3 Ginger Snaps

Ruby turns 4 in a couple of weeks. And because we have a few things going on in our lives, we (and by we I mean my wife had the foresight and intelligence to plan ahead) hosted an early 4th birthday party for Ruby. It was all laid out to be a pretty simple affair.…… Continue reading Ruby 4 – almost

Diarrhea Sunrise. It has a nice ring to it. Like maybe it could be the name of a new one hit wonder top forty boy band album. Or a drink that some frat boy serves on the beach in Daytona at Spring Break. Or maybe its a wrestling move. Sort of like a DDT.But no.…… Continue reading Diarrhea sunrise

Six days ago, this was the scene at Glen Bernard Camp where Hil and I dropped Charlotte off for her first overnight camp experience. We’d been talking about the experience for over a year. We’d been the fall family weekends so she could get to know the place. The packing had been going on for…… Continue reading Six days ago

Had fun in the power outage last night playing go fish. Ruby knows more letters and numbers than I realized. Arden ate a second supper of Cheerios. Charlotte kept us all posted as to the rules of the game.

It has been raining for just about a week now in Toronto. There have been some sunny breaks – but we’ve had rain pretty much every day. And now that I think about it, I think that the past few Julys have started this way.Regardless, Arden is pretty taken with her rain boots. They go…… Continue reading Boots on or off?

Jays tickets were half price for kids under 14 on Saturday afternoon and RA Dickey was pitching and ever since reading his book I’ve wanted to go see him. Despite the fact that he got smoked, we had a pretty good time. I cracked open a lot of peanuts, answered a lot of questions about…… Continue reading Toronto v Minnesota.

The moments where you feel that you have achieved something as a parent can often seem few and far between. That said, when you read all three of them stories, put the almost two  year old down to bed in her own room, come back in to close the deal with the almost 4 and…… Continue reading Near perfect moment.

Some time ago, years in fact, Hil decided that, when it came to band aids, it just wasn’t worth the fight. I am not so liberal with these sticky little miracles, but maybe I should be. They appear to heal even the most minor of wounds immediately and seem to be extra effective when applied…… Continue reading Band aids

It is not uncommon for either of the adults who live in our home to find themselves wandering the premises searching for tape. Often, in these circumstances, any tape will do – whatever we are lucky enough to find – masking, electrical, packing, even the sticky stuff you find on the outside of lint brushes.…… Continue reading Tape, and what to do with it

I didn't take enough photos on last week's nursery school field trip. In fact this is the only one. There were plenty of great photo ops. I was just too busy trying to make sure Arden didn't fall in the swamp or get gobbled up by the swans to be able to catch them. This…… Continue reading Nursery school field trip