Yep, they’re another year older. Which I’m pretty sure means that I’m two years older. Feels that way, at least. And Kia MIGHT be willing to collect bugs with her new set, but only because it comes with tongs designed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Families are confusing… and not just in terms of personality. That said, the rats are really adorable, and I don’t get how anyone could not love them. The girls REALLY want pets, but they need to be a little bit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, the girls have another grandma, which puts them to four. If they get five, they win a free set of steak knives, and I don’t really trust them with those, so no more grandmas, okay? Hm… I wonder if[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Like the song says: “Tale as old as time…” This is probably a familiar situation for every parent (except mine, because I certainly never did anything like that), so I’m sure you all feel my pain. It’s an ugly, endless[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My goal for one of the next couple of Christmas’ is to have the girls help wrap their own presents without realizing it, but I’ll need a gift that’s not obviously there. Then I’ll laugh when I give it to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Was I ever that excited to see snow? Maybe when I was their age, but I’m not sure I was even then. I’ve never been a fan of cold (which some would say is weird for a Canadian, but I’m[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Seriously, it boggles the mind. I can walk through the door to their “clean” room and find from five to ten things on the floor without leaving the doorway. And, for some reason, while they are told to clear out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Well, how do you like that? The big 500! A little late with it, but had big plans and not so much time. That aside, here’s the flashback tour of my girls growing up over the past 500 strips (well,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The girls were very excited about Thanksgiving – so was I, if only because it meant I got a four-day weekend. ;P Any holiday is exciting to a kid, even if it’s mostly focused on food, but they were really[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
It was 70F/20C and sunny, so absolutely perfect weather – for putting up decorations, doing yardwork, staying home, going to work… pretty much anything. I’d be good with keeping it year-round but, unfortunately, while even Mother Nature seemed to be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…