What a weekend

Well, today has been a day of rest and relaxation. We have had a few crazy months and between work for both Jacko and I, plus Jacko working a few side jobs and me getting ready for summer and a spring craft market, let alone Manuk and all the outings and fun he brings, we feel like we haven't had a day of "nothing" in a LONG time. This Saturday I was selling my Fairy Earth Mama products at a local spring market. It was great, and good to get a kick in the butt to get my stock of products made for the summer. For those who don't know, I made a line of alcohol, chemical and petroleum free products, from lotions to healing salves to bug lotion and sun protector to lip balms and face wash. It is a fun thing and I like sharing the possibilities of using more natural products with my customers. It is a rediculous amount of work though. Every day for a few weeks I have been working for hours to get all the stock ready. The sale went well, not a huge turnout but steady. Mom, Dad, Manuk (Mom and Dad took him for the day while Jacko and I worked), Kyle, Tiffany and Sheila all came down to support the sale and me which was very nice. In the end it was a very tiring but very fun day.
Saturday night, after dinner at Glen and Sheilas (where Jacko was working all day) we were home for a total of 5 minutes to grab PJ's for Manuk and we were off again. Good friends of ours are moving to Thailand in a few days. We will miss them a lot. We went to their empty house to have a farewell. Needless to say it was a long day and night. From 9 am until midnight I think I was home for a total of about 6 minutes.
Today for some reason, Manuk thought it would be a great idea to wake up at 6:45. I managed to keep him in bed until 7:30 but then it was time to get up. We let Jacko sleep and have a really good sleep in day. He has been working so hard. Manuk and I ate breakfast, played outside and hugn out all day. When Jacko got up we decided that today would be a "do nothing but lay around and watch movies" day. When it was time for Manuk to go to sleep, we ended up laying down together and I got a bit of a nap in as well. It was awesome.
Needless to say, when it is a do nothing day, mama isn't making supper either. lol. We had a "te cena" tonight, which translates to tea time for supper. It was nice and lazy and fun.
Well, the family is alseep and I am wrappig up some work and folding a little laundry and heading off to bed as well.
Hooray for lazy days.

It's been too long

Wow, I can't believe that it's been since Manuks first birthday since I last blogged. I guess I got busy and it was something that slipped through the cracks. I was carrying manuk up to bed tonight, with his new haircut, after he had fallen alsleep on my lap downstairs and realised how old he has gotten. It didn't even realise how big until I logged in (after many attempts due to wrong passwords and forgotten user ID's). I was carrying Manuk up to bed after a full earth day. We went to play group this morning, then went to Fort Whyte which is an outdoor nature reserve/information area in the city and hung out and ate a picnic lunch. After that we came home, Manuk had a nap and we got ready for mom, dad and Kyle to come over for dinner (Tiff is dancing in Calgary or else she would have been there). We hung out and ate and after everyone went to bed, Manuk and I had come cuddle time. He fell asleep in my lap and when I was carrying him up to bed, I had to turn sideways as I went up the stairs because Manuk is getting so long. Where o where has the time gone? My little baby boy is so big. He is amazing, and it is fun to watch him grow up, it just takes little things like this to remind me how big he is getting.

Well, we celebrated Manuk's first birthday on Sunday. He turns 1 on Friday the 18th. I cna't believe that a year has passed already. It's crazy. Manuk is such a different boy now then when he was born.
Here are a few shots of the party and of my big boy,

Walking !!!

Well, it has been weeks since I have written, and so much has happened.
Here is a re-cap
-Betty (Jacko's mom) got here from Argentina to stay with us for 6 weeks
-Jacko had knee surgery, he's doing great
-Jacko's band (which I play in ) played two shows over the Canada day weekend, it was super fun, can't wait to keep playing. Jacko plays guitar and sings, I sing and lay keyboards and we have three other guys who pplay wiht us. It is a reggae/jazzy/funky kind of band.
-MANUK WALKED !!!!! Manuk has been walking around funriture since he was 5 months old and he has been taking two steps in between furniture fr a while now but on Canada day, he walked. He didn't think about it or think that there was anything different about it, but away he went and hasn't stopped since.

We have had a very busy past few weeks with preperation for Betty's arrival, getting ready for our show's on Canada day and endless shopping with Betty. Betty is so glad to be here as she hasn't seen Manuks since we left Argentina when he was 2 1/2 months. Manuks is doing awesome, he is growing and learning so much. We are getting ready for Mnauk;s first birthday party which is going to be nex Sunday. He turns one on the 18th. A week after Betty got here, her mom passed away, in Argentina, after a long fight with Alzheimers. It was very sad that Betty coudn't be there, but she is doing good. We have been talking to Bettys dad in Argentina dn now it seems like he is going to come here on the 18th and stay wiht us as well until Betty leaves. That will b fun because he wouldn't ever come here but since Betty is here they want to be together right now. We are going to have a FULL house but it will be great.
Well, this was a quick update, I will write more soon and add some photos as well

It's been a while

Well, it's been a while since I wrote. Life has been busy. Work is crazy right now and we have been getting ready for Betty by having a garage sale, which is an unbelievable amount of work. Here are a few photo's of what's been going on. We are going to the cabin this weekend for the first time with Manuk so that will be fun and we will have lots of photos to show afterwards.

May long weekend !!

Friday, it was a beautiful day. Jacko and a friend had done a job this past week that they decided to take the money from that ad have an asado after work on Friday. We had Mario, his wife Francine and a few other friends over and had a great time. It was beautiful out.
Satuday Jacko had to work somewhere and we got some house work done, Jacko got home at about 5 and we were going to go to a BBQ that night. I was making food for the BBQ and Jacko decided to have a snack before going. Manuk was sitting on Jacko's lap, happy to have his daddy home, and in 1 second, grabbed the knife Jacko had and sliced his finger. We made our first trip to the emergancy room and left with Manuk getting 3 stiches. If was a tramautic day for all of us. Manuk was so good and I was so glad it happened while Jacko was home, because he is so calm, I was glad to have him there. We got home from the hospital, ate the appetizers I had made for the BBQ and went to bed.
Well, Sunday was a beautiful day here. We woke up and went to my parents for brunch and then spet the afternoon gardening. Manuk loved the wheel barrow and playing in the dirt. His finger was wrapped really good so as long as he didn't get it wet, he could play in the mud.
Today is Monday and it was great to have Jacko home today as well. We did some house work, getting ready for our garage sale and getting ready for Betty to come.
All in all, more excitment than planned but a good weekend.
(except for the fact that Manuk just pulled 3 keys off my keyboard, so I still can't figure out how to get the "N" key back on, which is making typing a long process.
Hope everyone had a good weekend.

A true Argentinean

Well, Today marks a milestone in Manuks life. Yes, in true argentina style, Manuk has very few teeth but is still abl to chew on a asado bone. He really did love it.
We had friends of ours over for dinner, Tusa, Matthew and their three kids, Ziah, Ianiquin and Kais. We had an awesome time.
Jacko has also been playing (and writing) music with a band and Manuk is listening to the 4 track to Jackos music, he loved it and danced in Jacko's lap. Here's a few shots.