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Sometimes The Hardest Thing To Do As A Parent…

…is to say nothing at all. Let me explain what I mean… For the past couple weeks, I’ve walked Pace to a park near our house every evening. One of his classmates lives across from the park and is usually there playing already and, depending on the night, they could be the only two kids [...]

Posted 13 June 2013 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , ,

“Are These The Good Times, Dad?”

So after spending a few hours at the lake yesterday, my dad, Pace and I went back into town.  Dad bought a few things he needed at the local co-op including some candy as a treat for Pace. As we drove away, the sun was shining.  Someone had a fishing shack painted with The Punisher [...]

Posted 26 May 2013 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Sasha’s First Visit To The Family Cottage

Went out to Katepwa Lake to put the pier in with my dad, uncle and cousin today as well as do a few other chores to get the cottage ready for the season. I think the caption for the following photo is: “Working Hard or Hardly Working?”   My cousin drew the short straw so [...]

Posted 25 May 2013 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Music Monday – “Oh Mr. Mom/Balancing check books, juggling bills/Thought there was nothing to it/Baby, now I know how you feel/Oh Honey, you’re my hero”

Back to work today after two and a half weeks at home with the new baby is pretty tough. I keep telling anyone who’ll listen that I’m really jealous of two guys I know who are both relatively new dads – one is a University professor who (I assume on purpose) timed his sabbatical year [...]

Posted 06 May 2013 § Baby § Family § Humour § MusicMonday § Politics § Sasha § Video § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Mom’s Lifetime Membership in SUN (and some thoughts on where she’s influenced me – it might not be where you’d expect!)

One benefit of being home with the baby for a couple weeks was that Shea, Sasha and I were able to slip out one afternoon earlier this week for one of Sasha’s first-ever outings. We snuck into the SUN AGM & Conference to see my mom receive a Lifetime Membership from the organization (she’d also [...]

Posted 27 April 2013 § Family § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

New Parent Link Dump

No surprise that Shea and I have been reading a lot about being new parents the past few months.  Here are some of the most interesting lists we came across… Invaluable Tips for Dads During Baby’s First Week Home 36 Ingenious Things You’ll Want As A New Parent AskMF – Gift Suggestions for a Newborn [...]

Posted 25 April 2013 § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

I’m a Dad – Random Thoughts About Sasha’s First Day (On Her One Week Birthday)

So as much as I’d like to just keep posting pictures of Sasha, eventually I’ve got to get back to blog posts that have “letters” and “words” rather than cute pictures. A good place to start would be with a look back at that first day, inspired partly by many of the notes I scribbled [...]

Posted 23 April 2013 § Baby § Humour § Internet § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – I’ll Miss When Shea’s Not Pregnant…

…I asked her to hold my wine and she agreed. (Can you see that look of longing in her eyes as she glances at my wine? Actually pretty cruel of us to tempt her this way during a birthday supper for my dad earlier this week!)

Posted 06 April 2013 § Baby § Family § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

“Goin’ To Winnipeg”

Ten years ago, Shea and I got married on a beach in the Mayan Riviera during a week long winter holiday as our parents and a handful of other guests looked on. Tomorrow, we leave on a trip to celebrate our 10 year anniversary with a long weekend trip to Winnipeg. Some people would probably [...]

Posted 23 January 2013 § Canada § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

A Censored Girl’s Name? How Timely!

Seeing that Iceland has a list of approved names for boys and girls and that they’ve taken away the name of a 15-year old girl that somehow slipped through their bureaucracy after being baptized with an unapproved name initially, makes me want to name our baby Blaer just on principle! (Except I have an objection [...]

Posted 03 January 2013 § Baby § Censorship § Family § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,