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At the end of the school year, we sat down with the kids and helped them come up with some summer goals for themselves. Their lives are pretty crazy in the summer, running back and forth between houses. Then they … Continue reading
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The boys (we refer to Zach and Josh as “the boys” and Gabe, Zandra and Sam as “the kids”…although we think of them as all our children, it just makes it easier to distinguish the two when they need to … Continue reading
We spend a lot of time with our kids talking about manners over here. Rob is known at the dinner table as being the “Manner’s Police”. Not that we don’t laugh and have a good time, and sometimes get a … Continue reading
A little late this week but we are all on the crazy summer schedule… “The smallest deed is larger than the greatest intention”. How many times do we hear how someone was going to do something, thought about it, but … Continue reading
I can’t believe that Zach has reached the double digits. 10. Where does time go? One of my closest friends had a baby boy on the 11th and I visited her yesterday and it brought back a flood of memories … Continue reading
If you are irritated by every rub, how will you ever be polished? I thought this was a really cute way of saying that life is not easy and it is often the hard knocks of life that build our … Continue reading
July is a busy month for birthdays! Today is Sam’s 6th Birthday! Happy Birthday Sammie-Bear, Skato-Potatoe with your dog Finnigan! After spending the day with his Mom, Sam came back to celebrate with steak, poutine and a rainbow cake! What … Continue reading
Gabe turns 13 today! I can’t believe we have an official teenager on our hands! Gabe spent the day at his Mom’s and then came back over to us for dinner. Gabe requested his favorite meal (our birthday tradition is … Continue reading
Happy Canada Day! Today was also the day we chose to celebrate our anniversary. Our kiddos were all with their other parent(s) this weekend, so we had some time to ourselves. On our real anniversary (the 27th) we had work, … Continue reading
School is finally out! It finished officially yesterday, so we are slowly moving into summer mode. I do love summer – even though I work and technically, it is no different than any other time of year for me! But … Continue reading