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The adventures of the wiens family, summer09!

Sorry i have not kept up with the blogging! Hope to get caught up soon....

Hair days

Finally convinced Mya to put her braids back in. Last time was January. Its a long process and she knows it . she agreed because we are heading to the US to see friends. I told her that Charbine and her other friends will have braids too...so she agreed! At one point she didn't want to do it any more and wanted to call charbine....so cute!

She did really well. There was some crying and screaming ...from both of us...lol. Lots of movies, bribes, snacks...and we are done...for this time!

She loves the long hair and loves to flip it around...hope it lasts for a while. They say it should last 6 weeks....last time it was about 4 weeks and i had to constantly replace ones that had fallen out. oh well.

I was going to try the latch hook ones but Mya still has very little hair on the back of her head and didn't know how that would work....will try that next time. These ones are yarn...yes just black yarn from walmart that is braided into her own hair.

looks and feels very real. Its still a bit too long so will have to trim it up a bit. Its easier to make it shorter than longer in the end. The pictures didn't turn out very well. too many shadows....

slacker

Long time since i have posted anything.......so will try to think of something to say.

We have been busy enjoying the nice weather. When i am not working or the kids are not at day care we have been spending the days at the park or at the Lake.

should have taken some pictures this last weekend but didn't think of it!

We were given bunkbeds by a friend . We set them up at the lake not thinking that either would want to sleep on top yet....they still are too young for that. No, we were wrong. Mya jumped right on it. They love their new beds at the lake and Mya slept all night.

Sunday was really warm but windy. We spent the day at the beach. 

Do to some unknown reason....the slime and weeds at the beach area is out of control. We raked all day as the kids played in the sand, swung, and yes....played in the slim....yuck.

We did fit in a boat ride . 4pm came too quick and we packed up and headed home. 2 min in the car and M and A we asleep! Its hard work playing in the sun all day!

The pictures i have posted are of friends from Winnipeg....we had fun on Friday playing, had a picnic while moms had some coolers!

sigh....wish the summer lasted longer. Only a few more days till the longest day of the year!

warm sunny fun

hair cut

Well we got some new clippers. They work much better. 

Maybe next time we will use a longer guard.....took off more than i wanted. It took a fraction of the time and quieter than the other clippers.

No trauma  and crying this time.......Wahls clippers rock!

a clown and a puppy

M and A were at a friends birthday party today!

Staci...the mom...is super talented and painted the kids faces.

I have never seen M or especially A sit that still for something for that long. I need to go and buy face paints for some quiet time. I am sure they won't care that i have no artistic talent in the face painting catagory!

30 seconds....at the most!!

Its been a while since i posted any of Aidens ....ummm....antics!

Well here he is with crushed crackers mixed with water, poured into a bowl and then over his head!

Seriously.....i turned my head for 30 seconds....sigh!

Could be worse.

come on summer

maybe changing my blog to some flipflops will help.

quadrific

Mothers day consisted of us doing yard work . It was so nice outside. We were all outside most of the day. Both mom and dads came for supper . Aiden was a little tired from playing out side all day.....so tired he fell asleep before supper watching TV ,as he was waiting for his turn for a bath.


As i mentioned before dad bought the kids a quad! They love it and want to ride it all the time. Ken has fixed it so it will not go very fast....yet! They are still learning to stear it.

Mya has caught on very quickly. Aiden is still easily distracted and forgets to look where he is going. That will come.

so far so good

Mya and Aidens...2nd day at daycare! Wed was their first day. I was working early so Ken took them on his way to work. As soon as they got there both kids ran to play and said "see ya dad"

I worked till 4 then went to pick them up from daycare. I saw them out in the yard playing. As soon as they saw me they said "NO HOME"!!!  I am glad they had a good time but geesh!

It took a 1/2 hour more of convincing and they finally came with me.  In any other situation i probably would have just picked them up and hauled them crying to the van, but i had an audience!!lol

They love the backpacks. They love all the activities and kids that they get to play with. They come home very tired...

Wed and Thurs each week they will be going! 

Yesterday , i was at work. This am M and A were excited to give me my mothers days gifts that they made me at Daycare.

They made hand prints in clay and decorated them. they had the gifts all wrapped up in tissue paper and tied with a ribbon. They had made cards  too!

My first  homemade mothers day gifts!!

 

lake

off to spend the night at "lake" grandma and papas!

M and A were very excited to use their suitcases.

Look what we found!!! A Quad!!

Its still a little to big for them and needs the speed control to be fixed but they had fun playing on it. Mom, grandma and papa can even ride it.  They loved going for rides. Aiden was scared of the noise it made at first but did not take long and he didn't want to get off of it. Now to find helmets!

How can you spend a nice warm day at the lake with out watermelon on the deck!!

They must of had a good time. They played hard, spent lots of time outside getting dirty. 

Wish i could have snoozed on the way home too!! Someone had to drive i guess!

fun with finger paints

Ken thought i lost my mind buying fingerpaints!  hahaha.

Mya was so excited she wouldn't eat lunch! First we found some painting shirts and then got  the kitchen table ready. Aiden was not too excited at first but didn't take long. Check out the masterpieces!!

its a good thing i am not an english teacher

Hilarious....that looks better. I spelled it wrong in my last post.

