Have you heard of Bionical Ears????

I'm sure you have heard the term and you can imagine something in your mind, probably a hearing aid I would say. But I think like me – mostly, if you don't have someone in your family of group of friends with a cochlear implant you are not sure what I'm talking about.

Well – I didn't until I met this fine little guy I like to call “Tata”. He was born with 100% hearing loss in both ears. When I first met him he only had one implant, now he has it in both ears and the progress I seeing in this little guy is just tremendous!


I'm feel so blessed to know him and his family. And just the other day he came over with his Koala, a stuffed animal that also had the “Papapa” (this is how he calls his Implant System). Him and his brother got a Cochlear Koala when he had his second implant's surgery, just a few weeks ago. Watching the kids playing with the bear was just priceless and after they leftour house  my kids were very interested on getting a bear with an “implant” as well. “How come does Tata gets one of these in his ears and I don't?”


And here I go explain to him all of it. It got me into the whole idea of REALLY – how does it work?! And I did a little reading about it – its just AMAZING! The Bionic ear!!! If you find that you have yourself a little time you may want to read if yourself. And there are many stories of real families – newborns to adults that have the implant as well.


How amazing is that God gives man such technology to develop such a thing to give us awesome devices/support/experiences like this!!
 
Their web site is: Cochlear Implant

Here is a picture of my friend Tata, this is what the implant looks like - a pic from my phone so it's not such a good one!

And he didn't want to finish his Pasta so he grabed a pillow so Koala would be tall enought and told him to sit and eat it all!

This is the Cochlear Koala - you can get him on the site fro $30 or just to Cochlear Kit for $8 and use it in any stufferd animal you wish! Cool, no?!

Some things we are born with...

Last night Noah was singing a made up song for quite a while, he seemed to know the words well and he kept a good beat too. 

Dan asked him "Where did you learn this song?" Noah's answer was:
        "I was born with it ~ in my head"


mmm - ok then! LOL

First Day of Kindergarten

A couple funny ones

Noah: "Mom, what is tentacao?
Me: It means Temptation in portuguese
Noah: what does temptantion means?
Me: When you want to do something you know its wrong to do and you really want to do it,
its tempting you to do it - you are being tempted. Does that makes sense?
Noah: Oh yeah, like when I want to eat candy and you tell me I can after dinner and I go and get it anyways all by myself?


me: YES!!! Hey.... hold on Mister...!!!


note: I'm still amazed how quickly he got that one!
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Benjamin: "mom - my hair feels So weird - it feels like wood"


Me: "weeell, it's because I put some gel one it"
Benjamin "Oh mom, that rock star stuff? Please don't ever do that again! It feels like wood!"

Making my own

It was so great and very very yummy too. My first Gnocchi! I should of taken a picture of the dish when it was ready on the set table, it looked beautiful too!

It sure will be a meal add to my "easy" list! Fast, kids like it and I can control what I can put on it! ;)
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This child cracks me up!

Happy Birthday Noah bear! Cool guy who makes my day funnier! 4 years old today and no better way to laugh - with you then with these pictures!

So I got to download the pictures from my little camera and I find abput 25 pictures of Noah! Here there are 14 of them, some have me and Ben in the back so I'm thinking he took pictures of himself! Even his arms positions look that way, but still I can't figure it out when and how he did this! LOL It's just funny all around!

XOXO to my bear

A great mix of pictures

Between both of our cameras we were able to get at least a few "not too bouncy" pictures to remember this nice day we were together to celebrate Naoh's 4th Birthday! =))

And if the kids didn't enjoy enough - well - the parents did!!! =)))

Goodie bags!

Scooby Doo Silly bends

For the goody bags!! How fun!!!

My second batch

Of whole wheat has also quinoa, almonds, corn flour, raisins, flax seed and oats. Yummie!
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Everything I think Haven is like

By Benjamin Golan

Benjamin was having a very hard time going to sleep the past two days, we being talking to him for the last hour or so trying to figure it out what’s going on in that little head and I think he finally broke it down.



The poor little boy misses his Vovo Celso! *Sign*  His lil heart is acheing and this won't be the first or the last time that I feel helpless =(

Seeing Vovo Fatima makes him think about Vovo Celso a lot. He is very upset to even think she’ll be living back to Brasil in August. He shared so many interesting things with me that I asked him to hang on while I grabbed my computer go register his ideas about heaven. Here they are:

Me: So Ben, tell me again what you just told me about heaven and vovo Celso so I can type it; ok?

Benjamin: Ok, I don’t remember all I said but I think I said Vovo Celso is in heaven having lots of fun, making new friends there because I’m sure that he is – I mean, having fun and making friends, you know???


I bet he can see outer space there too; because he is in the sky, and outer space is in the sky which is park of heaven and he is just so close to it right now! He is dead but you know – he is still alive in the Sky! He is with Jesus and God and having all kinds of fun and I hope he can write letters too.


I remember the day he left; he said goodbye to me, so I guess that is ok that he left. And you cried so much so dad took me to tia Dani’s house, because you were so sad. But you don’t have to be sad. It’s ok mom!


I miss him and I don’t understand why we just don’t get to see him and I don’t understand who I missed him going to heaven!?!!?!? How did he even got to fly all the way to the clouds and I missed it?

*pause*

B: When are we all going to die?

Me: Oh boy Benji – we reeeeeeally don’t want to talk about that! To die it’s not a bad think at all, but the people that don’t die with you just miss you very much – do you understand?

B: Yes

Me: So can we not talk OR think about this?

