Today it was the day to go, drive some miles and watch Noddy and The Treasure Map.
Today we had high temperatures, we are used to have a fresh brise where we live so going to the interior made us have hotter temperatures and a dry air. The complex where the musical took place had no air conditioned so we were all sweeting during the show.
The show started half an hour after the established hour, this is something I really don’t like because the children become impatient and it’s a little complicated to control them.
When Noddy and his friends arrived it was a blast. My daughter was speechless and impressed with all those animated characters she’s used to watch everyday on TV. My son was also excited and participated in the activities that were requested from the stage.
The clues to find what the treasure was were English words (the show was in Portuguese of course). The words were: “to work”, “as a team”, “much better” and “together”. Putting them in the correct order:
“Much better to work together as a team” - the message was: when we get together and try to solve something as a team is much better than alone. Friends have to speak with each other no matter what is going on, even in bad days when we are not in the mood.
I personally found the musical very interesting, I really liked it and I’m happy that my kids were able to watch them live.
It was not allowed to film the show but I was able to film 15 seconds movies (my camera doesn’t allow more time) without a problem. It was not possible to get close to them, only at the end of the show we were able to go near the stage so no photos with my kids and Noddy.
Here are some photos I took during the show:
I tried to insert here one of the movies I made but it didn’t work out. This was the first time I tried so I have to check what am I doing wrong.
Every year, on the first Sunday of May, it’s Mother’s Day in Portugal. So last Sunday I received wonderful presents from my daughter and son as well as many kisses.
It all starter on Friday when my son, who had three presents to give me (one he bought, one he did at school and one he did in daycare), insisted in giving me one right on that day. He read a poem and I couldn’t hold the tears from rolling down my face. It was so beautiful.
On Sunday I received two presents from my son and two from my daughter. Now I have poems, a wallet, a purse, a Potpourri bag and two recipe books where I have to write my favorite recipes.
But like my daughter learned in pre-school: Mother’s Day it’s everyday and love should be shown daily.
Today we had a perfect summer day. In the afternoon we went to the beach, although we thought it would be windy and a little cold, we were completely wrong. The weather was excellent, the sea, although a little wild, rolled out along the beach giving the opportunity to wet out feet.
Our intention was to drink a coffee, play a little in the sand and come home. All plans were not accomplished. The coffee shop was closed and instead of playing in the sand, once the weather was so good, my kids ended up playing in the sea in their underwear. First it was just to wet our feet but the water was so good, that they start wetting the shorts/skirt/shirt and well, in a few minutes they were playing in their underwear. I was wearing jeans, I rolled them up above my knees but I end up with wet jeans.
We ran, we laugh, we played in the water, my kids were so happy. My DH, has usual, not very fond of this type of fun (arhhh!!) stayed up in the hill while we were down there in the beach having fun.
I wish I had taken my camera but well, what matters is the photograph memory we have of these beautiful and happy moments .
The movie we went to watch was: Winx- The Secret of The Lost Kingdom. I’ve seen the Winx as a series on TV and both my kids love them. I must confess that the only thing I knew was that they were fairies with magic powers to protect people and the world from evil.
The announcement of this movie immediately caught my son’s attention and the requests to watch the movie were too many. Here is the trailer:
Bloom and her friends search for Bloom’s parents, Oritel and Miriam, while trying to uncover the secret of the lost kingdom Domino, which could change Bloom’s life forever. However they stumble onto a plot by an evil force named Mandragora and her three witches to infiltrate a dark realm called the circle of Obsidian, which will raise their dark power to a point that will allow them to conquer everything! The only thing that stands in their way is the Winx, who might not even be able to stop them.
Although there are a lot of color and magic around the Winx, the dark side, evil, bad people, dark magic are a strong presence in the movie. In my opinion this can transmit some fear in the kids although they know that in the end the good will always win.
It was a little hard for me to follow the movie since my kids where never quite and still.
Due to my overload explosion I had other side effects in my body and mind that I decided not to detail here because I would turn this blog into a disease research center. I’m taking a strong anti-stress pill for now and let’s see if I can recover soon.
