When we were in Maui, the boys wrote in their journals every day, in order to show their class when they got back. Mark’s was ridiculously and tediously detailed (“Mom, do you remember what I had for breakfast yesterday?”), while Jake’s simply wrote out the major activities of the day. In other words, the majority […]
I’m not dumb but I can’t understand how he lifts me in the air just by raising his hand
July 14, 2012 by
It has CONTINUED to be summer around here, which is leading me to wonder where I am and to also SEIZE THE DAY, so there has been lots of swimming and outdoor activity around the Boyhouse. There has also been lots of discussions about Star Wars. My kids talk about Star Wars all the time. […]
Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy.
July 10, 2012 by
We’ve been experiencing SUMMER here in YYC. The days have been sunny, and warm – hot even. Of course, this is relative. The highest temperature of the week is 30 degrees Celsius, which is 86 degrees Fahrenheit, which – when compared with my friends down in Virginia, where the tarmac at an airport melted in […]
It’s Fashion Disaster Week in YYC!
July 5, 2012 by
If you’re from Calgary, or you know someone from Calgary, or if you have ever been in the vicinity of Calgary, then you know of what I speak. For the benefit of my readers who are not in the YYC area, I will attempt to educate you on the local cultural phenomenon known as the […]
Ketchup Chips are a Canadian Thing?
July 3, 2012 by
Right this minute, there is a news story on TV, in honour of Canada Day, all about the words “eh”, “knapsacks”, and “washroom”, and how ketchup chips are a Canadian thing. American friends, I must know this for true: are there no ketchup chips in the States? Really? If that is true, I am very sad for […]
69 Days of Summer Vacation; Mark and Jake Are Going To Do It All!
June 27, 2012 by
I was going to do a “Wordless Wednesday” and just post this picture of my kids on their last day of Grade One and Two: But there is a reason I don’t do Wordless Wednesdays, and that is because I am much, much too wordy. I want to tell you all about the last day […]
It’s Coming From Inside The House!
June 25, 2012 by
How was your weekend? Normally my weekends are fairly uneventful, but this weekend was the exception to the rule. A while back, the CBC was having a fundraiser for the Calgary Food Bank, and my girlfriends and I managed to purchase an evening with local celebrity and food goddess extraordinaire Julie van Rosendaal, from Dinner […]