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Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Kids Behind the Blog- Summer Time!

The kids behind the blog  is one of my favourite linkups with Beth and some other lovelies!A little Q & A with the kids always has me cracking up.

(For the newbies to my blog, C is eight and A is almost five)

Do parents get a summer break?
C- Sometimes. Some people who work at stores get a summer break (??)
A- Noooooo.  
 
If you could change your name what would you change it to? 
C- I like my name. (I do as well, doll)
A- (After a short but thoughtful consideration) Emma. 


How much do you grow in the summertime? 
C- A little bit
 A- I don't understand you. I do not even understand you.
 
Would you rather go to the beach or to Disney World? 
C-Disney world
A- I would rather go to both. When are we going to the beach?


What is your favorite kind of ice cream?
C- Mango. No, no, no strawberry frozen yogurt.
A- Strawberry... no, no, no coconut.
 
Least favorite? 
C- Chocolate
A- Strawberry. (then I had to explain to her what 'least' meant-) Oh chocolate. I don't even like chocolate the candy. 

(she is clearly not my child)

 A two-fer link up today with Shay and Erica with Working It Wednesdays on how we keep our kids busy in the summer. Let's preface this by saying though keeping busy is good, I believe that it's so important to have down days as well with not a lot going on. Kids get to entertain themselves which I think is an important life skill to have. Boredom is not an allowed word in this house. However, here are a few ways we keep ourselves busy around here.


Books- We borrow library books, buy new books, reread old ones and magazines! Reading is a huge part of our lives. This summer we are hopefully looking into a library reading club. 

Activity Sets- Lots of stickers, crayons, paints, play-doh and colouring being done around here!

TV- My kids don't get to watch TV during the week here but we relax the rules in the summer. They are HUGE fans of this. LOL.

Camps- This year we have a couple camps planned so that breaks up the summer just a bit. We are also doing summer soccer and swimming lessons in the evenings.

Playdates with other families- Lunch and playing with some of our favourite people who we don't get to catch up with during the school year!? Yes, please.    

Cooking- my kids love helping out in the kitchen and summer is the perfect time to try out some new recipes. Our annual jam making sesh is one of our very favourite days of the year!
 
Swimming- lots and lots of pool time!   



Weekend/Day Trips- markets, movies, museums, splash pads, parks and berry picking are just a few examples of great trips to do. My kids even love Costco and Farm Boy with all the samples. 


Walks- we live about a block away from a busy street with lots to do. Sometimes a quick ice cream trip or lunch is an awesome treat.

What are you up to this summer?
 

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Thursday, March 9, 2017

The kids behind the blog--- all about mama

I saw this on FB and knew I had to try it with my kiddos. Here's what they had to say...

1. What is something I say a lot: 
C- No- both kinds of no... I know and no. (hahah)
A-Goodbye  (those school drops are tougher than I thought)

2. What makes me happy? 
C- Going out to dinner with family and reading magazines and typing on your blog
A- Giving Mommy a hug

3. What makes me sad? 
C-Having to do your work
A- When I cry

4. How tall am I? 
C- 5 feet
A- This tall (pointing to the top of my head)

5. How old am I? 
C- 38
A- 37- 8

6. What's my favorite thing to do?
C- Spent time with us
A- Clean up

7. What makes me proud of you?
C- When I do something good
A- When I do something by myself

8. What is my favourite food?
C- Oysters because when we go to the Mill you eat LOTS.
A- Onions (!?)

9. Do I have a favourite child? 
C- No
A- Both

10. If I could go anywhere, where would it be? 
C- Italy... or Trinidad
A- Trinidad--- no, no, no New York

11. Do you think you could live without me? 
C- No (an unequivocal no I might add)
A-NO!

12. What's my favourite song?
C- Morning has broken (in the morning)
A- I doesn't have any word it just hums (she's talking about the instrumentals we listen to in the car)

13. How do you annoy me? 
C- By not doing what I tell you to do the first time I say it.
A- I don't know

(it was at this point that A was done)

14. What is my favorite movie? 
C- Downton Abbey
A- I don't know

15. Who do I have a crush on? 
C- Daddy
A- I want jammy toast now

16. Where was I born? 
C- Trinidad in Uncle Nil's house
A- No

17. What's my favorite show I watch? 
C- I don't know what it's called.
A- Downton Abbey

18. Who's my best friend? 
C- Daddy
A- Miss Jenn
 
19. What scares me?
C- Scary movies
A- I don't know---- a tarantula (Random but so true)

20. How do you describe me to your friends? 
C- That you're nice.
A- I told my friends that I moved last year... nothing about you.


