Welcome to the first official blog of the Canadian Z's-- as opposed to the other blog I accidentally posted and then could not figure how to edit before it got posted to the world wide web so everyone could see what an idiot I was. I pride myself on knowing a little something about technology, but who would have thought pushing the enter key after the title would cause it to be published for the entire world to see. Nothing like embarassing yourself on a very large scale.
With that theme in mind, we will continue.
My purpose for joining this blog site is to keep friends and family updated on the comings and goings of the Zbaraschuk household. Emily has also indicated that she intends to post art-work on the blog and may from time to time decide to communicate with the rest of you. You will be able to tell the difference in our posts by the number of references to Littlest Pet Shops-- hereafter referred to as LPS. Emily and Connor are obsessed with these toys, spending hours playing with the creatures, creating fashions for them, building lego playgrounds for them, and ripping them out of the hands of their little sister, Kaylie! In this one area, Connor and Emily present a united front-- the baby is NOT allowed in Pet Shop World-- aka north east corner of my living room-- with future expansion currently being halted by "THE PARENTS". Kaylie is determined though, and from time to time she manages to break through the barriers and snatch a lowly hamster or kitty. Of course, she is eventually discovered and then must hear her siblings' cries of "Bad Baby"-- which Kent and I have definitely discouraged-- as name-calling is a behaviour only THE PARENTS are allowed to engage in. Alas, our efforts have come too late and too little. Kaylie has not only taken the barb to heart, but recognizes that as a word, BAD BABY" is a phrase to be directed at those who have wronged you. Consequently, when the two older kids get in her way, she now turns to them and calls them "Bad Baby". What goes around comes around, I guess!
Kaylie is definitely going through a defiant stage right now when it comes to her brother and sister-- although I might add the stage might be rightfully labelled "Self-Preservation". Tired of the way she's been smothered and pestered, she is now learning to stand up for herself. Biting, hitting, and head-bunting are just a few of the moves she's picked up-- leaving us to wonder if she has a future in the WWF. While THE PARENTS frown on this kind of behaviour, it is here that we face a quandry as she really does need a way to defend herself from Pet Shop World's heavy handed Security Agents. Being a professional educator, I have tried to teach Kaylie the playground motto of "use your words, not your hands". This somehow got lost in translation, though, as the main word she uses is "MINE!!!!!" screamed at the top of her lungs as she grabs things from her sibling's hands. So , for now, if no one's bleeding, it's all good!
Anyways, that about concludes the blog for this week. (It may in fact conclude the blog for this year-- as I'm not sure how much time I'm going to have to keep this up)
I'd like to try and add some pictures of our recent trip to Florida, but I'm not sure I have the technological savvy to accomplish this. We'll give it a try and see how it goes. A Pet Shop drawing may appear, as Emily will be thrilled if her artwork appears on the web.
Signing off,
The Z's
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