Last night I stayed up long after everyone else went to bed.  I cleared off my desk, folded laundry, cleaned up the family room, did some things to get ready for my trip to the U.S....but what I forgot to do was play the Tooth Fairy!  Now that Julia is losing her teeth, I bought a tiny ceramic, tooth-shaped dish for her teeth so that the Tooth ( Read more... )

Over spagetti and meatballs, Kim, Julia and I started talking about their school days, which gave us these little snippets ( Read more... )

Yesterday, Julia cut her hand on a nail sticking out of the wall. I cleaned it, put some polysporin and a band-aid on it. This morning, I cut my finger taking a knife out of the cutlery basket in the pile of clean dishes ( Read more... )

Julia is doing a drum solo on the table with her markers, the dishes are soaking in the sink, and the laundry is sorted into piles all over the laundry room floor. I'm making a focused effort to be more productive today but I already feel my energy fading ( Read more... )

On our drive home from Saskatoon yesterday Julia noticed the stars in the night sky and said, "Mom! I see a wishing star! Can I make a wish ( Read more... )

Last night I had such a terrible sleep. My back has been bothering me for the past few days but my yesterday afternoon, I was getting shooting pains in my back every time I moved. Jack was snoring last night so I slept for a couple of hours in the recliner, then when my back protested, I moved to the couch and finally back to bed around 5 am ( Read more... )

As we were leaving the chiropractor this afternoon, Julia and I had the following conversation:

Julia: Mom, I stepped in the water puddle!

Me: No biggie. C'est la vie.

Julia: La Vie.

I thought it was so funny that she would obey me and "say" la vie. So trusting, and so cute :)