Are you thinking what I’m thinking
Friday night, as I lay beside Thomas after bedtime stories and songs, taking in a few quiet moments before he fell asleep (or should have been falling asleep, rather) and thinking about how excited i...
View ArticleAll work and no play
Oh man! It`s been ages! Blech! May, and now June, have literally just been a blur to me. I`ve got the new job blues and it has seriously stunted my creativity and zapped just about every ounce of...
View ArticleKinder surprise indeed!
Sometimes (always) as a treat for enduring the tedium that is grocery shopping, we buy Thomas a Kinder Surprise Egg. The other day, as we sat outside the store and opened the egg, eagerly anticipating...
View ArticleBirds of a feather
Its been hot here. Not crazy hot like my eastward friends and family are being slaughtered with, but hot. Hot enough that sleeping at night requires a fan, set on high, blowing directly on me all...
View Article(Not Responding)……….
Oh my word. How long has it been? It`s been ages. AGES. My lack of posting has not been due to a lack of things to write about or pictures to show, it has been the result of an epic battle with my...
View ArticleLike crazy father, like crazy son
I know, right? It`s like I don`t even have a blog. Would you believe that nothing at all has happened since I last posted? No? Would you believe that, like an eighty year old woman, I`m in bed most...
View ArticleAnd I think it`s gonna be a long, long time
We`re just back from Road Trip 2013 which took us to the Okanagan, Washington and Oregon for two amazing weeks. I`ve got a ton (ie about 400) of pictures to sort through and organize into posts but...
View ArticleDress for dinner
At approximately 6pm, every evening, if you happened to be in the vicinity of our home, you may be privy to the following battle conversation: Me: Thomas! Can you pleased wash your hands and get...
View ArticleWe had a little son, thought we’d call him Sonny
Andrew got a new phone yesterday and as he was transferring photos from his old phone to the new one, he came across all his old photos of Thomas when he was a baby. As we looked through them, all...
View ArticleA mother’s……uh……love? Or something.
While I’m in that mopey “my child is growing up too fast” mood, I was thinking about all the milestones that we celebrate for our kids, and how we celebrate them. Video of first smiles, broadcast on...
View ArticleResolutions, and politics
I am not, as a rule, a maker of resolutions. I prefer to set the bar incredibly low for myself so that I can pat myself on the back when I exceed my (terribly low) expectations. This year though, I...
View ArticleClose, but no cigarette
While working on his Lego robots, one piece was not working exactly how Thomas had envisioned it working, so, with a heavy sigh he took it apart and said “Oh well, thanks for the cardboard.” Me: The...
View ArticleAwkward things, small packages
While out for a walk this morning, we walked past a very, well, tiny man. A little person I think is the term. Thomas, like all 4 year olds, awkwardly yelled out about it and the lovely man just smiled...
View ArticleYou know what they say……..
Asked, on several occasions to please put some clothes on this morning, Thomas replies “you know what they say mum, less getting dressed more Lego”. Who, pray tell, says that? Other four year olds no...
View ArticleDress for dinner
At approximately 6pm, every evening, if you happened to be in the vicinity of our home, you may be privy to the following battle conversation: Me: Thomas! Can you pleased wash your hands and get...
View ArticleWe had a little son, thought we’d call him Sonny
Andrew got a new phone yesterday and as he was transferring photos from his old phone to the new one, he came across all his old photos of Thomas when he was a baby. As we looked through them, all...
View ArticleA mother’s……uh……love? Or something.
While I’m in that mopey “my child is growing up too fast” mood, I was thinking about all the milestones that we celebrate for our kids, and how we celebrate them. Video of first smiles, broadcast on...
View ArticleClose, but no cigarette
While working on his Lego robots, one piece was not working exactly how Thomas had envisioned it working, so, with a heavy sigh he took it apart and said “Oh well, thanks for the cardboard.” Me: The...
View ArticleAwkward things, small packages
While out for a walk this morning, we walked past a very, well, tiny man. A little person I think is the term. Thomas, like all 4 year olds, awkwardly yelled out about it and the lovely man just smiled...
View ArticleYou know what they say……..
Asked, on several occasions to please put some clothes on this morning, Thomas replies “you know what they say mum, less getting dressed more Lego”. Who, pray tell, says that? Other four year olds no...
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