Well I did SO good with my New Year’s resolution for Dec 2007 that I actually didn’t even write ONE post in 2008! Now how’s that for failure? LOL! Wow! Can someone just slow down this spinning thing we call the world and let me catch my breath? Or add a few more hours to each day or something? Whew! 

Ok, so updates on our wonderful little CJ! He’s not so little anymore. He will be 6 in 1 week! I’m still kind of in denial about that one. I want him to stay little forever!! He’s my little cuddle muffin. (I know - gag me). But he does love to cuddle and get hugs and stuff and I’m afraid that won’t last much longer.

He’s an extremely bright little boy who loves anything Disney, plays DS better way better than I do and is a natural at the computer. He’s in Senior Kindergarten this year, so still only goes 2 days, sometimes 3 days a week. He starts full time school in September and will be in French Immersion. For those of you not in Canada, that is a program offered here so that kids can learn the official second language of Canada. Since Pierre and his entire family are French Canadian and speak the language, we thought it only fitting and beneficial for CJ to get in on that action (and maybe he can share what he learns with his stubborn mommy who still hasn’t learned French).

We are hoping we can get in a trip to Disneyworld sometime this year. CJ is really the perfect age for it and since he’s a Disney afficionado, he’s asking to go all the time. Our little collector has not changed in that regard. It used to be Baby Einstein movies, then it moved on to all the cars from Disney Pixar Cars. And now it’s every Disney movie ever made (except some of the princess ones of course). LOL! And if anyone has Disney Movie Rewards codes laying around, oh my goodness, CJ will grab them up faster than you can say Ka-Chow!

We have been in our house for a year and a half now and still love it. Last year, Pierre’s dad did a beautiful job of painting the downstairs for us and it’s show home quality! Now if we could just get around to doing the upstairs and changing a few window coverings etc, wouldn’t that be nice? And the office is a disaster. Why is it the place you use the most is always the last to get attention?

Last year Pierre changed jobs and now works as a bilingual technical instructor for Sony of Canada. He enjoys it much more than he did his job at Nestle, so that’s a plus. I also finally had enough of commuting 3 hours per day to downtown Toronto and found a job closer to home, 10 minutes to be exact. That has made quite the difference for me as far as stress levels and being able to accomplish more. I’m back in the real estate field which I really enjoy, so hopefully this year will just see things continue to improve in the career area. I still have my business which keeps me busy in my “non-working” hours.

CJ and I did manage to get away last year, to beautiful Hawaii!!! CJ visited his Aunty Erin for the first time and fell in love! He still talks about her all the time. Erin is doing wonderfully and it was great to catch up and see her again. We hope to get back out there as soon as we can, but it might have to wait until after Disneyworld. LOL! Other than that, we did the usual Montreal weekend trips and did one longer trip to Quebec City with my BFF and honorary sister, Lisa, which was awesome. What a beautiful place! We also got away for a long weekend to the Muskoka area (where a lot of people in Toronto have their cottages) and stayed at a wonderful place that was right out of the movie Dirty Dancing. Communal dinners that you dress for and all sorts of activities for us and CJ. It was a great experience!

So, will I write more in 2009 than in 2008? Well I already have, but won’t make promises about doing it more. Will just do what I can when I can. Now I must get back onto that fast spinning thing called the world and continue on about my day. And so life goes on…and CJ grows and grows and grows…

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Ok - now…where to start??  CJ had us laughing so hard that I actually could not get my breath - and had to move to a different table at PizzaHUNT (that’s CJ for Pizza Hut) just to calm myself down and stop from laughing.  Mommy and I decided to take the ‘kids’ (CJ and Sarah) out for dinner - and well…after a couple cwacklick mwilks for CJ and Diet Pepsi for Nanny Lisa - CJ and I headed off to use the facilities.  We did our ‘business’ and were on our way back to the table …CJ ran ahead of me - and all I could hear him say way ” Oh, Mommy - Jenn is in the toilet - we left her in there and flushed her down the toilet”.  Mommy and I looked at each other and both though …is he saying what we think he is???  So, trying to hold back the laughter we asked him  ” Where is Jenn??” - and without hesitation he announced (to most of the people on the left side of Pizza Hut” ..”Jen is in the PizzaHUNT toilet - and we flushed her down”.  OMGosh - where does he get this stuff ???  Well - by this time he knew (by us laughing to tears) that he was saying something funny - so he continued with ” Oh, and I peeeeeed on her” - well that is when I had to pick myself off the floor and crawl to another table in order to stop laughing.  Good thing I just came from the washroom..if  you know what I mean.  Well, Jenn - I don’t know what you did/didn’t do - but I think CJ is officially ‘pissed’ at you for something.  LOL

