We're celebrating Father's Day this evening with a picnic and maybe a present for Spouse if he is lucky. Tomorrow, we'll celebrate our own dads, Toddler's grandpas. I was very lucky to have some pretty awesome grandpas. My mom's dad had stashes of chocolate hidden in drawers and cabinets all over … [Read more...]
Happy Father’s Day
The other day, someone at work asked me, “What’s it like to be a father?” and that got me thinking. He's about 6 months away from joining the club so I think he was looking for a little sage-like advice. To be honest, I think he was happy to find out I lost my hair many years before having kids. We … [Read more...]
Cool Summer Camps in the City!
It's only a couple more weeks away and I am running into moms with the look of fear in their eyes. Okay, maybe a little exaggerated but you know what I mean. We've shifted into panic mode as reality has hit. Some of us (me included) haven't sorted out all the summer activities for the kids … [Read more...]
Summer Money
Aside from the kids heading back to school, September is kind of a crap month. That first month back to school is dedicated to filling out forms and writing cheques. I feel like it's September again. $175 each for outdoor soccer $100 for recital tickets for Eva's dance $250 for two weeks of … [Read more...]
Making Memories to Last a Lifetime
Birthdays are special. I firmly believe this. Many of my most enduring childhood memories have to do with birthdays: The time I had such bad tonsilitis on my fifth birthday that I had to be taken to the emergency room partway through the party. The kids all stayed and ate hotdogs, cake and … [Read more...]
Morning Has Broken
Monday to Friday, from 6:00am to 7:00am is the most hellish five hours of my week. I'm a morning person. I don't really have issues getting up. Alarm goes off, I snooze a couple times, I stretch and then I'm up. Will is a morning person as well - on the weekend. But Monday to Friday? It's … [Read more...]
Papa lasagna
This is the first of my two part post on Father’s Day, aptly split between commentary about my father and being a father. What do you get for the man who has everything on Father’s Day? Now he would probably debate whether or not he has everything, but materially, my dad has never been one to … [Read more...]
Why I Hired a Doula for #2
Any mother will tell you that giving birth is a crazy experience. Some are more dramatic than others and that was the case for me when I gave birth to L'il E nearly two and a half years ago. My labour made a sharp left turn about 10 hours in and before we knew it L'il E was delivered via emergency … [Read more...]
Fatherless on Father’s Day – No Bigs!
It's the week leading up to Father's Day. This is the week where (thankfully) Will's teachers call and ask who Will should be making gifts for - an uncle, my dad, me?? I really appreciate them asking. Even though different family make-ups are rampant these days, I don't think that there are any … [Read more...]
My Cowgirl
My kids are generally under-scheduled. When I only had one kid old enough for activities, it was fun to put her in things like ballet, but now that there are three of them, the expense and time commitment can be overwhelming, so we've really taken a step back from sports and hobbies and activities. … [Read more...]
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