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Tristan

Tristan takes a dive

20 August 2008 Mothering without a licence

It seemed like a straightforward question. On the enrollment form I completed on the first day of Tristan’s first day-long day camp: “Can your child swim 25 meters unassisted: yes, no, I don’t know.” 25 meters? How long is 25 meters anyway? That seems kind of far. So I checked “no”. Then I thought of [...]

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I’m good, but I’m not that good

13 June 2008 Tristan

I’m feeding the baby on the couch. Tristan and Simon are playing upstairs. Tristan calls down. “Mom!” he bellows, coming down the stairs. “I need some red fabric.” I marvel for a minute that he knows a word like ‘fabric’ before replying. “Well, there’s a red polar fleece blanket in Lucas’s closet, but it has [...]

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Young love

17 April 2008 Tristan

It started with a note in Tristan’s communication folder, the yellow laminated folder we send back and forth to school each day containing notes from me to his teachers in one direction and notes from the school, art projects, and homework in the other direction. “Tristan, did you draw all these hearts?” I asked, admiring [...]

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If I don’t blog soon, I’ll burst

11 March 2008 Life in Ottawa

So! Many! Bloggable! Moments!! And no time to blog them all. Oh, it’s like bloggy constipation, and if I don’t get it out soon, I’m quite sure my head will explode. Here are things that I’d dearly love to blog about if only I had the time. And trust me, in my head, they’re all [...]

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At least my daughter-in-law will be obedient

1 October 2007 Tristan

Tristan has been thinking a lot lately about how things will be when he grows up. First, there will be a new set of rules. Nobody will ever have to cut their fingernails, or go to bed if they don’t feel like it, or share with their brother. And he’ll be financing his long-nailed and [...]

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Dr House at the Children’s Hospital

13 September 2007 Life, the Universe and Everything

Yesterday, I put 157 kms on the car: 50 kms round trip dropping Beloved off at work and going back home to pick up Tristan; 25 kms round trip to CHEO (the Children’s Hospital) for an appointment; then I dropped off Tristan at school, dropped off Simon for his first day of nursery school (!), [...]

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MotherTalk book review: Bob Books for Beginning Readers

10 September 2007 Books

I have a confession to make. I didn’t read a single book in the boxed set I’m supposed to be reviewing today for my stop on MotherTalk’s Bob Books blog tour. In fact, I had them read to me – by Tristan, my five year old son. (pause for gasps of delight and surprise) Yep, [...]

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Yay day!

27 June 2007 Tristan

See how nice I am to you? I’m about to brag blatantly, but I’ll turn it into a yay day so you can brag, too. We got Tristan’s report card this week. They ‘grade’ them on a four point scale, from “needs to work on this skill” to “beginning to develop” to “meets developmental expectations” [...]

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Colour me impressed

26 May 2007 Tristan

Originally uploaded by Dani_Girl Someone left a brilliant comment recently about saving kids’ art to Flickr. I love this idea and have decided to start uploading the boys’ art the lazy way, via the digital camera (as opposed to the scanner, which I haven’t yet mastered.) Is it just me, or are these pretty darn [...]

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Birth of a hockey fan

17 May 2007 Canadianisms

So we’re not exactly sporty people. Beloved, bless his literate artsy heart, couldn’t care less about the difference between an infield fly and a hanging curveball. The athletic education of the boys has fallen largely to me, which, if you know me at all, is pretty darn funny. Pity my poor boys, who are just [...]

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