My girls and I took a long road trip together - that’s why you havn’t heard from us for a while.
We drove just over 3000km up north to see my parents and back again. Now, lots of people do this type of driving all the time (and I used to be one of them) but [...]
We’d been looking at the calendar, and here just a few days into May, the summer seems all booked up already - crazy!! The warm months always go by in a whirl.
Soon the traveling will start, but for a few days - calm. Dad is in town visiting/at a conference, we celebrated Mother’s Day at [...]
The world of adoption is fraught with peril - your hearts are often at stake. Our friends A and D had a referral for a boy from Florida for months (this is after they got caught in the Imagine Adoption bankruptcy and had to leave the Ethiopia program…) when, shortly after he was born, his mom decided [...]
Sincce we had the trainer come and work with Laughlin, the girls have decided that they sometimes need to “work” with Laughlin or Maggie too. I personally think its good for them to learn to politely haul the dogs around… and good for the dogs too!
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Our girls were pretty stoked when they learned Auntie Ena and Uncle M were going to China… after all, that’s where their friend Tigger is from! So it must be a really cool place…
Their gifts arrived via Grandpa-mail yesterday, and boy, were they excited. They will use the little brushes on their “babies”, but for [...]
Well, ok, in all honesty, I gave them their blog names before I met them.
But Sugar and Spice actually seem to fit. Sugar is honest and forthright… and very genuinely affectionate. She’s also as stuborn as her mother, hard on herself, academically strong and vulnerable to rejection. (Ok, so that’s all like me too.)
Spice is a [...]
So if you are one of the parenting school that doesn’t think we should teach our kids about procreation until they are older, teenagers, or possibly married, don’t watch the video below. Or if you don’t want to hear scientific names for male/female body parts, don’t watch the video either. It might offend you - and I [...]
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We went over to dinner at K&S’s house in Westbank (aka West Kelowna!) with friends J&C and their daughter Tigger last weekend. I was a little concerned about the weather, but K luckily managed to convince me the weather would hold up - and boy, it sure did. We went for a lovely walk on Mt. [...]
Our dear little Laughlin hasn’t been such a dear lately. In fact, when I left for Ethiopia, he started peeing in the house… and hadn’t really stopped until about a month ago. We got to the point where we had him in diapers every day (a “male wrap”, they call it!) which was a temporary [...]
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Jrock and I were measuring the girls last night again. They don’t seem to have grown since February, when I last measured them. But they sure are getting heavier. I kinda wonder if we’re in for another growth spurt again soon…!
Aside from the random 10 minute hailstorm yesterday, we’ve been having great weather here in the Okanagan. Spring is here in full force - it’s kinda cool:  the “two lips”, as the girls call them, which they planted last fall are up and blooming. I think gardening is a great activity for them to learn about nature [...]
You know, sometimes you have to grab the kids in mid-flight, on their mad dash across the room or lawn to get a hug. But right after their nap, well, it’s nice. They’re cuddly and snuggly like no other time of the day. Sometimes dazed and confused, but snuggly none-the-less.
Both the girls are quite affectionate [...]
Right before I left for the concert, my two little Easter bunnies received a package in the mail from Granny and Grandad (Jrock’s parents) with chocolate and pony-egss. Who knew there was such a thing? Anyway, they loved it, so thanks Granny and Grandad!
Then today we got super busy getting ready for Easter. We crafted [...]
