All in a Day!

What a busy day. Laundry and tidying in the morning. Lunch with my hubby, dogs to get cleaned up and nails clipped, then it was off to PET DAY in grade 1.

The dogs are great. Yes they are work... an require work, love and attention. But they are good dogs. They are very loving. If given free rain of our backyard... instead of running away... they would rather be near and around us. They have been a positive addition to our family.

Ok back to the list... from there it was pick up the boys, grab snacks, take Sammy to get his jacket tailored, then cheer the Rhema team as they practiced for the Dragon Boat Festival. I look forward to the Festival every year.

From there we had eye doctor appointments for three out of six boys. Then it was home. Phew! Then somewhere in there is supper, homework, teeth brushing and then bed... for the younger ones. The older ones are up to watch the hockey game... hoping Pittsburgh is able to survive and take Lord Stanley's Cup.

We have a king size bed. Right now I am surround by six bodies squishing to find a piece of bed to watch the game. I love my boys.

i am still continuing the battle of losing weight... my constant co-dependent relationship with carbs. Usually it starts on a Monday... Yesterday as I was in the school circle for pick up, I gave Josh a cookie with a layer of chocolate. Yum. He looks at me and says, "Do you want a bite?"

I reply, "No thanks."
Josh says... "You're not eating carbs?"
Embrassed and sheepishly I reply "Yup."
Josh... "Is this a carb?"

Sheesh. Even my 4 year old is on to my yo yo issues.

All in a day. A full day. A blessed day.
Night Night!
GO PITTSBURGH GO!

Desperately Seeking Summer

I have so much to say... but time runs away and then the day is over. I am looking forward to summer. I am looking forward to Sleeping IN!!! There is nothing better than just waking up on your own. I hate sitting up, squinting at the alarm and realizing that I better get up at that exact moment! I hate bugging my kids to wake up when I understand how much they just need to sleep.

I am looking forward to being with the boys. I love just hanging out. I am looking forward to days at the beach, little mini trips and just being home.

Summer! I love it. I love the pace it allows us to keep. We are almost there!

Of course I know that there will be bugs, days that are too hot and the usual fighting.

We have 2 summer birthdays... Sammy's is June 27th, Tyler's is July 10th and swished in there is our 15th anniversary!

15 years... it doesn't really sound like a big number and yet it is a life time. Life before Sanj seems like such a distant memory.
I have had him in my life more than I haven't... since we were friends forever before that.

I add another teenager to the list. Tyler is going to be 13! Lord, I pray this is an easier ride... PLEASE!

Sammy is going to be 14 and I really had hoped that maybe he could find a little job... but no one is hiring till around 16 years old.

They will be busy living at the golf course. Maybe Jordan will take it up more. Max can't wait to be old enough to golf with out having to have an adult there.

Josh will be happy (I think) to have his brothers home again. Zach will be happy to have a break from school.

I have so many things I want to accomplish this summer. We will have to see how much I get accomplished.

9 more sleeps! Summer ... here we come!

The End of a Long Day!

It's Friday night... I love Friday nights. I always have. We are down a few kids tonight. The house seems too quiet!

Max is at a friend's and Tyler is doing the 30 HOUR FAMINE! Yes... the grade 7s are experiencing lack of food for 30 hours, while having a big sleep over at school!

What a trooper! It really is hard to imagine the lack of food and water for so many people in the world while we have a ridiculous abundance.

I made a campfire and hung out with Jordan and Zach and the pups. What a gorgeous night. I love the smell of a campfire. I love smelling it in my babies hair.

Oh... let me tell you about my God sighting today. It is a silly story but was very real to me. Sammy's class was in Cobourg (about 45 minutes away) for a baseball game with a bunch of other 8th graders from other schools.

He was suppose to be there for 8:30 am... we missed the bus... (LONG STORY).

So I driving to the game and had trouble finding exactly where we were suppose to be going. After an hour of driving around, not finding the place, I said that if they were not at the next spot, we would have to head home.

No team... so I am looking for my way to the highway. Sammy is really disappointed and trying to be OK about it. I prayed... "God please help me." I was on a street in the middle of no where. On the right side we see lots of cars, some school buses and a ball diamond. This isn't oen of the spots I was suppose to look. I said, "Sammy don't think this is it..." SO off he goes to see if there were any familiar faces.

