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I studied children's early attempts at writing off and on through course work for nearly 2 years as part of my MA. I also dedicated a full summer to interpreting and decoding children's writing as part of a study I was involved in as a research assistant. And what you see here, which is, as…… Continue reading Desert menu

After considerable debate and much consideration of the alternatives, Charlotte has decided to be a robot for Halloween. Ruby has also decided to be a robot for Halloween. I'm not sure if she knows what a robot is but if Charlotte is going to be one that is probably good enough for her. This is…… Continue reading Robots in the making

I've been doing my best lately to not get too worked up about the little things. I will admit, right now, as i am sure my daughters will tell their therapists in the years to come, that this is not my strong suit. As I said, I'm trying. And slowly but surely, I'm getting ever…… Continue reading Glue stick

It's still warm enough to ride the bike to ballet class.

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