A few weeks ago, while running some super-quick errands downtown with the girl-child in tow, high-footing it back to the Metro at 5:40 PM on a Saturday, I passed by one of those mall stores I'd forgotten I liked. There were sales signs in the windows. Of course, the shop would close in 20 minutes, … [Read more...]
Say (It Ain’t) Cheese
For Canada Day festivities, all my awesome neighbourhood peeps came outdoors to party street-style: it was basically a huge grill-fest for young kids and old kids alike, with all the side salads, chips, and accoutrement to go with all the meat things we barbecued, including the burgers and dogs. It … [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...]
Just call me Martha
It all started back in December when Eva received a rotating princess lamp for Christmas. She loved it but we couldn't find "the right" spot for it in her room for it. From then on my mission was to find a cute nightstand for her beloved lamp that would match her room. I figured it would be an … [Read more...]
stuff dad taught me- the sweetness of a job well done
Art camp finished today and when the last camper left and we felt we had done our best, we cranked the music and cleaned the cottage and then went for a long swim with no one asking for piggy back rides. Then we hung out on the dock and laughed and chatted for hours. Because we could. I … [Read more...]
Getting Around Town
Madame's half-day camp is miles and miles and miles away from our house.(Okay, it's maybe one-and-a-half kilometres, and about a 15 minute walk, and much longer with a pokey four-year-old in tow.)Now that the stroller is completely out of our lives, we're really left to being on foot when we go … [Read more...]
this work is a privilege
I have just begun the first of five weeks of art camp I am running this summer. The beginning comes with a mix of emotion. It is hard work with spectacular attention to detail and requiring a level of patience, creativity and energy sometimes difficult to muster. I need to both psyche myself … [Read more...]
Fitness Frenzy
If this post seems a bit dèja vu, it may be because Erin posted about the same thing last week! (And Sara did a few months back as well) I thought I'd share what I've been up to since I seem to have my mojo back. It all started with this I had gotten into some seriously bad habits resulting in … [Read more...]
sweetness of summer
In the other room I hear my youngest practicing the ukelele and singing the air is hot and heavy there is a faint smell of barbeque and fresh cut grass I can hear the crickets and the birds loudly telling their stories I go down to the water to take a skinny dip and the moon is a full and … [Read more...]
1 down, 63 to go!
Yes. Sixty three days until school starts. The kids are on day 2 of camp and all reports came back positive yesterday. Cam likes his group. Cuyler likes his support worker. Eva likes that she's only going for this week. The rest of the summer she's with moi. I want to cram in as much girl time … [Read more...]
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