Well, with babe #3 on the way and a 5 seats 3 door 92 minivan we decided that a ew car would be a good thing. I am not too happy about getting a minivan again but I am pretty sure that we are not finished having kids so I don’t want to be stuck in 2-3 years having to change cars again…

So, minivan it is…

I would have rather have had a four door but I found a 3 door in good condition at a good price and was able to get a 2000 which is 8 years better then our previous van…

We did have a bit of trouble getting financing at first (we have a great credit rating, just a lot of debt) but then we changed banks and got a better deal then we could have hoped for.

We were able to concolidate a few things with an equity loan which got rid of most of the debt that we had, the car was included in that and will be saving money eack month. Also, instead of having our home loan with 23 years left on the term we now have 20 so we will be saving interest in the long run and our debt will go down more quickly, or at least in an easier way for us…
I am also working on getting a better budget and saving money were we can… we had a cell phone and I got it cancelled. I was about to cancel our cable but instead got a better deal for a few months (what we had + movies for half of the price that we were paying before)… after that we can cancel or try to get a deal again… At the end of August there is a weekend that we are allowd to have a garage sale without a permit so I will try to do that also to get rid of a few things and get some money…
So in a few months when babe #3 gets here and with Simon at home for 7 months we will be able to make it more easily then we were doing just last month… Things have been a bit stressful lately and I was getting really worried about when Simon would be talking off from work since we will be living with 75% of his income for 7 months… but now I am certain that we can make it without worries 🙂

Well, It will be Xavier’s Fourth Birthday on Sunday and we had planned a small party. We had extended the invite to friends and a few family members. Mostly we wanted some kids around to share the day with Xavier. This is of course one of the birthdays that he may very well remember…

However, people just couldn’t make it so it ended up that we had just our parents and our good friend Yan… Not really much of a birthday and really I think it would be more tention than anything else…

Early this week Simon got an E-mail from his best friend Martine inviting us over to her cabin with the company of her brother, her mom and grandmother… Martine is a very good friend and we love to be in her company and her family is amazing too… So we decided to reschedule the party here and bring it over there… I was a bit worried that the cake would not be able to be ready for our departure today but I went and ordered it yesterday and there was no problem… We will be bringing his presents….and will be having a party… His big present is this and he will be getting a Playmobil Pirate ship and all the pieces that I found last year for 2-3$(we will give it when we get back since it has a lot of small peices)… another little playmobil pirate, a little rolling car stamp set, a grow-a-head and a Honey-Bee Tree Game…

The kids and I were sick this week but only for a day each but I am finally getting over it… though it it is not gone completely yet…  My nose was stuffy and my throat hurt, had a fever and I had a lot of trouble with my asthma and had to take my pump often… Now I having gunk coming out and my throat is really raw but at least it is all coming out and today my throat is better then yesterday…

So, we are off for the weekend… to swim, to look for frogs, to have have fun with friends, to roast marshmallows and share good times… I can’t believe that Xavier is going to be four… and that in two days I will be nursing a 4 year old… Wow…

Well, the picnic and the day at the beach turned out to be a lot of fun…

The fellow MDC mamma was really cool and her kids are so cute… Xavier and her older dd had a lot of fun and I saw Xavier interact with another ids in a way the he rarely does… I think because of the lack of language barriers Xavier was really able to be himself, talk and be understood…

When we are with friends here in the area Xavier understands them but because he doesn’t speak much french… or is too shy or whatever to speak french he responds in english and they don’t understand him and that makes him frustrated and then often he just goes and plays in a corner..

That day he really played and talked and was himself… It was great…