A Good Read

I love reading a good book. I love being taken away to someone else's world even if it is in small bits at a time.
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen was a book recommended by the lady at the book store. I was a little skeptical initially but once I started I really felt taken to a whole different world.

It is a book about Jacob, and though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell.

A good read!

It is hard being little!

I enjoyed the day at the basketball tournment ...as you can see Josh had other thoughts!

The Little Indian Boy Can Jump!

Sammy is growing up so fast...it makes me wish I had a pause button! This weekend the basketball team from Rhema Christian went to play against other Christian schools. It was amazing watch my little boy with his moves... he is good! (Really I am not being bias...) I loved watching the games. Not only were they good sportsman, but just so well behaved to be there all day.

On the flip side, Sammy has developed his own life which is seemingly interfering with ours! Tommorrow night would have been the first night in a while that Sanj and I could actually go out... so we made our plans. Well, Sammy who would babysit, gets invited to a sleepover. Sanj and I just look at each other... and sort of laugh. Our lives have taken a back seat, apparently. Welcome to the world of parenting... It is not about you!

Family Day

Premier Dalton McGuinty has given us Family Day, which is Feb.18th. Everything is closed... and it is a day to be spent enjoying ones family. At first, I thought it was just another day for government workers to have a day off... But because everything is really closed, it really does allow the family to be together.

We went skiing... despite the weather against us. It was a great day. Raj ( Sanj's brother) and familiy joined us and we were able to spend some quality time on the slopes. So, thanks Dalton McGuinty! Here are some pictures from the day!

I LOVE HOCKEY...

Sanj (my husband) is a huge sports fan. It really does not matter what the sport it is... he just loves it.
So it is no huge surprise that my boys love sports too. HOCKEY is the number one sports in our household even in the summer. (Although in the summer GOLF is a close second)!

We have 4 boys that play hockey right now and Sanj coach's the older boys team and plays himself. So it is safe to say we live and breathe hockey. When they are not playing at the arena, they are out on the backyard rink, mini sticks or watching the Toronto Maple Leafs lose.

So I am trying to get at least one child on my side. Here is my conversation with Josh (age 2.5)

Me: "Josh, I hate hockey.
Josh: " I hate hockey."
Me: "Me too!:
Josh: " Me 3!"

All is lost, as he informed me he now likes hockey.
You know what they say... "If you can't beat them... you may as well join them."
I got a hockey stick for Christmas...

Power To Our People

A few years ago Sanj and I went to Florida and spent a day at the Epcot Center with friends. What I noticed there was that many different countries were respresented there... but not India! What was up with that? And why is it that people that are of an East Indian descent seem to become famous for infamous reasons?

How annoying is that? Remember Sanjaya from American Idol? And then there are Indians in the Guiness Book of World Records...what are they known for? Longest finger nails! Trust me, it is truly disgusting. Even in the movies and T.V.... the Indian with his accent is the comic relief.

Then I see this...the Indian Dwarf Weight lifter! ( I got this from my brother's blog...he finds the craziest stuff)!

I know that there are very talented East Indians out there.... it is time for our people to shine!!! COME ON...Power to OUR PEOPLE! :)

Top 3 Things NOT to say to a 12 year old...

My son Sammy just got glasses this week. Since I have had to wear glasses since grade two and have been legally blind by grade six... this was something I prayed my kids did not inherit from me. Now that Sammy is in grade 7 and just slightly nearsighted the doctor assured me that he was safe from my crazy eye sight issues!

Also since getting glasses in grade two was a horrid experience, I was full of apprenhension for Sammy, but he just has taken it in stride and said it is no big deal ... it is only glasses.

I realized that as well meaning as people are, they don't really know what to say to a 12 year old boy that has just been fit with glasses.

Top 3 things NOT to say:

1. YOU LOOK STUDIOUS!
2. YOU LOOK JUST LIKE YOUR MOM!
3. FOUR EYES!

Sammy, I love your easy going attitude in life... you MUST get that from your mom! :)

Feel free to comment to Sammy and he will love reading your thoughts.