Last Sunday, on Easter Day, we decided to spend some money and go to the cinema. I say “spend some money” because here it’s very expensive to buy four tickets and some popcorns and watch a movie in a local theater. So this was really a special thing we did. The day before it had been Catherine’s birthday and it was Easter without the visit of godfathers and godmothers because they were spending the weekend away, so we decided to do something different.
Here’s a look at the main chamber of the cinema:
We went to the 14.10 presentation and that meant having a full room only for the four of us.
The kids behaved…what can I say… they can’t keep still for too long so it was a little hard to watch the movie.
I’ll have to write a little review of the movie in another post otherwise I will leave this post in the middle and more days will pass without publishing it. I can tell you that we went to watch: Winx - The Secret of the Lost Kingdom.
Last week was a tough week. Not only physiologically but also physically.
I know what a depression is, I’ve been there and I don’t want to be there again. I know when I’m on the edge, I know what my limits are. Last week I was near but still far enough from the edge.
I’ve said this before but I repeat myself, I work 40 hours a week, from 9 to 18:30 (1,5 lunch break), two bosses that treat us like “slaves”, two kids to prepare to school and to pick up at the end of the day, cleaning, laundry, meals, my mother’s phone calls because of my father’s Alzheimer situation, little time to be with the kids, etc, etc, etc. it’s not easy. Fortunately I have my DH that although working from 8 to 19 helps a lot around the house.
Sometimes I deal well with all this routine, other times not so well. I can’t complaint about my job, I know that I’ll have my salary at the end of the month, it’s not a bad salary but the conditions are not the best. Motivation is something that I don’t have.
Last week was a very negative week for me because when I think too much about other things I would like to do and I don’t have time to, I become angry with myself and I refuse to accept that right now I can’t change a thing.
My escape right now is blogging. I love being on the internet, to write and earn money online. This last part is something I would like to explore and see if I could manage to live from internet jobs. It’s something uncertain that for sure won’t replace my full time job, so for now, although with sadness, I have to continue with my life the way it is.
This whole situation, the fact that I’m not satisfied with my life, affects me also physically. I lose my strength, I have migraines and muscle and bone pain is a reality. It’s awful to feel this way but last week I really felt it. For 4 day, I slept 10 hours a night (usually I sleep 6 or 7 sometimes only 4 or 5), I felt exhausted and could even walk straight.
When I feel like this I avoid direct contact with situations that can make me say things I later regret so I’m more silent than on normal days.
My relation with my DH has been a little distant. Due to a change in our bedrooms he ended up sleeping in my daughter’s room. Let me explain: during cold weather we have to turn on some form of heating, as we can’t afford the central heating, we use oil heaters. As we have a Suite we decided to put my son’s bed in our dressing room, my kids were supposed to sleep there and my DH and I in our bed. My daughter decided she wanted to sleep in our bed so my husband started sleeping in her room. This is happening for two months now.
Of course, as a couple, this causes a little rupture in the relation, we already have little time to be together, sleeping in different bedrooms even worse. Me, being tired and exhausted didn’t help either.
I need more time but I have no way to get it. Vacation is not a solution once it’s something temporary, just a few days so the solution can be:
I accept the fact I have to stay in that job
I accept the bosses I have and all the junk work I have to do for them
I accept that I can only spend 2 or 3 hours with my kids, most of it spent in the kitchen preparing dinner and cleaning up
I accept the fact I can’t explore other ways of earning money because I have little time
I accept the fact that I can never pick up my kids at school because I have to work
I accept the fact I can’t help my son with homework because I have to work (he does them in daycare after school)
I accept the complaints of my daughter saying she wants me to pick her up at school
I accept the fact that I can’t pick up my kids earlier from daycare because I’m at work
so much things to accept but for me they are unacceptable.
For my own health I have to keep going and try to live as I can. I see the years go by, my kids are growing and I’m not able to follow them closely as I would like to. I know I’m not alone but some people just don’t care, but I do and I suffer with this.
On Saturday I was feeling really better and I did some activities with the kids. In the morning I cleaned up the house, we went to my parents house for the weekly visit and in the afternoon I went with the kids to the local park for roller skating and bicycle riding. After that we went to the library where we spent the rest of the afternoon. They enjoy being in the library among the books, games, movies, etc..
Sunday afternoon I went to ride bicycle with Dani but we spend most of the day at home.
