Why did this happen to a country already devastated by poverty, corruption, disease, etc...................
I have had to stop reading the articles, watch the news, the tremendous heartache, tears falling without noticing, and unable to stop..............................the only thing I check is a blog that I have been reading for over a year....................
www.haitirescuecenter.wordpress.com
They are this amazing family, 2 sisters that together with their father (the original founder)their husbands and volunteers, run
a home for orphans and malnourished children. They also run a clinic and you can imagine how overloaded they are right now.
Their faith in God shines, even now, or maybe even more so now, but they are an inspiration !
They have had to make the hard decision to send their kids back to the US, but they are staying to help the people of Haiti, the people of Cazale, a small town about 20 minutes from PAP (Port-au-Prince)
Check out their blog, pray for them and if you can, donate some money. With these smaller organizations, you can see that all money donated is used for the children and the people of Haiti.
I am sittting here, thinking of all the supplies I have here, that they could use (bandages, tubefeed stuff, tons of cans of Duocal, a special powder to add calories to formula, formula, cases and cases of pediasure, etc) I have been trying to find out a way to get this over to them, either on an Agape flight from Venice or a different way.......................................
I would walk it over there if I could..................the feeling of being powerless is strong..................but there are always solutions !
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Bi/tri-lingual family..........
With me being from Holland (or the Netherlands officially) and papa being from Peru, you can imagine there's some pretty interesting and funny conversations/use of words going around on daily basis.
When oscar was little he spoke a mix of the 3 languages, he basically would use whichever word was the easiest and he had his own language...............the best example would be the day he was reading a book with oma and she pointed at a picture of a pair of rain boots and asked him what those were, he thought aboutn it for a minute and then said............"patos for the regen"
Beautiful, we laughed so hard, "patos" he used for zapatos, shoes in spanish and regen is rain in spanish.................. I even think we have this on camera !
The other day I was cooking and serving dinner, Sebas ofcourse needed to know exactly what we were having and I told him arroz and frejoles (rice and beans) After a full minute he excitedly says, papa we are having strawberries....................mama said the spanish word for strawberries..."ejoles"
LOL LOL, almost, not quite, I had a good laugh over that one !
When oscar was little he spoke a mix of the 3 languages, he basically would use whichever word was the easiest and he had his own language...............the best example would be the day he was reading a book with oma and she pointed at a picture of a pair of rain boots and asked him what those were, he thought aboutn it for a minute and then said............"patos for the regen"
Beautiful, we laughed so hard, "patos" he used for zapatos, shoes in spanish and regen is rain in spanish.................. I even think we have this on camera !
The other day I was cooking and serving dinner, Sebas ofcourse needed to know exactly what we were having and I told him arroz and frejoles (rice and beans) After a full minute he excitedly says, papa we are having strawberries....................mama said the spanish word for strawberries..."ejoles"
LOL LOL, almost, not quite, I had a good laugh over that one !
Saturday, January 16, 2010
scary librarian
Usually on Saturday when I have to run an errand, I take only one of the kids, so we get a little one on one time, make them feel special.......................
So today was Max' turn, had to run to Publix and swing by the library. Publix was a hit, we found stroopwafels !!! Max finished a whole pack while we were in the store ! ( stroopwafels people, are the bomb ! sort of like you live in another country for years and all of a sudden you find oreo's !! hallelujah moment !)
At the library, Max picked out a DVD, we "read" a book, and then went to check out. Max is busy stacking up books and DVd's.............................the whole pile falls over. Combine sensory problems with horrible motor planning and that's what you get....................not just a child who constantly bumps into stuff, but literally a child who has constant accidents. If your sensory stuff is off, it is almost impossible to stack up books/DVD's, you come at it too hard...............that's why Max does not play with blocks, lego's, puzzles, etc. HE CAN'T !
Anyhoo, the librarian flipped out, she almost came over the desk while loudly saying; "oh NO that's not how we treat books, how about you try that another time....."
Max looks up and says..............I didn't do that on purpose, it was an accident....................tears in his eyes........
I told her he did NOT do that on purpose and she needed to back off ! I was getting upset and I really did not feel like explaining sensory integration and motorplanning, with a line of 5 people behind me................................
I will write a letter though.........................disabilities are not always visible.............................witch.....!!
So today was Max' turn, had to run to Publix and swing by the library. Publix was a hit, we found stroopwafels !!! Max finished a whole pack while we were in the store ! ( stroopwafels people, are the bomb ! sort of like you live in another country for years and all of a sudden you find oreo's !! hallelujah moment !)
At the library, Max picked out a DVD, we "read" a book, and then went to check out. Max is busy stacking up books and DVd's.............................the whole pile falls over. Combine sensory problems with horrible motor planning and that's what you get....................not just a child who constantly bumps into stuff, but literally a child who has constant accidents. If your sensory stuff is off, it is almost impossible to stack up books/DVD's, you come at it too hard...............that's why Max does not play with blocks, lego's, puzzles, etc. HE CAN'T !
Anyhoo, the librarian flipped out, she almost came over the desk while loudly saying; "oh NO that's not how we treat books, how about you try that another time....."
Max looks up and says..............I didn't do that on purpose, it was an accident....................tears in his eyes........
I told her he did NOT do that on purpose and she needed to back off ! I was getting upset and I really did not feel like explaining sensory integration and motorplanning, with a line of 5 people behind me................................
