Thomas Starts JK

On the first day of JK Thomas sleeps in! He never sleeps in. Why today and not a Sunday? I pull back his curtains and raise his blinds, bright sunlight streams in across his bed onto his face, but not a motion. I poke him, nudge him, tell him it’s time to get up, all [...]

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Thomas Enters Little League

I’m still not a soccer mum yet, but Thomas did start Blastball with his first game yesterday.  Blastball is a non-competitive introduction to baseball for pre-schoolers.  Two teams, one at bat, one fielding.  The batter hits the ball off the stand and then races to base, jumping on the base for a good “honk” sound.  [...]

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I’m in Heaven

As Thomas & I headed out to fill up the monster Jeep with gas I pointed out the new Starbucks in town.  ”That’s Mummy & Daddy’s new coffee shop” I said, his reply “Ohh wow!”  This kid knows Starbucks has awesome chocolate chunk cookies. After getting gas we decided to get me a coffee and [...]

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Thomas’ Does England

It’s taken a while for me to get to this post but here’s the review of our trip to the UK. January 18th Thomas and I boarded a flight from Toronto to Gatwick, his first trip away from home. The 10-day trip had a few family related purposes and consisted of two plane trips and [...]

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Maple Syrup Fun

We made our annual trip to Mountsberg Conservation Area for the maple syrup event. Thomas has been asking to go and see the maple trees for the last couple of weeks and we quickly discovered why he was so eager. He promptly starting testing the sweetness of the sap running. Not very sweet, only 3 [...]

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Spring Arrives

Finally, Spring is here and not a moment too late.  Living in Canada can take its toll during the winter.  Sure, the first few big dumps of snow are fun, I even enjoy shoveling, and the bitterly cold weather can easily be bearable if you dress with layers.  I find there are two things that [...]

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