I'm back! Oh, didn't know I was gone? It was our family week off this past week and after wrapping up a million work projects, we headed out to Collingwood first for Tasman 6th (six!) birthday and then off to Lake Huron to spend three nights camping (camping?) before finishing it off up at our … [Read more...]
Devil’s birthday
There is a wealth of blog tributes to children celebrating their birthdays and the outpouring of love and joy from the parents. I have decided to try a different route. Here is my perception of what Tasman, who turns six in four days, would write about this milestone. Today is my birthday! I … [Read more...]
Hit it!
There are certain times where I am reminded of my former self, the 328lbs version of myself, who never met a late night peanut butter sandwich he didn't like and had to stop halfway up flights of stairs for a wee breather. Sports was also a benchmark of my excessive weight, basketball pick up … [Read more...]
Frousins
A couple of weeks back I wrote about how lucky Hud and Tasman were to have cousins in their life. I forgot to reflect on another peer group influencing my kids as they traverse from boys to men (abc, bvd...) and that is the offspring of my friends. I have known the majority of my close friends … [Read more...]
Brush with Spidey – New Contest!
We have a really great dental clinic for our kids. There is a patriarchal older dentist who beams at everyone as they arrive or as they meander to their assigned chair. He moves from child to child, cracking wise or winking, putting the often nervous patients at ease. The younger dentist bounces … [Read more...]
Gone Fishin’
As I have often noted, we offer our boys a bevy of various opportunities to participate in activities or events with hope that one will stick, passion will kick in and they will log the 10,000 hours needed to become an expert. Which in turn, will provide my wife and I the retirement income we need … [Read more...]
When everything comes together
Occasionally opportunities present themselves that quite simply cannot be turned down. After a long weekend up north that included a few too many cocktails, my lovely wife and I found ourselves finally at home on Monday night, clothes and extra food unpacked, laundry on and kids downstairs fed … [Read more...]
Driven by boredom
Was reading a recent article about our incessant need to be busy or at least claim to be busy (crazy busy!) and how some transfer this anxiety about idle time to their kids, turning all their potential spare time into blocks of preprogrammed time. Our household suffers from over programming. We … [Read more...]
Companion piece
Jen's recent post about the closeness she has with her cousins and her sisters pricked me with memories about my cousins growing up. They were all on my dad's side as my mother's family was in England. We used to all convene either in Niagara Falls where my father grew up, or jump the ditch … [Read more...]
Hearing more things – the list continues
So to continue my last post, here are the top four things said in my household.4. Stop bugging, beating up, teasing, bully your brother/stop crying!These variations all go hand in hand and are usually based on the tired factor of the offending brother. If Hud is tired and feeling … [Read more...]
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