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Tomorrow I’m leaving on a 24-hour mini vacation to Toronto for my sister Joanna’s thesis show–she’s graduating from Humber’s Interior Design program. My first night away from the children since January! I’m looking forward to the solitude of driving and the luxury of dressing up without having my earrings pulled and my blouse sneezed on. […]

I’m just now getting my balance back after being throw off-kilter by the postponement of the surgery. For several weeks, everything was focused on preparing myself and the family for the big event and suddenly … it wasn’t happening. The next few weeks felt devoid of meaning and event. I find the most challenging part […]

I’m working on a long post about Nico’s health and development, plus we’ve got news and pictures from Lia’s birthday and Easter. But I wanted to quickly report that Nico was supposed to have palate repair surgery in two days, and it’s been postponed because he’s got a cold and possible ear infection. The new […]

Shawn was at Ultimate tonight, so I was putting both kids to bed. Usually Shawn gets Lia down while I look after Nico, so I enjoyed the chance to read to her. Wrangling two squirmy, screamy kids into pyjamas was not as fun, but whatevs. When the time came to turn off the light, she […]

After the turmoil of our trip, we are finally approaching equilibrium. Daylight savings time was another bump in the sleep schedules, but I think we’re almost in the clear on that front: Nico slept from 8 pm to 7:30 am the last two nights! But just when we’re settling back into our normal routines, I […]