As we wrapped out our to Halifax in last year in May, MY said, “We have to do this every year,” more so to herself because – who can enforce that on others? This year in May, we went on a cruise so I planned for a summer trip. The flight prices are at the…
Category: About the kid
July 23: double birthday party
Earlier this year, Baby went to a jungle gym party for her daycare friend turning 3 where the family rented out the whole jungle gym in the morning. Thereafter, she expected a party when she turned 4! After years and years of park parties, I decided to save myself the grief of setting up a…
Nothing if not a matyr….
I took a number of days off in the first half of the year coinciding with PD (professional development/inservice) days at school. NPY will do it too, if I tell him I’m not able to, but he also likes to create for himself four-day holidays taking a day off after a long weekend. To be…
Summer plans 2022
This blog post will be a “live document” that I’ll add to until summer wraps. We kicked off summer with a three day, two night trip to Whistler on June 24-26. We went to Whistler last year with my sister over Canada Day weekend and it was great and feels familiar and comfortable and firmly…
Kiddo’s 7th birthday party
In his frustrated moments, NPY says that Kiddo is spoiled to have a birthday party every year. I don’t know what NPY had growing up but I had one every year and it was available for a while after I wanted them. It was never at a venue – I think – but instead in…
Kiddo’s first virtual Conqueror challenge (Inca Trail)
Between gorgeous medals, rapid-fire new releases, new release specials and their fifth anniversary registration special, I (we) are now signed up for enough Conqueror Virtual Challenges to take us years LOL. The challenges I’ve registered for are a mix of “high & low” (longer and shorter distances) and the aesthetics of the medals reflect what…
Summer plans
Written in early July with fewer details in the interest of privacy ************** In lieu of travel and it being Kiddo’s first summer after his first year of school, it’s all about camps in the summer months. And some real camping/glamping. For Kiddo’s first March Break break, NPY took the first week off and I…
Microsoft’s Office Lens
I was at a parenting seminar last year and while I took photos of some slides that just couldn’t be captured in the notes I was taking in Google Keep. A parent near me kept standing up to take photos of the slides and I could see on his screen these red borders pop up…
Mondays Fundays
I have been really fortunate for the past year to be able to work four days a week, after returning from mat leave. Mondays, after the weekend, are for just me and E and they are getting to be really fun these day – with bouts of trying. He is, after all, over two years…
The lion, the sheep and a story
In a recent (s7e5) episode of Game of Thrones, Cersei said, The lion does not concern itself with the opinions of the sheep. Now, why did that sound so familiar? It’s not because I clearly recall Tywin saying it way back (in s1e7). And it would be appropriate for the Lannisters to say this give…