OK - the next fully little tail is the one about CJ adding words to Nanny Lisa’s - already made up - song - in order to fit his own agenda.  CJ and I were on our way to our park picnic - and well seeing as he loves the Little Eiensteins show so much - I decided to make up a little song - using the tune of the Eiensteins show - and it went something like this….”CJ and Nanny Lisa are going on a picnic - and we are going to play on the slides - and we’re gonna have fun”…..then CJ pipes up and says ” Oh - you forgot about this part……CJ and Nanny Lisa are going to the mall and we’re gonna buy Baby Bach”.  Well - thru all the laughing I managed to say “Nice try, buddy - I’ll give you an extra star, on the chores chart, for effort”  LOL    For those of you who don’t know what the ‘chore chart’ is - it’s a daily list - located on the fridge - with all different kinds of ‘chores’ …you know - brush your teeth - put away your toys - no crying at nap time - poop and pee on the potty (guess which stars he is missing lots of..lol) - and CJ gets a star for completing all his chores - that way Mommy and Daddy get a little idea of what CJ has done/not done during our day.

Hmmmm - what else did we do this week.  Oh - we had a couple of trips to the mall - and we did a little damage at Baby Gap - and Toys R Us.  CJ got a new ‘toy’ - it’s a CD Player and a Kerioki machine all-in-one - and the funniest thing was that CJ and I were waiting for Techno Wizzard Daddy to come home - so that he could hook it up for us.  So, Daddy arrives home and he asks Nanny Lisa where I think we should hook up this machine - Nanny Lisa suggests up in CJ’s room - but Daddy thinks it should go in the family room - where the other electronic equipment is hooked up.  Sooo…..Daddy hooks it up in the family room - and Nanny Lisa thinks to herself…hmmm how long is this going to last.  Well - CJ fell in love with the microphone - but he finds he gets better results if he YELLS AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS INTO IT - and even better - if HE YELLS REALLY LOUD HE CAN DROWN OUT DADDY’S TV SHOW.   Sooooo - CJ’s new toy is now located (yep you guessed it) in his room - where HE CAN YELL ANY TIME AND ALL THE TIME IF HE LIKES…..all he has to do is close his door.   LOL

So, it’s Sunday night and it’s pouring rain outside - it has been all weekend pretty much - and I’m just thinking about the wonderful - summer like- weather we had last week.  It made CJ and my days so much ‘brighter’ and he is so easy to please….with the park only a few ‘walking’ min. away we spend most of our mornings there.

Nanny Lisa will be talking some ‘Colours Park’ pictures - this coming week.  CJ and I were going to take pictures the day our our picnic - but we were unexpectedly joined by two little girls - who just climbed up on the table (didn’t speak a word of english) and dug right in to our picnic lunch.  I was rather horrified - but CJ calmed me right down and just reminded me that “These are my friends - and they want to have a picnic with us”.  Ahhhh - to be able to see things thru un-tainted eyes - and just make the most of any situation, good or bad, that’s what CJ helps us all with - gotta love YOU, CJ.

