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Come on four!
All my life I have heard the world talking about the terrible twos. It was this great fable that carried through all generations and walks of life. I knew that when my daughter turned two she was going...
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Clean up, clean up
My little Swiffer Since she was very little the kid has been a fan of helping me sweep. She loves to sweep, she loves to dust, she sees me cleaning and wants to help. For this I am very thankful. She...
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Happy Birthday Mr. Poo
Eight years ago you were born, and just eight weeks later you found your new home with us. Teeny tiny When we first met you were called Tiny Tim, but as soon as you licked my nose I knew you were our...
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Giving Thanks
I have been thinking again about people in my past who may not realize the change that they created in my life, as per Drew Dudley’s closing keynote at Blissdom. This comes from current events. I was...
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Winter baby
There has never been any doubt that the kid is a big fan of winter. She was a January baby and she once fell asleep in the stroller as I walked into a -35 degree windchill. Joe calls it her ‘Spirit of...
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No stigma here
There’s a new button over there –> It’s pretty colourful, you can’t miss it. It stems from this post by Toy With Me. Ending the stigma on mental illnesses is a big thing for me. I have now been...
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Another first
Some days this kid does things I never imagined my kid doing. Like, for example, she decided to go ahead and hit another kid while they were playing after school. She’s hit me before, in anger, in the...
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Destroy all the things
Every now and again I am reminded just how much like me the kid is, for example when I have to put a bandaid on her knee or when I find a page torn out of a book or this: The biggest difference...
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Gifts
We’ve long had suspicions that the kid may be gifted. She’s always been advanced according to the timelines I’ve found (walking early, full sentences early, advanced fine motor skills). There are...
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And now I have Fastball stuck in my head… So I went to Toronto for #StrutTour13, which was very interesting and pretty fun. I got to meet a few people that I’ve never met in person before, I got to say...
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Badge of honour
There is a hill outside the kid’s school that she likes to play on at the end of the day. I always let her have a little while before I get her back in the car to go home, as long as the weather is in...
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Wear me out
The kid is still in school half days, but only for another week and a bit before the break. Grandma and Grandpa are getting her pretty soon. We’re going to be surrounded by family, celebrating. Warm...
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A year ago I spent the day watching the news and crying. I heard there was yet another school shooting in the US, then I saw a tweet that told me the shooting had happened in an elementary school. My...
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In 1989 all parties in the Canadian House of Commons agreed on a resolution to eliminate child poverty by the year 2000. That didn’t happen, the resolution was actual renewed in 2009. This year a...
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A good pen, smooth paper
Here in Ontario I gather they have removed cursive writing from the school curriculum. I vividly remember learning cursive in Grade 3, because my teacher made fun of my Rs and Is in front of the entire...
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Christmas, all over
I was excited for Christmas this year because it’s the first time the kid has been really aware of what’s happening, and we’re having lots of family to our house for the celebration, including all four...
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I set a goal this year of reading more than I did in 2013, but I’m coming up about three books short (though I am currently reading two). But I did find some great new authors this year that I will be...
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Three words to define 2014
I put together my list of three words for 2013 and when I was talking with some friends and looking back on those words I gave myself a failing grade. Upon hearing this, and after reminding me of the...
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Everybody’s talkin’ at me
This kid has always been pretty good at avoiding sleep. When she was a baby she couldn’t help it, obviously, but as a toddler she would occasionally stay up all night, and we have off and on had...
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She turns to me: “I know what respect means.” “Oh yeah?” “It means you treat somebody well, and you love them.” “Well, you don’t have to love someone to respect them, you should respect everyone.” When...
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