RAISING RESPONSIBLE CHILDREN

Parents have the obligation to teach their children a valuable lesson in responsibility. Of course, the lessons a 4-year old and a 13-year-old can learn will different. The truth is, we will not always be there to shield our children from life's challenges. To enable our children to fend for themselves, we must stay focused on the goal of teaching them to become unselfish, mature, and responsible. But parents' example is probably the most powerful way to help our children to see the importance and value of responsible behavior.

A TRUE FRIEND!

You have a friend you met in your youth. He makes you feel better in your bad moments; for example, when you are stressed, you can always turn to him for some relief. Indeed, you come to depend on him in many situations. Not only that, a true friend is loving all the time. He also listens patiently. Sometimes a friendly smile can give us relief. A true friend is always there to conquer your obstacles.

WHY TO QUIT SMOKING!!

Tobacco products can be as adictive as illicit drugs. Inhaled nicotine may reach the brain in just seconds. Not only that, smoking hurts the health of those arround you such as family, friends, and love ones. So if you want to conquer the smoking habit, you may be wise to look to your family and friends for help. Everyone who smokes has to consider how much better off you will be if you quit smoking. Therefore, you will save money and your health may improve.

GOOD BYE! :( :( :(

I am so sad because my girlfriend's daughter went back to Ecuador today. I made a surprise dinner for them yesterday. I invited some relatives and friends. Although it was so fun, my friends and I were crying because we will miss each other. They gave me a nice surprise that I will never forget. They are excellent and very smart girls. Both, Deborah and Ivette are studying medicine in Ecuador. I hope they can come back sun.

SURPRISE PARTY!!!!!!!!

I was really busy today. I am planing a surprise party to my friends tomorrow. They have to go back to Ecuador on Saturday morning. The party is going to be in my backyard. I am preparing a barbecue. I'm going to set up my 3 in 1 pool table so they can have fun. I'm going to miss them. I love them as if they were my daughters. I hope they enjoyed their stay.

VOLUNTEERING!!!

Last week we talked about volunteering. This topic was very interesting. Everybody gave an opinion. Although young people do not like to participate on volunteering, they have to learn to help others for their own initiative. They're usually not sensible. Immature behaves is typical in young people. For these reasons we have to teach them to have a conscience and spirit for that. Teenagers have to understand if they want to have success in life, they have to listen the advices that older people give them.

RAINING WEEKEND :( :( :( :(

I had made many plans with my friends to go to the city. Sadly, all weekend is going raining. I feel so sad because my friends only have this weekend to enjoy it. They have to come back home next Saturday morning. Anyway we made plans for the rest of the week. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, we do not have the power to change the weather, but we have the power to put good face to bad time. Good night and I see you soon.

FRIENDS VISIT TO ME FROM ECUADOR

Last Monday, my girlfriend's daughters came from Ecuador to visit this country.They stayed in my house for two weeks. The older is 22 years old and her name is Devora. The younger is 19 years old and her name is Ivette. They are so beautiful and polite. Although I would like to spend more time with them, I cannot do it because I have school every day. However, my older son can take them to hang out because he only has school three days a week. The most important is the girls enjoy their vacations.

SICK!!!!! :(

I am really sick! I was sick since Friday. Today I feel even worse. Allthough I didn't want to get up from bed, I knew I had to because I had many responsibilities to do it such as take care my children, cook, and do my homework. But I'm not the only one who is sick, my daughter is also sick. We both have a cold and allergies. I hope my daughter and I feel better to be able to go to school tomorrow.

SHOPPING DAY

Today, my husband and I decided to go to Macy's because it had a lot of items on sale. The offers was gorgeous. If I bought one item, I get two items free. Macy's is one of the my favorite stores to buy clothes for my children. I also had many coupons to get more discount in my shopping day. After a hard shopping day ( I love shopping), my husband invited me to eat. We went to a nice restaurant called "Olive Garden". It is near to the mall. Really, it was a very nice day.

"RELIGIONS"

Yesterday, we had a conversation about religions. It got my attention because I did not know there were a huge amount of religions. Not only that, I also learned a little beat about their beliefs and lives style; for example, it was new for me to realize that all members of Silkhism religions have the same last name such as Singh for woman and Kaur for men. They do not have any blood relative but they have the same last name.

FAMILY VACATION II

Finally my children got to go to the pool. They had a wonderful time. They spent the whole morning in the pool. After they got out my children were hungry so we went to the buffet to eat lunch. Then we went to the rides they had near the hotel. We did many things such as go karts,a rollarcoaster , and many more, but the most exciting thing was riding in a real helicopter! It was amazing. I never knew that I would ever ride in a real helicopter. It is very different from flying in a plane. At the end my family and I were very tired but my husband and I went to the casino to see shows and how people lost their money easily.

FAMILY VACATION :) :) :) :) :)

On Thursday, April 1st, My family and I took a trip to Atlantic City. We stayed at the "Taj Mahal" hotel. It was so big and beautiful. Our room had a beautiful ocean view. The first night we went out to see the city. We finally got hungry and ate at the "Ruby Tuesday" restaurant. The food was delicious! The next day my children woke up very early to go to the pool. Sadly, the pool opened for children at 10:00 am. Meanwhile, we had breakfast at the buffet at the hotel and finally we went to the pool. I have much more things to say but tomorrow I'll write more tomorrow.

MOVIE TIME

My family and I watched movies all night long. The best movie I watched was "Ann Frank : Diary of a young girl." The movie was touching my heart. It is about a girl who is in hiding and they live in the attic, but sadly they finally got caught from German people. It made my daughter cry! The movie was almost similar to the book that I read. After that movie we watched 2012. It was sad how humans would leave and watch them die because their was no more room. Both movies were really great!