Family Life & Kids

Winter Carnival

January 17, 2008

Tonight was Winter Carnival at Bates. It's a fun indoor play time for kids - big & small. The kids bounced, ran & climbed on "blow up" structures. And we all enjoyed the chocolate fountains with mounds of fruit, marshmallows and graham crackers. A fun break in the mid winter ...

Yes... and No

January 16, 2008

I've been thinking lately about how for everything I've chosen to do there is something I'm choosing not to do. Mostly these are not difficult choices to make but it is hard when saying Yes to a good thing means saying No to an equally good thing. I'm currently struggling ...

losing time

January 16, 2008

I lost an hour this morning. I checked the time at 9:30 and then the next time I looked it was 11am and oops we were supposed to do school stuff from 10-11. I don't remember exactly how that happened or what transpired during that hour but I do recall ...

End of Christmas

January 7, 2008

We celebrated the last day of Christmas tonight at our friend's Twelfth Night Celebration. It was a nice way to end Christmas. Brad & Dawna left this morning after visiting for 2 days. And during their stay we celebrated Dawna's birthday. So between the 23rd of December (my brother's birthday) ...

on our the street

January 2, 2008

Our neighbor, who I've never met till 15 minutes ago, just finished snow blowing the end of our driveway. We've shoveled a couple times during today's storm but the city plowed our driveway shut so to speak. So our neighbor is out at 10pm snow blowing his way down the ...

In between space & the Christmas that proceeded it

January 1, 2008

Life is in between right now. Christmas traveling and celebrating are over. The New Year is yet to come. Officially it starts tomorrow but for me I won't be ready to start the winter routine till next Monday. Damien is off work till Wednesday. We've had some lovely relaxing and ...