3 Ginger Snaps

This is Charlotte in the backyard with one of her school buddies. When I picked Charlotte up today, she was already trolling for a play date. Because I usually have trouble thinking more than 15 minutes in front of me, she has become accustomed to planning these things for herself. I'm a very happy facilitator.…… Continue reading Spontaneous playdates

That's what the kid said! January 23rd. Her first crap on the potty. And so begins another round of toilet training.

This is the intersection of St. Clair and Arlington Avenue. I cross the street here multiple times a day with some combination of children in tow. On Monday as I was crossing the street with Ruby and Arden I got serious talking to from a stranger but the importance of handholding. Holding hands when you…… Continue reading How important is It to hold hands?

So when I woke up on Monday morning and it was pouring rain, in the middle of January, I was pretty disappointed. Arden and I have a nice Monday and wednesday morning routine that includes a solid walk after dropping Charlotte and ruby at their respective schools and, while the rain isn't much of a…… Continue reading Rain in January?

If Arden ever decides to publish her memoirs, I think “Learning to sleep in the storm” might be a suitable title. When we go home from the Thursday morning playgroup, it was as blustery out as it has been all winter, and the kid was conked out! She slept outside in a considerable snow flurry…… Continue reading Learning to sleep in the storm

 This is a picture of Charlotte putting on a pair of socks. At 8:30am, it is already her second pair of socks for the day. And, as this is the exact time that we need to leave for school, I am less than impressed with her. She has to change the socks though. One of…… Continue reading Socks and war

I sometimes forget that I haven't been keeping this blog since the beginning. This means that, in a way, some of those wide-eyed wonderment euerka moments that happened at the beginning, have been a little bit lost to time. And while some of those discoveries have endured others have drifted away. Perhaps lost forever perhaps…… Continue reading The finer things in life

Today was Arden's first snow! I'm not sure if she enjoyed it although she certainly didn't complain. Between dropping charlotte at one school, ruby at another and making an extra trip home for the forgotten snack and then back to hippo and finally shoveling the walk We were outside for almost an hour and she…… Continue reading Snow lashes

Alright. Confession time. I'm struggling a bit this morning. It's raining. I the middle of January. Which feels like a total rip off – and has my five year old a little cheesed as well. Because wheres the snow already. But beyond where's the snow it has me thinking about global warming. Because it should…… Continue reading My worries this morning.