Thursday, November 27, 2008

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We had a wonderful thanksgiving with my parents and their friends.
My dad does stuffed turkey, like really stuffed... he literally peals the turkey's skin... cuts the turkey meat into squares. gets pork and cuts it into squares. Makes rice, and mixes all of this (turkey & pork) with peas, and spices... then stuffes the turkey's skin again.
It is DELICIOUS... poor thing looks like an over stuffed frog, but it's always so good, that everyone has to repeat.
We had my mom's famous rice with coke and raisins, a very exotic salad, cookies, pork, wine, oh Gosh... I'm so full, I could stop eating for a whole week. Naaah, I'll probably wake up at 5am hungry as am lately waking up.
Tomorrow, Black Friday, I'm planing to take advantage of Walmart's really good specials for the children's Christmas presents.
a Samsung 10 megapixels digital camera for $69? I need to have it!!! I am so waking up at 4am... so Good night everyone.
Happy Thanksgiving, we do have lots of blessings to be thankful for, despite of the circumstances, I am very thankful for my beautiful children, my friends and family who are always there for me, for the food and the home, and all those beautiful things we have but can't recognize.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Single and pregnant!!

The fighst escalated so bad, that we decided to better stay away before it got worst... for the Children's sake, I better be where I can be in peace, than being crying all the time... especially in my state.
Besides everything that is happening, I'm full of hope and enthusiasm for my new life, my new baby... my children and I deserve it... I am doing all within my hands possible to give us all a better life.
Have a very happy thanksgiving!!!

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Introducing new languages to my children


I just bought a used Aladding dvd in Portuguese... My three year old it's been asking me to play Aladdin for him, since about 3 months ago I brought it from the library for a week.
Back then, we used to make very constant trips to the library, it was right across the street from where we were living.
I decided then to introduce French, and they have wonderful children videos in French, sort of like Baby Einstein videos, but the words they show along with the pictures are in French.
Now I bought this video in Portuguese... he speaks Spanish and half English from the TV he watches regularly.
Some times I think I may confuse him from all these different languages introduction, but i've been doing some research, and they all say the earlier we introduce a foreign language, the easier it will be for them to pick it up and be fluent. There's even cristicism about how the public schools only introduces foreign languages after the age of 7 or even 10 when it's a little late for them to pick it up as quickly and easier.
I then remembered when I learned a third language, Portuguese, and when i speak it, I learned to think in that language... Of course, the older we get, the more we do in translating words instead of thinking in that language.
My mother told me about this program the NASA had with children at 7 years old speaking up to 5 languages. Because of this, more percentage of their brain was developed and therefore, their abilities to think, analyze, do mathematical problems were much more advance. Not that I am pretending for my child to be that advance, but I think it's pretty cool for anyone to manage more than two languages; And research shows that the earlier they are introduced, the better.
One other think I would like them to have a passion for will be music and/or sports... but that I will let them choose once they are 5 or so.
One thing I am not sure about is the way, frenquency, and constancy to do this. What do you think?

Friday, November 07, 2008

baby's first birthday... family time, singing some spanish rhymes with the kids...

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaZIPMC8xgg

coming back

I am so sorry for being away so long... but it's okey I guess not many people are interested in reading my blog... I guess I use this as a stress relief.
Well, life it's going a little better... Still difficult, but somewhat better.
A friend of my husband rented his 3/2 house to us, we are much more comfortable paying basically the same we were paying in the smaller apartment. We also have a temporary roomate, only untill January, but it's helping us tremendously with almost half of the rent.
We are much better as a couple, things are getting along, still have our fights but with much more tolerance for one another... so I guess that part it's better.
My children are adorable, beautiful, intellegent, very active, playful. They now play together most of the time, is so cute to see them running around the house; even though it drives me crazy, the screaming and all, it's pretty nice to see them together like that.
The baby is now 14 months old... he's been walking two weeks prior to turning one. talks about 8 words and understands a whole lot more. Loves to makes us laugh, so whatever it is that he notices I laughed about, he'll repeat it over and over... even if it was biting me :(
he says uh-uh instead of no.... so his answer to everything is uh-uh, and now he is grabing my flipflops, tries to hit his brother's hands with pao pao, it's hilarious but we try not to let him see us. He makes the cutest faces and has a dimple on one side of his cheek which makes his smiles much more adorable. He also has his temper... very defined I shall say; it's what he wants when he wants it or he'll throw a temper tamtrum.
The kid is three years old, very smart, very clever... he knows all his letters and sounds, numbers up to 20 in english & spanish. I am trying to introduce French as well, I did played a couple of french dvd's for children and he loved them, but since we moved I haven't being able to go to the library. I'll try next week... it'll start by locating one.
About myself, I'm still looking for employment. I did take the Florida Certification exam to be a certified educator from preschool to third grade. I needed 200 to pass... got 195. The next exam is on January, so I guess I'll take it again. I also thouht about my mother in law who got a family day care license... is currently taking care of about 8 children @ $125 more or less... it's more than $900 weekly, pretty good... But as much as I like to be in the house, this is very slavery like... I mean I HAVE to be home from 6 or 7am untill 5 or 6pm when they pick up the kids... this Library trips/ walking trips/ or just droping off my children at the grandmothers just to take a breathe won't be happening... so I'm still thinking about what happens. It will be in January when we'll see... I'll take the exam again, and also the room we have rented will be free to make sort of a playroom. I'm not sure, let's see what happens.
Hope to write more often... a lot of interesting things from the past happening, like finding high school friends and high school sweetheart through facebook... very exciting.