I am a little concerned that in a recent post, I may have been a little down on the fall. September is too full of routines and schleping and so on and so forth. But September, and October, so far, has also been full of warm sunny days – not those stifling hot days when…… Continue reading Autumn at its best!

Charlotte is somewhere over in that mass of grade 1 girls. This is her first ever race.

I have a number of sidelines that I dabble in. Worms, for example. In the case of worms, things never really went very far for me. But they do eat a large portion of our kitchen scraps. And the kids like looking at them. For a while, I was also doing some ghost writing. I…… Continue reading September is over

We went back to Nuit Blanche for a second round. I thought I’d get some strange looks having a three year old out in the streets at 11pm. And i did. That said, I certainly wasn’t the only one out with kids late this evening. The city can be a good place to raise a…… Continue reading Double down

Right now, all over Toronto, people are enjoying Nuit Blanche and they will be for many hours to come. We went to a few local exhibitions this evening, but then we came home. Apparently, ruby isn’t ready to throw in the towel yet. Hil and Charlotte have been curled up together tandem snoring for well…… Continue reading Nuit blanche

I’ve been away for a while. Nowhere different physically. But mentally, I’ve been away for a while. And I’m feeling slightly guilty about the fact that I’ve missed out on documenting a lot of what has gone on in our lives. Not just the little day-to-day things – but some of the big events -…… Continue reading My new toy.

1. Soggy carpet2. The smell of soggy carpet3. Plumbers4. Holes in the floor where the soggy carpet used to be

A no umbrella raincoat monsoon suit could keep you dry kind of rain. Oh well… There’s nothing like eating lunch in your underwear on the first day of school!

There are a number of things that I have given up on. I have not given up on consistently pushing fresh fruits and vegetables snacks. I have not given up on limiting the amount of time the kids watch television. I have not given up on the battle we often go through to get their…… Continue reading Dear school, please start soon.