The Kids – Page 14 – a hippie with a minivan

questions, questions, questions…

The older the kids get the more questions come out… and the older the get the more patience they have to listen to the answer and the more understanding they have get the answer…

Today in the car Xavier asked about where power comes from then learned the meaning and differences of solar power, wind power, nuclear power and hydro power. When I “quizzed” him after to see if he was listening/understood… he had retained all of them…

Then at supper at the table Simon and I were talking about those stupid HFCS commercials… Simon said “4 sylables… prop-a-gan-da” then Xavier asked what a sylable was and we explained with a few examples and he understood right away…

It is just amazing how much kids can learn so quickly… especially when they are interested…

The cutest question today though was

“Mama… how do you know all of this?”

to which I answered… “well you learn something new everyday… so the older you get the more you know”…

so he answered… “wow… you must be really old”

overheard in the bath…

Xavier: No fear! No fear! There is no fear!

Colin: Fear? What’s fear?

Xavier: The atmosphere! Get it?

Xavier is turning 6!!

In two days Xavier is going to be 6…

I remember thinking about him turning 6 when he was small… Thinking 5 years ahead when he was still a small little one… when we were still living in Montreal… when he was our only child….

6 years is not that long but it is hard at times to remember life before him…

We had his party yesterday and though it rained… and poured… it turned out to be a great day… with great friends and lots of laughter and sharing…

The kids all had a great time and the food was good…’

The boys made decorations the day before…

the kids playing in the playroom…. the were spies….

eating outside… just before the rain came… and boy did it come!!

bbq in the rain… we brought the picnic table into the living room…

Birthday Cake…

double layer homemade chocolate cake with chocolate cheesecake frosting topped with fresh local strawberries and carob chips (as requested by the birthday boy)…

and gifts…

and Nintendo DS for the trip!!!

a few new things…

things here have been doing pretty good…

I have been swimming as much as I can and it is getting easier and easier… not only to swim, but to actually get up and go…

Khéna is growing and changing like crazy… at almost 17 months old he is starting to say more words and loves to make us laugh. He also loves to cuddle and is just a little sweetie…

The weather here has been really warm the last few days… in the 20’s even! and the snow is melting fast especially in the back yard. (the Front still has quite a bit though… this was taken yesterday)

We have been hanging out on the deck most days though and I have been able to clean the kitchen and some of the house with all three boys playing outside which feels so weird at times… I love when they start playing alone like this…

Colin is still a little monkey… jumping everywhere and chattering and singing constantly… he loves to please and loves to cuddle and give kisses and talk with us… His language skills are amazing and the things that he says sometimes surprise us…

Xavier… well he is my Xavier… he is getting really interested in so many things and is starting to ask more and more questions about everything and really understanding what we are explaining even if it is a bit more complicated…. also… he lost his first tooth on Saturday!! Well technically it is the second tooth that he has lost but I won’t really count the first because it was knocked out almost 3 years ago… funny how they both line up perfectly though….