Pay it Forward day.....

Yesterday was pay it forward day so I decided the best thing to do would be to teach this theory to my son.
We decided we would adopt a snow leopard through the WWF canada.
This would be him paying it forward to the snow leopard. First thing we did was return our empties.Usually I let him buy a puppet for his collection with this money but today was different he was learning to help others instead of buying yet another material object ( although he gets a free snow leopard stuffie with his certificate so that was probably the drive really). It took a while to make him understand we dont actually get the animal in the mail that it stays where it is.  On with our adventure. We gathered up some beaded necklaces I made when I was like 12, his " indiana jones" purse and his walking stick and off we went to get some donations.

First stop the local take out shack. The sweetest lady ever! He does his pitch to her but dosnt really make sense cause he is also ordering a tiger tiger ice cream at the same time. she donates 5 buck and a free ice cream cone and in turn has a great necklace so when people ask where she purchased such a fine piece she will tell the pay it forward story. Next we hit up  Aunties house but by then it was all about the ice cream. He hands me the merchandise and says "here mom you tell her". We carried on our way to the Heriot Bay Inn where of course everyone is already aware of how cute my kid is. After a couple more donations and a lot of cute interactions he is well on his way. We also learned about donations and how a little or alot is just fine, of course then he started telling people they didnt have to pay and totaly confused them!

It was all in all a very successful day for many reasons...

one of my all time favorite movies.......

A reason for being tired.....

 If you lose one hour sleep for evey day since your baby is born ive missed out on aprox 2190 because my 5.5 yr old still dosnt always sleep through. I probably have lost more then one hour per night since December 2004. So I have an excuse right? cause I am always tired. I admit I probably jump up alot faster then I need to when the kids wake in the night but I have found my 5 yr old about to pee on a wall,pee at the sink and sit at the top of a flight of about 15 stairs. That enough to make a mom sleep with one eye open. My son has always had night terrors and such that need a pretty imediate response. That stuff is enough to freak a person out. poor little man trapped in a dream. Maybe if I just ignored it and pretened to sleep it would all go away. Then there is the times when he calls me in at 2 am franticaly to remind me he loves me. Now that is worth waking up for! The other night I decided to cuddle up to my little man in my bed for night time and he said "mom I was just thinking about back in the day when I was 3 and I used to always sleep in your bed".
I love my boyz But god damn it mommy needs sleep!!!!
Good night everyone! ( oh right except the kids. I will of course see you before morning)
Here are some other reasons people dont sleep followed by some sleepy pics...

(not so smart)

                           

                                              ( the lucky one)

Apparently I associate sleep with the great out doors.
Maybe thats my problem Im always trying to sleep in my bed.....

Planet Baby...

Babies, a new world-spanning documentary, follows four very different kids from birth to toddlerhood.
My 5 yr old and I were discussing this up and coming documentary. The film 4 different babies one from Japan, one from United States, one from Namibia and one from mongolia.
I cant wait to check out the different ways babies are raised. they are comparing this documentary to the likes of "planet Earth". I explained this to my boy, these are his observations of the pictures in the article...

you can grow babies in wind....

(Mongolia)

                                                           you have to water them.....

                                                                  (United States)

The need dirt like plants....

(Namibia)

and of course they need sleep.....

(Japan)

"cool mom look at  all the different ways to grow babies"

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

ps first thing he says when he gets home.....

" mom can we put my baby brother in the shower and see if he really will grow?"

Guess the article really made him think!

1000 Awesome things...

I have just recently came across this book/ website. It is a great reminder of how awesome the little things in life that we take for granted are.....

When a baby falls asleep on you.....

Finaly peeing after holding it forever....

peeing into these is probably more awesome!

When you find out your new place has a really great shower.....

a sponge mic???

of course this always makes for a good shower right?

That seperate compartment we all seem to have in our stomach for dessert...

this  is just weird could proably pass on this one...lol

Stay tuned for more awesome things.....

sunset at the HBI.....

so my man came home we had a couple luckys and after the kids were in bed i snuck down to the local pub.
It sound lame but even an hour or 3 out is a good thing for a mom!

love that place!

EARTH DAY...

HAPPY EARTH DAY EVERYONE!

