Sunday, May 31, 2015. Ari Passes the Swim Test. This is one of the milestones that I never really thought much about until it happened. Ari passed his swim test today and is able to be in the pool without me as well as go off the diving board and down the water slide. That kid was so damn proud of himself.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013. How ya doing? Love the communal backyard thing you have going! Nothing better than seeing and hearing neighbor kids all hanging out. H E L P . ! What have I got myself in for? Went to my first girl school leader training tonight. Very exciting but overwhelming too. Tuesday, November 12, 2013.

Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Halloween, and so NaBloPoMo begins. How was it that I could blog more when the kids were so much younger? Is it possible that I had more free time then? Or just different expectations? Or I was in the habit? Or focused on documenting the milestones of the early days? Here goes . Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network. Tuesday, September 2, 2014. Seems like a whilwind, and now Matthew and Renee start grade .

Dame amor y seré feliz! Sunday, December 22, 2013. Ha sido un poco traumatico para las niñas. G no queria que lo pusieramos en el inhodoro. De todas formas lo rezamos y lo hicimos pero. Fue todo un drama! Our little fish has passed away. It has been traumatic for the girls. G has cried for a long time. We did it anyway and we prayed for him but. There was drama! Monday, November 11, 2013. Friday, November 08, 2013.

Sunday, January 25, 2015. Mia - Seven Years Old. Happy 7th birthday Mia! This has been a fun year to watch you grow and develop! You started your birthday weekend with a treat at school with your classmates. We made chocolate covered strawberries to share, and the kids treated them like a science experiment, testing if the white or dark chocolate tasted better, peeling the chocolate away from the berries to see what pattern they made, etc. I think it took you 30 minutes to eat two strawberries.