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Right Now

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I came back from a baby shower this afternoon, which is always a lovely affair, and becoming more rare an occurrence these days, given the general age of my friends and I. But it's a wonderful thing - welcoming a new baby, that is. In this case: twins. And as I return home, musing about the stage … [Read more...]

Minecraft Detente

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Not that long ago, I wrote about my children's obsession with the online sandbox game, Minecraft. At the time, I was concerned abut two things mainly: their addiction to playing it ALL. THE. TIME. and the behaviour of the other people on the multi-player servers.In the months that have ensued, we … [Read more...]

Thousands of Words

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A friend of mine rolled through town the other day... he was only going to be in Montreal for 36 hours before heading to New York (next stops Stockholm and Paris) and asked if I had time to do a little photo shoot with my family, since one of the things he does is take pictures. Oh hells to the … [Read more...]

Clueless

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I am officially usurped by my eldest son's homework. Sure I feel like an idiot when sitting down and going over his grade five math sheets and not really coming up with a comprehensive explanation to his mental road block. I mean I get the answer, but to me the questions being asked are so vague, so … [Read more...]

Round Two

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Yesterday, once again we woke up at the crack of dawn (actually it was still pitch black out) and headed down to Sick Kids for round two of laser treatment on her hemangioma. Last time I fed her a granola bar without thinking and therefore ended up doing the procedure without sedation. She was a … [Read more...]

parenting 101- a pocketful of sequins, sprinkler and ice cream sandwiches

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Yesterday one of my favourite little artists was collecting sequins off the art table, like nuts to a squirrel in fall,  while we were creating this I caught her eye and she looked a little guilty. I smiled and said - 'don't worry,you can take a pocketful home' She looked so excited. Treasures … [Read more...]

On Having Stuff.

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He: Mummy?Me: Yes, my love.He: Can I have a key?Me: A key? A key to what?!He: Like, for the house.Me: Don't say "like" so much. You want a house key?He: *nods* Yes, please.Me: *incredulously* Oliver, why do you want a key for the house? I'm always here!He: Yeah, but... you know... what if you're not … [Read more...]