Category: Motherhood

After their last week of summer camp, the boys were pretty much dog tired, so we had a very low key weekend. Last Thursday the boys put on a show to celebrate the end of summer camp. It included some song and dance and also awards for the campers. Oliver took home the “Future Pro” … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

This weekend was so relaxing. We celebrated having Andrew around before his week-long trip to Vancouver. There was much swimming pool time (where Milo went off the platform 50 times in a row and Oliver practiced his underwater flips), followed by exhausted little boys enjoying their new obsession: Star Wars. They constantly pretend, Lego-build, read … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”

Image via The Ugly Volvo I just came across The Ugly Volvo’s post Why You Should Never, Ever, Get a Tattoo According to My Mother (but Having a Baby is Fine) and laughed out loud at some of the reasons (especially the part about wanting to erase your three-year-old with a laser some days, and the part … Continue reading “Happy Friday!”

They are perpetually moving, growing, changing, moving forward in this world, through time and space. To catch these moments and freeze them in time brings me a joy I can’t explain. I was there, this moment happened, and somehow it is now behind us now, yet here it is. In motion, yet still. There is something … Continue reading “Summer of Motion”

I’ve been thinking a lot about competition among siblings lately, perhaps because I’ve been seeing more of it with my boys this summer. What is your take on the issue? Is competition healthy or desirable in small doses, or just plain destructive? Read more here.