I hope this doesn’t count as me snooping in her diary. I was tidying the house and came across a few notebooks that the kids use for pictures and stories and notes, and came across this one from my daughter. My son has always been a snuggle bug and is usually glued to my side.… Continue reading We always need more snuggles
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Bedtime Snuggles
Your first night on earth you slept. You were tired from being birthed just a few hours earlier. I was too, but I barely slept. How could I? I was equal parts enamoured with you and terrified of you. The second night neither of us slept. You were hungry and unsure what had happened to… Continue reading Bedtime Snuggles
DIY Bath Bomb Bubble Potion
Ignore the dirty grout (#reallife) My kids love bath bombs. LOVE them. Anytime I’m gifted one it inevitably has dibs called on it by one kid or the other and I watch it fizzle away in my children’s bath. But truthfully I don’t mind (I’d hide them better if I wanted them for myself). For… Continue reading DIY Bath Bomb Bubble Potion
Conduit of Magic
At night we curl up in bed, heads upon a shared pillow, my face a breath from her cheek. She dances her toes across her bedroom wall and tells me about fairies. Earlier that day she said, “pretend I’m a fairy.” “We don’t need to pretend,” I replied. “You are a fairy. Have I never… Continue reading Conduit of Magic
Camping With Kids (part 1)
My partner and I love camping. With the exception of 3 summers when I had an infant, then was pregnant, then had two small kids, we’ve gone canoeing every year. For the past 3 summers it’s been our kid-free vacation. For our honeymoon we also camped - along the Machame route of Mt Kilimanjaro, and… Continue reading Camping With Kids (part 1)
Book Nook: Winter Edition
I love reading. Always have, always will. My kids seem to love it to, with my son requesting multiple bed time books and my daughter now starting to read some to us. It's incredible what books introduce into our lives - a more extensive vocabulary, new worlds, new ideas. In our play area I've added… Continue reading Book Nook: Winter Edition
To My Big Girl
My big girl, Three weeks ago we started swimming lessons and you cannot WAIT to go back again each week. You might be part fish. The only time you cry is when it was time to get out of the pool. When we picked your dad up from the train station after the first lesson,… Continue reading To My Big Girl
Sleep, or Lack Thereof
As you may recall, not long ago I was complaining about the general lack of sleep in our house. Jack has never been a great sleeper but we were surviving on our Da Vinci-esque sleep pattern. He'd nap for about 30 minutes several times a day, longer if he was in the car or stroller… Continue reading Sleep, or Lack Thereof
The Quest for Sleep
One of my favourite parenting memes is the one that says "I was a perfect parent... until I had kids" because ain't that the truth. It's so easy (SO EASY!) to say with absolute certainty what you will and won't do with your children. Then you have children and sometimes doing the things you swore… Continue reading The Quest for Sleep
Ode to Running: part 1
So... I feel as though my attempts to blog once a week can be best summarized by "the best laid plans of mice and men..." But here we are! Just because plans go awry doesn't mean you abandon them. Which is actually a perfect lead in to this post: an ode to running (part 1).… Continue reading Ode to Running: part 1
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