#1000thanks

At this stage in my life it seems that illness, disease and hardships are more prevalent
and real then ever before. Not just people I kind of know or friends of friends but my people, my family and friends. Life is short, life is precious and sometimes I forget to make the most of it.
Sometimes I forget to really enjoy it and count my blessings. So I'm going to start and make a real conscience effort to celebrate a little everyday. I'm starting a #1000thanks page but you can find the hash tag on instagram to see other IG'ers add gratitude, grace and thanks to their lives as well.

Here we go!

Yesterday Oliver told me he was going to teach Georgie how to talk poopy talk (it's an ongoing battle we have with him to stop talking about poop and referring to people and things as poopy, etc) so before I could get him in trouble he quickly took a new position and said he was going to teach Georgie to go on the potty instead. But not yet because she was still a baby and she would be afraid. Maybe when she is 20 he could teach her. *Twenty is the go to age for him whenever we talk about things he will do when he gets older. School, work, driving all happen when he is 20 and apparently the same rules apply to his sister!

so today I am thankful for this boy, how wickedly smart he is
and his plans to teach his sister how to go potty when she's 20!
#1000thanks

song of the week

this song is a few years old but one of my favourites. 

Buck 65- Blood of a Young Wolf

He's Canadian and a very interesting fella. read more about his story here

where beauty abounds

Although I'm not looking forward to another long winter 

and autumn is most certainly the precursor to it...

fall skies are kind amazing, no?

juicing- beet root edition

my juice of choice lately has been a variety of beet root recipes. 

First because my local CSA (community shared agriculture) basket has been stocked with them weekly. Secondly because of the host of nutritional benefits found in them
and finally because they are so delicious!

source

1-2 small beet root
1 pear
1 gala apple
3 carrots
handful of strawberries
1-2 oranges

The best part of juicing is you can really play to your own taste buds.
This recipes makes enough for approx 4 servings- A glass for me and the hubs, half a sippy cup each for the kiddos (I add water to theirs as well).

time to unplug?

ironically i seen the link to this article on facebook

and while I don't necessarily think you need to go to this extreme to revise your lifestyle....

it does raise some excellent points. Especially since having kids, 

they basically show you your every miss step in a big way. 

So you know when your 16 month old's top 5 words include ipad, it's time to unplug. 

A little at least, maybe starting with an hour or two at night. Maybe set times on the weekend. 

Not sure I'm ready or want to go back to 1986 (or more appropriately 1982) but taking things back to a more organic time does seem nice. Plus I would rather my kids have memories of me interacting with them rather than watching some device. 

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/08/31/guelph-family-lives-like-its-1986