We leave tomorrow for a family vacation to Keats Island. I have never been there before, nor have we taken an actual family holiday since we had kids. Travel FAIL. Call me crazy, but the idea of packing up diapers, playpens, bottles, strollers, pureed bananas and paying, like, $7,000 for our three … [Read more...]
From My Closet – August 8th, 2013
While out with my Littles today, I got three Great t-shirt comments, two people said Love the hat, and one What is UP with those jeans, girl? Thank you, Gap - sometimes you make my ass look so boss are so good to me. I love the fit, and the whiskering, and the faded dark rinse, and distress … [Read more...]
Life These Days
My kids are done with camp for the rest of the summer, and now we're just... hanging out. I took them to a movie yesterday... we had pizza out on the town the day before that. It's going to be much of the same for the next bunch of weeks before school starts, which isn't all bad. I have things I … [Read more...]
But, It’s Still Daytime!
I hear this almost every night before trying to wrestle the children into bed. These days, it's sometime between 9:30 and 10 PM. For me this is entirely too late, but this is just how summer goes.The downside of summer, I mean. (I wouldn't much of a Grumble Girl without mentioning this point once or … [Read more...]
Creating Birthday Monsters
About a week ago, Oliver got busy calculating how many days it will be until he turns eight-and-a-half. Then of course, his sister started to pipe up about when her half-birthday was. It was on Saturday.Mid-way through the evening, she asked me where her cake was.Me: You want a cake?She: *breathes* … [Read more...]
Urban Kid Closet – August 24th, 2011
Yeah. The tutus. I bought this one from the place the rhymes with Sinners when this girl was just a wee babe. The pattern on this skirt was a good one (sometimes leopard prints can just be too brassy and bad) and I knew as long as it was "dressed down" it would always rock pretty hard. It's got an … [Read more...]
From My Closet – August 23rd, 2011
I dig stripes about as much as I dig ruffles... because I love texture over colour, I guess. While my sister was here visiting a few weeks ago, she spied this top and told me to buy it. Soft stretchy cotton with long sleeves - ideal for rounding out these dog days of summer, when the air gets a bit … [Read more...]
Because the Half is Tres Important.
Yesterday, Oliver turned seven-and-a-half. It was his half-birthday. It's not something we normally celebrate, but he's just at the age where every little bit of his advancing age is important to him. He thinks about growing up all the time. He wonders when a person actually becomes a grown-up. "Is … [Read more...]
From My Closet – July 21st, 2011
I'm not going to complain about the heat much because I think we Canadians can all agree that winter is the saddest, longest ten months of the year, and the snowflakes will be back before we know it, so we'd best just suck it up and enjoy the swelter. But, it IS hella hot outside these days, yo. So … [Read more...]
Urban Kid Closet – July 7th, 2011
I love ruffled shirts on everyone... and this one I didn't even buy! She loves I love when she receives clothes as birthday gifts, especially when they're this cute! She loves everything pink and skirty these days... that's three-and-a-half for you, I guess. Everything is ideal for summertime, be it … [Read more...]