As we go through a family conversation about what we’re doing and how we want to live our lives, my spouse and I are also taking time for our favourite activity: decluttering. Unfortunately, we’re stalled part-way through the process with piles of cardboard boxes, stacks of stuff, and half-filled give-away boxes all over. We’ve been …
Like all good mothers, I enrolled our daughter in ballet recently. She was so excited! Dance slippers, tutus, a dance class (no, wait: “ballet class, not dance class!”) with a teacher. So what went wrong? The teacher didn’t do enough to bring our quiet child into the classroom. She was always at back of the …
We were doing our nightly bedtime routine, which lately transitions from um-nums and a books to um-nums and stories about when we were small. Husband started a story about an encounter with a bully when he was a kid, and how he learned that boy behaved that way because he wasn’t treated well at home. …
Not yet 3 weeks in, I’ve realized that this is not a reading year. Last year was a reading year. I read a lot. I escaped a lot. I imagined, roamed, learned, mentally edited, and gobbled a lot of books. I have a strong feeling that this year is a doing year. Oh, I’ll still …
Watching your baby become a person is astonishing, magical, inspiring, and hilarious. “I can’t do anything else, Uncle Nas. I’m peeling an egg.” As she peels an egg. Also: “reading” a book tonight – she flipped through and recited almost all the words to one of her Babybug magazines. We’ve only read it maybe 3 …
The full-looking moon through the clouds as I picked up my daughter Time to grocery shop Yummy dinner A girl asleep by 7:15
Today I started my self-employment course. It is going to be wonderfully exciting. Custom designing my own business! What could be more fun? We talked about the importance of online reputation (not new information), and I realized with a sigh that what I put up on facebook is going to be connected with my business. …
Tomorrow I start a month-long course to help me develop my own business. I have spent the past couple of weeks kind of dreading it, for a couple of reasons. First, the hours. Full time! I haven’t done full time in years. No, wait … I’ve been doing MORE than full time with my child …
I like a clean house. I like it for myself and my child. I like it for guests. If someone’s coming over, I WILL clean up (maybe not hugely, but at least a bit). It’s not so much about being judged as it is liking to welcome people into a clean, attractive space. Leaving aside …
Today I made a first visit to a local Montessori school to check it out as a possible preschool for our girl. I liked it a lot. Great location out of the city. Teachers seem good. And the assortment of amazing educational materials (if you’ve been in a Montessori classroom, you know what I mean!) …