We gave Ethan our old digital camera and he has been using it on and off to take pictures. Last night while I was playing with the new iPhoto he came over and asked me “is there a way you could take my pictures and put them on paper?” It is amazing how fast we’ve [...]
I keep a collection (actually several boxes) of things like caps, lids, foil tops, the insides of my empty advair inhalers, and any other “garbage” that looks like it could be turned into something. My friend Gretchen was over and saw a robot Ethan had made using some of my saved junk and she told [...]
Things are very challenging for me lately to say the least. I feel more stressed and much less together than I’d like (well how about not at all together….really) BUT I absolutely LOVE the kids at the ages they are right this minute. If I could just freeze them now and have a newborn, 2, [...]
This is the SECOND practically full BIG box of Cheerios that Jamie has completely dumped out recently. I think I am just giving up! I called the dog and got the camera this time. Its no wonder Casey was 72lbs when I had her at the Vet on Wednesday. Jamie doesn’t just limit herself to [...]
Today is our nephew’s 2nd birthday! The wonderful aunt that I am, I still haven’t mailed his present (its at least bought and in the top of our closet). Last year I was planning on giving him his present in person but we live far away and didn’t see each other much so I believe [...]
When Ethan came home from school on Thursday we noticed that the snow John had shot onto the house with the snowblower could come off and had a great imprint of the bricks. He took a bunch down and set it up to be a castle. He pretended to hide but I knew the silly [...]
Yesterday my car said it got up to 40 so after lunch I took Ben and Jamie out to play in the snow. I HATE bringing a newborn out in the winter so I haven’t taken the kids out hardly at all. When John is home he can take the older 3 out or I’ll [...]
I saw this fun story in the Ottawa Sun. A humbled Daniel Alfredsson brought his own shovel and five-year-old son Hugo to help to pay off a debt yesterday. The Senators captain made good on his lost bet — that would be for Sweden’s 5-1 loss to Canada in the final of the world junior [...]
The Inauguration was so exciting today (I’m so glad we have Tivo so I didn’t miss it)! The kids watched some of it with me and I suppose it was really more for my benefit because they probably won’t remember. I realized that what is wonderful is not that the kids can someday say they [...]
On these cold, short days of Winter it can be real easy to stay inside where it’s warm, but some of my favorite childhood memories are of playing in the snow. I don’t remember the cold at all, but I do remember spending hours building snow forts and sledding. Carl Welden, a friend of mine [...]
