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Life With Kids

Four

May 12, 2013

Claire turned 4 this weekend. She’s a big little now. Big enough to sound out some words and print letters on my mother’s day card. Big enough to wield a knife safely (with some help). Big enough to hike her own hike, but still little enough that she still wants to be carried. Lover of [...]

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A little taste

April 6, 2013

Every now and then I get a little taste of what is to come. A week of sunshine in March reminds me that summer is coming. We shed our layers of wool and remember what it is like to be too hot. A focused burst of desk-work reminds me that my children are growing up. [...]

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Our neighbourhood

March 16, 2013

We’ve been getting out and about in our neighbourhood more lately. Going on the same short walks over and over, visiting the same animals and the same stream. It might sound boring, but it actually isn’t. Every time we go we see something different. We notice a new little track that goes off to the [...]

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Beach day (February edition)

February 14, 2013
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And now for something completely different…

December 28, 2012

Hello.  I know I said I was going to take a break over the holidays, but you know what? Sometimes I need to take a break from taking a break. I have some big news. A couple of weeks ago we happened across a lovely rental on Craigslist, went to take a look, and fell [...]

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Merry Christmas, not Crazy Christmas (and a Blurb photobook offer!)

December 8, 2012

A couple of weeks ago I was in the kitchen, chatting with my husband about all the things that were coming up on the calendar. “I want to get all the shopping done before December,” I said, “because in a few weeks it’ll be all crazy Christmas with all the parties and things to do [...]

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Should your child manage their own Halloween candy stash?

November 1, 2012

Oh, Halloween. Of all the holidays we celebrate, this one is such a mixed bag. It is a day to honor the dead, after all. It can’t be all sparkles and unicorns (unless you’re 5, in which case it just might be). Kids love Halloween and parents, well, parents have more concerns. There’s the risk [...]

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Just one of those weeks

October 20, 2012

Ever have one of those weeks that are so packed and so out of the ordinary that there are a few tears shed by everyone come Saturday morning? Oh yeah. Me too. This week Claire woke up feeling nauseous one morning. Instead of cancelling all our plans I stuck to my freelance work commitment. I [...]

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Bicycle

August 25, 2012

Nobody remembers learning to walk, but everybody remembers learning how to ride a bike. I didn’t learn to ride a bike without training wheels until I was about 10 years old. Between the years of 6 or 7 and 10, when I realized that everyone else my age could ride without training wheels and I [...]

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The Dog Days

August 14, 2012

We are living the dog days of summer right now. Flying kites at the beach, sunburned shoulders, ice cream, blueberries every day, feet that are black on the bottom from going barefoot all day long. Today I watched a brown leaf fall, twisting and turning in the wind, from the branch to the ground in [...]

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Summer Adventures

July 25, 2012

I’ve been busy living life these past few weeks, with not a whole lot of time for writing, reflection and blogging. We’ve had some pretty amazing adventures though. Our van broke down twice on a six-day journey. I killed a hundred mosquitoes in 20 minutes by standing in the back of the van and snap-snap-snapping [...]

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Roll With It

June 18, 2012

Some days don’t go according to plan. Today I was outside working on the Catbus, starting the sizeable job of replacing the poptop canvas. As I was up there working away at undoing the sand-encrusted screws I heard Tom call out, “goodbye!” and drive away.  All normal.  The next time I tried to go inside [...]

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Rainy Days

June 16, 2012

It’s been raining here.  Lots. Day after day, the sky is overcast.  The grey clouds hang low.  Other days they’re high up in the sky.  Every now and then, the clouds part and a beam of glorious sunlight pours down on the unsuspecting folk.  But then the clouds gather themselves together again and we return [...]

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