I read over the weekend that January Jones is consuming her placenta in a dried pill form. Reread that please. I had a birth plan. It contained the following.1. Drugs if I ask for them2. My father is cutting the cord3. I want the baby on me right awayI added a fourth point soon … [Read more...]
words for wednesday on friday- don’t feel like it
Yesterday I said "honey, would you like a sandwich?" And daughter said "yes, thanks mom" And then it hit me. "You know what? I don't feel like making it." I love holidays. ( I recommend trying this here and there although if too often repeated, it will come back at you with triple … [Read more...]
Jumping Beans
Our last vacation as a family outside of Northern Ontario was Florida almost two years ago and Jamaica six months before that (it was a good year). Tomorrow we embark on another family journey to Cozumel, Mexico and I am finally moving from casual whatever to OMG excited. Steph and Hud in … [Read more...]
My ‘King’s Speech’
Will was a slow talker. I had him on the wait list for speech and language because he took his sweet time. I went away for a weekend just before he turned two, came back and that was that. Sentences. Non-stop talking. It hasn't stopped.When he first started to talk, he was … [Read more...]
It’s My Party
Once I got into grade ten, I was basically an only child. This is what happens when you're 'the best mistake they ever had'. My siblings were all working or in university. My parents traveled a lot. So....I had many, many parties.Did I say many parties? Because I mean … [Read more...]
Words From My Shrekspert
Earlier this week, Dancap Productions treated the McCaig clan to opening night of Shrek The Musical in Toronto. To be honest, I didn't want to go. For every great movie to stage adaptation (ie Hairspray), there are at least 5 that are so excruciatingly painful, I'd rather take my eyes out than … [Read more...]
Sweet Rebecca
There are times in my life, when I am desperately running for a bus that slowly peels away, or when my keys fumble out of my hand and fall behind the radiator, that I think I am simply unlucky. For about five steaming minutes I wallow in this pointless exercise of thought, believing for a sad … [Read more...]
He ain’t heavy
One of the many things I am grateful for as a parent is my ability to witness the relationship between my two sons. And by witness I sometimes mean tearing them apart to ensure they both live through the night, less they kill each other. So far so good: True brotherhood is foreign to me. As … [Read more...]
it is all up to me
Whenever I spend a chunk of time with my mom she says to me one of two thingsyou are working too hardor How is business? How are you managing financially? They are completely opposite. It kind of cracks me up.I can't always tell which one is coming but it is always one or the other. That … [Read more...]
Names I can’t forget
Lately, the news has been breaking my heart. The Tori Stafford trial has me switching the news off, whether my kids are in earshot or not. My mum told yesterday the news correspondents were live tweeting from inside the courtroom. Graphic details of this child's last moments. Why?I don't … [Read more...]
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