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Mommy Musing Monday – Jet setter

Posted on Posted in 2014, Baby, Family, Holidays, Monday Musing, Ontario, Parenting, Toronto .

So this is my first Mommy Musing Monday for 2014. Keep your expectations low so that they’ll only get better.

I have some draft posts in my head covering other topics, but those will come another day.

This year for Christmas, we took Missy Moo to visit Matt’s family in Ontario. It was her first Christmas and boy were we busy! In addition to 12 fun days, we then returned home to have a second Christmas with my family. Between all of the excitement, I managed to let my guard down and my sinuses took advantage of the moment and held a coup… but I’m almost feeling 100%.

Lots of people fly with offspring, including babies. I now have a better appreciation for anyone who does.

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Gobble Gobble

Posted on Posted in 2013, Family, Food, Holidays, NL, Nostalgic, Ontario .

This weekend in Canada is our Thanksgiving weekend. While our American friends celebrate Thanksgiving at the end of November, we typically celebrate the second weekend of October.

The Monday of the weekend is a statutory holiday (yay long weekend!) and traditionally there’s a feast of turkey dinner and other traditional treats depending on where you live or what your family enjoys.

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Mommy Musing Monday – Fruzzins

Posted on Posted in 2013, Baby, Family, Miranda, Musing Monday, Ontario, Parenting, Tourette Syndrome, TSFC .

Last week Matt and I attended the Tourette Syndrome Foundation of Canada’s national conference on TS+. We had a great time and gained lots of knowledge, bought some helpful books, and made some knew friends.

While we were there, Missy Moo stayed with her grandparents who are in Barrie. Nana M and Grandpa were thrilled to have her for a three-day sleepover. Three whole days with her on their own without Mommy and Daddy around. They were pretty excited about it and it gave us a chance to really dive into the conference and even get a couple nights of uninterrupted sleep!

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#TSConference – Holland revisited

Posted on Posted in 2013, Ontario, Social Media, Tourette Syndrome, TSFC .

Last year I talked about a possible trip to Holland. But not the type of trip most people would expect.

It’s that time of year again and the Tourette Sydrome Foundation of Canada’s national conference is happening in Mississauga, Ontario.

I’m happy to say that both Matt and I are attending thanks to the amazing generosity of Dan Pruitt who along with his wife Sheryl (Sherry) are like another set of parents to me. This sort of thing can happen when you stay in touch with so many great people who are connected to TS; they become an extended family.

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#ThrowbackThursday – An Engaging Day

Posted on Posted in 2013, Canada Day, Friends, Nostalgic, Ontario, Throwback Thursday .

I can’t believe that it was over seven years ago that Matt asked me to spend the rest of my life with him.

Canada Day weekend 2006

BBQing in the rain

It was Canada Day weekend in 2006. We were at our friend Christina’s family cottage as per usual. It’s located in Tiny Township near Midland, Ontario. The cottage is super nice and the beach is full of soft sand and water that’s often the perfect warmish/coolish temperature during a hot Ontario summer day.

Canada Day weekend 2006

Sneaking a kiss, but obviously getting caught.

I wondered if something was up with Matt when he was determined to get fireworks while we were at the IGA supermarket that Friday night at the cottage. It seemed odd that he was so insistent, but I chalked it up to his enthusiasm for a good weekend.

Originally, his plan was to set off some fireworks and then propose under the lit up sky. But Mother Nature had other plans because it was far too windy and there was threats of rain throughout the weekend.

His backup plan? He asked me to go for a walk; just the two of us.

I remember us walking, but I can’t for the life of me recall anything that we discussed because I was in total shock when he suddenly got down on one knee in the sand and popped out a ring, asking me to marry him.

I of course said yes!

Funny enough, all of our friends and Christina’s family knew that this was the big weekend he was going to pop the question. In a way, it was the worst kept secret, but they managed to keep it from me!

The first photo of us after our walk.

The first photo after our walk.

In fact, a lot of planning had gone into that weekend. Matt had arranged things with Christina (who had to tell her family because she found it so hard not to tell me) and our friends who were with us that weekend also knew. So did our friend Steve who had taken photos of the engagement ring prior to the weekend so that Matt could email photos of the ring to my family, my Toronto Mama Sybil, and his parents the day before we went away for the weekend. He even snuck up some sparkling wine without me knowing so that we could crack open a few bottles to celebrate with everyone.

Canada Day weekend 2006

Just engaged!

That evening, Matt’s parents came to the cottage and had dinner with us at the same restaurant where his parents got engaged. Christina had brought some extra clothes so that I’d have a decent outfit since I was in cottage mode and wearing some pretty scraggly shorts and shirts.

It was an amazing weekend. One that I’ll never forget.

Oh and we did eventually get to set off those fireworks.

Happy anniversary Matt! On July 7th, we’ll celebrate six years of marriage! XOXO