I forgot to mention last night that Julia said “tiger” yesterday. We were at Safeway in the cereal aisle and I heard Julia say “ah-gah”. I looked where she was looking, and there was good old Tony the Tiger grinning at us from a box of Frosted Flakes. She loves tigers, I think because of [...]

I need to backtrack a little here to catch everyone up on the last couple of weeks.  I’ll start with Thanksgiving. For Thanksgiving this year, we went to Calgary to celebrate with my family.  Three of my cousins, Julia, Stephanie and Vanessa were in town, and we thought it would be nice to visit with [...]

As a teacher, I like to use a hands-on approach to teaching.  I also like to use real life examples in math.  It helps the kids understand the relevance of what they’re learning.  Right now, we’re studying geometry, and at the moment, solids.  I decided I’d bring in things like a soup can to show [...]

September and it’s flurry of activities is over!  It was a great month though.  We quickly settled into a routine with getting the kids to Bobbie’s house, and James to preschool, and they seem happy in both places. James had picture day at school today, and he told me he smiled nicely!  I can’t wait [...]