Because I'm a bit of a rebel and though I didn't answer the questions, still linking up with Beth and some other lovelies for the kids behind the blog!

Happy almost Friday!

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Wednesday, February 8, 2017

The Kids Behind The Blog- Let's Talk Love

Also known as the one time for the month the kids sit and contemplate questions and the meaning of life. 

Here are their answers to all things love... As a reminder, C is almost eight and A is four and a half (the half is very important)

What does the word 'love' mean to you?

C- Ummm (looking incredibly uncomfortable)... like you have a feeling for someone.
A- Ammmmm.... heart 

How do you want to spend Valentine's Day

C- making cookies and valentines
A- maybe give Julia something as she gives me timbits everyday. 

Girlfriend's first knitting master-piece! Better than I could do!

DO you have a Valentine? Who?

C- (another confused look)--- Ummm Anjali!
A- Do we celebrate Valentines? Do we celebrate everything? Whyyy?   What's a Valentine / Oh, Julian.... I mean Julia

(Julia is this girl in her dance class who shares her timbits/donut holes--- aka-- her new bestie)


How many days in February

C- 28!
A- Ummmmmmm none as it's February already... how many more days until Valentines?

How do you show someone you love them?

C- hug and kiss them
A- I like Julia. 

(yeah the timbits are the key to her heart)

Linking up with Beth and some other lovelies for the kids behind the blog!

As a total side note, A brought her first home reading book home this week. A huge milestone in her little school and this Mama's heart is so, so proud!




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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

The Kids Behind the Blog-- May 2017

It's that awesome time again... time to try to understand the inner workings of my kids' minds with a just a few random prompts. Your guess is as good as mine as to what comes out of their little mouths!

FYI - C is a newly minted eight year old and A is 'techmacally" five. (her exact words)

If you had a magic tree-house that could take you anywhere in the world where would you go?
C- Paris... or like umm Italy
A- Either Trinidad or that place where we went close to Legoland and we got sugared strawberries. (I eventually realised that she was talking about Yogen Fruz- a chain where you choose your fruit and they mix it up with fro yo)

(Sidenote, all of these options sound wonderful to me)


Finish this sentence…red rover, red rover…
C_ perplexed expression 
A- (Full disclosure, I didn't even try this one with A, I cut my losses early) 
 
What is your best childhood memory?
C- Serious consideration: when Kavir came to Canada (this was when my brother, his wife and son came to Canada for a year-- my heart broke a little with this one)
A- Elin (her bestie) and Kylin (her other)


 
What is your favorite part about nature and being outside?
C- I just like--- outside gives me a nice feeling inside
A- I like playing outside in the summer-- and we need summer to grow the vegetables otherwise we won't be able to have  vegetables to eat)

 What do you think Mommy would like for Mother’s Day?
C- a card and a painting....from me.  
A- french toast and cupcakes

(I'm not going to lie- one of my daughters knows me better than the other!)

Also, guess who got glasses on Monday! ?
Okay two of us did...

And one decided to try out some frames-- you know, for future reference...
Linking up with Beth and some other lovelies for the kids behind the blog!


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Wednesday, June 8, 2016

Kids behind the blog- Dad!

Kids say the most random things. Some of these questions literally made me snort with laughter! On this edition of Kids Behind The Blog, just in time for Father's Day, the questions are all about Daddy!

The comments in parenthesis are of course my peanut gallery POV.

What do you like doing with Daddy?

C- playing lego
A- Daddy daughter time

What was Daddy like as a little boy?

C- he had hair like Anjali but curly hair (meaning he had Anjali's length of hair--- aka girl hair)
A- just stares at me blankly and says 'I don't know'

What’s Daddy’s favorite food?

C- EVERYTHING (in a loud exclaiming voice)
A-mmm, pasta I think.

What does Daddy do at work?

C- He's a radiation oncologist and he finds out the cancer that different people need (???)
A- I think he brings masks for your mouth and popsicle sticks (tongue depressors)


What is your favorite memory of Daddy?

C- I have so many--- hmmmm, when me and daddy went skating together for the first time.
A- another blank stare.


Linking up with Beth and some other lovelies!




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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

The kids behind the blog

I ask and they answer, Here what the kids behind the blog had to say this month...