As much as I love that we have earth day I have to question why the other 364 dayz of the year arnt celebrated by taking care of the earth. I understand an event day helps remind people and events are held to get people involved which is all great. I just hope that one day people gain daily awarness of what needs to be done.
Ive always been the type to pull recycleables out of the garbage that my room mates have tossed, picked up cans on the road and gum wrappers that have been thrown at my feet to piss me off...lol.
Just recently I saw a girl throw a cigarette  pack out her car window! I beeped my horn loud and clear at her!  im a pretty pacient driver not know to use my horn much at all. But this really urked me!

The book I have  on my bed side table ( well, on the floor beside my bed) is 365 ways to change the world by Michael Norton. Its a great book full of Ideas to help I keep renewing it from the library and dog earing all the pages that have ideas I want to follow through with ( I know I know libraries hate when you dog ear books, but these dog ears are for a good cause). Today I excpected for the page to celebrate earth day of course. Nope instead it encourages me to be a bee keeper because with out bees we would not have all our fruits, veggies and flowers.  Now the chances of me being a bee keeper are pretty slim so I probably wont dog ear that page.

I guess what Im getting at is Lets fix this place up! Get kids involved.When I was young we had a kids for saving earth club! we adopted a whale and did other good deeds.
 Lets turn these computers off through the day! enjoy the sun and fresh air cause who knows how long it will be here if we dont get on it! (plus If you turn off the computer it will stop sucking all the energy it takes to run it which is alot!)
happy earthday everyone I hope you enjoyed my tough love info session...xo

Urban Dictionary...

According to The online Urban Dictionary....
( this may be insulting to some readers, remember it was the dictionary not me)

I live on a small Hippie Infested island off the west coast of vancouver Island best known for weed and random druken hobos.

"lets go to Quadra Island and get some weed and hang out with my homless friends!!"
 
10 minute ferry ride from...
 
A small city in the middle of vancouver island on its Eastern coast in British Columbia Canada. It used to be once known as "the salmon capital of the world" until the salmon mysterioulsy dissapeared. the city, (known for partying because thats all there is to do here) contains a large healthy population of donkeys and skanks which seem to be doing better than the salmon because they are becoming predominatly more common. these skanks seem to have a lot of campbell river pride. when asked where they are from they answer "campbell river, wanna giver?", campbell river may further been known as "the donkey capital of the world" yet this still remains to be seen. Tim hourtons, local drug dealers, the Voodoo, bootlegger, and the real canadian superstore are its hot spots.

"I was going to campbell river to go fishing but all i caught was the clat from some donkey slut who asked if i wanted to "giver""
 
About half hour from....
Comox Valley, Containing: Courtenay, Comox, Cumberland, Black Creek and Merville. Starting in alphabetical order:
Black Creek. Black Creek contains the hick population, mostly farmland and weed feilds. Save a horse/ ride a black creek slut.
Comox. Population: loosers, if you lived there you would be home by now... alone... in your bed, masturbating. Its a 'waterfront' district but most people are too bored to veiw it.
Courtenay. The largest city in the comox valley known for 'the mile of flowers' wich is really just a few garden beds with needles and excess change scattered here and there. There is one general store on every block to even out the number of lazy stoners that cant walk very far to get their munchies. Little known fact/ they hire handicapt druggie hookers to clean up the rec center area.
Cumberland. The joke of comox valley, inspiring many jokes such as: Why wasnt Jesus born in Cumberland... because they couldnt find a wise man OR a virgin, and, Whats the most confusing day in Cumberland... Fathers Day. Its a small community in wich everyone is related, if you didnt get the jokes. Surprisingly they do not have children with people from surrounding areas, they just have sex with them... I think it might be a law there to have children with your cousins, siblings parents and so forth.
Merville is gumboot country, often mistaken for Black Creek because there only seperated by a trail of cow droppings. Little is known about this rural area, its community events range from a cow auction and a yearly barn dance.
For more information on the Comox valley please contact your closest marajuana dealer, Since the Comox Valley grows some of the best Weed in BC... they will know all about it.
Comox Valley: The Scrotum Of Earth.

