Entry 9: Happy Birthday JJ!!Party Time!!( Part 2)

Hey guys welcome back as I told you last week in part one of JJ's birthday and party there was going to be a part two. The party was an success! Setting up the party at the park was the most difficult because there was other parties going on. I had to switch the location at the last minute, which was nerve-wrecking. I found a park with no one around and it had a place to barbecue and a huge playground for JJ and his cousins. The decorations was paw patrol everything, I even had paw patrol goodies for everyone who came. Once everyone got there, they covered the gift table with lots of gifts. The kids played on the play ground and JJ got a chance to swing on the swing for the first time. He laughed the whole time while I pushed him. After, I tried to let him walk but he was scared because he didn't know how to walk on the ground. At that point he started to get fussy so I started playing the games. We played balloon pop, UNO, red light green light, and musical chairs. The balloon pop game was fun because the balloons had money in them. My brother won all the money. All the men in the family played basketball until it was time to eat. We ate barbecue chicken. hamburgers, and hot dogs with any variety of chips. Then we started opening up the gifts, JJ was so tired that he was dozing off opening up the first gift. I was really funny to watch him trying to keep his eyes open. By the time we finished opening gifts, it was dark outside so I decided to cut the cake and sing happy birthday at my house. At home JJ was still sleep so I had to wait until he got up, when he did that's when everyone came over for cake. I sat JJ down and let him eat his own cake. While I watched him eat his cake, I was very teary-eyed because it felt like just yesterday I was told he only needs milk for food and to hold his bottle now he's feeding himself. The party was over and JJ and I went straight to sleep after our baths. It's been one week and he already said his first word and got his first bruise from falling, I can already tell my JJ is going to be a handful ...Welcome to Chapter 1!

Entry 8: Happy Birthday JJ! Party Time!( Part 1)

 Hey guys , guess what today is ...JJ's 1st Birthday!!!! On this day a year ago at 11:47 a.m , JJ was born. If you been reading my blogs you will know the exact pounds , oz and height he was. Through out this year JJ has been amazing  so planning this party has been the most emotional, stressful thing ever. I decided to have it at a park since he never really got the opportunity to get on the swing because he was so little. The theme is Paw Patrol because he loves the show and dances to the theme song. I'm kind of nervous because all his family and cousins are going to be there. I hope he doesn't get fussy because we're going to be outside. He will have a gift table, food table, and a snack table and lots of games and money prizes. The highlight of today is his cake ( which is his favorite), its a Paw Patrol strawberry shortcake with butter creme icing. This day is going to be full of a lot of tears ( happy of course) because this is the start of his chapter one. I couldn't be more proud of his developments and his personality which lets me know that he's not just a spit image of his dad but he has my personality also. I'm proud to say I am a mother of a awesome one year old. I labeled this part 1 because the party hasn't even started and I want to show you guys pictures and tell you about the party so stay tuned 😄.

Entry 7:The Big Food Journey

Welcome back guys, This week in my ENG101 class, we were asked to pick a food topic to write about and I chose food safety: food irradiation. When you see this food irradiation symbol on your food, it basically means they used radiation to make the food last longer. The radiation kills the bacteria that grows on the fruits,vegetables and meats to make it last longer with a better risk of not being sick. This topic is important because it is an issue that is rarely seen but  it is in your local grocery store and could cause long term health problems from a little virus to something big like cancer. I found this to be interesting to talk about because food is a everyday necessity and everyone should be aware on what is done to the foods they eat. I pulled two comics off the internet about food irradiation and was impressed on the messages from both pictures. 
The first comic is a picture of a lady shopping for fresh fruits and vegetables but instead of the names of all the fresh fruits and veggies, there are signs of radioactive waste , unhealthy foods with a guy in a full blown face mask and body suit. This is my point on the whole topic, we are eating irradiated foods and don"t know because there are other words covering up the truth. As you can see, "fresh farm products" is displayed by the fresh fruits and vegetables but really they aren't even in there natural state.


The second comic is a picture of a woman and her son going grocery shopping but instead of all the labels of food that we're used to, its labels with the truth and what they do to us humans. This picture is really powerful because it shows the food for what it does for our bodies and what harm it causes to us. Our  everyday food could possibly cause us a lifetime of effects and we don't know because it has the label tat we are so used to. Next time your in your local food mart or grocery store pay close attention to food safety and  the symbols on the food because that lets you know if your eating irradiated food.