Old & new ways to have fun

Spending Sunday morning mixing digital literacy with old-fashioned face-on-hand fun!

Cole's Advent Calendar 2011 task

"Winter is a nice season 'cuz you can see the beauty in things." -Cole

water water everywhere

'Tis the season - to pull out our raincovers and raincoats, and make funky hairdos after bathtime!

why just roll the die when you can make it a full body workout?

pokemon creations and something from the dress-up box

Phew! The boys' requests for Pokemon characters darn-near pooped me out! Their favourite part of the night? "The fireworks!!"

Creativity in blossom...

Even if it involves a spider that eats mom & jook (congee), I love it!

Unconventional 'firsts'

The kids are growing and of course still lots of firsts, but now they are more unconventional than the 'first tooth', 'first word', 'first steps' varieties. Of course we love those kinds of firsts too - first teeth lost, first fancy soccer jersey - all still very exciting to experience.

Last week Ollie got new sneakers and that night made me go out with him for a jog. So off we went for a jog to the nearby park and back. I had Sam in the stroller, and it was kind of surreal to be exercising with my 4 year old.

The other morning I decided to try on Cole's Montreal Canadiens hoody just for kicks, and it actually fit me pretty well! I wore it all morning and again got that strange feeling that life was moving waaaay too fast.

Nothing warms my heart more than seeing/hearing the boys playing joyfully and cooperatively, or hearing them invent games or sing songs with the intention of inducing mass giggles and laughter! The way they are squished into the backseat of the car is quite conducive to that. The photo of the boys and me was taken today at Jericho - Cole gave me a Mother's Day card that said I was as "cuddly as a stuffy, as lovely as a lullaby, as funny as a clown" and so I focused on showing my clown side today.