Sunshine, Pizza Picnics And Unidentified Meat: CSI-Style
Wow! What a weekend. Admittedly a little brisker than the week that preceded it, but a beautiful, unseasonably warm weekend nonetheless. We’re in full swing around here, trying to get…
This And That And Spring Came Early
It’s smile inducing and worrisome at the same time. I mean, such drastic changes in our weather can’t be a good thing, can it? What have we (as a race)…
When Three-Year-Olds Attack…
This story is best told as a series of photos, or a pictorial rendition with captions, if you will. We begin our story with: and then we move on to:…
Only This Time I Outsmarted Them…
Picture it. It’s 8:00 in the morning. I’ve been up for an hour already with my smalls. The kids are in full riot mode and I’m tearing around the house…
18 years and counting
18 years ago today, I was in Scarborough Centenary Hospital, with my mum, godmother and grandmother. I was 21 and in labour. I wanted and needed a baby, this baby,…
Lost socks, found socks and the beautiful mind of my five-year-old
My sunshine. That is what I have called Donut (5) since he was a small baby. He was the happiest baby I had ever seen. Big smiles, easy-going, and sweet,…
“Ponder it”
Those were Plum’s (17) last words to me last night. He was clearly frustrated, annoyed and angry but instead of yelling and screaming, he remained outwardly calm and chose instead…
They went to Monster Jam!
Oh yes they did. Mr. KB took the three youngest boys to Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam in Toronto on Sunday and it was a HUGE hit! Mr. KB took…
The ROC – Georgina’s answer to Blue Mountain
The ROC has been a long time in the making and a long-time vision of Georgina Mayor Grossi. There have been scandals (toxic waste on-site and it needs to be…
An open letter to children’s shoe manufacturers
Dear Children’s Shoe Manufacturers, Would it be possible to please, please, please stop making the insoles of young children’s shoes removable? Do any of you actually have any children? Or…