Spring is here

Warmer weather is finally showing itself and we are all anxious to be outside and see green grass and flowers blooming! I am anxious for my garden and have to busily start my seed planting! Many many vegetables again this year! Sweet corn, swiss chard, cucumbers, eggplants, tomatoes, lettuce, cabbages, squash, zucchini, herbs, beans are just some of the veggies i'm planning to grow.


My children will be having their own garden again and I always look forward to seeing them weeding in the garden. Weeds always compete with my garden veggies and it can be frustrating! I will be keeping up with the weeds by putting down plastic to smother them out and keep the plants going strong!


My parents are survivors and I'm looking forward to my sister and her kids coming from japan to visit us and have some family time! summer is all about family, friends, fun in the sun, bbq and gardening!

Kindergarten in Sept!

My youngest daughter Emi will be starting Junior kindergarten in September!
She is all registered and I still can't believe she's going to school soon! She wants a Frozen backpack, and a Frozen lunch box. She is growing up so fast! Her favourites are : Dora, Barbie, Frozen, Lego Friends and Minions. I'm going to feel really lonely without her for a while. Kids grow up so fast.

My Daughter Fundraiser for School Trip

Fundraiser time again! My daughter Mika has a school trip to Ripleys Aquarium and CN Tower in Toronto, On. But, they need help to raise money for the trip transportation costs.




The school fundraiser is REGAL GIFTS that sells all sorts of items in their catalogue online. You just need to type in www.prpssf.shopregal.ca and it will take you to the Port Rowan Public School Fundraiser page where you can look at online catalogue to place order and it will be shipped to you. 30% of the orders money will go towards helping for the trip! Sorry CANADA only.






It would be make the kids really happy and any bit would be appreciate to help with their fundraiser goal!


thanks again,


Ann

merry christmas! happy holidays!

Christmas is my favourite time of year! It's exciting to see family and friends and spend time with the kids:) I get anxious and excited because Christmas means that 2016 is coming! A new year is exciting and I always try my best to work on my new year's resolution and trying my best!


Christmas was wonderful! A huge real fir tree with sparkly lights and handmade decorations are so welcoming. Two turkeys full of stuffing, gravy, pumpkin pies and apple cider! The house smelled so good and we were stuffed, but of course we were all excited to play games!!! We do bingo, charades, singing, Pictionary, etc.,...It was so fun! I love how the kids are nervous but want to play cz if they do they get to win prizes and end up really having fun:)




We got so many wonderful gifts from our friends and neighbors, too! Mr. Joe got us a huge basket from Cider Keg and movies for the kids!  Mike and his family got Apple Place basket  food, clothes, toys and lots of gift cards!! Mr. Howe family gave us maple syrup!! yummy! Marie baked fresh bread and preserves! Pt Rowan MB church and friends got us toys and food! Thank you everyone and we are so lucky to have you all as friends!! Happy Holidays!

star wars!

I saw star wars today with friends and family! It was pretty good! Definitely to be continued...Don't want to spoil anything for those who haven't seen it but, I really liked the characters and it was nice seeing all the original characters!


The kids really liked it and even my 3 yr old sat through it and loved BB8 !! Now we have to watch all the star wars movies over again!

Another set back..

Life throws a lot of things at you..and well, sometimes you feel a little overwhelmed, tired, sad, frustrated, confused...and it's all normal to feel those things. But once you accept it, I guess you have to decide "so what are you going to do about it?". Well, my family got one of those setbacks again yesterday when my mom returned from the doctor's office.  Health issues are back and it's gotten worse.  I feel like "ok, what are we going to do about it? what can I do to attack this disease? how can I help?". I really want my family to live long and it's hard not knowing what will happen. All I can do is keep going, keep pushing, keeping hoping for good things. And keep praying.

Kids are back at school

Summer break came and went! But we definitely had a really nice summer! We did alot and went to a lot of places! And saw lots of people too! I was really happy with how the kids are growing up and have so many interests now! They are so close with playing with each other and taking on more responsibilities.  Daichi saved up doing chores around the farm/house and he saved up to buy his own 3DS and games.  Mika saved up too and she just got her 3DS and a couple of games! They are really doing well and I'm happy about how things are going with them. I hope the teachers feel the same!:)