Category: family
“It’s as clean as a button”1. “She’s so tired that her head could pop off!” “Mommy says a lot of bad words.” To which my dad asked, “Does Aunt Beth say bad words?” To which my niece replied, “No. Only your other daughter.” And my personal favourite was this conversation that we had while she […]
Today was the day of my niece’s pig-themed birthday party! The menu included “pig slop” (a.ka. soup) and pigaroni and cheese. with a pig-in-the-mud cake for dessert: The birthday girl blowing out her candles! And gets to enjoy the pig cupcake! Happy birthday, little piglet!
Is that normal for a 4-year-old?
Plane tickets have recently turned mega-cheap, so my sister booked a flight for me to go to T.O. for my niece’s birthday weekend in November. Madeline is turning 4 when, apparently, she is going to be a big girl. And have a pig-themed party. So excited!
My niece asked my sister that the other day. “Mommy, did you know that mosquitoes drink blood?” “Yes, I did know that,” my sister replied. “Well, you know what I think?” Madeline said. “I think that they think they are drinking tomato juice.”
My sister and her bf took my niece on a camping trip last week. On the way, they were drilling her to remember her name, Nancy’s & Jeff’s names, and their campsite number, in case she got lost. My niece loves rules and memorizing stuff, so I can imagine that this is something she’d consider […]
And I already miss her to pieces!
I meant to mention this yesterday, but totally forgot what with the sleepiness and all: I didn’t forget to write about the next Prime Minister in my Sunday series on Prime Ministers. Rather, I chose to take the quasi-long weekend holiday off from the series. Sure, Canada Day is Tuesday (tomorrow), so it’s not a […]
Now, I like to run, but I’m not used to running *everywhere*. And when you hang out with a three-year-old, it’s all about the running. And the jumping. And spinning spinning spinning. And if the three-year-old is running, you best believe that you are running too. If the three-year-old is jumping, then so too shall […]
Conversation earlier tonight: My sister: I’m tired. Me: Me too. But I need to blog something. My sister: What are you going to blog about? Me: I don’t know. My sister: You could blog about how awesome our backyard is. Or how about the delicious Thai dinner we had tonight. What are you going to […]