I see a smile! WOW! This really could only be a God thing. It was a small thing yet a huge thing. I needed a God sighting.

While I listen to my non-believing friends justify things, it is easy to see where FAITH really comes in play. I am so glad that I have Someone to believe in and have Someone I can yell to. What a great GPS!

You can choose to believe or not. I find believing a lot easier. I find that when I seek His presence I am always reassured in ways that make sense to me.

He comes down to my level. This is my God sighting. I needed it today. SO... thank you God. You know it all and I am so grateful for Your constant presence. I am always grateful for Your understanding my moments of doubt.

It's Friday night. I am so glad that each week has a beginning and an end.

Hairy Issues...

This little boy wanted to know if the president's hair felt like his!

Back to Miami Vice!

My day was full today. Sammy had a dentist appointment and then we spent the rest of the afternoon playing hooky and shopping for clothes etc.

Do you remember when your parents were telling you what to wear? Do you remember fighting them with all you had because they were NOT COOL? Except now as the parent, you know you are cool... you know what is IN! Well it still is the same ole thing.
My kids still think we are uncool.

Sammy wants to wear a WHITE TUX with a RED BOW TIE or RED SKINNY TIE for grad! Sanj has more issue with this than me... because I will be there clicking away... preserving the moment forever! lol

Sammy has a suit for grad. Thursday before graduation is the grad dinner. It is an intimate time with classmates, parents and staff. It is all about the graduating class. It is pretty dressy. Sammy wanted to wear a tux. So we went to check out the tuxs.
He tried on the white one. I said I am good with whatever for this night. The white tux was too big. Out of luck.

So a black tux, no vest with a black bow tie. :)

Can't wait! Then there is the fight over the hair. He is sure Sanj is out to make his hair dorky. lol
Oh boy. Lots of laughs.

As I was getting ready for the gym, I had gym tube socks scrunched down... Sammy looks at me and says, "I wouldn't wear then like that. All the geeky people wear socks like that!"

HELLO... how am I trying to impress at the gym?

We are running away from the Miami Vice days... and they are running toward it! Yikes!

Praise and Worship!

This weekend at church the older boys, Sammy and Tyler were on the junior praise team.

Sanj goes to the church every other Wed. before youth group and works with this group of kids. Both my boys played the guitar. It was a proud moment for me. They sounded good... and seemed to have a good time doing it.

Sammy announced before the songs, "No flash photography!"

So of course Mamarazzi was snapping and flashing away! :)

I love my boys!

%&*(!@?%$$#!!@##!!!

Bad Words? YES!!! Many of them. I am your over the top idiot! Remember my last post... Max and his Taj Mahal project? Well I found a paper craft for making the Taj. As I worked on it (yes me...) it way to complex for Max to cut out properly. So I figured that he could help me assemble it. Well as I put together the first section... I realized it was way to complex for ME to put it together.

So I was off to idea number three. As I was waiting for a idea to fall out of heaven (literally)... I walked by the cake decorating isle. HEY! Why not make a cake??? One of the project's purpose it to identify the shapes in the building chosen. There are all sorts of shapes and stuff to make cakes. I would make this amazing creation and it was perfect because Max could do it all with me.The excitement was LITERALLY oozing out of me.

5 cake mixes later, more than a dozen eggs and many dirty dishes later... I start to assemble my masterpiece.






HOW DO CAKE DECORATORS DO IT???

*&^%%$$@%$%&^%*&^(*&()(*)(*_(*_(**&*&&^%&%$^%#$#%$# !!!

Sanj walked in to see me dejected and defeated. The creation in my mind was not what appeared on the counter.









This is Max's expression when he saw it:


Needless to say, it is 8 p.m. and Sanj is off to rescue Max... off to town they are to get whatever to make this project so that it is not a embarrassment to the Sukumaran household or my sweet Max!

Why do I not KNOW my limits? I love projects and usually do a good job. But really creating a Taj Mahal out of cake? WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME???

*&^^%%$##@@!!!!

Here is a picture of Sanj making THE TAJ.... Such concentration... such focus... guess that is why he is the PhD. student and I am
not.

Zach is awaiting my help with his Animal Project... let's hope there is not drama there!