Philip Powers 50th Bday

We were invited to celebrate Philips 50th bday

So we hopped in the Kabota and across the river we went.

We had a great time.

We really enjoy spending time with all the Powers family.

They are so great and they do such fun things from making their own ice rink and playing hockey in the winter to , balloon lanchers, rocket contests etc. they are very family oriented and from what I can see have raised some really awesome children, who are now raising their own children.Pretty good model to follow

 Philips daughter is a school teache3r and she brought this to do as a exeriment. if you put cornstarch with water it creates a goop. but if you pick it up and handle it quickly and constantly it will stay on a solid form but as soon as you stop working it it turns back to goop. so the kids had a blast trying it.

 And then they showed that you if moving quickly and constnatly could run on it without sinking but as soon as you stopped you would sink. so weston had to try it! too Cool

And then came the rocket contest. The family is into making rockets and launching them. So the boys watched as they prepared.

 And of course because there was a fairly loud unknown noise , nelson walked around with his hands to his ears

 Daddy and Weston watching the festivities

And then out came the balloon launcher. A huge HIT

Westons turn

 Due to Nelsons tired state and dislike for noise and anything new , he found comfort in the house watching from the window with Nanny!

 He wouldnt stop putting them in his mouth an d then he got upset when they exploded all over him hahaha hence the no shirt pictures

 Cute boy!!!!!

And of course the Kabota was a big hit with the kids.so we gave rides!

What a great day!

You know its Fall when....

A perfect Fall day so we got to work and started making

Millionaires Relish

( never made before , turned out great)

                                            Patrick helped at the end to do the dishes hahah

                                     oh and dont forget the amazing Salsa. our favorite!!!!!
                         I think I may make another batch since it doesnt last long in our house

Mel's Wedding shower/ stagette

Sat aug 27 

                                                          3 of the Steeves Ladies

 Mel opening her Norwex Gift. I was so excited hahahaha she has no idea how her life will be changed

                                                Miss Avery and Mr Lenon crashed out.

                                                         Mel and her wedding ladies!

                                                                    Classic

 Had a great almost kid free weekend and since Elise lives a street away for M&M's house she stopped in for a visit!

                                            Awesome Picture of Lenon and Uncle Marc
                                         The Steeves defiantly make cute boys all around!

in search of the Parenting answers!!!!!!!

If a policeman could only yell insults at you and shake his fist at you in protest of you speeding, how effective would the policeman be? Disciplinary action influences behavior; anger does not.

Dr. James Dobson says, "Ultimately, the key to competent parenthood is in being able to get behind the eyes of your child, seeing what he sees and feeling what he feels. When he is lonely, he needs your company. When he is defiant, he needs your help in controlling his impulses. When he is afraid, he needs the security of your embrace. When he is curious, he needs your patient instruction. When he is happy, he needs to share his laughter and joy with those he loves. Thus, the parent who intuitively comprehends his child's feelings is in a position to respond appropriately and meet the needs that are apparent. And at this point, raising healthy children becomes a highly developed art, requiring the greatest wisdom, patience, devotion and love that God has given to us."


READING THE NEXT PART THIS MAKES ME FEEL A LITTLE BETTER

On the upside of things, strong-willed children generally become highly motivated, successful adults if they have been taught the skills and self-control needed to contain themselves. They usually have high-self esteem, high energy, and extreme intelligence. If they have the skills to contain their own greatness they can let it shine when and where appropriate. Keeping this in mind, try not to brow beat your children into submission. Instead, lovingly show them how to control emotions and how to properly assert themselves.

