started keeping things and planning it and just could not wait to do it. Saturday was the perfect day, the weather was amazing. I had great stuff to sell, car seats, toddler beds, mattresses, kids toys, kids clothes, etc....

It was so disappointing, the few people that showed up wanted mostly everything for free. Nobody even bought lemonade from the girls lemonade stand. I was aiming at making 300$ to pay back the basket ball net that I bought last week ( on my credit card). Well, I made a whopping......27$. That is so totally the last time I attempt to do a garage sale. Anyways we decided to go and treat ourselves to Dairy Queen to lift our spirits up....and it did.

New member in our family.

We got a new kitten. Last year our cat Gadoo(means cat in Armenian) got hit by a car and died . It's almost been 6 months and I think our other cat, Misha, is getting lonely being alone all day while I go to work .A friend of mine found an abandonned kitten in the backyard. She knew I was looking for a stray kitten to adopt so she gave him to me. He is so cute.

We are thinking about calling him Butterscotch but we are not quite sure yet, any suggestions?

The girls are just delighted by this new arrival, here are some pics.

Family visit

This week-end was lots of fun. My mom came from Montreal with my uncle Daniel. We don't get to see them very often so we were excited. My uncle made me a garden to plant fruits and vegetables, he also cut off the tree branches that had the caterpillar tents. I got to keep the tree, next year I will have to spray it first thing in the spring. We didn't get to do the garage sale due to bad weather but I will have it in a couple of weeks. We got our new basket-ball net and put it up, Naomi was soooooo happy, she's been out there playing since.

After my mom left on Sunday the girls went to a birthday party at McDonald's and had a blast, what a great week-end we had.

My beautiful Ashley on the move

Here is Ashley, I love being her nurse, she is the best. She has progressed so much in the last year. I'm always going to be there for you, even when you don't need me anymore.
Ashley has a rare chromosone disorder therefore ordinary things like walking, talking and drinking are very difficult for her but she is a fighter, she never gives up and she will succeed and make it to the top. We believe in you Ashley and we love you sooooooooo much.
Here she goes. Check out Ashley's blog too.

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To cut the tree or Not to cut the tree

It's spring again, the grass is green, the flowers are blooming, the leaves are out.... and the caterpillars are back. It's awful!!! Last year the apple tree in the back had about 6 caterpillar tents. This year there is about 12. They are really a nuisance.

 First the tents start growing, then you start seeing the"eggs" or larvae, after they start coming out the tent and down your tree. I swear there's tens of thousands of them all over your backyard by the time it's done. They get in everything, it's like an invasion. After that they cocoon on all your stuff (barbecue,lawn mowers, bikes etc..). Then they become moths and some of them manage to enter the house. This hole process lasts about a month. The kids are terrified and won't go out there for that period.

 This year there are more tents. I was told that the tree was sick and that I should be getting rid of it. I like to think of myself as someone "green", I recycle and do compost etc.. so it's hard for me to get rid of a tree.(My neighbor cut down his perfectly healthy tree last month and I really let him know how stupid  I thought that was. He said it was leaning on his ugly old shed).

So what do I do, my uncle's coming next week and he offered me to cut it. Kill the tree or keep the caterpillars???

Marc-Antoine 1981-2005

It's already been five years today since you are gone. I miss you Marc.

Marc-Antoine died in a car accident, he drove off the road. He had been drinking that night and was not wearing his seatbelt. I hate drinking and driving, I hope people have learned from his mistake, I sure have.

We love you Marc-Antoine, you will always be in our hearts.

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Easter Sunday fun!!!

We had lots of fun activities on Easter. First we had our own private easter hunt in the backyard, the girls loved finding kinder surprises, skipping ropes, bubbles and more. Then we dyed a few eggs which turned out pretty good.

We were surprised by my sister-in-law and her kids (they live in Philadelphia). We all had easter diner at my place.The girls really enjoyed playing with there cousins and they had a second egg hunt with them.I love family moments.

Our Snow Lady

We didn't get much snow this year so we didn't get to make any snowmans. The snow was almost all melted today but we managed to make a little snow lady. The girls enjoyed hot chocolate while painting afterwards.I have Martha Steward's spaghetti with meatballs on the stove and later we will watch a movie.Sounds like a good evening to me.

Skating on the week-end.

We had a lot of fun at the skating rink this morning. Naomi is really dedicated to learning, she fell maybe 50 times and always got right back up with a big smile. Sade loved skating by mommy's side. Latoya stayed on the bench to read her book and listen to her ipod, are we really surprised?

We stopped at Tim's for hot chocolate on the way home, CHEERS!!!

Family Day Pictures

Family Day with the girls

The girls had a blast on family day, we went to play sports and made cool arts and crafts at the community center. Later on daddy, brought them to a dessert restaurant to buy amazing cheese cake and we all had supper (beef bourguignon) together at home. It was a very pleasant day, I can see Family Day starting to create new traditions. Here are some pictures.