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 | Jan 25, 2009 | Joy, love
The children had been cooped up in the house for a day and a half, with bloody cold weather outside (-18C during the day) and were going a bit nutty. We’d been meaning to get Finn out on some skis that were given to her last winter by friends north of us and...
by thadmin | Jan 16, 2009 | Joy, love
I’d sorta had it the other night with getting the kids to eat their dinner. They so totally don’t take Carrie and I seriously about it anymore. They squirm in their seat, they push food around on the plate, they say indeterminate things like “ah,...
by thadmin | Dec 29, 2008 | love
I tried a thing with OWen tonight that we hadn’t tried for a long time : night-time questions in the dark in bed after lights out. In this scenario, Owen can ask any question under the sun and I’ll do my best to answer as honestly as I can. ...
