Christmas is in the air

 

Today we spent the day making Christmas foam kits. We made 8 in all. I should have taken pictures while we were making them, but forgot. The best I could do is show what it all looks like complete

This is just one picture of the whole thing. We began at 10:45 and finished at 4 pm. Long day of creativity.

Miniature Golf

We took the kids miniature golfing last week. It was the first time that they had gone and they loved it. We ended up doing two rounds because, they were having so much fun. Here is Benjamin Golfing.

 It was a warm day, but Jasmine had her snow jacket and sunglasses on most of the time. She takes after me. Always cold.

Even though they are getting older they still pose with each other. In this picture they are getting ready to go on an elevated obstacle course. The video is a short clip of them on the course. Benjamin was scared, Jasmine was fearless. They were both excited and they loved it.

Rougeh and the kids posing before we started golfing. So glad that he is done with school and has free time now. We love having family days.

Kids... Plus a bit more

We just finished our first Trimester of school with the kids. They all pulled 5's (this generations A's). I am so proud of them.

In Other News. Halloween came and went. I had not posted on them for Halloween So here it is.
The week before Halloween we went to a pumpkin patch. Jasmine just had to wear her costume. She is a Princess Vampire.
Benjamin loves smiling for the camera.
They made SPOOKY tree houses. Love the posing.
This is me and the kids posing yet again. I love these little monkeys.

In completely different news. I just saw the movie, Julie/Julia. I already like cooking, but really I suck at it. I am taking a note from this movie. I picked up a cook book and I will be cooking at least one recipe from it a day. So yesterday I went shopping for supplies. My first recipe is caramelized apple pork loins. I hope it works out well. Rougeh is all for it. I keep asking him if he thinks this or that recipe sounds good, his response is "you never know unless you try it."

So tonight is the first night. I will let you know how it goes.

Knee operation

On August 31st, I had what I hope is my last Knee operation. I had a partial knee repair done. The first few days were very rough for me. I had quite a deal of pain. After the first week I started doing some weight bearing and making sure I did not loose range of motion. I felt myself getting stronger everyday. I still struggled to move around just the house, so going out and about was out of the question.
Yesterday is four weeks since the operation and I am so happy that I am really feeling good. My pain level stays at about a 1-2. Which is amazing considering the pain used to be 7-8 at all times. I can take the kids to and from school and to and from their various after school activities. I feel like I am getting to be a mom to them again. I used to not be able to do much because the pain was very limiting in my life.
My goal is to be able to take them Trick or Treating this year. I hope I make it!

As far as the kids, they have been in school for about a month and a Half. They just got their progress reports and are ROCKING in all subjects.

Rougeh, is doing great. He has been a HUGE help during this last month with my healing and being on constant bed rest. Love that guy!

Memories that were with me, but found again

So I know it has been a VERY long time since I have posted anything, I came across these two videos while I was cleaning the computer. They were too cute not to share. I hope you enjoy.

Rougeh Graduated!

Ok, So I know I am HORRIBLE at this blogging thing. The last one was what a year ago. Oh well. As many of you know Rougeh has been working on a Masters in Nursing with his focus Family Nurse Practitioner. As of Friday night he is finished with his schooling. We had the pleasure of attending his hooding ceremony. We were all so excited.
For those of you who do not know these are Rougeh's Parents. We could not have gotten Rougeh through school without the constant help and support of his parents. They could not be more proud of him.
Lastly, these are the girls that became dear friends. They all began their MSN together as strangers and ended as life long friends. He could not have done it without weekly study groups. Some were productive, some were just letting of steam and some were just plain fun!

Update

So I it has been a long time since I have posted. Not much has changed. (I know this whole thing is Underlined but do not know why or how to turn it off.) I loved Lynettes' hair so I had to do mine too. We have finally decorated for Christmas. Rougeh decorated outside the house two weeks ago. But it is mine and the kids project to do is inside. I went to the craft store to see what decorations are there. Ours are all fairly old, so I wanted to add to what we have. I came across these build your own foam kits. We started them at about 1:00 and I told the kids they had to go to bed at 9:00. They went to sleep quick, but got up early this morning to finish them off. I think that they look REALLY cute. I was proud of them. They loved it. Benjamin is not into arts and crafts, but this was building (or so Benjamin informed me), so he loved it. His two are made exactly as the picture showed. Jasmine took more artistic freedoms in hers.
The whole village that we made.
Jasmines' Gingerbread House

Jasmines Gingerbread Bakery.

Benjamins' Candy Cane Village.
Benjamins' Santa House.
This is the Kids after they decorated the house. Benjamin always the center of attention, and Jasmine the constant poser. They are cute kids and did such a great job decorating the tree. They have gotten so big this last year. They are forever making me proud.