Tag: laughs
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To go where no man has gone before
I was out with my kids for a walk around our neighbourhood when I snapped this pic. You may be asking, why take a picture of a rusty old can? I took the picture because as I glanced down and saw that can sitting there in the weeds I was transported through time and space…
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The Bears Catching up on their Reading
We wanted to instill from an early age a value for reading in the girls. So we have created a literature rich environment, as you can see in the photo.
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Brown Bear Stands Up, Blonde Bear Gazes at me
What an incredible time to watch the twins developing. There are so many changes happening so rapidly that at times the months we spent in the NICU and even before that in the BC Womens’ Hospital seems like a faint and distant memory. On Monday of this week Brown Bear figured out how to pull herself…
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Lovely weekend excursions to Kerrisdale and Dundarave
In our continuing efforts to introduce the twins to new neighbourhoods and see new sights, this weekend we took them to Kerrisdale and Dundarave. Both trips went smashingly well, thank you very much. The trip to Kerrisdale was a special pleasure because Caraghand I both have ties to that part of town. I used to…
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Comic strip
My Mom cut a comic strip out of the paper for me. Picture two young females having a coffee, nicley dressed, a couple of hipsters. One saying to the other, “Norris and I have discussed having kids. We figure when we get sick and tired of proper rest, the theater, travel and having sufficient funds in…
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Papa and Brown Bear stylin’ their toques
Brown Bear said to her mother, “I want to be just like Papa and wear my toque in the house…that way we can keep the thermostat set a little lower and save money as well as save the planet!”
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Telling fishing tales
Annalie is in the recliner saying, “Well I’m telling you that salmon was this big…”
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Brown Bear chilling on the couch
Whereas Blonde Bear loves to be at her desk working like her Papa, Brown Bear prefers the more leisurely approach to life.
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Blonde Bear Decides to Become a Blogger
This is Blonde Bear at her desk. And just like here Papa, she likes to work at her desk while wearing a stylish toque…or as is called in the US, a woolen-knitted cap.
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Ahh the irony of it all…
My partner has a bit of a rough hand at things that do not immediately do as she wants. For example, if she wants to open a jar of mustard and it will not open she goes, all too quickly for my liking, to the biggest “hammer” in her arsenal to get at the mustard.…