Whats that you want to know what my name means?
#1 A woman defined by brains, beauty, class, and membership in the upper echelons of society. Can usually be found wearing pearls or sorority letters.
#2 coolest bitch on the block
#3 A skinny girl with really big boobs. (hahahahhaaaaa, good one!)
-Is that Pam Anderson?!
-Nope, that's Allison.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/
check out the fun stuff it has to say about you... in the mean time ive posted some beautiful pics of these places that they have just bashed :)

kids really are the best.....

Today was town day with two 5 yr olds and a baby. Need I say more?
These lessons that follow are for people who want children one day, after today I was reminded of this list and wanted to share it with all of my friends for a good giggle. You may have read it befor but read it again I promise you will laugh as hard as the first time. I know I did!
Lesson 1

1. Go to the grocery store.

2. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office.

3. Go home.

4. Pick up the newspaper.

5. Read it for the last time.

Lesson 2

Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who already are parents and berate them about their…

1. Methods of discipline.

2. Lack of patience.

3. Appallingly low tolerance levels.

4. Allowing their children to run wild.

5. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's breast feeding, sleep habits, toilet training, table manners, and overall behaviour. Enjoy it because it will be the last time in your life you will have all the answers.

Lesson 3

A really good way to discover how the nights might feel…

1. Get home from work and immediately begin walking around the living room from 5PM to 10PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 pounds, with a radio turned to static (or some other obnoxious sound) playing loudly. (Eat cold food with one hand for dinner)

2. At 10PM, put the bag gently down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep.

3. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1AM.

4. Set the alarm for 3AM.

5. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2AM and make a drink and watch an infomercial.

6. Go to bed at 2:45AM.

7. Get up at 3AM when the alarm goes off.

8. Sing songs quietly in the dark until 4AM.

9. Get up. Make breakfast. Get ready for work and go to work (work hard and be productive)

Repeat steps 1-9 each night. Keep this up for 3-5 years. Look cheerful and together.

Lesson 4

Can you stand the mess children make? To find out…

1. Smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains.

2. Hide a piece of raw chicken behind the stereo and leave it there all summer.

3. Stick your fingers in the flower bed.

4. Then rub them on the clean walls.

5. Take your favourite book, photo album, etc. Wreck it.

6. Spill milk on your new pillows. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?

Lesson 5

Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems.

1. Buy an octopus and a small bag made out of loose mesh.

2. Attempt to put the octopus into the bag so that none of the arms hang out.

Time allowed for this - all morning.

Lesson 6

Forget the BMW and buy a mini-van. And don't think that you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that.

1. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there.

2. Get a dime. Stick it in the CD player.

3. Take a family size package of chocolate cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Sprinkle cheerios all over the floor, then smash them with your foot.

4. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car.

Lesson 7

Go to the local grocery store. Take with you the closest thing you can find to a pre-school child. (A full-grown goat is an excellent choice). If you intend to have more than one child, then definitely take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goat eats or destroys.

Until you can easily accomplish this, do not even contemplate having children.

Lesson 8

1. Hollow out a melon.

2. Make a small hole in the side.

3. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side.

4. Now get a bowl of soggy Cheerios and attempt to spoon them into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane.

5. Continue until half the Cheerios are gone.

6. Tip half into your lap. The other half, just throw up in the air.

You are now ready to feed a nine- month-old baby.

Lesson 9

Learn the names of every character from , Barney, Disney, the Teletubbies, and Pokemon. Watch nothing else on TV but PBS, the Disney channel or Noggin for at least five years. (I know, you're thinking What's 'Noggin'?) Exactly the point.

Lesson 10

Make a recording of Fran Drescher saying 'mommy' repeatedly. (Important: no more than a four second delay between each 'mommy'; occasional crescendo to the level of a supersonic jet is required). Play this tape in your car everywhere you go for the next four years. You are now ready to take a long trip with a toddler.

Lesson 11

Start talking to an adult of your choice. Have someone else continually tug on your skirt hem, shirt- sleeve, or elbow while playing the 'mommy' tape made from Lesson 10 above. You are now ready to have a conversation with an adult while there is a child in the room.

REMEMBER A SENSE OF HUMOUR IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING AS A PARENT :)

Being a parent is tough but the reward is worth every second....