Category Archives: Birthdays

Epic.
Last year, on the morning of January 1st, I called Lisa D. and asked her if we could spend next New Year’s EveView full post »

Snakes Alive!
Remember when birthday parties consisted of pin the tail on the donkey, cake and a few presents? Well, that was thenView 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 »

Birthday boy
I recently read that if you can do something in 5 minutes, you should do it then. If you wait, it won’t get doneView full post »

Great Expectations
I read that this morning at 8am, Ottawa clocked its 78th hour in a row with temperatures below -38 degrees Celsius. AView 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 »

This one.
I remember the day Jaia got stitches for a nasty gash on her forehead. The scar has all but faded now but I had takenView full post »

three and a half
Tomorrow, while the kids are at school I’m going to whip up a cake for my little dude. And we’ll celebrateView full post »

Happy birthday, Auntie Jenny!
I went back through the archives from this summer to find a picture to post for your birthday and was pleasantlyView full post »

My boy is three.
The days are long but the years are short. No truer words have ever been spoken. Birthdays get us reminiscing. TheyView full post »

Me, only older.
Yesterday was my birthday. Calories didn’t count, I took guilt-free time to workout, and the kids were sneakingView full post »

The photobooth never disappoints.
Give some girls a camera, some props and access to a camera, and hilarity ensues. Almost all of these were taken byView full post »

Jaia’s Birthday Sushi Dinner
Jaia got to pick the restaurant for her birthday dinner. Sawa Sushi took great care of us. The Ika Yaki arrived lastView full post »

A Letter to my 6 year old.
Dear Jaia, Tomorrow morning, when you wake up, you’ll be 6 years old. Well, that’s not entirely true. View full post »