You won’t believe it, but it has been actually hot here the past couple of days. Not just warm, but HOT. It’s beautiful. Nothing teaches you to carpe diem like a hot day in Calgary. It’s like the whole city is well aware that such a gift may not ever happen again, and so everyone […]
Taxidermy! Food courts! Ukrainian Folk Dancing!
April 30, 2013 by 13 Comments
Today I attended an assembly hosted by both Mark’s and Jake’s classes where there was a wide variety of Reader’s Theatre (Mark was Narrator #3) and also Ukrainian folk dancing. Really, you haven’t lived until you’ve seen sixty five children wearing paper headbands and headdresses, dancing to Ukrainian folk music. It was very entertaining. I […]
Moar Happyer; A Diversion
April 16, 2013 by 7 Comments
“I don’t get it,” Mark said from the back of the minivan, the minivan that was rocking with hip tunes from the seventies. “Why does that guy want to be a Fireside Girl?” “Maybe he wants to sell those cupcakes or get badges.” Jake suggested. For reference, this was the song that was on the […]
Lego, Eyelashes, and an IMPORTANT QUESTION
March 13, 2013 by 15 Comments
This morning Jake was playing with his Star Wars Lego when I heard a frustrated yell. The back window had fallen out of his Palpatine’s Arrest set, and when he tried to fix it, a couple of other pieces came off. There was no time to figure things out before school, and so I decided […]
What kind of monster have I become?
October 11, 2012 by 14 Comments
It’s a beautiful autumn day here in YYC! Did you just cry a little? Yeah, me too. Less than two weeks ago, this was the scene: Jake, climbing our tree, wearing shorts. Not shown in this photograph is the total heart attack I was having and trying to conceal. “Wow, honey, you’re a really great climber!” […]
When the cat’s away…
October 1, 2012 by 5 Comments
My husband is briefly out of town, and you know what that means! Salad for dinner, an episode of NYPD Blue, and going to bed at 8:45 pm! When the cat’s away, this little mouse is going to get her party on. A salad/NYPD Blue/early bedtime party. Yesterday I could feel a cold coming on. I […]
Cupcakes, shopping, and Junior Mints
September 7, 2012 by 9 Comments
I am pleased to report the happy news that there have been zero barfing incidents since the first day of school. Although, writing that, I just broke out into a cold sweat thinking that I just jinxed everything and now my children will be up all night barfing. Cue the Stevie Wonder riffs.I really, really […]
