A couple of weeks ago, in the midst of an epic tantrum, I picked Pearl up and carried her outside. Sometimes a simple change of scenery can help calm her down and give us a fresh start so I held her, thrashing and screaming, against my body and walked to the end of the driveway.… Continue reading
I'll admit it, this post is nothing more than cute pictures of my kid. While I'm fully aware no one else but her dad cares quite as much as I do, I also think these pictures of Pearl having her annual Easter Hunt in our backyard are pretty adorable so I'm going to show them… Continue reading Easter 2017
Last week we celebrated because our girl turned two! We've been talking with Pearl for a while about her birthday and that she would be two and she'd figured out the response to, "How old are you?" ("Two!" said with a huge amount of glee.) Though "two" also became the response to any other question… Continue reading Pearl is 2!
After the three of us recovered from our extended colds, January turned out to be a pretty good month around here. Pearl is now 23 months! Her hair is long enough that it occasionally gets in her eyes, she is currently getting a new tooth, and she is full of energy. We stayed away from… Continue reading January…
Don't get excited - I'm not about to show you anything impressive. I am decidedly un-crafty and not a hands-on kind of person so I'm pleased that I actually made something. Pictured above is what I started with. Four wooden boxes found for free. When Peter and I spotted them I was sure I could… Continue reading I Made This!
We've lurched our way into 2017 in our household with bad colds for Pearl and I. Peter and I made it to 10:30 on New Year's Eve and I spent most of January 1st in bed. Pearl picked up the illness from me and has had a rough couple of nights recently. Despite that, I'm… Continue reading “The Lord was with Joseph”
We don't get a lot of snow in our part of Canada and when we do it tends to melt away pretty quickly. Despite seeing snow in the forecast, it was a lovely surprise to look outside this morning and realize the white stuff really was coming down. Pearl's seen snow just once before in… Continue reading Snow Day (and other Christmasy moments)
Grief is a strange, lurking beast. While I'm prepared for it in many ways, it surprises me at so many other moments. Sometimes I can ready myself, steel my thoughts against it. And sometimes it simply appears. Pearl and I went to get our flu shots today and I'd forgotten one of the questions they… Continue reading Monday Thoughts
Yesterday evening Pearl went trick-or-treating for the first time ever. She also ate candy for the first time so all in all, it was a very big day. We weren't sure what we were going to do with Pearl this year. Knowing there will be many years ahead of us where she's eager to trick-or-treat… Continue reading Halloween 2016
Please enjoy this picture of my child posing with an apple from which she has taken several tiny bites: Also, she chose to wear that romper over top of the clothes I had dressed her in. I did not expect battles over clothing to begin so early in our mother-daughter relationship. Every September I feel… Continue reading Autumn Leaves and Gumboots
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