My blood pressure is rising, my heart is beating faster, and my brain is going from a state of atrophy to one of overdrive. Summer isn't even over yet but things are changing. It isn't just the days getting shorter or the weather cooling off. The long anticipated camping trips have come and gone. The [...]
The whole iPod, smart phones, tablet craze has been going on for a while now and there's no stopping it in our house. It's like a runaway train and I think I got flattened on the tracks. My grandpa and grandma are 95 and 93 and they had an iPad before I even knew what [...]
Home reading; a valuable part of the school reading program, no doubt. I wholeheartedly support the school in their endeavour to make books come alive and to foster the love of reading, never mind the important skill of being able to read for comprehension, no matter what job you intend to do in the future. [...]
Anyone who is a parent has probably been served the odd piece of humble pie. It goes with the territory. I'd be shocked if there is a parent who has made it through their kids' childhood without suffering the humiliation of a public toddler temper tantrum, or a moment of innocent curiosity followed by a [...]
There is a sign hanging in our porch that says, “You are now entering the nut house.” Truer words are rarely spoken. But more often I wish for one of those great big yield signs that say, “Danger, enter at your own risk!” Because the truth of the matter is, it is extremely dangerous to live [...]
I know who you are, you back-to-school moms. You have relished each lazy morning of summer, (Hello pj’s until 10 am), but those school supply lists were triple checked, and each backpack faithfully packed before the first morning of school. The beach days, and the camping, and the not-ironing-any-clothes were fun, but there’s a time [...]
Each morning, when my alarm goes off, I wake up to the staticky sounds of a local Christian radio station. As this is one of the only radio stations I seem to get with any clarity in Chilliwack, it's that or the obnoxious factory installed alarm, incessantly blaring me to consciousness. So Praise 106.5 it [...]
I don’t know about you —but when we are visiting as a family in someone else’s home and my kids have no regard for the words, “OK kids— it’s time to go,” I tend to get frustrated. Maybe it’s just me. I mean…when I say it’s time to go (sometimes I even start with a [...]
This week we find ourselves saying a lot of good-byes. While we can't wait for that final bell to ring, signalling the end of another year and the start of the lazy days of summer, it's bittersweet. Because every year we grow attached to another set of amazing teachers. They've guided our kids, gone above [...]
At the top of my all-time favourite memories as a kid was going to Uncle Cecil and Aunt Sylvia’s farm. They owned and managed a dairy farm in Cobourg, Ontario (they moved to Listowel, Ontario when I was much older). Uncle Cecil was one of my dad’s younger brothers and they were good friends. We [...]
