I hope all you Ontarians who get Family Day had a great one! We are one of those families who relishes a good collective feast. Here’s what we had, to feed fifteen (well, fourteen – one was eating carrot purée instead) lovely people at my sister’s apartment (it was potluck): Homemade by those in attendance… [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
3 Feb
Thank Goodness for the Wisdom that Comes with Age
Here’s what passes for adult conversation in the baby house: Sean (pretending to be offended by a good-natured jibe from Auntie Em during our first full game of Settlers since E’s birth): “Shut your pie-hole!” Em (with faux naïveté): “Ooh, there’s pie?” Sean (with the subtlest hint of dejection): “Yeah, but it’s in a hole.”
24 Jan
Top Tens by Dilovely and Son
Top Ten Things Dilovely is stoked about this week (in random order): E in overalls. I mean, seriously, can he get any cuter? Guelph’s Rainbow Chorus 15th anniversary concert last night. Pretty songs, solid harmonies, vibrant colours, happy (gay, lesbian, bi, trans, and friends) people, community spirit out the wazoo. Plus snacks. Did you know [...]
5 Jan
A Few Holiday Highlights
I know it’s super-late for this, but too bad. It’s my blog and I didn’t get time in December… and technically, the twelve days of Christmas don’t end until January 6th. Here we go. I love the Christmas season. When I was little, I of course got deliriously excited about Santa Claus and presents. And [...]
2 Jan
Happy New Year!
2010 is going to be great. You know how I know? Waking up (not the first time, or any middle times, but the last time) to tiny fingers sorta tickling my shoulder… rolling my head around and opening my eyes to see E’s upside-down smile, and his gorgeous eyes looking into mine. It’s just perfect. [...]
16 Dec
Hats Off to my Grandmas and Grandpas
I am presently reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society – a novel. I am not far along, but already I have found myself thinking of my grandparents, and all the women and men of their generation, and shaking my head in amazement. This book is set in the U.K., shortly after the [...]
9 Dec
Random (some important, some not) Items
E is six months old today! He remains the cutest baby in the world. In fact, a guest at my first official “away” Pampered Chef party (chez ma soeur) said to me, “You have the cutest baby!” I told her I agree, but I’m biased, and she said, “Feel good thinking that! He really is [...]
4 Dec
Sploosh
I’ve been asked, with regard to the happy/greedy sighs that E makes while having a particularly good feed, “how do you keep your love from splooshing you away?” I think I may have given this simple answer at the time, and it’s still true: I don’t. I get splooshed away every single day. My husband [...]
3 Dec
A Nice Day
It’s been a really nice day. It was mild and kinda sunny, with a balmy breeze. I would not have approved of this twenty years ago, because I would have been clamouring for snow, but right now I’m okay with it. My hubby had a day off, so we had croissants for breakfast and played [...]
27 Nov
Friends Are Nice
The Grand Opening Pampered Chef cooking show was a success! That is to say, people came, we chatted, we made food, we used fun tools, guests bought products, and the Three-Cheese Garden Pizza was delicious. Thanks everyone, for attending, and for your kind wishes! Being a consultant is going to involve a significant learning curve, [...]