I will write a letter though.........................disabilities are not always visible.............................witch.....!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Proud mama
Last Saturday Oscar had his All State concert. L went for respite with Cathy and sofia and I took off to Tampa. Oscar had already been there for 3 days, for rehearsals.
To get to All State he had first qualified through tests at school, and then through 3 auditions. He had to sight read music, he had to sing (after studying 4 pieces of music, they basically take any part and tell the student to sing that particular part)
My baby boy qualified............not just for the men's choir, nope............he made it to the mixed choir, which is another step up.
It was impressive.............300 students from around Florida, singing their hearts out........traditional songs ( Mozart and a 17th century old peruvian song in quechua (how funny was that))
But also "somewhere" from the West Side Story.(always good for a tear)
They had started off with the Star Spangled Banner...........it was beautiful from beginning to end, goosebumps, goosebumps
I am so very, very proud of him.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To get to All State he had first qualified through tests at school, and then through 3 auditions. He had to sight read music, he had to sing (after studying 4 pieces of music, they basically take any part and tell the student to sing that particular part)
My baby boy qualified............not just for the men's choir, nope............he made it to the mixed choir, which is another step up.
It was impressive.............300 students from around Florida, singing their hearts out........traditional songs ( Mozart and a 17th century old peruvian song in quechua (how funny was that))
But also "somewhere" from the West Side Story.(always good for a tear)
They had started off with the Star Spangled Banner...........it was beautiful from beginning to end, goosebumps, goosebumps
I am so very, very proud of him.................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The joy
The joy of finding a pair of jeans that fits right AND is long enough..................it's right up there with finding a bra that fits comfortably !!
I found one ! In Goodwill of all places, it's long, fits right.....
JOY JOY JOY JOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really couldn't wear capri's anymore with this crazy weather, our heater has been on for over a week now, that's unheard of !!!!
We live in FL, so when there's ice on our cars in the morning, all the neighbors kind of look at eachother.................
"do you have an ice scraper ?" "nope, do you ??"
Turns out a credit card works just as well................scraping ice....................in FL.................still can not believe it. There have been days where the high temp has been 4-6 C
Thank God for my obsessive compulsive buying of fleece sweaters and ski jackets, for the "you never know" days....................
Seems like the "you never know days" are here !!!!!!
Oh and for the doubting people out there...........Global warming is a HOAX !!!
I found one ! In Goodwill of all places, it's long, fits right.....
JOY JOY JOY JOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Really couldn't wear capri's anymore with this crazy weather, our heater has been on for over a week now, that's unheard of !!!!
We live in FL, so when there's ice on our cars in the morning, all the neighbors kind of look at eachother.................
"do you have an ice scraper ?" "nope, do you ??"
Turns out a credit card works just as well................scraping ice....................in FL.................still can not believe it. There have been days where the high temp has been 4-6 C
Thank God for my obsessive compulsive buying of fleece sweaters and ski jackets, for the "you never know" days....................
Seems like the "you never know days" are here !!!!!!
Oh and for the doubting people out there...........Global warming is a HOAX !!!
to the person ringing the door, and knocking
and knocking, and ringing the doorbell. The dog going absolutely bonkers, barking like crazy..........................let's knock one more time, maybe the doorbell again.....................
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The baby WAS asleep and I WAS taken advantage of that and in the shower................................
Next time, ring the doorbell once, THAT'S IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^%^(&*(_)+_+_(*^&&%$#^%*&Y&(*)()+_)&^%$#@#$%^&*()_+_)*(&^%$#@!#$%^*
A$$WIPE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The baby WAS asleep and I WAS taken advantage of that and in the shower................................
Next time, ring the doorbell once, THAT'S IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
^%^(&*(_)+_+_(*^&&%$#^%*&Y&(*)()+_)&^%$#@#$%^&*()_+_)*(&^%$#@!#$%^*
A$$WIPE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, January 3, 2010
2010
The New Year is starting with freezing, true freezing temps here in Florida !! I am LOVING it !!! Tons more of laundry, but what a difference to actually dress the kids with winter clothes and winter jackets !
I have been in a blog funk...................but am trying to snap out of it ! Started the diet back up again today, enough with the munching............back to discipline !
This morning I went to help my neighbor to cut her hair..............actually it was more of a clipper job and sad................her hair is falling out..........
because of the cancer treatments she is going through...............prayers people, prayers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Papa is ice-skating with Lili, indoors ofcourse LOL Max was going as well, but decided last minute to stay home, he was tired and thank God recognized that himself. He's all comfy on the couch. Sebastian is having a popsicle, the NUT !!
L is on a visit and Sofie and I are heading to Wally (wal-mart) to get some groceries.............and a LARGE diet coke for me !!!!!!!
I have been in a blog funk...................but am trying to snap out of it ! Started the diet back up again today, enough with the munching............back to discipline !
This morning I went to help my neighbor to cut her hair..............actually it was more of a clipper job and sad................her hair is falling out..........
because of the cancer treatments she is going through...............prayers people, prayers !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Papa is ice-skating with Lili, indoors ofcourse LOL Max was going as well, but decided last minute to stay home, he was tired and thank God recognized that himself. He's all comfy on the couch. Sebastian is having a popsicle, the NUT !!
L is on a visit and Sofie and I are heading to Wally (wal-mart) to get some groceries.............and a LARGE diet coke for me !!!!!!!
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