Yesterday on the way home from music practice, James said, “That boy was playing the drums and it was loud and scary and cool.” Then he said something about his “head brain.” “Head brain?” I asked. “Yeah, my head brain told me it was.”

The week is over!! We’re in Cochrane!! We have help!! But I’m not thrilled about any of that, can you tell?   To fit with our week though, getting here was not without its… challenges shall we call them? This morning was probably the best yet (of course). We got out the door in good [...]

I missed writing yesterday because I fell asleep on the couch in the basement after marking Social Studies homework.  I went to bed far too late the night before, and I could really use some time to catch up on my sleep.  It was only 10:30 last night, but it wasn’t enough, I need more!  [...]

Jennifer: Julia, why did you poop your pants? Julia: ‘acuz Jennifer: Because why? James: Because she had to poop really bad!

Before I sally forth with the rest of the summer, I’d like to share a conversation from yesterday.  It was in regards to the new snails we’d picked up at the pet store to live in the vase with my aquatic plant. James had the honour of holding the bag in the car on the [...]

Just a quick note before I head to bed. I used to listen to Sharon, Lois and Bram on a record, and now James is familiar with their songs and rhymes. My favourite is James’ version of this one: Good night, sleep tight, Don’t let the bedbugs bite. But if you do, you take your [...]

I’m all caught up on my pictures on Flickr. Check out the new Collection – there are 3 new sets in it. And if you haven’t seen it yet, I added some more pictures to the Summer 2008 Collection. Cute thing today: James came running into the kitchen with a jewelery box, and yelled, “Surprise!” [...]

We came through the rain unharmed! The city lifted the state of emergency status the next morning, and things are back to normal. The ground is still wet which is unusual for Lethbridge because we normally get some wind after rainstorms. Our house got no water inside, the sump pump was working away with no [...]

Wednesday, May 7: Wednesday was the day of the wedding. The wedding party, minus Natalia, met at the gazebo at 9am to chat with the wedding organizer. The organizer never showed up (she thought it weird that we wanted to do this), but we discussed what was supposed to happen, and the order we were [...]

Jose likes to drink flavoured bottled water, and of course, James likes to drink it because it’s Papa’s.  Today, Jose was enjoying a nice cold one, and James asked to have some.  When he spilled some, Jose took it back.  A few minutes later, James was to be seen sitting behind a chair by the [...]