Yesterday, we went to South of Temperance, a really hip resturant in downtown toronto (Bay and Adelaide)..I loved the Bar setting area, so contemporary and cool..anyways, reached there late and was so surprised when I ordered the slow braised lamb shank, it came within 10 mins. service was fantastic..a really cool guy was confirming that our choices were good. He recommended the fish tacos for gel (which was ridiculously good) and reins had salmon (kinda boring choice, given the resturant we were in)..you can get grilled salmon with veggies anywhere even in my kitchen :-) :-). but the vibe in the resturant was so cool...well dressed Bay Street folks, some so hiply dressed...I just love the vibe downtown, it is much better than where I am presently located at Bay and Wellesley....still cool, nice shops and all and I love the creativity of some people in putting together what I consider their own personal style. Dessert was blueberry pudding with mascaporne sauce and some fruit coulis...reins has a coffee with white chocolate...which was ok..at least she didn't order icecream or something totally safe..and gel had chocolate something which was good too..
That evening, I remember sitting on the bed with Kyren, Yohann and Kim....Ky sitting on the periphery of Kim's crib..his legs dangling over..and yohann sprawled on our bed with kim jumping all over the place..we were talking about who they hang out in their breaks with...yohann said a couple of names including Selena..and I had questioned 'isn't she a girl? and he said 'yeah, but not girly girl, more like a tomboy..and then they both warned that Kim better not turn into a girly girl, because no way they were going to watch barbie movies with her.the talk turned to Karate and Ky was showing me his moves, swinging his legs really high and falling down as a result of the momentum of his swing :-)...yo, as usual quick to copy and prove he's so far behind..tried some moves too.. and Kim, wanting not be left behind..started to follow her brothers moves which was really funny....but so cute because she was frowning and trying to concentrate, so intent on being a big girl..those few moments were priceless...
We went on Jan 26th to Tuckers market place with the whole valdeiro family...that was so much of fun for the boys...they hung around the dessert counters and had a blast...but were very dissppointed when they asked if they could play hide and seek and we said 'absolutely not'...ky and J started crying, informing us that they had to endure eating and sitting down and now we tell them there is no reward for their good behaviour?...they could not believe that we said that they could not play in the resturant,....anyways, kim was walking about trying to jump and everytime she managed to get her feet of the ground she fell on her bottom and said 'ooowwwww'...nicole on the other hand had her eyes trained on reins and everything she did, she wanted her mom to look and applaud....she only had eyes for her mom...nobody or nothing else mattered...love is, looking at a person all the time with stars in your eyes..remember those small cartoon strips that showed up in Midday' ...I used to cut and hold on to them because I thought they were so cute. anyways I whispered to gel and asked that she bring mum, dad, J&A home for coffee...so that's what they did..we talked and the kids played..everybody went home and to bed, tired and happy..oh! what a nice life we have!!..who do we thank for our good luck? nobody but god..I mean Jesus.... so thank you buddy, for watching over all of us and ensuring that everyday for all of us is full of happiness...Whenever I thank god for the good luck I have, my thoughts turn to the poor people esp children begging for food or working their 5 year old arses off...how does god not look at them and feel any compassion..at least he had a good life growing up..he screwed up..big time..flawed judgement, I'd say, and then I take back my thanks...because for me to be really happy I need to know everyone in the world is at peace...that is his job and he ain't doing a good job at all.....sorry, but that's just the truth.
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