I tend to do many things at the same time because, let's face it, women are especially good at multi-tasking. For instance, I will help my kids with their homework while making dinner and paying the bills online. I will workout with friends so we can catch up while squeezing in some cardio. Recently … [Read more...]
The Dog Didn’t Eat Our Homework—We Just Didn’t Feel Like Doing It
My daughter just completed her first year of French Immersion, with a grade 1 start. From what I understand, French Immersion is particularly bad for giving homework but, holy cow, did she have a ton of homework? Every. Single. Night. Sometimes it was just reading a poem or two. Other times it was a … [Read more...]
Could Improv Help Teens With Autism?
Families with kids on the Autism Spectrum are some of the most inspiring ones that I know. They're constantly discovering ways to teach and learn, and more often than not, the methods are creative and innovative. I had recently learned about how improv can help teens living with autism at The … [Read more...]
Dance Fever
"We need to practice her dancing."This is what my wife said to me this morning after Pea finished her dance class. She goes once a week to prance, gallop, macarena and chicken her way around the dance floor and we haven't been doing all that great a job in helping her learn her steps.Well, … [Read more...]
Photo Walk
By the third week of class, it was like someone flipped a switch. Instead of hesitating before leaving the house, I actually looked forward to going. It seemed that I was not a complete failure at photography, and I was actually understanding what all the buttons were for. Also, I had several photos … [Read more...]
Click, Click, Click.
I walked into my first photography class feeling very old and feeling very alone.It was weird, this feeling, of not having my son and my daughter with me. I had gotten very used to life with the kiddies. Grocery shopping meant there were four extra grabby hands with me. Car rides meant kids songs … [Read more...]