Suck it Iris!!

According to Alberta’s Finance Minister, Iris Evans, one parent needs to stay at home in order to raise children “properly”.

How do you define properly when it comes to raising children? Is there a handbook or instructional manual that can help us with these guidelines. For god’s sake tell me where I can get it!! I need to know what the hell I am doing!

Being a parent is one of the hardest jobs in the world and with that comes some tough decisions, to work or not to work is one of them. I chose to go back to work and my decision was not based solely on finances. I am many other things other than a mom, although I cherish that title more so than any other.

The majority of parents I know are working ones. All of them have nothing but the best interest of their family at heart. They all have their own reasons for raising them the way they do but that is their business and their choices. No judgement needed from anyone.

Every waking moment that I have that isn’t spent with them is spent thinking of them. Every decision I make as a parent is never just for me, it is always done with my kids in mind. My husband and I love each very much. We are committed to each other as partners and as parents. We plan to be so for a very long time. Our home is one filled with love and laughter on a daily basis. Our kids know and will always know how much they are loved and they will always come first. They are happy, bright, well adjusted children who have happy, not-so bright, well adjusted parents and although we don't always make the right choices, we do so only with an abundance of love.

Not that I need your validation Iris but am wondering if that is “proper” enough for ya?

Happy Birthday Bucky!

This is Aiden.



He turns 6 today. Big things are going to happen to him this year. Apparently, when you are 6 you get to watch movies like Indiana Jones and Jurassic Park, go to Disney World, and baby sit your 1 year old sister.

This little boy loves his mommy and daddy, pizza, Oreos and ice cream and believes there is nothing better in this universe. He loves to dance and ‘show his moves’. He is extremely creative and very, very funny. He is loving, sweet, kind and more tender hearted than any other 6 year old I know. He adores his baby sister and revels in her accomplishments like they were his own. He has big dreams of becoming a super hero, a police man, a scientist and of saving the earth from all its ills. He represents everything that is good in this world. May he never outgrow them.

Happy 6th Birthday Mr. Nittles.