Cute and terrible

 

When I posted a photo of Chloe on Facebook earlier this week, Freds sister Isa commented: 'Chloe looks so cute and terrible!'

I loooove this comment and it made me laugh a lot. That is the perfect description of both Heidi and Chloe; cute and terrible. 

Here are a few more new photos of the cute and terrible Drouin sisters.

Today we have 40 degrees here and are on cyclone watch. We have had weeks of really hot and humid weather and a cyclone has been building up at sea and is heading our direction. Scary...

 It's to hot to go outside and the winds have picked up now so we have taken out the traintracks and all of us are building a super track upstairs.

Even Chloe is doing her best to build and wreck what Heidi has built. 

Btw folks, the girls and I have booked the trip to Sweden: 11th May to 4th July!I really look forward to coming home a bit and being able to stay a while. My darling friends in Sweden: I miss you heaps!!! 

Puss och kram

Fridaxx



Being a housewife in 2011

To be able to stay at home, full time with your kids is a great thing and can be wonderful. If you don't have the choice to stay at home, due to financial or practical constraints, you'll probably do anything to be able to, and if you have the choice to stay at home you may find yourself looking for any activity to get some adult interaction without the kids around. How is it that what ever you are presented with, you're never entirely satisfied? You may now think: It's just you not being satisfied. But I'd say: No, it's everyone! It's the stress of my generation!

When I meet my stay-at-home-housewife-friends and we are all the same. We always talk about how much we want re-join the workforce without actually realising that our children will only be little for a short period of time and then when we least expect it, we will be packing school lunches and ironing school uniforms and then regretting not having just enjoyed the fact that we don't have to work and can give our children 100% of our time.

How is it that my generation is so focused on persuing a carrier and not being able to relax for a few years?
It is expected that when you have dedicated years of your life getting your university degree and then years to climb the professional-ladder and to then 'quit' the life you know to dedicate all your time to take care of your family and be 'a good wife'.

Being a housewife doesn't sit that well with me. Im not particulary good at it, don't really enjoy it and Im not even sure that I do my best all the time. In the role as mum, I do my very best all the time. I don't necessarily enjoy going to playgroups and 'sing-a-long-time' at the library but I do it. For my kids. I want Heidi and Chloe to have the best upbringing that I can give them and I believe that staying at home with them it the way to go. Therefor I have parked any ideas part-time work for the moment just hoping that I can appreciate, be greatful to my fortunate situation and stop complaining. :)

 

Btw, Chloe took 3 steps today which is something I probably would have missed out on if I had been working. These little things are priceless and can never be experienced again.:)

La mamaxx

Fight, fight, fight

Due to popular demand I have decided to re-launch the Drouin family blog. :)  It's been a while since the last post and we have just managed to survive the holidays and now we're back to normal.

Chloe has just started to pull herself up to standing and has taken her first few steps. This means that she is a lot more mobile and Heidi is the one 'suffering' the most. As soon as Chloe sees her sister, she tries to get to her and naturally Chloe wants to play with what ever Heidi is playing with and even before Chloe starts wrecking what Heidi has built up, Heidi starts fighting with her sister, trying to stop her way. Most mornings, Fred and I won't even get out of bed before the fight is on. Im afraid even thinking about the fights we're gonna have in this house when the girls are teenagers...

The kitchen renovation is really underway now and hopefully next week I'll have some before/after photos to share.

Tomorrow Im meeting with a recruiter to discuss a potential part-time office manager role. Im quite nervious this time because now Im not sure if it's a good thing for me to return to the workforce. It doesn't hurt meet with them and get the details. Maybe it's a great opportunity. I'll keep you informed :)

The older the kids get the less time I have for anything but the kids. (so maybe the job thing is a bit of an over-kill?) I never expected it to be as full-on as it is at the moment. I want to be a good mum and active parent and do things with them all the time but it is really exhausting! Maybe it's the age but I'm trying to think: Im not old - Im awesome!! 

Ciao my friends

Fridax