Photos (and credits) not in chronological order1. Punkins (ruby)2. Ruby with Mical and Peyton in the maze (drew)3. Thumbs up for tractor rides4. Ruby and Amira (drew)5. Arden and the turkeys6. ruby in the maze (drew)7. Arden in a pumpkin8. Asher (ruby)9. Wood chips for snack (drew)10. Tractor girls (drew)

If you live in Toronto then you know that this past Thursday was pretty much as good an October day as any upper Canadian can ask for. It was the kind of day that any ideal notion of Indian Summer you could possibly dream up is based on. It was the kind of day where…… Continue reading Best October day ever

//www.youtube.com/get_playerArden loves this round about at a nearby park. I get dizzy just watching her to round and round.

We eat a lot of chocolate chip cookies at our house. I justify our consumption with the knowledge that the cookies have a reduced amount of sugar than what the recipe calls for, that they are home made, that we use whole wheat flour, and that I load them up with flax seeds and wheat…… Continue reading Chocolate chip cookie season is back.

On Saturday, I lowered the mattress in Arden's crib. Of course, it hasn't always been Arden's crib. Before Arden, ruby slept there and before ruby, Charlotte. And with each child, I've adjusted the mattress height so that she couldn't reach up and pull the mobile down on her head or stand herself up and climb…… Continue reading Next step, give it away

Last fall I had a nice Tuesday routine with ruby that saw us riding the rails every or every other Tuesday. We had a variety of destinations that almost always focused around visiting a bakery. Today, it was time to find that groove again. Last week I was out for dinner and had the good…… Continue reading Street car Tuesday’s are back

//www.youtube.com/get_playerNo one makes Arden laugh like her older sisters. And it's been that way since she started laughing!

Ask me how many outfits we went through this evening trying to decide what to wear to school tomorrow. Oh, and by the way, tomorrow is photo day.