Yesterday (Monday) I went to work with a positive spirit and I tried to do my work and some blogging (don’t tell the bosses).
This is just a phase I go through from time to time so…let’s keep going.
It’s 2:26 right now and I’m still blogging, why? Because only at night, when I’m supposed to be asleep, I have time to write.
Saturday it was the big party. Many things were prepared the night before and Saturday morning I just had to prepare the table with all the necessary things for a a kids party. I bought some thematic plates and napkins, WWE for the boys and Hello Kitty for the girls.
Pizza was a “must” in the table and well appreciated by all kids. Jelly, cakes, sweets, lollipops, fruit salad, etc. etc. etc..
There were 26 kids in the house, they behaved quite well (not mentioning the water balloons bursting on top of some of them), the overall result was a positive one. Although some of them where kind of “violent” while playing, no one got insured. As the house is big they were able to split themselves among the rooms, some where in the computer, some in the PS2, some in the living room watching TV and others in the play room. We had a sunny day so they were also able to have some fun outside.
Here is the photo of the cake:
Again a picture from the same soccer club but with one player.
He received many gifts, from clothes, books, toys, PS2 game, etc. Here is a picture of some:
The kids had a great time and my son had a really happy day. I’m glad for that.
I’m writing this post from a birthday party. This is the first time I get my laptop out of the house and there is no internet connection over here. I’m writing offline and I’ll post later.
This is a birthday party my daughter is attending as well as a neighbor girl that came with me. My son stayed at home with my neighbor boy that has the syndrome and wasn’t able to attend this party. This party is being held in a activity center that is not suitable for the efforts my neighbor can make.
My daughter is now waiting in line to get her face painted and I have my camera prepared to take a picture.
Someone just asked me how can I be in the computer while everybody is watching the kids playing. Well, they are playing and as I usually never have time for myself, I’m having it now. Everybody is chatting, the music is too loud, my head ….
That was it; this was the post I wrote there. Yes there, because I’m already home. A friend approached the table where I was and started chatting with me and I wasn’t able to continue to write.
Of course it’s always good to catch up with friends the problem is…we always end up talking about diseases and sick people. Although it’s nice a good conversation the subject is not the appropriate one.
Regarding the party, Catherine got half of a butterfly painted on her face because when she was being painted it was time to sing “Happy Birthday”.
The girls had a wonderful time and that was the objective, so mission accomplished.
**This post was written yesterday but due to internet problems, is only being published today. As you can see I can’t make plans, everything goes the wrong way. Even the camera was against me and the flash didn’t work.
Yesterday it has been a very busy day. Usually we are quietly at home, playing, watching TV, go out for a cup of coffee. Due to Catherine surgery we haven’t gone out and everybody come in. Catherine received the visit of my in laws, my two BIL, two SIL, two nephews, my best friend and her son and a few phone calls. It was a really busy day.
Catherine was really very surprised with the visits as that doesn’t happen often and she was really happy and spoiled.
Today, it was the first day she left the house after the surgery, but didn’t get out of the car. I did something I usually am not able to: pick up my son at school at 15:30. It felt so good and he was so happy. Usually it’s daycare that picks him up and I pick him up at 18:45 after leaving work, but once I’m at home due to Catherine surgery I’m taking advantage of everything I can’t do when I’m working.
He already did his homework and is now watching a movie with sister.
I love this so much, my dream is to follow my kids, be able to work from home, pick them up at school, help with homework, but life is not always what we want and I’m lucky to have a full time job and a salary at the end of the month.
Obidos is a medieval walled village with old small houses and a lot of stores. This village is open to public and from time to time events take place inside the town walls. Starting December 8, a Christmas Village is open to public (against a payment) inside the village itself.
It never snows here therefore kids only have visual contact with snow through TV. This Christmas Village was built taking in consideration all the elements related to Christmas so, although artificial, there is snow there. The pictures you are about to see are real pictures but the scenario is specially made for the occasion. For the kids this was a lot of fun.
There was a ice skating rink where for 30 minutes we could try what we never have around here: Ice Skating. Dani, although falling a few times, felt very comfortable Ice Skating.
There were a lot of other activities available like Pony ride, gnomes around us, snowman, etc. We had a great time although it was windy and cold.
Last week was a tough week. Not only physiologically but also physically.