 What is your favorite sport? Why?
C- Gymnastics 'cause it's fun to do, and I'm flexible!
A- Skate when I grow up

If someone gave you a million dollars what would you buy?
C- An Xbox so that we can play Just Dance.
A- lipstick

Tell me 3 things that kids do better than mommies and daddies. 
C- Annoy people and have fun
A- play with a play phone (?!)
  What is your favorite thing to do in the fall?
C- Jump in leaf piles
A- I don't know.


Share with me 3 things you like about yourself.
C- I'm pretty flexible, I'm so good at reading and I have a pool (?)
A- I don't know.  Lipstick, I used to have play lip stick, I like phones and I like people to come over and play.
(Apparently all she heard was 'you' and 'like' and she came up with the list) When prodded, she then replied 'My sparkly shoes')



Linking up with 
 Beth and some other lovelies!







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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

The Kids Behind the Blog-- Christmas Time

You know I think my kids enjoy this link up as much as I do. They just love being asked questions about themselves. Am I raising little narcissists?!

Here are their Christmas answers. As a reminder, C is seven and A is four  
 
1.) Which reindeer is your favorite?
C- Dancer (a little random but okay)
A- who's the one with the red nose? (Rudolph) Oh yeah, Rudolph that one is my favourite. 

 
2.) What do you want for Christmas?
C- The Unofficial Pokeman Handbook
A- A crown (she tries to wear her birthday crown daily)

3.) What would you do if you caught Santa at your house?
C- Give him a BIG hug 
A- I don't know. What will you do?
4.) Do you want it to snow on Christmas? Why ?
C- Yes. Because I like to play in the snow
 A- Yeah.... it's esposed to (supposed to).... so tell Santa.

5.) Have you been naughty or nice this year? Why?
C- Sometimes naughty, sometimes nice... mostly nice
A- Nice 
C- Well one of us is telling the truth

6.) If Santa asked you to fly in his sleigh with him would you do it?
C- YEAH
A- YEAH 


7.) What is your favorite Christmas movie?
C- The Legend of Frosty the Snowman or Elf.
A- Gilmore Girls (!!?) no wait, The Legend of Frosty the Snowman

8.) If you could change the color of Rudolf’s nose what color would you make it?
C- Blue
A- Rainbow
Linking up with Beth and some other lovelies!

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

The Kids Behind the Blog- Halloween Time

I have begun to love these interviews for this series... and so do the kids. They take their responses very seriously, and pause before answering!

As a sidenote, C is seven and A is four (and sometimes fourteen)

What do you want to be for Halloween?
C- A majestic Queen of Hearts-- but I really want to surprise everyone. (so if you meet her, don't spill the beans)
A- A bumblebee or a mouse-- girlfriend is wearing last year's costumes and doesn't mind one bit!

Do you like handing out candy or collecting it?
C- giving candy
A- getting candy (strange that the one who likes savory stuff likes getting the candy!)


What should mommy and daddy be for Halloween?
C-  You should be mustard as Daddy is going to be sriracha
A- Daddy should be a pig and you should be pink

Do you like to make a scary or happy faces Jack-o-lantern? 
C- Scary (don't know why as she can be a bit of a coward)
A- Happy

What is the best part of Halloween? What’s the worst?
C- the best part is getting dressed up and getting all that candy
A- Best: Trick or Treating
Worst? When we had the bucket.

And look at these cuties last year!


Linking up with Beth and some other lovelies!


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Wednesday, July 13, 2016

The Kids Behind the Blog--- summer edition!

It's only apropos that these summer questions are being asked on the hottest few days this year…. And I'm from the Caribbean-- I don't complain about the heat. A was cranky, tired and just unimpressed with my questions and C had one thing on the brain. 

As a reminder, C is seven and A is an almost four year old. 
And the comments in parenthesis are my POV.


1. What  2 things do you like to do outside in the summer?
C- swim and go to camp (she started camp this week and apparently is a fan)
A- I don't know. (Upon more prodding) Play





2. If you could go anywhere this summer where would you go and why?
C- Paris (!?). I want to try a macaroon--- Oh wait, I already tried one-- I want to go see Paris.
A- I don't know… the living room... or the sky. 



3. What is your favorite thing about summer?

C- It's hot out and you can go swimming anytime even when it's raining.
A- warm



4. If you could pick any way to spend a hot Summer day, how would you spend it?

C-  swimming (sensing a theme here, missy)
A- writing reading. (??)




5. What is your favorite Summer treat?

C- ice cream
A- candy

Linking up with 
 Beth and some other lovelies!


Happy Wednesday! Stay cool. 





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