Category Archives: Jaia
Playing Catch Up – Jaia at 8.5 and Wes at 5
2015 kicked my ass – from the first kisses at the stroke of midnight, until the champagne was raised a full yearView full post »
A tradition upheld.
Totally, completely, 100% insane. My kid is 9. My mind is blown and my heart aches a little as I take a stroll downView full post »
Jaia, age 8
And just for fun…here was the first of these little posts from half her lifetime ago. View full post »
A case for slowing down…
When Wesley started kindergarten in September, I made the heartbreaking (for me) decision to go back to work, full-timeView full post »
What she said.
For a week I’ve been trying to find the words to express the feeling of sending your child off to school for theView full post »
Beach Day
Still on course to having the best summer ever. This task in not an easy one. There is a fine balance between tryingView full post »
Jaia at 7.5
Celebrating Jaia’s half birthday seems crazy to some. Don’t we spoil our kids enough? I actually thinkView full post »
Changing once again.
I remember when her first tooth came in. Although I was elated at this new milestone, I thought to myself that IView full post »
First and Last – 2014 edition
Last year I posted a split of Jaia’s first and last day of school. I love being able to see how much she’sView full post »
Best. Summer. Ever.
The last few months have seen me busier than I’ve ever been. Ever. It sounds like an exaggeration – andView full post »
Frozen Solid
I never realized how down in the dumps I am by February/early March until I feel that first warm breeze as SpringView full post »
Home Projects
The amount of unfinished projects around this house is unreal. Dan and I are famous for starting something and thenView full post »
Waiting impatiently
We are on day 4 or 5 of a deep freeze. It is almost the end of January and still weeks away from any kind of realView full post »
December 31.
I’ve mentioned our tradition before. It’s one of my favourites. Why wait until the end of the day whenView full post »