Wow

Well this is me at a loss of things to try! To try and teach Weston to obey! It seems the things I tell him not to do he does on purpose. I explain why we don't do it and he agrees he won't but then when I am not looking he does exactly what I tell him not to. I've gone over and over again that in the morning he is to stay in his room and eat his dried cereal and watch Bob until his light goes out. at that time he can let his brother out of his room and they can play. That is the time I wake up. Well a few days he obeyed . But now he is back to making a mess in the house and taking food out of the fridge and pantry and leaving it half eaten all over the house. I used freak out and get upset and then I realized that ,that didn't do anything . So then I tried talking and asking him nicely not to do those things. And that didn't work.
So now I am to the point that I just send him to his room . During quiet time today I told him not to touch or bug the baby sleeping in the swing. I was in my room and came out to him pulling the swing across the living room floor. Music on the swing cranked and the baby's blanket stripped fr the baby. So I sent him to his room because I can't handle him he frustrates me. So I have to listen to him yelling " mommy can I come out " over and over again.
So a few min ago I walked by his room to go do something and glanced into his room and it was destroyed. Bed moved around , sheets stripped off. Books off the shelf , clothes everywhere.
WHAT THE HECK!!!!!! I officially don't know how to handle my son!
When he knows I am upset he says sorry mommy ! But I know he's not really sorry he is just saying that so he doesn't get punished.
Suggestions????????????

blogging has become a frustration

Wow iam so frustrated right now......... i have been trying for a few weeks to post on here. I either cant find the time or i start uploading pictures and they take forever or it just wont work. So today i decided i would upload all the pictures so i can clear off my camera.
so i had 14 pictures uploading and it was going at a good spead and was actuqally looking like it was going to work today. So while its uploading i decide to make breakfast . so now we are eating so i went to grab the laptop to write while i ate and i look and one of the kids did something , pushed buttons, or whatever and all the uploading pictures have disappeared.
I give UP............. Of course i got upset with the kids when it is clearly my fault for leaving it where the kids can touch it.
I need to shake my irritation. Ive been listening the a Creflo pod cast called be thankful not irritated. so i guess I need to check myself and be thankful for the little fingers that sabatoged my blog, thankful for my laptop, thankful that i have things to blog about, thankful that just my pictures disappeared and that they didnt break the laptop.ok i feel a little calmer. i think this works. I will drink  my coffee and continue to think of things to be thankful full.
I guess its a perspective thing! good idea! thanks God, you would almost think you knew more about us than we do! Good one.Gotta love that we have full access to the best advice around! If only we used it more often!
Most of all Iam thankful for a God that loves me so much, even when I do annoying stupid things !
sort of a side note. But i think it is so important as parents that we let our children know that we love them even when they are bad, dont listen ,break things , irritate us etc. To also teach them that God loves us even when we are bad, dont listen, break things, irritate him. Why ? because He is  the definition of  UNCONDITIONAL LOVE! Something we all need to learn and functiuon in !

Love never gives up.
   Love cares more for others than for self.
   Love doesn't want what it doesn't have.
   Love doesn't strut,
   Doesn't have a swelled head,
   Doesn't force itself on others,
   Isn't always "me first,"
   Doesn't fly off the handle,
   Doesn't keep score of the sins of others,
   Doesn't revel when others grovel,
   Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
   Puts up with anything,
   Trusts God always,
   Always looks for the best,
   Never looks back,
   But keeps going to the end

Thats all........

I feel better!

It was a kitchen appliance weekend!!!!

Monday myself and the kiddies went out to visit Nanny and to use her Vitamix to make some ice cream.

So then Saturday Nanny And Papa had a surprise for us!

Oh we were all so excited to open a surprise.

And even more excited to find out it was our very own Vitamix!!!!

Ive wanted a new one for a while now but just couldnt justify buying one!

Guess I dont have to now.

We are very blessed. and very grateful that they bought us one!!!

The kids had fun opening it up. they call it the ice cream maker!

 Iam so excited about it that I found a place that it will displayed as soon as we got home!

And then Sunday my mom informed me that she seen the juicer I wanted on kijiji for a descent price.,

So off I went to Dieppe after a great afternoon at the pool with friends and went and bought myself a juicer.

Ive used this kind before so this morning I got right to juicing.The boys and I had carrot / apple/cantelope juice.

And then made Pat grapfruit apple juice when he stopped in for a bite to eat.

                                             (  Monday morning)  Our champion juicer in action

Oh and of course Ive been using my dehydrator again. When we were at Claudettes on Monday she was showing me the things she had been dehydrating and it gave me the itch to get back into using ours.
So I got mushrooms , mango and apples and got to work.

Very much looking forward to the fall to get back into the cooking groove!!!!!
                                                       I LOVE my life. We are very blessed !
                                   Thnx God for working things out to be the way they are today!
                                                         We wouldnt change a thing!