I have never been very good at spelling or grammer or is it grammar or gramer or...???

See....i can't spell.  definately no homeschooling for my kids!

Does it prevent me from life??? No i don't think so. If  i am doing anything important i would spell check..really i would!

I think the reason that doctors hand writing is so bad is just because they can't spell....so i guess i just need to be a messy writer....soooo how do you TYPE messy!??

kids are hallarious

M and A are speaking more and more all the time. Mya especially. She is now saying 2 or more sentences at a time. So now i need to watch what i say more.....

Today she said to me...." Just a minute sweetie...Ok?" hahaha

Aiden did something she obviously didn't like and she threw her head back and said with a deep sigh..." i can't believe it" with  her hand on her head! I said...so mya what should we do with aiden....she said...."i think we should tickle him"

Now wouldn't that be great if all issues could be solved with tickles!!!

Wouldn't the world be a better place? :)

I also caught M and A talking today. they were sitting in the living room like 2 adults, having a chat. Mya was saying...do you want to go to haiti? Aiden said no not right now.

Mya said..."we born there" "there are lots of people in haiti" "it is a long ways away" "Now we are home"

awwwwwww

I am not sure if i mentioned the snowman here lately....Aiden has not been sleeping in his bed all night. He wakes at about 3 or 330 and comes into our room. We have found out that he is scared of the snowman. He says...."snowman comes". I have tried and tried to convince him there are no snowmen in the house or outside. We lock the doors and no one can get in. I asked him today what does the snow man do when he comes in. He said that the snowman wakes him up! 

I asked him if the snowman is a girl or a boy....he said a girl, she wears a party dress....hmmm read into that one as you wish!

Tonight we were playing with the computers photo booth....will post a few silly pics!

Nice Weather

Nice weather, nice day. It is good to get outside more now. 

Today the kids and I spent the day out in the yard. We ..no wait....I cleaned out the flower beds, pruned things and raked leaves. Aiden did help for a while but got very bored of that quickly. I asked mya if she could help and she said..."ummm NO" in a voice which meant that this kind of work is beneath me!!!  hahaha.

She did enjoy the wheelbarrow rides however!

Then it was lunch time. It was so nice and warm out i decided we should have lunch outside. Oh the excitement!!

Oh i forgot to mention. M and A each have little plastic rakes so i thought they would have fun raking leaves with me. Well aiden decided he would rather golf. While i was not looking he broke off the ends of the rake and was swinging at a rock like a golf club! Oh boy...i see the bills already.

After lunch we got cleaned up and went to walmart for a couple of things. Kids even behaved, must have been from all the fresh air.

Then we picked up coffee and icecream and went to the house ken is building for his afternoon coffee break.

All in all a great day....hope tomorrow is warm too! 

Now to tackle the back yard!

easter

Mom and Dad bought the kids some nice easter clothes so on Saturday we were headed out to kens mom and dads farm for the afternoon and supper. While Aiden napped i got Mya dressed and ready to go. here are a few pictures of her in her..."party dress" as she calls it!

When aiden woke...he was whiny, and it was an effort just to get him ready so....no pics of him in his vest and tie unfortunatly.

We have now created a monster with all the chocolate over the weekend. It is not aiden friend...thats for sure. Mya copes better with her sugar highs!

We hid some gifts and chocolate eggs saturday night. Sunday am Aiden walks into our room with an egg in his hand and says....mommy!!! whats this?

It was early and mya was not awake yet....i tried to get him to crawl in bed with us but no way....he wanted to search for more goodies.

I told him he had to wait for mya to get up so.....away he ran and jumped on her bed!

It did not take mya long to get up once she remembered it was easter am. 

M and A then took their baskets and went on the hunt. Totally our own fault for all the chocolate.

Sunday consisted of several meltdowns from all the sugar.

So for the last couple of days Aiden has been begging and whining for "treats" or " more chocolate". He has never been a sweet lover....besided apple pie....so we now have created a monster.

I have been strong today.....no chocolate! Aiden has had a couple of Timeouts already and it is only 9am.

His favorite toy....a car....has now been put away  and not to be used today!

Aiden has been very clingy these last few days too....does not want to get off my lap, wants to be carried etc. Almost as much as when he first came home.....no not that much but more than usual. Not sure what that is all about!  I hope it is not because i have been going to work now. Daycare is in their future for next month....worrying about that setting for them but we will try and see how they cope! We have visited there a couple of times and they seem to like it so far. I am impressed at how well it is run! I hope it is going to be good for them. 

ok......daycare was a side bar from easter i guess....

now for the pictures!

I will also post a picture of Mya in her Belly dancer outfit. Mom and Dad just arrived back from their cruise . They visited Egypt, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Malta, Spain.....ummmm....i think that was all...anyway. Myas purple outfit was from their trip.

oops...now i can't find those pictures.....to be continued......

a budding photographer

Mya is always wanting to take pictures....here is a few of her collection.

So my last several posts have been a little log of pictures from my stay in haiti to home feb 08.

anyone looking at this blog will need to go back another page to see all pictures.

It was hard to pick just a few pictures. I will post some more pictures haiti/pap scenery in the future, for those that are interested.

home sweet home Feb 08

On the plane from PAP to Montreal and a picture of kids sitting on luggage in montreal airport waiting to go through immigration to become permanent residents.