 /s/ Nanny Lisa

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Ok - this little story would make anyone want to BLOG.  I’m not too sure if everyone who knows CJ would also know his fascinating/obsession with Baby Einstein Video’s/DVD’s.  It’s not only about enjoying the movies (as it was when he was a baby) it’s now become more of enjoying the fine ART of collecting things.  It’s CJ’s first collection - and he has much pride and interest in making sure it’s complete.  He carries around an insert, from one of the DVD’s, and in that it lists all of the available movies in the Baby Einstein Collection - he knows he is missing two of them - and he makes sure that all who love him (and may want to take him shopping or buy him a ‘treat’) know which ones he is missing too.   (I’m getting to the good part in a min….honest).  Ok - so Nanny Lisa does her ‘CJ Research’ and finds out there is a new TV Series coming out called LITTE Einstein’s …it’s the baby’s grown to toddlers and going on great adventures.  Well - I knew CJ would be HOOKED.  It’ comes on at 8:45 - and even though my little buddy can’t tell time - he knows when 8:45 is (just after breakfast) and he sits down ready to watch it on the BIG TV.  I sit down beside him - and make sure it’s on the right channel - and once the intro music starts “We’re going on a trip - in our favorite rocket ship….Little Einstein’s…..”  (great now I’m humming it) he turns to me and says “Ok - Nanny Lisa, you can go work in the kitchen now”  LOL  He knows it’s my time - when he is occupied with his show - to clean up the breakfast dishes and do little domestic chores.  Sooo - this particular show was called “Good Knight - Bad Knight” and I’m listening - from the kitchen - and all of the Little Einstein’s are introducing themselves - Knight Oswald etc etc - and I say to CJ - “Ohhhh CJ - are YOU Knight CJ?” - he turns to me and says (with only about 3 seconds time lapse) and says ” No, I’m WAKE UP CJ” - OMGosh - how funny was that - funny and smart - I think he believed I was trying to get him to go back to bed - or tell him it was nap time - and he was having no part of ‘K/Night’ anything. http://disney.go.com/littleeinsteins/swf/main.html

So - I know - all of that ‘font’ just to tell you that little story - but it’s more enjoyable (I think) if you are involved in the history that lead up to the punch line. Ok - so this week has been great - we have perfect PARK weather - and CJ and I have spent most of the week just doing that - enjoying the colour’s park (CJ’s handle) and enjoying what is to become of the summer. 

 It’s good to be ‘home’.   /s/ Nanny Lisa 

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Well I made it to Friday !!!  Cj and I had a pretty lazy week.  We did do a bit of new TOY shopping and that was much fun.  We got a new game of chuts and ladders (seasame street version) and well that was Wednesday and we have played it about 2 dozen times by now.  The only problem is - CJ likes to be ALL of the 4 seasame street characters leaving Nanny Lisa with the job of ‘wheel spinHER’  LOL   We also explored the brand new ‘colours’ park (he calls it that because the slides and all the other play things are multi coloured) - CJ’s favorite part of the park was the voice tube - that comes out of the ground - and when (you) turn the dial - and after a sneezing sound comes out - whatever (you) say into the tube repeats itself in a helium balloon type of voice.  The look on his face the first time he heard his voice repeated.  He stood back and said  “Hellooo Cj - are you in there??”  He is just too much fun to have around - he makes one forget all the troubles they may have, and well… he is just a healing soul.

This morning we are off to our mini-chef class at the community centre.  I’m not sure what we will be cooking up - but I do know that Cj should enjoy it - as he loves to help me in the kitchen.  If fact, he was helping me sweep the kitchen floor this morning - I sweep and he holds the dust pan……….such a good combo we make.

Well - that’s about all of the up-date we have - I will say that I’m VERY glad to be back - and things can only get better ………and we can start having some real ’summer’ fun now.  By the end of the summer - CJ and I should know every park in Richmond Hill ! 

/s/ Nanny Lisa

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Hi CJ Fans,  Well I finally have enough of what-it-takes to drop a few lines, here, and let everyone know how much I’m looking forward to being BACK - and doing things with my little buddy.

 I’ve been to visit a couple of times - and even got a chance to push CJ on the swings, at the park, and have a few laughs.  Let me tell YOU - there is nothing like CJ’s Love to help heal all (including the soul).  When he smiles and laughs and tells me that he “needs me” - it’s like a magic healing potion - and I can’t get enough.

 Mommy and Daddy have been very patient and understanding during my (unwanted) absence - and I just wanted them to know how much I appreciate all the kind words and much needed love and support during my illness.

I still have a way to go - but I’m sure CJ and I will be so happy just to have each other back - he will take it easy on me for the first couple weeks.  lol  

‘Talk’ again soon….

 /s/ Nanny Lisa

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