B: Yes. But can you still stay with me even after I sleep?

Me: I sure can love.

We kissed good night and just as I re-read this post and added the introduction to his words he was asleep!
Sweet dreams love of mine, this greatful mama is off to bed too!

Creation Museum

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200's is OVER & I'll NEVER go there again!

Ok so I did it!! =) And here is a picture to prove it! =) LOL

I sure don't feel it on my clothing or see it on my face but as soon as the scale tells me it's down, well I'll just have to believe it! =oP

First gymnastics class

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Mojo Monday for Feeling Unapreciated =P

I'm an idealist! Yes I'm

Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. Idealists strive to discover who they are and how they can become their best possible self -- always this quest for self-knowledge and self-improvement drives their imagination. And they want to help others make the journey. Idealists are naturally drawn to working with people, and whether in education or counseling, in social services or personnel work, in journalism or the ministry, they are gifted at helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as individuals and to fulfill their potentials.


Idealists are sure that friendly cooperation is the best way for people to achieve their goals. Conflict and confrontation upset them because they seem to put up angry barriers between people. Idealists dream of creating harmonious, even caring personal relations, and they have a unique talent for helping people get along with each other and work together for the good of all. Such interpersonal harmony might be a romantic ideal, but then Idealists are incurable romantics who prefer to focus on what might be, rather than what is. The real, practical world is only a starting place for Idealists; they believe that life is filled with possibilities waiting to be realized, rich with meanings calling out to be understood. This idea of a mystical or spiritual dimension to life, the "not visible" or the "not yet" that can only be known through intuition or by a leap of faith, is far more important to Idealists than the world of material things.

Highly ethical in their actions, Idealists hold themselves to a strict standard of personal integrity. They must be true to themselves and to others, and they can be quite hard on themselves when they are dishonest, or when they are false or insincere. More often, however, Idealists are the very soul of kindness. Particularly in their personal relationships, Idealists are without question filled with love and good will. They believe in giving of themselves to help others; they cherish a few warm, sensitive friendships; they strive for a special rapport with their children; and in marriage they wish to find a "soulmate," someone with whom they can bond emotionally and spiritually, sharing their deepest feelings and their complex inner worlds.

Idealists are relatively rare, making up no more than 15 to 20 percent of the population. But their ability to inspire people with their enthusiasm and their idealism has given them influence far beyond their numbers

Idealists at Work
Idealists, as a temperament, are passionately concerned with personal growth and development. They are naturally drawn to working with people and are gifted with helping others find their way in life, often inspiring them to grow as individuals and to fulfill their potential both on, and off, the job.

Your attention is naturally drawn to the individual and collective needs, desires, and experiences of people in your environment. In your ideal job, you would be able to use your inner beliefs as a guide for empowering others. Though you are comfortable with leadership, you don’t like arbitrary hierarchies. You care deeply about people as people, and often feel that maintaining official role boundaries interferes unnecessarily with both communication and progress.

Wordless Wednesday

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As we were going out for a walk...

the boys found this beautiful leaf right at the end of our drive way ...

peace and love to all

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40 days Challenge Update

So it's being 30 days since I decided to take the Challenge from Dr. Pete and I must say it has being fun! (well - not the weight part of it)
So far I had 2 visits - The boys had a few more; 3 total, but I'm very comfortable with due to the situations! They even had become advocates and don't want me to drive to fast food not even just for an ice cream! Ben said "Remember mom? Its not healthy? IT's actually bad for you? We can just go to UDF instead" and that day we settled for fruit Popsicles.


Noah still asks often – at least 2 times a week if we can “peease mommy go to Wendy's and have a cheesebuger” it feels like he craves it! Benjamin does just fine. I tried making veggie burger at home, they eat them fine. It's being a very radical but awesome change for my family and I'm SO happy we finally took this step! =)
I'm please with the results!


On the weight – weeelll I haven't seeing much change there yet! My goal was 6 pounds in the 6 wks and all I got so far was 4 and I seem to be pretty stuck where I'm. I do not have motivation to exercise and still – even I'm not eating fast food I do eat way more than I should. Perhaps once this 40 days are over a new goal will be in place and that will be more affective to change my weight; but this far even with no big change I'm still glad my first goal it's being met this far! =)

No laughing matter – or gas

I had a dentist appointment today and yeah – he wouldn't give me the gas today – that made me mad!

“no – it's a smaoulll – smaoulll you kno?” (heavy Indian accent)


SMALL???? so why was I numb all the way up to my ears and even lost part of my vision on my left eye for 7 long freaking hours?
Now that it's over my mouth its so sore! I feel like he raped my gums!
So after today's appointment I'm convinced that my dentist is a butcher! Never going back there! That is for sure!

A note to self

For no good reason or without any explanation I feel like all the sudden I felt into this “unreal” life mode. Where I'm living waiting for something that is impossible to happen. ~Did that make any sense?


Like all the sudden I feel as if I'm living on a fairy tale and I'm waiting on the “big moment” to arrive and to the happy end.


Hey – don't take me wrong here, I'm happy and satisfied with life, it's just like I'm wondering and imagining all day this “parallel” story of life – or path or whatever you may wanna call it.


It's like I'm living as if I'm a 15 yrs old again full of dreams and wonders.

HELOOOOO! =P

Wake up girl - your life real, berry berry real and there's no fairy tale here! Miracles are happening daily and you are keeping your eyes shut for it!


~Snap out!~


Get back to real life because let me tell girly – ITS REAL! =) and it's good!
Anyways – that is all I wanted to say....