Mona Vie

It's been a while since I have posted. Life has taken quite the turn with High school starting. Our latest bit of excitement has been a new product that has touched our family called Mona Vie. A relative introduced us to it a while back and it seems to have helped our family in a few different ways. My wife feels like she is getting to sleep faster, I feel like I'm getting better sleep, and our oldest son is turning the tide on his bout with constipation. Believe me, that last one was the biggest one for us.

The thing that really hit home with this product was my wife's aunt. She was diagnosed with colon cancer earlier in the year and started chemotherapy treatments. She went through two rounds before finding the product and through her third round she had more energy and felt much better, even though it was her strongest round. I think we're a better than average family when it comes to family nutrition. We eat a good share of organic fruits and vegetables every day and we try to limit our fat intake. We don't eat fast food or drink soda and we have very few unhealthy snacks around the house. I was a bit sceptical about the product at first, but now that we have all been taking it for a while I wouldn't give it up. It's definitely not cheap, but I don't think you can put a price on the health of your family.

I'm starting to sound like a salesman... I'll leave it at that for now and direct you to their website for information if you're interested:

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The reason I'm sharing this information is because I really feel like this product is helping our family. Not only with its nutritional content, but to educate our children on the importance of eating healthy and why we like to eat organic products. Our daughter doesn't always agree with our decision to eat healthy, but as an athlete she typically follows our lead when it comes to nutrition (mostly because we do the cooking). As a Millennium Dad I take great pride in caring for the health and well being of my family, and if you're reading this, I assume you do too. Now if only this product can help me get back on track with this blog... we shall see.

The Swim Party

So the swim party went a lot better than I had expected. Most of the kids were very respectful and I think everyone had a really good time. It was interesting to see how the kids interacted. There were a few different groups of friends and it was nice to see the diversity of friends my daughter has made.

The biggest surprise for me was that almost everyone ended up swimming. I guess she really does know her friends after all...

The Birthday Party...

The teen had a birthday last month but we were unable to have a proper party due to other commitments. Tonight's the night we planned to have a gathering for her friends. It should be interesting. She elected for a swim party so we rented the local community center pool for her and 50 of her friends (including the current boy that she likes). The latest count is around 40 people, and it looks like roughly half of them will be swimming. I tried talking her into doing a dance party or some other type of gathering but she was set on swimming. Teenage girls don't always like to hang out with their classmates in their swimsuits... Nevertheless I'm sure all the kids will have fun, but I'm just as sure I'll have something to write about tomorrow.

The ear infections...

This week the boys each got ear infections. The 2 year old started complaining of an ear ache so I took him to see the doctor. It was late in the evening so we had to see the on call doctor. Sure enough, he had an ear infection. The doctor gave us some sample chewable tablets to tide him over until the next day and we were off. I remember thinking I should have him take a look at the youngest one too, as any sickness seems to spread through the family like wildfire, but I didn't. The next night the youngest had a terrible night. My wife took him to the doctor the next day and he had infections in both ears. I should have trusted my gut.

I was talking with a co-worker about my trip to the doctor and he joked that he didn't even know where his kids doctors office was. It made me realize why I was labeled a "Millennium Dad" in the first place. I really don't feel that I'm that unique, which is why I started this blog in the first place, but I don't spend a lot of time with other people's families either...

Intro

For the purpose of anonymity I will not be using the real names of my family members. If this becomes confusing at some point, someone can suggest names in the comments area.

The Teen: My teenage daughter is 14. She will be starting high school next year. She's a great kid, honor role student, athlete, and a good role model for her two younger brothers. Some of the things I will share in future posts will be the usual items: boys, cell phones, Internet usage, and friends.

The 2 year old: My oldest son is very intelligent. He amazes me with the things he is able to pick up and the things he says and does. He's a great kid and we really enjoy him. The biggest thing we are trying to overcome right now is his attitude towards his brother, and trying to get him to share.

The 1 year old: My youngest son is a cruiser. He's already running at just 13 months. He is definitely the daredevil. He wants to be just like his older brother. The thing I have found is that we aren't able to spend as much time with him as we did with his older brother, and I can definitely see some developmental differences. Nothing major, but his older brother picked things up much faster because of the additional attention he got at this stage.

My wife: My wife is a wonderful woman. She works part time so we each get to spend a lot of time with the kids, but not as much time as we would like with each other. We each make sacrifices for our children because they are the most important to both of us. But we try to carve out some time for each other when we can.