by thadmin | Apr 16, 2010 | Beauty, Joy, love
Owen, along with his classmates, was tasked with writing some poetry for school. They were given the parametres of a variety of poetic formats and asked to write they felt. I was immensely proud of Owen’s poetry, and with his permission am posting some of it...
by thadmin | Mar 21, 2010 | Joy
About, oh, a million years ago I photographed Owen in a playplace ball room having, well, a ball. He’s older now and we found ourselves at a birthday party at the same playplace for a different friend’s birthday. Really, it must have been…five years...
by thadmin | Dec 6, 2009 | Joy, Work
Once again we attended the Globe and Mail Christmas party at the Liberty Grand down near Ontario Place. The kids start looking forward to it a month a head of time. They get to meet Santa and Mrs. Claus. Not some old guy in a red suit, but the Real Deal, as...
by thadmin | Sep 1, 2009 | Joy, love
Just got back from the 2009 CNE this evening. Everything went pretty well, until Finney suddenly got the runs before Carrie could get her to a washroom…and then her hat fell in the toilet. She was generally much more chipper afterwards, though. Owen became...
by thadmin | Jun 24, 2009 | Joy, love
Owen graduates to grade 3 in the fall. He received “E”, or Excellent scores across numerous categories such as conflict resolution, Problem solving, Initiative and others. At the end of his report card: “Owen consistently demonstrates self direction...
by thadmin | Mar 2, 2009 | Joy, Travel
…with apologies to T.R. Pearson. This final post from the New Zealand trip is being written two days after returning home. Lame, yes, I know. But in defense, it was rather difficult to find WiFi in New Zealand, and connections were slow when found....
